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 21 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 232 151 116
Rank change year-on-year -81 -35 +2
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 522 516 676
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.13% 1.87% 2.06%
As % of the General category 2.03% 2.91% 3.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 284 343 521
10th Percentile £409 £450 £500
25th Percentile £518 £563 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £686 £738 £750
Median % change year-on-year -6.95% -1.67% +9.49%
75th Percentile £825 £825 £875
90th Percentile £938 £907 £888
UK median daily rate £650 £700 £750
% change year-on-year -7.14% -6.67% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £78.75 -
UK median hourly rate £95.00 £78.75 £44.04
% change year-on-year +20.63% +78.81% -31.59%

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 25,746 17,734 19,139
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 55.84% 64.30% 58.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,134 11,211 11,658
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,252 1,018 958
10th Percentile £13.63 £13.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.00 £16.17 £17.30
Median hourly rate £31.00 £25.15 £38.31
Median % change year-on-year +23.26% -34.35% +29.86%
75th Percentile £57.06 £46.94 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £70.49 £71.50
UK median hourly rate £29.60 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +17.69% -28.14% +27.27%

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 21 September 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
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 21 September 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 -54 456 £686 -8.50% 519
North of England -39 53 £553 +38.25% 7
North West -27 45 £489 +20.00% 6
West Midlands -27 33 £875 +75.00% 16
Midlands -28 33 £875 +75.00% 17
South West -34 8 £875 +360.53% 14
Yorkshire -44 4 £450 +12.50% 1
North East - 4 £875 -
South East -62 3 £525 -4.55% 30
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 12 (2.30%) Confluence
2 5 (0.96%) MTS
2 5 (0.96%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.77%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.57%) IIS
5 2 (0.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.19%) Apache
6 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.19%) CICS
6 1 (0.19%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.19%) SAS
Applications
1 18 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.57%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.38%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.19%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 8 (1.53%) Aladdin
2 7 (1.34%) Oracle EBS
2 7 (1.34%) Oracle General Ledger
3 4 (0.77%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.57%) Oracle Assets
4 3 (0.57%) Oracle Internet Expenses
4 3 (0.57%) Oracle iProcurement
4 3 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.57%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (0.57%) Orchestrade
5 2 (0.38%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.38%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.38%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.19%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 1 (0.19%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.19%) Global One
6 1 (0.19%) ION MarketView
6 1 (0.19%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.19%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 75 (14.37%) Azure
2 52 (9.96%) AWS
3 27 (5.17%) GCP
4 19 (3.64%) Power Platform
5 15 (2.87%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (2.68%) Entra ID
7 13 (2.49%) Microsoft 365
8 12 (2.30%) SaaS
9 10 (1.92%) GitHub
9 10 (1.92%) OCI
10 7 (1.34%) Snowflake
11 6 (1.15%) Amazon EKS
11 6 (1.15%) Power Automate
11 6 (1.15%) PowerApps
12 5 (0.96%) Amazon ECS
12 5 (0.96%) Azure Databricks
12 5 (0.96%) Cloud Run
12 5 (0.96%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (0.96%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 4 (0.77%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 25 (4.79%) DNS
2 23 (4.41%) Multicast
3 17 (3.26%) HTTP
3 17 (3.26%) VPN
4 16 (3.07%) BGP
4 16 (3.07%) TCP/IP
5 15 (2.87%) DMZ
6 14 (2.68%) BIG-IP
6 14 (2.68%) Wireshark
7 13 (2.49%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 13 (2.49%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 13 (2.49%) SSL
8 12 (2.30%) FIX Connectivity
9 9 (1.72%) Firewall
10 6 (1.15%) WAN
11 4 (0.77%) DWDM
11 4 (0.77%) MPLS
11 4 (0.77%) Network Security
11 4 (0.77%) SSH
11 4 (0.77%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (4.41%) SQL Server
2 18 (3.45%) Metadata
3 17 (3.26%) Power BI
4 15 (2.87%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (2.30%) Relational Database
6 11 (2.11%) KDB
7 10 (1.92%) Chroma
7 10 (1.92%) Pinecone
7 10 (1.92%) Weaviate
8 9 (1.72%) Data Vault
9 7 (1.34%) Data Lake
9 7 (1.34%) Kdb+
9 7 (1.34%) MongoDB
10 6 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (0.96%) Apache Cassandra
11 5 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
11 5 (0.96%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.96%) Oracle Database
11 5 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
12 4 (0.77%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 49 (9.39%) JIRA
2 25 (4.79%) Git
3 12 (2.30%) ER Studio
3 12 (2.30%) Fiddler
4 10 (1.92%) ERwin
5 7 (1.34%) Jenkins
6 6 (1.15%) TeamCity
7 5 (0.96%) Bitbucket
7 5 (0.96%) GitLab
7 5 (0.96%) PowerDesigner
8 4 (0.77%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.77%) Selenium
8 4 (0.77%) webpack
9 3 (0.57%) Octopus Deploy
10 2 (0.38%) MSBuild
10 2 (0.38%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.19%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.19%) CMake
11 1 (0.19%) Maven
11 1 (0.19%) SonarQube
General
1 522 (100.00%) Banking
2 331 (63.41%) Finance
3 164 (31.42%) Front Office
4 115 (22.03%) Social Skills
5 62 (11.88%) Analytical Skills
6 44 (8.43%) Corporate Banking
7 41 (7.85%) Retail Banking
8 37 (7.09%) Retail
9 34 (6.51%) Financial Institution
10 20 (3.83%) Back Office
11 17 (3.26%) Legal
12 12 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (1.92%) Spanish Language
14 8 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
16 6 (1.15%) General Ledger
16 6 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
17 4 (0.77%) Games
18 3 (0.57%) Law
18 3 (0.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 172 (32.95%) Developer
2 86 (16.48%) Senior
3 81 (15.52%) Analyst
4 72 (13.79%) Java Developer
5 65 (12.45%) Business Analyst
6 54 (10.34%) Senior Developer
7 35 (6.70%) Senior Java Developer
8 33 (6.32%) React Developer
9 31 (5.94%) Network Engineer
10 29 (5.56%) Senior React Developer
11 28 (5.36%) Lead
11 28 (5.36%) UI Developer
12 27 (5.17%) Senior UI Developer
13 25 (4.79%) Python Developer
14 22 (4.21%) C# Developer
15 21 (4.02%) Project Manager
15 21 (4.02%) Support Engineer
16 17 (3.26%) Data Engineer
16 17 (3.26%) Security Engineer
17 15 (2.87%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (10.34%) React
2 40 (7.66%) .NET
3 35 (6.70%) FIX Protocol
4 34 (6.51%) Redux
5 20 (3.83%) AngularJS
5 20 (3.83%) REST
6 17 (3.26%) Kafka
7 13 (2.49%) Spring
7 13 (2.49%) Terraform
8 12 (2.30%) WebSockets
9 11 (2.11%) LangChain
9 11 (2.11%) Pandas
9 11 (2.11%) RESTful
10 10 (1.92%) Flask
10 10 (1.92%) LlamaIndex
10 10 (1.92%) Middleware
10 10 (1.92%) PySpark
11 9 (1.72%) Node.js
11 9 (1.72%) OAuth
11 9 (1.72%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 89 (17.05%) Derivative
2 84 (16.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 66 (12.64%) Fixed Income
4 62 (11.88%) Equities
5 39 (7.47%) Management Information System
6 36 (6.90%) Greenfield Project
7 32 (6.13%) Product Ownership
8 25 (4.79%) Onboarding
9 21 (4.02%) Market Risk
10 19 (3.64%) Distributed Systems
11 17 (3.26%) AI Agents
11 17 (3.26%) Data Structures
12 15 (2.87%) Algorithms
13 14 (2.68%) Hedge funds
14 12 (2.30%) Credit Risk
14 12 (2.30%) TWAP
14 12 (2.30%) VWAP
15 10 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
15 10 (1.92%) Reference Data
16 9 (1.72%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 33 (6.32%) Windows
2 31 (5.94%) Linux
3 20 (3.83%) Unix
4 5 (0.96%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.96%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.77%) Android
6 3 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.57%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.38%) AIX
7 2 (0.38%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.38%) Solaris
7 2 (0.38%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.19%) HPUX
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.19%) SUSE
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (23.18%) Agile
2 81 (15.52%) Stakeholder Management
3 77 (14.75%) Low Latency
3 77 (14.75%) Problem-Solving
4 71 (13.60%) Electronic Trading
5 65 (12.45%) CI/CD
6 62 (11.88%) AI
7 55 (10.54%) Analytics
8 51 (9.77%) Software Engineering
9 45 (8.62%) Wealth Management
10 43 (8.24%) DevOps
11 41 (7.85%) Business Analysis
11 41 (7.85%) Continuous Improvement
12 39 (7.47%) Data Modelling
13 38 (7.28%) Migration
14 36 (6.90%) Translating Business Requirements
15 35 (6.70%) Event-Driven
15 35 (6.70%) Full-Stack Development
16 34 (6.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 33 (6.32%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 119 (22.80%) Java
2 116 (22.22%) SQL
3 109 (20.88%) Python
4 88 (16.86%) C#
5 64 (12.26%) TypeScript
6 52 (9.96%) JavaScript
7 19 (3.64%) C++
7 19 (3.64%) PowerShell
8 11 (2.11%) Shell Script
9 7 (1.34%) Kotlin
10 6 (1.15%) Rust
11 5 (0.96%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.96%) Tcl
12 4 (0.77%) Bash
12 4 (0.77%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.77%) VBA
13 3 (0.57%) Bicep
13 3 (0.57%) C
14 2 (0.38%) Perl
14 2 (0.38%) Scala
Qualifications
1 33 (6.32%) Degree
2 9 (1.72%) Azure Certification
3 8 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (1.34%) PMP
5 5 (0.96%) Security Cleared
6 4 (0.77%) ACCA
6 4 (0.77%) AWS Certification
6 4 (0.77%) CIMA
6 4 (0.77%) PMI Certification
6 4 (0.77%) SC Cleared
7 3 (0.57%) CISSP
7 3 (0.57%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.38%) CCNP
8 2 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.19%) CESG Certified Professional
9 1 (0.19%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.19%) FFIEC
9 1 (0.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (3.64%) Data Quality
2 17 (3.26%) MiFID
3 13 (2.49%) QA
4 10 (1.92%) EMIR
5 6 (1.15%) PMO
6 4 (0.77%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.77%) IFRS
7 3 (0.57%) NIST
8 2 (0.38%) GRC
8 2 (0.38%) WCAG
9 1 (0.19%) COBIT
9 1 (0.19%) COREP
9 1 (0.19%) FINREP
9 1 (0.19%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.19%) PSD2
9 1 (0.19%) SEPA
9 1 (0.19%) TARGET2
System Software
1 20 (3.83%) Active Directory
2 15 (2.87%) Docker
3 12 (2.30%) Firmware
3 12 (2.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (3.07%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.34%) Ansible
3 5 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (0.96%) SCCM
4 3 (0.57%) WSUS
5 2 (0.38%) Control-M
5 2 (0.38%) ITRS Geneos
5 2 (0.38%) Kibana
5 2 (0.38%) logstash
5 2 (0.38%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.19%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.19%) Grafana
6 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 46 (8.81%) Microsoft
2 31 (5.94%) Oracle
3 26 (4.98%) F5
4 21 (4.02%) Cisco
5 15 (2.87%) Databricks
5 15 (2.87%) OpenAI
6 14 (2.68%) Bloomberg
7 13 (2.49%) Blue Coat
8 12 (2.30%) McAfee
8 12 (2.30%) NetApp
8 12 (2.30%) VMware
9 10 (1.92%) Murex
10 9 (1.72%) ION Trading
10 9 (1.72%) ServiceNow
10 9 (1.72%) Tradeweb
11 8 (1.53%) Citrix
12 7 (1.34%) MarketAxess
13 6 (1.15%) Sybase
14 5 (0.96%) Reuters
14 5 (0.96%) SAP