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 19 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 68 75
Rank change year-on-year -62 +7 -22
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 387 466 529
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.15% 3.75% 3.03%
As % of the General category 3.62% 5.54% 4.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 303 413
10th Percentile £404 £440 £500
25th Percentile £480 £622 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £750 £750
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £770 £875 £850
90th Percentile £911 £888 £888
England median daily rate £638 £750 £750
% change year-on-year -15.00% - +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.96 - -
Median hourly rate £54.46 £100.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -45.54% - -
75th Percentile £56.96 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £54.46 £100.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -45.54% +412.82% -

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 10,690 8,416 11,012
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 59.43% 67.75% 63.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,919 5,651 7,861
10th Percentile £350 £344 £336
25th Percentile £425 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £565 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.87% -1.74% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £708 £700
90th Percentile £788 £825 £825
England median daily rate £513 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 193 142 233
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £15.60
25th Percentile £21.93 £23.13 £18.13
Median hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +21.43% -6.67%
75th Percentile £46.25 £51.07 £44.75
90th Percentile £67.30 £65.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £30.58 £27.50 £30.12
% change year-on-year +11.20% -8.70% -5.88%

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 19 May 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
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 19 May 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 -34 53 £600 -9.71% 18
South London -11 1 £600 -17.24% 1
East London - 1 £416 - 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 11 (2.84%) Confluence
2 5 (1.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 4 (1.03%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.03%) IIS
4 3 (0.78%) Apache
4 3 (0.78%) SAS
5 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.52%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.26%) CICS
6 1 (0.26%) Jupyter
Applications
1 27 (6.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (3.88%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (3.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (3.36%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.78%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.52%) UserZoom
7 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (3.62%) Oracle Payables
2 13 (3.36%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 13 (3.36%) Oracle Receivables
3 8 (2.07%) Aladdin
4 6 (1.55%) Summit
5 4 (1.03%) Fidessa
6 3 (0.78%) Loan IQ
7 2 (0.52%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 2 (0.52%) Front Arena
7 2 (0.52%) Global One
8 1 (0.26%) Actimize
8 1 (0.26%) Adobe Campaign
8 1 (0.26%) Bloomberg AIM
8 1 (0.26%) BusinessWorks
8 1 (0.26%) IntelliMatch
8 1 (0.26%) Markit EDM
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.26%) Orchestrade
8 1 (0.26%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 57 (14.73%) Azure
2 50 (12.92%) AWS
3 17 (4.39%) GCP
4 14 (3.62%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (3.62%) OCI
5 13 (3.36%) Power Platform
6 12 (3.10%) GitHub
7 9 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (2.33%) Snowflake
8 8 (2.07%) Entra ID
9 6 (1.55%) Google Workspace
10 5 (1.29%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (1.29%) npm
10 5 (1.29%) Yarn
11 3 (0.78%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (0.78%) Figma
11 3 (0.78%) SaaS
11 3 (0.78%) Serverless
12 2 (0.52%) Adobe Analytics
12 2 (0.52%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 20 (5.17%) FIX Connectivity
2 8 (2.07%) Firewall
3 7 (1.81%) HTTP
4 6 (1.55%) Multicast
4 6 (1.55%) VPN
5 5 (1.29%) DMZ
5 5 (1.29%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.52%) BGP
6 2 (0.52%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (0.52%) DWDM
6 2 (0.52%) MPLS
6 2 (0.52%) Network Security
6 2 (0.52%) OSPF
6 2 (0.52%) RTMP
6 2 (0.52%) Wireless
6 2 (0.52%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.26%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 1 (0.26%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 1 (0.26%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.26%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.17%) SQL Server
2 16 (4.13%) Relational Database
3 12 (3.10%) Power BI
4 11 (2.84%) Metadata
5 10 (2.58%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (2.58%) Tableau
6 9 (2.33%) Pinecone
6 9 (2.33%) Weaviate
7 7 (1.81%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (1.55%) Big Data
8 6 (1.55%) KDB
8 6 (1.55%) RDBMS
8 6 (1.55%) Redis
9 4 (1.03%) Data Lake
9 4 (1.03%) Data Vault
9 4 (1.03%) NoSQL
9 4 (1.03%) Oracle Database
9 4 (1.03%) Snowflake Schema
10 3 (0.78%) Kdb+
10 3 (0.78%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 29 (7.49%) JIRA
2 10 (2.58%) TeamCity
3 7 (1.81%) Git
4 6 (1.55%) GitLab
4 6 (1.55%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.55%) Octopus Deploy
4 6 (1.55%) webpack
5 4 (1.03%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.03%) ER Studio
5 4 (1.03%) ERwin
5 4 (1.03%) PowerDesigner
5 4 (1.03%) Selenium
6 2 (0.52%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.52%) JUnit
6 2 (0.52%) Maven
6 2 (0.52%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.52%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.52%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.52%) Vite
7 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 387 (100.00%) Banking
2 233 (60.21%) Finance
3 123 (31.78%) Front Office
4 100 (25.84%) Social Skills
5 51 (13.18%) Analytical Skills
6 43 (11.11%) Retail Banking
7 35 (9.04%) Retail
8 34 (8.79%) Corporate Banking
9 23 (5.94%) Financial Institution
10 17 (4.39%) Legal
11 16 (4.13%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (2.58%) Back Office
13 9 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
14 8 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
15 7 (1.81%) French Language
16 6 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
17 5 (1.29%) Spanish Language
18 3 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 3 (0.78%) Marketing
19 2 (0.52%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 126 (32.56%) Developer
2 75 (19.38%) Analyst
3 62 (16.02%) Business Analyst
4 58 (14.99%) Senior
5 57 (14.73%) Java Developer
6 37 (9.56%) Senior Developer
7 28 (7.24%) Senior Java Developer
8 24 (6.20%) Electronic Trading Developer
9 23 (5.94%) Banking Analyst
10 22 (5.68%) C# Developer
11 20 (5.17%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
12 19 (4.91%) Low Latency Java Developer
13 18 (4.65%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
13 18 (4.65%) Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading
13 18 (4.65%) Support Engineer
14 17 (4.39%) Lead
15 14 (3.62%) Banking Business Analyst
16 12 (3.10%) Kafka Developer
16 12 (3.10%) Risk Analyst
17 11 (2.84%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (9.82%) .NET
2 35 (9.04%) FIX Protocol
3 31 (8.01%) React
4 27 (6.98%) Kafka
5 14 (3.62%) CSS
5 14 (3.62%) HTML
5 14 (3.62%) Redux
5 14 (3.62%) Spring
5 14 (3.62%) XML
6 12 (3.10%) AngularJS
7 10 (2.58%) LangChain
8 9 (2.33%) LlamaIndex
8 9 (2.33%) RESTful
9 8 (2.07%) HTML5
9 8 (2.07%) REST
10 7 (1.81%) Node.js
10 7 (1.81%) WebSockets
11 6 (1.55%) Pandas
11 6 (1.55%) Reactive Extensions
11 6 (1.55%) Ultra Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 88 (22.74%) Derivative
2 50 (12.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 46 (11.89%) Equities
4 39 (10.08%) Fixed Income
5 25 (6.46%) Market Risk
6 21 (5.43%) Credit Risk
7 19 (4.91%) Management Information System
8 18 (4.65%) Algorithms
8 18 (4.65%) TWAP
8 18 (4.65%) VWAP
9 17 (4.39%) Data Structures
9 17 (4.39%) Distributed Systems
10 15 (3.88%) Product Ownership
11 13 (3.36%) Onboarding
12 10 (2.58%) AI Agents
12 10 (2.58%) Cloud Native
13 8 (2.07%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (2.07%) Greenfield Project
14 7 (1.81%) Analytical Mindset
14 7 (1.81%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 24 (6.20%) Windows
2 21 (5.43%) Unix
3 17 (4.39%) Linux
4 8 (2.07%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.55%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.52%) Android
6 2 (0.52%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.26%) AIX
7 1 (0.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (19.64%) Agile
2 58 (14.99%) Problem-Solving
3 54 (13.95%) Low Latency
4 50 (12.92%) Electronic Trading
5 48 (12.40%) Analytics
6 47 (12.14%) Stakeholder Management
7 42 (10.85%) Asset Management
8 41 (10.59%) Multithreading
9 40 (10.34%) CI/CD
10 39 (10.08%) User Acceptance Testing
11 38 (9.82%) AI
11 38 (9.82%) TDD
12 36 (9.30%) Business Analysis
13 35 (9.04%) DevOps
14 32 (8.27%) Wealth Management
15 30 (7.75%) Algorithmic Trading
15 30 (7.75%) Software Engineering
16 28 (7.24%) Risk Management
17 27 (6.98%) Design Patterns
17 27 (6.98%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 98 (25.32%) Java
2 92 (23.77%) SQL
3 83 (21.45%) Python
4 53 (13.70%) C#
5 36 (9.30%) TypeScript
6 29 (7.49%) JavaScript
7 17 (4.39%) PowerShell
8 16 (4.13%) C++
9 8 (2.07%) Shell Script
10 6 (1.55%) Rust
10 6 (1.55%) Scala
11 5 (1.29%) VBA
12 4 (1.03%) Bash
12 4 (1.03%) Perl
13 3 (0.78%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.52%) C
14 2 (0.52%) Go
15 1 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.26%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.26%) Swift
Qualifications
1 32 (8.27%) Degree
2 17 (4.39%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (2.58%) Azure Certification
4 9 (2.33%) Master's Degree
5 7 (1.81%) PMP
6 5 (1.29%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (1.03%) MCSA
7 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.78%) CFA
9 2 (0.52%) ACCA
9 2 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.52%) CCNP
9 2 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.52%) CISSP
9 2 (0.52%) MBA
9 2 (0.52%) PhD
9 2 (0.52%) Security Cleared
9 2 (0.52%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 2 (0.52%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.62%) Data Quality
2 13 (3.36%) MiFID
3 12 (3.10%) QA
4 11 (2.84%) PMO
5 8 (2.07%) SLA
6 5 (1.29%) EMIR
7 4 (1.03%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.52%) GDPR
9 2 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.52%) NIST
10 1 (0.26%) COBIT
10 1 (0.26%) GRC
10 1 (0.26%) IFRS
10 1 (0.26%) ITGC
10 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.26%) PSD2
10 1 (0.26%) SEPA
10 1 (0.26%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.26%) WCAG
System Software
1 19 (4.91%) Docker
2 9 (2.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.26%) GridGain
3 1 (0.26%) Varnish
3 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.26%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 17 (4.39%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.81%) SCCM
3 6 (1.55%) Terraform
4 5 (1.29%) WSUS
5 4 (1.03%) Control-M
5 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.52%) Ansible
6 2 (0.52%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (0.52%) Puppet
6 2 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.26%) Grafana
7 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.26%) WMI
Vendors
1 39 (10.08%) Microsoft
2 36 (9.30%) Oracle
3 13 (3.36%) Murex
4 12 (3.10%) Bloomberg
5 9 (2.33%) ION Trading
5 9 (2.33%) OpenAI
6 8 (2.07%) Charles River
6 8 (2.07%) Citrix
7 7 (1.81%) Reuters
8 6 (1.55%) Adobe
9 5 (1.29%) Sybase
10 4 (1.03%) CyberArk
10 4 (1.03%) Pega
10 4 (1.03%) Solace
11 3 (0.78%) Google
11 3 (0.78%) SAP
11 3 (0.78%) ServiceNow
12 2 (0.52%) Calypso
12 2 (0.52%) Cisco
12 2 (0.52%) IBM