Investment Banking Contract Job Trends in England

Investment Banking
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Investment Banking in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Investment Banking over the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 210 148 155
Rank change year-on-year -62 +7 -53
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 435 461 590
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.30% 1.78% 1.55%
As % of the General category 2.18% 2.85% 2.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 273 430
10th Percentile £413 £451 £486
25th Percentile £500 £575 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £645 £675 £700
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% -3.57% -3.45%
75th Percentile £788 £834 £818
90th Percentile £988 £881 £938
UK median daily rate £631 £675 £700
% change year-on-year -6.48% -3.57% -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile £20.33 - -
25th Percentile £22.53 £76.25 £17.75
Median hourly rate £32.87 £77.50 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -57.59% +318.92% -54.32%
75th Percentile £45.64 £78.75 £19.25
90th Percentile £52.43 - -
UK median hourly rate £32.87 £77.50 £18.50
% change year-on-year -57.59% +318.92% -54.32%

All General Skills
England

Investment Banking falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 19,984 16,166 22,432
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 59.50% 62.55% 58.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,709 9,759 14,822
10th Percentile £294 £297 £264
25th Percentile £404 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.42% -2.18%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,251 512 1,503
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.50 £13.07
25th Percentile £16.62 £19.94 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.85 £30.31 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year -24.60% +20.02% -6.48%
75th Percentile £50.00 £59.06 £52.64
90th Percentile £71.50 £75.00 £67.35
UK median hourly rate £22.83 £29.00 £25.22
% change year-on-year -21.28% +15.01% -3.02%

Investment Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Investment Banking relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Investment Banking job vacancy trend in England

Investment Banking
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Investment Banking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Investment Banking

Investment Banking
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Investment Banking in England over the 6 months to 10 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Investment Banking in England

Investment Banking
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Investment Banking.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Investment Banking

Investment Banking
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Investment Banking in England over the 6 months to 10 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Investment Banking in England

Investment Banking
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Investment Banking within the England region over the 6 months to 10 February 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -34 368 £650 -5.45% 54
North of England -21 59 £306 -48.96% 3
North West +11 53 £190 -66.96% 2
West Midlands -17 49 £500 -9.09% 2
Midlands -25 49 £500 -9.09% 2
Yorkshire -43 16 £423 -32.40% 1
South West - 4 £190 - 1
South East -23 2 £159 - 23
Investment Banking
UK

Investment Banking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 21 (4.83%) Confluence
2 10 (2.30%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.07%) Apache
4 8 (1.84%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (1.61%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.69%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.69%) CMS
7 2 (0.46%) SAS
8 1 (0.23%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 24 (5.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (4.37%) MS Visio
3 13 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.69%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.23%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 9 (2.07%) Oracle Payables
2 8 (1.84%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 8 (1.84%) Oracle Receivables
3 6 (1.38%) Fidessa
4 5 (1.15%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.69%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.46%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 2 (0.46%) Markit EDM
6 2 (0.46%) Summit
6 2 (0.46%) thinkFolio
7 1 (0.23%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.23%) Bloomberg AIM
7 1 (0.23%) IntelliMatch
7 1 (0.23%) ION MarketView
7 1 (0.23%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 64 (14.71%) Azure
2 56 (12.87%) AWS
3 17 (3.91%) Power Platform
4 15 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (3.45%) Snowflake
5 12 (2.76%) GitHub
5 12 (2.76%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (2.07%) GCP
6 9 (2.07%) OCI
7 8 (1.84%) dbt
7 8 (1.84%) Serverless
8 5 (1.15%) AWS Lambda
8 5 (1.15%) ChatGPT
8 5 (1.15%) Entra ID
9 4 (0.92%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (0.92%) GitHub Copilot
9 4 (0.92%) Google Workspace
9 4 (0.92%) Microsoft Copilot
9 4 (0.92%) npm
9 4 (0.92%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 43 (9.89%) DNS
2 29 (6.67%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 28 (6.44%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 25 (5.75%) DMZ
5 23 (5.29%) TCP/IP
6 20 (4.60%) HTTP
7 18 (4.14%) BIG-IP
7 18 (4.14%) SSL
7 18 (4.14%) Wireshark
8 13 (2.99%) BGP
9 12 (2.76%) Network Security
10 11 (2.53%) FIX Connectivity
10 11 (2.53%) VPN
11 10 (2.30%) Multicast
12 8 (1.84%) DHCP
13 7 (1.61%) Cisco ISE
13 7 (1.61%) Cisco Wireless
13 7 (1.61%) NX-OS
13 7 (1.61%) VXLAN
13 7 (1.61%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (5.52%) SQL Server
2 20 (4.60%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (3.68%) Relational Database
4 15 (3.45%) Power BI
5 12 (2.76%) MongoDB
5 12 (2.76%) Tableau
6 8 (1.84%) Amazon Athena
6 8 (1.84%) Apache Arrow
6 8 (1.84%) Apache Iceberg
6 8 (1.84%) Apache Ignite
6 8 (1.84%) Data Lake
6 8 (1.84%) DB2
6 8 (1.84%) Dremio
6 8 (1.84%) NoSQL
7 7 (1.61%) KDB
8 6 (1.38%) Metadata
9 5 (1.15%) Oracle Database
9 5 (1.15%) Redis
10 4 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.92%) Kdb+
Development Applications
1 33 (7.59%) JIRA
2 18 (4.14%) Fiddler
3 15 (3.45%) Git
4 11 (2.53%) JUnit
5 8 (1.84%) GitLab
6 6 (1.38%) Cucumber
6 6 (1.38%) Maven
6 6 (1.38%) Octopus Deploy
6 6 (1.38%) Selenium
7 5 (1.15%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.92%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.92%) Postman
8 4 (0.92%) REST Assured
8 4 (0.92%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (0.92%) webpack
9 3 (0.69%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.69%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.69%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.46%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.46%) SoapUI
General
1 435 (100.00%) Banking
2 234 (53.79%) Finance
3 129 (29.66%) Social Skills
4 99 (22.76%) Front Office
5 61 (14.02%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (5.75%) Retail Banking
7 19 (4.37%) Corporate Banking
7 19 (4.37%) Financial Institution
8 16 (3.68%) Retail
9 14 (3.22%) Back Office
10 12 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.84%) Legal
12 7 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.15%) French Language
14 4 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
16 2 (0.46%) Marketing
16 2 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
17 1 (0.23%) Multimedia
17 1 (0.23%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 127 (29.20%) Developer
2 77 (17.70%) Analyst
3 64 (14.71%) Senior
4 58 (13.33%) Java Developer
5 57 (13.10%) Business Analyst
6 38 (8.74%) Senior Developer
7 33 (7.59%) Network Engineer
7 33 (7.59%) Senior Java Developer
8 25 (5.75%) AWS Developer
9 23 (5.29%) Banking Analyst
10 21 (4.83%) Kafka Developer
11 20 (4.60%) C# Developer
11 20 (4.60%) Project Manager
12 18 (4.14%) Lead
13 17 (3.91%) Analytics Developer
13 17 (3.91%) Architect
13 17 (3.91%) PostgreSQL Developer
14 16 (3.68%) Support Engineer
15 15 (3.45%) Data Engineer
15 15 (3.45%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (8.97%) Kafka
2 35 (8.05%) .NET
3 30 (6.90%) React
4 23 (5.29%) Pandas
5 19 (4.37%) AngularJS
6 18 (4.14%) NumPy
7 16 (3.68%) FIX Protocol
7 16 (3.68%) SciPy
8 15 (3.45%) Spring
9 14 (3.22%) HTML
10 12 (2.76%) JMS
10 12 (2.76%) REST
11 11 (2.53%) Middleware
11 11 (2.53%) XML
12 10 (2.30%) CSS
12 10 (2.30%) FastAPI
13 9 (2.07%) Flask
14 8 (1.84%) gRPC
14 8 (1.84%) Protocol Buffers
14 8 (1.84%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 80 (18.39%) Derivative
2 61 (14.02%) Management Information System
3 46 (10.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 41 (9.43%) Equities
4 41 (9.43%) Fixed Income
5 30 (6.90%) Market Risk
6 29 (6.67%) Hedge funds
7 26 (5.98%) Onboarding
8 18 (4.14%) Credit Risk
9 13 (2.99%) Cloud Native
9 13 (2.99%) Data Structures
10 10 (2.30%) Product Ownership
11 9 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (2.07%) TWAP
11 9 (2.07%) VWAP
12 8 (1.84%) AI Agents
12 8 (1.84%) Algorithms
12 8 (1.84%) Data Centre
12 8 (1.84%) Distributed Computing
12 8 (1.84%) Pricing Data
Operating Systems
1 31 (7.13%) Linux
2 19 (4.37%) Windows
3 15 (3.45%) Unix
4 7 (1.61%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.15%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.46%) AIX
7 1 (0.23%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (20.92%) Agile
2 75 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
3 50 (11.49%) Stakeholder Management
4 44 (10.11%) Analytics
5 42 (9.66%) DevOps
6 41 (9.43%) CI/CD
6 41 (9.43%) Project Management
6 41 (9.43%) Risk Management
7 40 (9.20%) Software Engineering
8 38 (8.74%) AI
8 38 (8.74%) SDLC
8 38 (8.74%) User Acceptance Testing
9 37 (8.51%) Business Analysis
10 34 (7.82%) Load Balancing
10 34 (7.82%) TDD
11 33 (7.59%) Asset Management
12 29 (6.67%) Data Analysis
12 29 (6.67%) Design Patterns
12 29 (6.67%) Multithreading
13 27 (6.21%) Electronic Trading
Programming Languages
1 110 (25.29%) SQL
2 105 (24.14%) Java
3 96 (22.07%) Python
4 56 (12.87%) C#
5 31 (7.13%) JavaScript
6 27 (6.21%) TypeScript
7 20 (4.60%) C++
8 17 (3.91%) PowerShell
9 13 (2.99%) Shell Script
10 8 (1.84%) Rust
11 7 (1.61%) Lisp
12 5 (1.15%) Scala
12 5 (1.15%) VB.NET
12 5 (1.15%) VBA
13 4 (0.92%) Bash
13 4 (0.92%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.69%) Go
14 3 (0.69%) Perl
14 3 (0.69%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.46%) Korn
Qualifications
1 40 (9.20%) Degree
2 12 (2.76%) Computer Science Degree
2 12 (2.76%) Master's Degree
3 8 (1.84%) Azure Certification
4 7 (1.61%) CCNP
4 7 (1.61%) CFA
4 7 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (1.61%) PMI Certification
4 7 (1.61%) PMP
5 6 (1.38%) PhD
6 3 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.46%) CISSP
7 2 (0.46%) IIBA
7 2 (0.46%) Numerate Degree
7 2 (0.46%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.23%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.23%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.23%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.23%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 1 (0.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.06%) QA
2 12 (2.76%) MiFID
3 10 (2.30%) EMIR
3 10 (2.30%) PMO
4 9 (2.07%) Data Quality
5 7 (1.61%) SLA
6 6 (1.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.69%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.69%) GDPR
7 3 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.46%) Dodd-Frank
8 2 (0.46%) GRC
8 2 (0.46%) NIST
8 2 (0.46%) SEPA
8 2 (0.46%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.23%) COBIT
9 1 (0.23%) FINRA
9 1 (0.23%) IFRS
9 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 24 (5.52%) VMware Infrastructure
2 22 (5.06%) Docker
3 15 (3.45%) Firmware
4 5 (1.15%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.23%) GridGain
5 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 22 (5.06%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.84%) Ansible
3 7 (1.61%) FortiGate
4 6 (1.38%) SCCM
5 5 (1.15%) Terraform
6 3 (0.69%) Thomson Reuters DACS
6 3 (0.69%) WSUS
7 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.46%) Puppet
8 1 (0.23%) Control-M
8 1 (0.23%) Grafana
8 1 (0.23%) HP SiteScope
8 1 (0.23%) ITRS Geneos
8 1 (0.23%) Oracle Identity Management
8 1 (0.23%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.23%) SCOM
8 1 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.23%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 45 (10.34%) Microsoft
2 35 (8.05%) F5
3 25 (5.75%) Oracle
4 24 (5.52%) VMware
5 18 (4.14%) Blue Coat
5 18 (4.14%) McAfee
5 18 (4.14%) NetApp
6 17 (3.91%) Bloomberg
7 13 (2.99%) Cisco
8 12 (2.76%) ION Trading
8 12 (2.76%) Murex
9 11 (2.53%) Sybase
10 8 (1.84%) Remedy
11 7 (1.61%) Ekahau
11 7 (1.61%) ServiceNow
12 6 (1.38%) Databricks
13 5 (1.15%) Citrix
13 5 (1.15%) Reuters
13 5 (1.15%) Salesforce
13 5 (1.15%) Splunk