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 30 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 60 58
Rank change year-on-year -29 -2 -2
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 456 584 807
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.34% 3.71% 3.96%
As % of the General category 4.88% 5.93% 6.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 308 441 615
10th Percentile £463 £500 £488
25th Percentile £549 £613 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £750 £700
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £825 £850 £843
90th Percentile £950 £888 £1,000
England median daily rate £675 £719 £700
% change year-on-year -6.09% +2.68% -6.67%
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% -28.85%

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 9,335 9,848 13,195
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 68.33% 62.63% 64.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,103 6,295 9,588
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -2.13% -2.08%
75th Percentile £675 £694 £700
90th Percentile £788 £825 £801
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 186 114 165
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.65 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.36 £26.76 £20.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £37.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £46.94 £55.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £65.29 £75.88 £77.00
England median hourly rate £25.00 £32.29 £30.00
% change year-on-year -22.58% +7.63% +16.69%

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 30 October 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 30 October 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 30 October 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 -4 66 £675 +3.85% 42
South London -1 3 £600 -22.58%
East London - 3 £900 -
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 39 (8.55%) Apache
1 39 (8.55%) Apache Airflow
2 18 (3.95%) Confluence
3 6 (1.32%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.88%) MQSeries
4 4 (0.88%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.66%) CMS
6 1 (0.22%) Appian
6 1 (0.22%) Tomcat
Applications
1 21 (4.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.41%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.66%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.66%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.44%) UserZoom
6 1 (0.22%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (1.32%) Aladdin
2 5 (1.10%) Fidessa
3 4 (0.88%) thinkFolio
4 2 (0.44%) Actimize
4 2 (0.44%) ION Anvil
4 2 (0.44%) ION MarketView
5 1 (0.22%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 1 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 117 (25.66%) AWS
2 85 (18.64%) Azure
3 43 (9.43%) Snowflake
4 38 (8.33%) dbt
5 33 (7.24%) Power Platform
6 25 (5.48%) Azure DevOps
7 19 (4.17%) GCP
8 15 (3.29%) GitHub
9 10 (2.19%) GitHub Actions
10 8 (1.75%) Serverless
11 7 (1.54%) Microsoft 365
11 7 (1.54%) SaaS
12 6 (1.32%) Azure AI
12 6 (1.32%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (1.32%) Figma
12 6 (1.32%) Microsoft Copilot
12 6 (1.32%) PowerApps
13 5 (1.10%) Azure AKS
13 5 (1.10%) PaaS
14 4 (0.88%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.97%) Multicast
2 4 (0.88%) Firewall
3 3 (0.66%) BGP
3 3 (0.66%) OSPF
3 3 (0.66%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.66%) Unicast
4 2 (0.44%) Network Security
4 2 (0.44%) SMS
5 1 (0.22%) ATM
5 1 (0.22%) DHCP
5 1 (0.22%) DNS
5 1 (0.22%) SAN
5 1 (0.22%) tcpdump
5 1 (0.22%) VPN
5 1 (0.22%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (8.55%) Amazon Athena
1 39 (8.55%) Data Lake
2 38 (8.33%) Apache Arrow
2 38 (8.33%) Apache Iceberg
2 38 (8.33%) Apache Ignite
2 38 (8.33%) Dremio
3 35 (7.68%) PostgreSQL
4 31 (6.80%) Power BI
5 26 (5.70%) SQL Server
6 24 (5.26%) Relational Database
7 23 (5.04%) MongoDB
8 18 (3.95%) DB2
8 18 (3.95%) Tableau
9 12 (2.63%) Power Query
9 12 (2.63%) Redis
10 11 (2.41%) Data Warehouse
11 10 (2.19%) NoSQL
12 9 (1.97%) Metadata
13 8 (1.75%) KDB
14 6 (1.32%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 36 (7.89%) Git
2 25 (5.48%) JIRA
3 18 (3.95%) JUnit
4 13 (2.85%) Jenkins
5 9 (1.97%) Maven
6 8 (1.75%) Selenium
7 7 (1.54%) Cucumber
7 7 (1.54%) GitLab
8 6 (1.32%) Octopus Deploy
8 6 (1.32%) Postman
9 5 (1.10%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.88%) Sonatype Nexus
10 4 (0.88%) TeamCity
11 3 (0.66%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.66%) webpack
12 2 (0.44%) Artifactory
12 2 (0.44%) CMake
12 2 (0.44%) Gradle
12 2 (0.44%) REST Assured
13 1 (0.22%) Balsamiq
General
1 456 (100.00%) Banking
2 284 (62.28%) Finance
3 161 (35.31%) Social Skills
4 117 (25.66%) Front Office
5 96 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
6 39 (8.55%) Corporate Banking
6 39 (8.55%) Retail
7 38 (8.33%) Retail Banking
8 21 (4.61%) Financial Institution
9 19 (4.17%) Back Office
10 10 (2.19%) Legal
11 9 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.88%) Marketing
15 3 (0.66%) French Language
15 3 (0.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 2 (0.44%) Portuguese Language
16 2 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
16 2 (0.44%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 151 (33.11%) Developer
2 110 (24.12%) Senior
3 82 (17.98%) Analyst
4 67 (14.69%) Java Developer
5 57 (12.50%) Business Analyst
6 54 (11.84%) Software Engineer
7 49 (10.75%) Senior Developer
8 44 (9.65%) Python Engineer
9 43 (9.43%) Java Engineer
10 40 (8.77%) Java Software Engineer
10 40 (8.77%) Python Software Engineer
11 39 (8.55%) AWS Engineer
12 38 (8.33%) AWS Developer
12 38 (8.33%) AWS Software Engineer
12 38 (8.33%) Senior Software Engineer
13 37 (8.11%) Senior Java Engineer
13 37 (8.11%) Senior Java Software Engineer
14 36 (7.89%) Senior Java Developer
15 28 (6.14%) Python Developer
16 23 (5.04%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (13.82%) Pandas
2 59 (12.94%) NumPy
3 58 (12.72%) Kafka
4 57 (12.50%) SciPy
5 43 (9.43%) React
6 38 (8.33%) gRPC
6 38 (8.33%) Protocol Buffers
7 34 (7.46%) .NET
8 29 (6.36%) AngularJS
9 24 (5.26%) Spring
10 23 (5.04%) FastAPI
11 21 (4.61%) Flask
12 20 (4.39%) FIX Protocol
13 19 (4.17%) JMS
13 19 (4.17%) Polars
13 19 (4.17%) Vue
14 14 (3.07%) REST
15 9 (1.97%) ActiveMQ
15 9 (1.97%) HTML
16 8 (1.75%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 117 (25.66%) Derivative
2 96 (21.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 74 (16.23%) Equities
3 74 (16.23%) Fixed Income
4 71 (15.57%) Hedge funds
5 38 (8.33%) Pricing Data
6 35 (7.68%) Market Risk
7 27 (5.92%) Management Information System
8 23 (5.04%) Product Ownership
9 21 (4.61%) Data Structures
10 18 (3.95%) Cloud Native
11 16 (3.51%) Onboarding
12 14 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
13 13 (2.85%) Distributed Systems
14 11 (2.41%) Analytical Mindset
15 9 (1.97%) Distributed Computing
15 9 (1.97%) Reference Data
16 7 (1.54%) Credit Risk
17 6 (1.32%) AI Agents
17 6 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 65 (14.25%) Linux
2 8 (1.75%) Windows
3 7 (1.54%) Unix
4 4 (0.88%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.44%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.22%) Android
6 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (31.36%) Agile
2 96 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
3 89 (19.52%) Software Engineering
4 69 (15.13%) Analytics
5 68 (14.91%) DevOps
6 53 (11.62%) CI/CD
7 50 (10.96%) Stakeholder Management
8 46 (10.09%) Asset Management
8 46 (10.09%) Risk Management
8 46 (10.09%) Wealth Management
9 42 (9.21%) Investment Management
10 41 (8.99%) Mathematics
11 40 (8.77%) Multithreading
12 38 (8.33%) Computer Science
12 38 (8.33%) SDLC
13 36 (7.89%) Data Engineering
13 36 (7.89%) Data Modelling
13 36 (7.89%) Project Management
14 35 (7.68%) TDD
15 32 (7.02%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 174 (38.16%) Python
2 154 (33.77%) Java
3 131 (28.73%) SQL
4 75 (16.45%) JavaScript
5 65 (14.25%) C#
6 51 (11.18%) TypeScript
7 36 (7.89%) C++
8 22 (4.82%) Shell Script
9 20 (4.39%) Rust
10 18 (3.95%) PowerShell
11 7 (1.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 7 (1.54%) Scala
11 7 (1.54%) VB.NET
12 5 (1.10%) Bicep
12 5 (1.10%) C
12 5 (1.10%) DAML
12 5 (1.10%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.88%) VBA
14 3 (0.66%) RPG
15 2 (0.44%) Bash
Qualifications
1 53 (11.62%) Degree
2 22 (4.82%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (2.63%) Master's Degree
3 12 (2.63%) PMP
4 10 (2.19%) Numerate Degree
5 8 (1.75%) PMI Certification
6 5 (1.10%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.10%) CFA
7 3 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.66%) CCIE
7 3 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (0.66%) FFIEC
7 3 (0.66%) PhD
8 2 (0.44%) CISSP
8 2 (0.44%) IIBA
8 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.22%) CCA
9 1 (0.22%) ISSAP
9 1 (0.22%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (5.26%) QA
2 18 (3.95%) MiFID
3 15 (3.29%) Data Quality
4 11 (2.41%) EMIR
5 7 (1.54%) GDPR
6 5 (1.10%) Basel II
6 5 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.88%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.88%) PMO
7 4 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.88%) SLA
8 3 (0.66%) Basel III
8 3 (0.66%) Dodd-Frank
8 3 (0.66%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.22%) COREP
9 1 (0.22%) FATCA
9 1 (0.22%) GRC
9 1 (0.22%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.22%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.22%) SEPA
System Software
1 35 (7.68%) Docker
2 5 (1.10%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.22%) Firmware
3 1 (0.22%) GridGain
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 41 (8.99%) Kubernetes
2 12 (2.63%) Terraform
3 11 (2.41%) ITRS Geneos
4 7 (1.54%) Ansible
5 5 (1.10%) Kibana
5 5 (1.10%) logstash
5 5 (1.10%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.66%) Argo
6 3 (0.66%) Thomson Reuters DACS
7 2 (0.44%) Grafana
7 2 (0.44%) SCCM
7 2 (0.44%) ZABBIX
8 1 (0.22%) HP SiteScope
8 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.22%) Oracle Identity Management
8 1 (0.22%) SCOM
8 1 (0.22%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 34 (7.46%) Microsoft
2 19 (4.17%) Sybase
3 15 (3.29%) Oracle
4 14 (3.07%) Bloomberg
5 13 (2.85%) Solace
6 11 (2.41%) Databricks
7 8 (1.75%) Google
8 7 (1.54%) ION Trading
8 7 (1.54%) Murex
8 7 (1.54%) Refinitiv
9 6 (1.32%) OpenAI
9 6 (1.32%) UiPath
10 5 (1.10%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.10%) SAP
10 5 (1.10%) Splunk
11 4 (0.88%) Alteryx
11 4 (0.88%) Atlassian
11 4 (0.88%) Portware
11 4 (0.88%) TIBCO
12 3 (0.66%) Arista