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 29 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 99 66 56
Rank change year-on-year -33 -10 0
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 416 559 779
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.93% 3.53% 3.94%
As % of the General category 4.33% 5.55% 6.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 285 396 594
10th Percentile £450 £500 £488
25th Percentile £525 £613 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £744 £700
Median % change year-on-year -9.24% +6.25% -4.11%
75th Percentile £825 £852 £850
90th Percentile £972 £888 £1,000
England median daily rate £668 £700 £700
% change year-on-year -4.64% - -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £20.82 - -
25th Percentile £23.75 £76.25 -
Median hourly rate £40.73 £77.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -47.45% - -
75th Percentile £70.00 £78.75 -
90th Percentile £81.25 - -
England median hourly rate £40.73 £77.50 £18.50
% change year-on-year -47.45% +318.92% -54.32%

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 common skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,607 10,070 12,847
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 67.75% 63.55% 64.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,282 6,453 9,277
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £668 £700 £700
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 188 116 167
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.43
25th Percentile £20.08 £25.62 £21.25
Median hourly rate £26.40 £37.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.60% +7.14% +4.48%
75th Percentile £46.00 £54.06 £58.13
90th Percentile £70.60 £78.58 £75.50
England median hourly rate £24.00 £30.88 £33.00
% change year-on-year -22.27% -6.44% +29.31%

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 29 November 2025.

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 29 November 2025.

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 29 November 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
Central London -9 55 £655 +0.69% 15
East London +10 7 £416 -27.65%
South London -6 2 £475 -33.33%
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 30 (7.21%) Apache
1 30 (7.21%) Apache Airflow
2 19 (4.57%) Confluence
3 6 (1.44%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.20%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.72%) CMS
6 2 (0.48%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.24%) Appian
7 1 (0.24%) HCL Notes
7 1 (0.24%) Tomcat
Applications
1 15 (3.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.16%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.72%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.48%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.24%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 6 (1.44%) Aladdin
2 5 (1.20%) Fidessa
3 4 (0.96%) thinkFolio
4 1 (0.24%) ION MarketView
4 1 (0.24%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 100 (24.04%) AWS
2 86 (20.67%) Azure
3 36 (8.65%) Snowflake
4 30 (7.21%) dbt
5 29 (6.97%) Power Platform
6 24 (5.77%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (4.09%) GCP
8 14 (3.37%) GitHub
9 11 (2.64%) Serverless
10 9 (2.16%) Microsoft 365
11 8 (1.92%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (1.68%) PowerApps
13 6 (1.44%) Azure AI
13 6 (1.44%) Azure AKS
13 6 (1.44%) Microsoft Copilot
14 5 (1.20%) AWS Lambda
14 5 (1.20%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 5 (1.20%) Azure Logic Apps
14 5 (1.20%) Azure Service Bus
14 5 (1.20%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.44%) Multicast
2 4 (0.96%) Firewall
2 4 (0.96%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.72%) VPN
4 2 (0.48%) DMZ
4 2 (0.48%) FIX Connectivity
4 2 (0.48%) HTTP
4 2 (0.48%) Network Security
4 2 (0.48%) SMS
5 1 (0.24%) ATM
5 1 (0.24%) BGP
5 1 (0.24%) DHCP
5 1 (0.24%) DNS
5 1 (0.24%) OSPF
5 1 (0.24%) SAN
5 1 (0.24%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (0.24%) tcpdump
5 1 (0.24%) Unicast
5 1 (0.24%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (7.21%) Amazon Athena
1 30 (7.21%) Apache Arrow
1 30 (7.21%) Apache Iceberg
1 30 (7.21%) Apache Ignite
1 30 (7.21%) Data Lake
1 30 (7.21%) Dremio
1 30 (7.21%) PostgreSQL
2 27 (6.49%) Power BI
2 27 (6.49%) SQL Server
3 20 (4.81%) MongoDB
3 20 (4.81%) Relational Database
4 17 (4.09%) Tableau
5 15 (3.61%) DB2
6 12 (2.88%) Power Query
7 11 (2.64%) Redis
8 10 (2.40%) NoSQL
9 9 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (1.92%) KDB
10 8 (1.92%) Metadata
11 5 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 34 (8.17%) Git
2 30 (7.21%) JIRA
3 17 (4.09%) JUnit
4 10 (2.40%) Jenkins
5 9 (2.16%) Selenium
6 8 (1.92%) Cucumber
6 8 (1.92%) GitLab
7 7 (1.68%) Bitbucket
7 7 (1.68%) Maven
7 7 (1.68%) Octopus Deploy
7 7 (1.68%) Postman
8 5 (1.20%) TeamCity
9 4 (0.96%) webpack
10 3 (0.72%) REST Assured
10 3 (0.72%) Sonatype Nexus
10 3 (0.72%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.48%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.48%) SoapUI
11 2 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
12 1 (0.24%) Gradle
General
1 416 (100.00%) Banking
2 267 (64.18%) Finance
3 140 (33.65%) Social Skills
4 111 (26.68%) Front Office
5 78 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (6.49%) Corporate Banking
7 26 (6.25%) Retail
8 25 (6.01%) Retail Banking
9 22 (5.29%) Financial Institution
10 19 (4.57%) Back Office
11 10 (2.40%) Legal
12 9 (2.16%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.96%) Marketing
16 3 (0.72%) French Language
16 3 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 2 (0.48%) Portuguese Language
17 2 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
17 2 (0.48%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 137 (32.93%) Developer
2 96 (23.08%) Senior
3 75 (18.03%) Analyst
4 61 (14.66%) Java Developer
5 52 (12.50%) Business Analyst
6 47 (11.30%) Senior Developer
7 45 (10.82%) Software Engineer
8 36 (8.65%) Java Engineer
8 36 (8.65%) Python Engineer
9 34 (8.17%) AWS Developer
9 34 (8.17%) Senior Java Developer
10 32 (7.69%) Java Software Engineer
10 32 (7.69%) Python Software Engineer
11 31 (7.45%) AWS Engineer
12 30 (7.21%) AWS Software Engineer
12 30 (7.21%) Senior Java Engineer
12 30 (7.21%) Senior Software Engineer
13 29 (6.97%) Senior Java Software Engineer
14 24 (5.77%) Project Manager
15 23 (5.53%) Banking Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (12.74%) Kafka
2 52 (12.50%) Pandas
3 47 (11.30%) NumPy
4 46 (11.06%) SciPy
5 39 (9.38%) React
6 37 (8.89%) .NET
7 30 (7.21%) gRPC
7 30 (7.21%) Protocol Buffers
8 26 (6.25%) AngularJS
9 21 (5.05%) Spring
10 19 (4.57%) FIX Protocol
11 18 (4.33%) FastAPI
12 16 (3.85%) Flask
12 16 (3.85%) JMS
12 16 (3.85%) Polars
12 16 (3.85%) Vue
13 15 (3.61%) REST
14 9 (2.16%) CSS
15 8 (1.92%) HTML
15 8 (1.92%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 113 (27.16%) Derivative
2 84 (20.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 65 (15.63%) Fixed Income
4 62 (14.90%) Equities
4 62 (14.90%) Hedge funds
5 30 (7.21%) Pricing Data
6 26 (6.25%) Market Risk
7 25 (6.01%) Management Information System
8 21 (5.05%) Product Ownership
9 20 (4.81%) Cloud Native
9 20 (4.81%) Onboarding
10 18 (4.33%) Data Structures
11 13 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
12 12 (2.88%) Analytical Mindset
13 10 (2.40%) Credit Risk
13 10 (2.40%) Distributed Systems
13 10 (2.40%) Reference Data
14 9 (2.16%) Distributed Computing
15 8 (1.92%) AI Agents
16 5 (1.20%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 53 (12.74%) Linux
2 12 (2.88%) Windows
3 7 (1.68%) Unix
4 4 (0.96%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.48%) AIX
5 2 (0.48%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (31.49%) Agile
2 82 (19.71%) Problem-Solving
3 79 (18.99%) Software Engineering
4 62 (14.90%) DevOps
5 56 (13.46%) Analytics
6 52 (12.50%) CI/CD
7 48 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
8 39 (9.38%) Asset Management
9 37 (8.89%) Project Management
9 37 (8.89%) Risk Management
10 36 (8.65%) Data Modelling
10 36 (8.65%) Mathematics
10 36 (8.65%) Multithreading
11 35 (8.41%) SDLC
12 34 (8.17%) AI
13 32 (7.69%) Computer Science
13 32 (7.69%) TDD
14 31 (7.45%) Investment Management
15 30 (7.21%) Business Analysis
15 30 (7.21%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 149 (35.82%) Python
2 141 (33.89%) Java
3 125 (30.05%) SQL
4 70 (16.83%) C#
5 63 (15.14%) JavaScript
6 45 (10.82%) TypeScript
7 28 (6.73%) C++
8 20 (4.81%) PowerShell
9 17 (4.09%) Shell Script
10 16 (3.85%) Rust
11 8 (1.92%) VB.NET
12 7 (1.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 7 (1.68%) Scala
13 5 (1.20%) Bicep
13 5 (1.20%) DAML
14 4 (0.96%) Go
14 4 (0.96%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.72%) Bash
15 3 (0.72%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.72%) VBA
Qualifications
1 47 (11.30%) Degree
2 17 (4.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (3.61%) Master's Degree
4 11 (2.64%) PMP
5 8 (1.92%) PMI Certification
6 7 (1.68%) Numerate Degree
7 5 (1.20%) CFA
7 5 (1.20%) PhD
8 4 (0.96%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.72%) FFIEC
10 2 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.48%) CISSP
10 2 (0.48%) IIBA
10 2 (0.48%) Security Cleared
11 1 (0.24%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.24%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 1 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.24%) MCP
11 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.24%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (6.25%) QA
2 16 (3.85%) MiFID
3 12 (2.88%) Data Quality
4 11 (2.64%) EMIR
5 6 (1.44%) GDPR
5 6 (1.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.96%) PMO
7 4 (0.96%) SLA
8 3 (0.72%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.72%) Dodd-Frank
8 3 (0.72%) SEPA
8 3 (0.72%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.48%) Basel III
9 2 (0.48%) GRC
10 1 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.24%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.24%) FINRA
10 1 (0.24%) NIST
10 1 (0.24%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 32 (7.69%) Docker
2 4 (0.96%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.24%) Firmware
3 1 (0.24%) GridGain
Systems Management
1 37 (8.89%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.64%) Terraform
3 8 (1.92%) ITRS Geneos
4 5 (1.20%) Ansible
5 4 (0.96%) Kibana
5 4 (0.96%) logstash
5 4 (0.96%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.96%) SCCM
6 3 (0.72%) Grafana
6 3 (0.72%) Thomson Reuters DACS
7 2 (0.48%) WSUS
7 2 (0.48%) ZABBIX
8 1 (0.24%) Argo
8 1 (0.24%) HP SiteScope
8 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle Identity Management
8 1 (0.24%) SCOM
8 1 (0.24%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 34 (8.17%) Microsoft
2 16 (3.85%) Sybase
3 14 (3.37%) Bloomberg
3 14 (3.37%) Oracle
4 12 (2.88%) Databricks
5 10 (2.40%) Solace
6 7 (1.68%) Murex
6 7 (1.68%) UiPath
7 6 (1.44%) Google
7 6 (1.44%) ION Trading
7 6 (1.44%) OpenAI
7 6 (1.44%) Refinitiv
7 6 (1.44%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.44%) Splunk
8 5 (1.20%) Atlassian
8 5 (1.20%) Reuters
8 5 (1.20%) SAP
9 4 (0.96%) IBM
9 4 (0.96%) Portware
9 4 (0.96%) TIBCO