Investment Banking Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Investment Banking
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Investment Banking in contract job vacancies in Glasgow. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Investment Banking over the 6 months leading up to 1 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 56 38
Rank change year-on-year +14 -18 +25
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 39 23 41
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 5.17% 3.12% 4.67%
As % of the General category 7.96% 4.78% 7.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 7 13
10th Percentile £375 £403 £400
25th Percentile £475 £413 £610
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £425 £637
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -33.23% -15.13%
75th Percentile £575 £475 £650
90th Percentile £588 £528 £716
Scotland median daily rate £525 £425 £636
% change year-on-year +23.53% -33.18% -2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £44.04 -
Scotland median hourly rate - £44.04 -

All General Skills
Glasgow

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 common skills in Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 490 481 545
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 64.90% 65.18% 62.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 336 315 382
10th Percentile £259 £236 £325
25th Percentile £375 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £541 £538 £632
90th Percentile £626 £638 £725
Scotland median daily rate £455 £450 £489
% change year-on-year +1.11% -7.93% +2.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 10 11
10th Percentile £19.19 £18.34 £12.00
25th Percentile £22.39 £19.59 £12.13
Median hourly rate £25.15 £21.87 £12.26
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% +78.38% -45.17%
75th Percentile £31.04 £32.81 £17.09
90th Percentile £47.09 £42.65 £19.50
Scotland median hourly rate £19.23 £20.94 £19.50
% change year-on-year -8.17% +7.38% +15.15%

Investment Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Investment Banking job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Investment Banking
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

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

Investment Banking
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Investment Banking in Glasgow over the 6 months to 1 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Investment Banking in Glasgow

Investment Banking
Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

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

Investment Banking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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 1 (2.56%) Confluence
1 1 (2.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 6 (15.38%) AWS
1 6 (15.38%) Azure
2 3 (7.69%) Apigee
2 3 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (7.69%) GitHub
3 2 (5.13%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.56%) IaaS
4 1 (2.56%) SaaS
4 1 (2.56%) Serverless
4 1 (2.56%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.69%) DHCP
1 3 (7.69%) DNS
1 3 (7.69%) HTTP
1 3 (7.69%) SSL
1 3 (7.69%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (56.41%) Relational Database
2 14 (35.90%) DB2
2 14 (35.90%) MongoDB
3 3 (7.69%) MSDE
4 2 (5.13%) Big Data
4 2 (5.13%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (5.13%) Power BI
5 1 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (2.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (35.90%) JUnit
2 7 (17.95%) Jenkins
3 4 (10.26%) Git
3 4 (10.26%) JIRA
4 3 (7.69%) Bitbucket
4 3 (7.69%) IntelliJ
4 3 (7.69%) PyCharm
4 3 (7.69%) Visual Studio
4 3 (7.69%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 39 (100.00%) Banking
2 36 (92.31%) Finance
3 19 (48.72%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (46.15%) Social Skills
5 16 (41.03%) Front Office
6 2 (5.13%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 23 (58.97%) Developer
2 17 (43.59%) Java Developer
3 14 (35.90%) Investment Banking Java Developer
3 14 (35.90%) SQL Developer
3 14 (35.90%) Sybase Developer
4 11 (28.21%) Analyst
5 7 (17.95%) Data Analyst
6 5 (12.82%) Python Developer
7 3 (7.69%) Full-Stack Developer
7 3 (7.69%) Full-Stack Java Developer
8 1 (2.56%) Asset Management Analyst
8 1 (2.56%) Big Data Analyst
8 1 (2.56%) Big Data Engineer
8 1 (2.56%) DevSecOps Engineer
8 1 (2.56%) Finance Business Analyst
8 1 (2.56%) Financial Control Business Analyst
8 1 (2.56%) Lead
8 1 (2.56%) Product Business Analyst
8 1 (2.56%) Product Control Business Analyst
8 1 (2.56%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (38.46%) Spring
2 14 (35.90%) JMS
2 14 (35.90%) Kafka
3 4 (10.26%) AngularJS
3 4 (10.26%) RESTful
3 4 (10.26%) SOAP
4 3 (7.69%) REST
5 1 (2.56%) Hibernate
5 1 (2.56%) jQuery
5 1 (2.56%) Middleware
5 1 (2.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (35.90%) Data Structures
1 14 (35.90%) Equities
2 9 (23.08%) Virtual Team
3 8 (20.51%) CMDB
3 8 (20.51%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (12.82%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (7.69%) Onboarding
6 2 (5.13%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (2.56%) Cloud Native
7 1 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (2.56%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (2.56%) Product Ownership
7 1 (2.56%) Public Cloud
7 1 (2.56%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 20 (51.28%) Linux
2 3 (7.69%) Unix
2 3 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (76.92%) Agile
2 27 (69.23%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (46.15%) SDLC
4 15 (38.46%) Multithreading
4 15 (38.46%) Performance Tuning
5 14 (35.90%) Database Tuning
5 14 (35.90%) Open Source
6 9 (23.08%) Data Modelling
6 9 (23.08%) Waterfall
7 8 (20.51%) Business Analysis
7 8 (20.51%) Configuration Management
7 8 (20.51%) Data Architecture
7 8 (20.51%) Data Management
7 8 (20.51%) Investment Management
7 8 (20.51%) ITIL
7 8 (20.51%) ITSM
7 8 (20.51%) Programme Management
7 8 (20.51%) Service Management
7 8 (20.51%) Time Management
7 8 (20.51%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 25 (64.10%) Python
2 23 (58.97%) SQL
3 21 (53.85%) Java
4 15 (38.46%) Shell Script
5 3 (7.69%) Bash
5 3 (7.69%) C#
5 3 (7.69%) JavaScript
5 3 (7.69%) Perl
5 3 (7.69%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (20.51%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (7.69%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.13%) MiFID
1 2 (5.13%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (7.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (15.38%) Kubernetes
2 5 (12.82%) Ansible
3 4 (10.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (38.46%) Sybase
2 8 (20.51%) ServiceNow
3 3 (7.69%) F5
3 3 (7.69%) Infoblox
3 3 (7.69%) MuleSoft
4 2 (5.13%) Avaloq
5 1 (2.56%) Greenplum
5 1 (2.56%) MobileIron
5 1 (2.56%) Splunk
5 1 (2.56%) Thunderhead
5 1 (2.56%) Xceptor