Investment Banking Contract Job Trends in London

Investment Banking
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Investment Banking in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Investment Banking over the 6 months leading up to 27 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 75 72
Rank change year-on-year -49 -3 -22
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 370 446 559
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.33% 3.32% 3.07%
As % of the General category 3.66% 5.06% 4.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 266 410
10th Percentile £414 £469 £488
25th Percentile £500 £601 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £700 £700
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% - -3.45%
75th Percentile £775 £850 £813
90th Percentile £988 £881 £950
England median daily rate £625 £700 £700
% change year-on-year -10.71% - -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £20.33 - -
25th Percentile £22.53 £76.25 -
Median hourly rate £32.87 £77.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -57.59% - -
75th Percentile £45.64 £78.75 -
90th Percentile £52.43 - -
England median hourly rate £32.87 £77.50 -
% change year-on-year -57.59% - -

All General Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 10,100 8,811 11,578
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 63.60% 65.60% 63.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,593 5,657 8,292
10th Percentile £350 £331 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £700 £688
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 117 258
10th Percentile £17.50 £20.63 £16.00
25th Percentile £20.72 £26.25 £18.37
Median hourly rate £28.78 £35.50 £28.88
Median % change year-on-year -18.94% +22.94% -3.75%
75th Percentile £50.54 £55.25 £47.31
90th Percentile £73.78 £78.54 £72.58
England median hourly rate £23.83 £30.45 £26.00
% change year-on-year -21.76% +17.12% -15.09%

Investment Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Investment Banking job vacancy trend in London

Investment Banking
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Investment Banking
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Investment Banking in London over the 6 months to 27 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Investment Banking in London

Investment Banking
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Investment Banking
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Investment Banking in London over the 6 months to 27 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Investment Banking in London

Investment Banking
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 27 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
Central London -21 61 £613 +1.24% 7
East London +5 4 £416 -27.65% 1
West London - 1 - -
Investment Banking
England

Investment Banking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 18 (4.86%) Confluence
2 7 (1.89%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.62%) Apache
4 5 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.81%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.81%) CMS
5 3 (0.81%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.54%) SAS
7 1 (0.27%) HCL Notes
7 1 (0.27%) Jupyter
Applications
1 21 (5.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (3.78%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (3.24%) MS Visio
4 10 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.81%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.27%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 12 (3.24%) Oracle Payables
2 11 (2.97%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 11 (2.97%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (1.35%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.81%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.54%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 2 (0.54%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.54%) Summit
6 1 (0.27%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.27%) Bloomberg AIM
6 1 (0.27%) IntelliMatch
6 1 (0.27%) ION MarketView
6 1 (0.27%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.27%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 56 (15.14%) AWS
1 56 (15.14%) Azure
2 13 (3.51%) Azure DevOps
3 12 (3.24%) GitHub
3 12 (3.24%) OCI
3 12 (3.24%) Power Platform
4 11 (2.97%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (2.97%) Snowflake
5 10 (2.70%) GCP
6 6 (1.62%) Serverless
7 5 (1.35%) Entra ID
7 5 (1.35%) npm
7 5 (1.35%) Yarn
8 4 (1.08%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (1.08%) ChatGPT
8 4 (1.08%) dbt
8 4 (1.08%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (1.08%) Google Workspace
8 4 (1.08%) Power Automate
8 4 (1.08%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.78%) FIX Connectivity
2 5 (1.35%) Firewall
2 5 (1.35%) TCP/IP
2 5 (1.35%) VPN
3 4 (1.08%) DMZ
3 4 (1.08%) Multicast
4 2 (0.54%) HTTP
4 2 (0.54%) Network Security
4 2 (0.54%) RTMP
4 2 (0.54%) SMS
5 1 (0.27%) DHCP
5 1 (0.27%) DNS
5 1 (0.27%) NetScaler
5 1 (0.27%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.68%) SQL Server
2 20 (5.41%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (4.05%) Relational Database
4 10 (2.70%) Power BI
5 9 (2.43%) MongoDB
6 7 (1.89%) DB2
6 7 (1.89%) Metadata
6 7 (1.89%) NoSQL
6 7 (1.89%) Tableau
7 6 (1.62%) KDB
8 5 (1.35%) Apache Ignite
8 5 (1.35%) Big Data
8 5 (1.35%) Oracle Database
8 5 (1.35%) Redis
9 4 (1.08%) Amazon Athena
9 4 (1.08%) Apache Arrow
9 4 (1.08%) Apache Iceberg
9 4 (1.08%) Data Lake
9 4 (1.08%) Dremio
10 3 (0.81%) Kdb+
Development Applications
1 28 (7.57%) JIRA
2 13 (3.51%) Git
3 8 (2.16%) GitLab
3 8 (2.16%) JUnit
4 6 (1.62%) Octopus Deploy
5 5 (1.35%) Cucumber
5 5 (1.35%) Jenkins
5 5 (1.35%) Selenium
5 5 (1.35%) webpack
6 4 (1.08%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.08%) Maven
7 3 (0.81%) Postman
7 3 (0.81%) REST Assured
7 3 (0.81%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.81%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.81%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.54%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.54%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.54%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.27%) IntelliJ
General
1 370 (100.00%) Banking
2 219 (59.19%) Finance
3 114 (30.81%) Social Skills
4 99 (26.76%) Front Office
5 56 (15.14%) Analytical Skills
6 29 (7.84%) Retail Banking
7 23 (6.22%) Financial Institution
8 20 (5.41%) Corporate Banking
8 20 (5.41%) Retail
9 14 (3.78%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (3.24%) Back Office
11 10 (2.70%) Legal
12 5 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.08%) French Language
13 4 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.54%) Aviation
14 2 (0.54%) Marketing
15 1 (0.27%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 124 (33.51%) Developer
2 73 (19.73%) Analyst
3 60 (16.22%) Java Developer
4 56 (15.14%) Senior
5 55 (14.86%) Business Analyst
6 37 (10.00%) Senior Developer
7 32 (8.65%) Senior Java Developer
8 24 (6.49%) AWS Developer
9 22 (5.95%) Banking Analyst
9 22 (5.95%) Project Manager
10 21 (5.68%) Kafka Developer
11 19 (5.14%) C# Developer
12 18 (4.86%) Lead
13 17 (4.59%) Analytics Developer
13 17 (4.59%) PostgreSQL Developer
14 16 (4.32%) Electronic Trading Developer
14 16 (4.32%) Support Engineer
15 14 (3.78%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
16 13 (3.51%) Banking Business Analyst
16 13 (3.51%) Low Latency Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (10.27%) Kafka
2 31 (8.38%) React
3 30 (8.11%) .NET
4 18 (4.86%) FIX Protocol
4 18 (4.86%) Pandas
5 17 (4.59%) AngularJS
6 15 (4.05%) HTML
6 15 (4.05%) Spring
7 13 (3.51%) CSS
7 13 (3.51%) NumPy
8 11 (2.97%) JMS
8 11 (2.97%) SciPy
8 11 (2.97%) XML
9 10 (2.70%) REST
10 9 (2.43%) FastAPI
10 9 (2.43%) Redux
11 8 (2.16%) Flask
12 7 (1.89%) HTML5
12 7 (1.89%) Polars
12 7 (1.89%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 79 (21.35%) Derivative
2 41 (11.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 40 (10.81%) Equities
4 36 (9.73%) Fixed Income
5 29 (7.84%) Market Risk
6 26 (7.03%) Management Information System
7 23 (6.22%) Hedge funds
8 18 (4.86%) Credit Risk
9 15 (4.05%) Onboarding
10 14 (3.78%) Cloud Native
11 13 (3.51%) Data Structures
12 12 (3.24%) TWAP
12 12 (3.24%) VWAP
13 10 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
14 9 (2.43%) Algorithms
14 9 (2.43%) Self-Motivation
15 8 (2.16%) Distributed Computing
16 7 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
17 6 (1.62%) AI Agents
18 5 (1.35%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 29 (7.84%) Linux
2 18 (4.86%) Windows
3 15 (4.05%) Unix
4 7 (1.89%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.08%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.54%) AIX
7 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (21.08%) Agile
2 70 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
3 49 (13.24%) Stakeholder Management
4 47 (12.70%) Analytics
5 42 (11.35%) DevOps
6 41 (11.08%) Risk Management
7 39 (10.54%) AI
7 39 (10.54%) CI/CD
8 38 (10.27%) User Acceptance Testing
9 37 (10.00%) Business Analysis
10 36 (9.73%) TDD
11 34 (9.19%) Project Management
12 32 (8.65%) Asset Management
13 31 (8.38%) Electronic Trading
14 30 (8.11%) Software Engineering
15 29 (7.84%) Multithreading
16 27 (7.30%) Data Analysis
17 26 (7.03%) Machine Learning
18 25 (6.76%) Low Latency
19 24 (6.49%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 103 (27.84%) Java
2 102 (27.57%) SQL
3 89 (24.05%) Python
4 50 (13.51%) C#
5 28 (7.57%) JavaScript
6 25 (6.76%) TypeScript
7 18 (4.86%) C++
8 15 (4.05%) PowerShell
9 12 (3.24%) Shell Script
10 7 (1.89%) Rust
11 6 (1.62%) Scala
12 5 (1.35%) VB.NET
13 4 (1.08%) Bash
13 4 (1.08%) VBA
14 3 (0.81%) Go
14 3 (0.81%) Perl
14 3 (0.81%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.54%) Korn
15 2 (0.54%) T-SQL
16 1 (0.27%) F#
Qualifications
1 34 (9.19%) Degree
2 13 (3.51%) Master's Degree
3 10 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (2.43%) PMP
5 8 (2.16%) PMI Certification
6 7 (1.89%) Azure Certification
7 6 (1.62%) PhD
8 4 (1.08%) CFA
9 3 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.81%) CISSP
10 2 (0.54%) ACCA
10 2 (0.54%) IIBA
10 2 (0.54%) Security Cleared
10 2 (0.54%) Six Sigma Black Belt
10 2 (0.54%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 1 (0.27%) CCA
11 1 (0.27%) CISA
11 1 (0.27%) CISM
11 1 (0.27%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.86%) QA
2 12 (3.24%) MiFID
3 10 (2.70%) Data Quality
3 10 (2.70%) PMO
4 9 (2.43%) EMIR
4 9 (2.43%) SLA
5 7 (1.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (1.08%) GDPR
7 2 (0.54%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.54%) Dodd-Frank
7 2 (0.54%) GRC
7 2 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.54%) SEPA
7 2 (0.54%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.27%) Basel III
8 1 (0.27%) COBIT
8 1 (0.27%) COSO
8 1 (0.27%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.27%) Solvency II
System Software
1 23 (6.22%) Docker
2 6 (1.62%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.27%) Firmware
3 1 (0.27%) GridGain
3 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.27%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 21 (5.68%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.89%) SCCM
3 3 (0.81%) Terraform
3 3 (0.81%) Thomson Reuters DACS
3 3 (0.81%) WSUS
4 2 (0.54%) Ansible
4 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.54%) Puppet
4 2 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.27%) Control-M
5 1 (0.27%) Grafana
5 1 (0.27%) ITRS Geneos
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Identity Management
5 1 (0.27%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.27%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.27%) WMI
5 1 (0.27%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 40 (10.81%) Microsoft
2 29 (7.84%) Oracle
3 18 (4.86%) Bloomberg
4 13 (3.51%) Murex
5 12 (3.24%) ION Trading
6 10 (2.70%) Sybase
7 6 (1.62%) Citrix
7 6 (1.62%) Reuters
8 5 (1.35%) Charles River
8 5 (1.35%) Databricks
9 4 (1.08%) IBM
9 4 (1.08%) Refinitiv
9 4 (1.08%) Solace
9 4 (1.08%) Splunk
9 4 (1.08%) UiPath
10 3 (0.81%) NYFIX
10 3 (0.81%) Pega
10 3 (0.81%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.81%) SAP
10 3 (0.81%) Tradeweb