Investment Management Contracts in England

Investment Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Investment Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Investment Management over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 177 199 324
Rank change year-on-year +22 +125 -57
Contract jobs citing Investment Management 368 443 364
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.50% 1.22% 0.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.65% 1.41% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 340 410 311
10th Percentile £513 £500 £450
25th Percentile £588 £578 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £717 £675
Median % change year-on-year +1.08% +6.26% +12.50%
75th Percentile £838 £850 £750
90th Percentile £938 £864 £838
UK median daily rate £725 £715 £669
% change year-on-year +1.40% +6.92% +11.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £22.00
Median hourly rate - £40.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year - +66.67% -42.86%
75th Percentile - - £26.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £40.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year - +66.67% -44.19%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Investment Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,321 31,446 43,440
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.20% 86.42% 90.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,602 20,588 30,513
10th Percentile £306 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £766
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 945 2,245 1,538
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.92 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.20 £15.92 £16.23
Median hourly rate £28.75 £36.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.23% +1.39% +44.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £36.27 £35.65
% change year-on-year -22.81% +1.75% +38.82%

Investment Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Investment Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Investment Management in England

Investment Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Investment Management in England.

Daily rate trend for Investment Management in England

Investment Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Investment Management in England over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Investment Management in England

Investment Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Investment Management in England.

Hourly rate trend for Investment Management in England

Investment Management
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 Management within the England region over the 6 months to 17 May 2025. 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 -4 354 £725 - 294
North of England +13 4 £625 +47.06% 12
East of England - 3 £400 - 1
North West +9 2 £625 +47.06% 6
Yorkshire - 2 £488 - 3
Midlands +17 1 £625 +3.31% 19
West Midlands +6 1 £625 +3.31% 19
South West - 1 - - 1
Investment Management
UK

Investment Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 52 (14.13%) Apache Airflow
2 24 (6.52%) Apache
3 4 (1.09%) Confluence
4 2 (0.54%) Jupyter
4 2 (0.54%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.27%) MQSeries
Applications
1 11 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.82%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 61 (16.58%) Aladdin
2 18 (4.89%) thinkFolio
3 2 (0.54%) SimCorp Dimension
4 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 110 (29.89%) AWS
2 90 (24.46%) GCP
3 53 (14.40%) dbt
4 49 (13.32%) Azure
5 27 (7.34%) Snowflake
6 8 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (1.90%) Dagster
7 7 (1.90%) Power Platform
8 6 (1.63%) SaaS
9 5 (1.36%) Asana
9 5 (1.36%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.36%) Figma
9 5 (1.36%) Slack
10 2 (0.54%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (0.54%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.54%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.27%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.27%) GitHub
11 1 (0.27%) Lucidchart
11 1 (0.27%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.63%) VPN
2 4 (1.09%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (0.54%) Firewall
3 2 (0.54%) LAN
3 2 (0.54%) WAN
3 2 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.27%) DHCP
4 1 (0.27%) DNS
4 1 (0.27%) Network Security
4 1 (0.27%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (30.16%) Data Lake
2 52 (14.13%) Amazon Athena
2 52 (14.13%) Apache Iceberg
2 52 (14.13%) Dremio
2 52 (14.13%) PostgreSQL
3 45 (12.23%) Apache Arrow
4 24 (6.52%) Apache Ignite
5 7 (1.90%) SQL Server
6 4 (1.09%) InterSystems Cache
6 4 (1.09%) Power BI
7 3 (0.82%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.82%) Snowflake Schema
8 2 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.54%) Impala
8 2 (0.54%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.54%) Redis
8 2 (0.54%) Star Schema
8 2 (0.54%) Tableau
9 1 (0.27%) Amazon QuickSight
9 1 (0.27%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 16 (4.35%) JIRA
2 4 (1.09%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.54%) Artifactory
3 2 (0.54%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.54%) Git
3 2 (0.54%) SonarQube
3 2 (0.54%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.27%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.27%) Selenium
4 1 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 314 (85.33%) Finance
2 262 (71.20%) Front Office
3 71 (19.29%) Banking
4 31 (8.42%) Social Skills
5 22 (5.98%) Investment Banking
6 15 (4.08%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (3.80%) Back Office
8 9 (2.45%) Financial Institution
9 5 (1.36%) Law
10 3 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.54%) Legal
11 2 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.27%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.27%) Private Banking
12 1 (0.27%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 110 (29.89%) Developer
2 102 (27.72%) Software Engineer
3 96 (26.09%) Analyst
4 85 (23.10%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 75 (20.38%) Business Analyst
6 57 (15.49%) Business Manager
7 46 (12.50%) Python Engineer
8 45 (12.23%) AWS Engineer
8 45 (12.23%) AWS Software Engineer
9 40 (10.87%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
10 39 (10.60%) Python Software Engineer
10 39 (10.60%) React Developer
11 37 (10.05%) Head of Finance
12 31 (8.42%) Python Developer
13 29 (7.88%) AWS Developer
14 28 (7.61%) Lead
15 25 (6.79%) Senior
16 24 (6.52%) Java Engineer
16 24 (6.52%) Java Software Engineer
17 20 (5.43%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (24.73%) React
2 62 (16.85%) Redux
3 60 (16.30%) Node.js
4 55 (14.95%) NumPy
4 55 (14.95%) Pandas
5 52 (14.13%) SciPy
6 48 (13.04%) AngularJS
7 47 (12.77%) Vue
8 24 (6.52%) gRPC
8 24 (6.52%) Protocol Buffers
9 9 (2.45%) .NET
9 9 (2.45%) PySpark
10 5 (1.36%) OpenFin
11 2 (0.54%) FastAPI
11 2 (0.54%) FIX Protocol
11 2 (0.54%) Kafka
11 2 (0.54%) Middleware
11 2 (0.54%) pytest
11 2 (0.54%) RESTful
11 2 (0.54%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 244 (66.30%) Fixed Income
2 181 (49.18%) Hedge funds
3 158 (42.93%) Derivative
4 150 (40.76%) Equities
5 143 (38.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 40 (10.87%) Product Ownership
7 30 (8.15%) Onboarding
8 16 (4.35%) Pricing Data
9 7 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.36%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.09%) Video Conferencing
12 3 (0.82%) Clustering
12 3 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (0.82%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (0.82%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 2 (0.54%) Algorithms
13 2 (0.54%) Linux Command Line
14 1 (0.27%) iPhone
14 1 (0.27%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.45%) Apple iOS
2 6 (1.63%) Linux
2 6 (1.63%) Windows
3 1 (0.27%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 266 (72.28%) Agile
2 198 (53.80%) Asset Management
3 109 (29.62%) Software Engineering
4 97 (26.36%) Migration
5 95 (25.82%) Roadmaps
6 93 (25.27%) Data Governance
7 90 (24.46%) Regulatory Compliance
8 86 (23.37%) Fintech
9 68 (18.48%) Data Management
10 66 (17.93%) Analytics
11 59 (16.03%) Portfolio Management
12 50 (13.59%) Business Intelligence
13 49 (13.32%) Business Analysis
14 48 (13.04%) Performance Attribution
15 41 (11.14%) User Experience
16 38 (10.33%) Order Management
17 31 (8.42%) Risk Management
18 27 (7.34%) User Acceptance Testing
19 24 (6.52%) Data Mapping
19 24 (6.52%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 155 (42.12%) Python
2 105 (28.53%) TypeScript
3 104 (28.26%) JavaScript
4 68 (18.48%) SQL
5 35 (9.51%) Java
6 9 (2.45%) C#
7 4 (1.09%) MUMPS
8 3 (0.82%) C
8 3 (0.82%) C++
8 3 (0.82%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.54%) Bash
10 1 (0.27%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.27%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.27%) RPG
Qualifications
1 20 (5.43%) Degree
2 3 (0.82%) CFA
2 3 (0.82%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (0.82%) PMI Certification
2 3 (0.82%) PMP
3 2 (0.54%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (0.27%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.27%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (8.70%) MiFID
2 8 (2.17%) PMO
3 4 (1.09%) EMIR
4 2 (0.54%) QA
5 1 (0.27%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (1.36%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.82%) Docker
3 1 (0.27%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (1.36%) Ansible
2 3 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.54%) HP ALM
3 2 (0.54%) Terraform
4 1 (0.27%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.27%) Plesk
4 1 (0.27%) SCCM
Vendors
1 43 (11.68%) BISAM
2 29 (7.88%) Charles River
3 20 (5.43%) SimCorp
4 18 (4.89%) Calypso
5 15 (4.08%) Microsoft
6 6 (1.63%) Palo Alto
7 5 (1.36%) Bloomberg
7 5 (1.36%) Zscaler
8 4 (1.09%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.82%) eFront
9 3 (0.82%) HP
10 2 (0.54%) Cisco
10 2 (0.54%) FactSet
10 2 (0.54%) Informatica
10 2 (0.54%) Refinitiv
10 2 (0.54%) Reuters
10 2 (0.54%) UiPath
11 1 (0.27%) Meraki
11 1 (0.27%) Rackspace
11 1 (0.27%) Workday