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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 67 77
Rank change year-on-year -58 +10 -25
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 399 468 529
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.21% 3.82% 3.03%
As % of the General category 3.70% 5.65% 4.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 307 415
10th Percentile £403 £440 £500
25th Percentile £500 £616 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £750 £750
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £769 £875 £874
90th Percentile £905 £888 £888
England median daily rate £630 £750 £750
% change year-on-year -16.00% - +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% -72.14%

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 10,775 8,289 11,010
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 59.55% 67.74% 63.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,974 5,548 7,863
10th Percentile £350 £346 £338
25th Percentile £430 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £565 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.42% -1.74% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £706 £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 192 145 232
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.20 £15.55
25th Percentile £22.50 £24.66 £18.13
Median hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £27.92
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +21.78% -6.93%
75th Percentile £46.56 £50.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £67.40 £65.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £31.00 £27.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year +12.73% -8.33% -6.25%

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 22 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 22 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 -11.11% 14
South London -20 1 £600 -17.24% 5
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 (2.76%) Confluence
2 5 (1.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 4 (1.00%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.00%) IIS
4 3 (0.75%) Apache
4 3 (0.75%) SAS
5 2 (0.50%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.50%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.25%) CICS
Applications
1 27 (6.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (3.76%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (3.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (3.26%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.00%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.75%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.50%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 14 (3.51%) Oracle Payables
2 13 (3.26%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 13 (3.26%) Oracle Receivables
3 8 (2.01%) Aladdin
4 6 (1.50%) Summit
5 4 (1.00%) Fidessa
6 3 (0.75%) Loan IQ
7 2 (0.50%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 2 (0.50%) Front Arena
7 2 (0.50%) Global One
8 1 (0.25%) Actimize
8 1 (0.25%) Adobe Campaign
8 1 (0.25%) Bloomberg AIM
8 1 (0.25%) BusinessWorks
8 1 (0.25%) IntelliMatch
8 1 (0.25%) Markit EDM
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.25%) Orchestrade
8 1 (0.25%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 60 (15.04%) Azure
2 53 (13.28%) AWS
3 17 (4.26%) GCP
4 15 (3.76%) OCI
5 14 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (3.51%) Power Platform
6 13 (3.26%) GitHub
7 10 (2.51%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (2.26%) Entra ID
8 9 (2.26%) Snowflake
9 6 (1.50%) GitHub Actions
9 6 (1.50%) Google Workspace
10 5 (1.25%) npm
10 5 (1.25%) Yarn
11 4 (1.00%) Amazon ECS
12 3 (0.75%) Amazon EKS
12 3 (0.75%) AWS Lambda
12 3 (0.75%) Figma
12 3 (0.75%) SaaS
12 3 (0.75%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 21 (5.26%) FIX Connectivity
2 8 (2.01%) Firewall
3 7 (1.75%) HTTP
4 6 (1.50%) Multicast
4 6 (1.50%) VPN
5 5 (1.25%) DMZ
5 5 (1.25%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.75%) Wireless
7 2 (0.50%) BGP
7 2 (0.50%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (0.50%) DWDM
7 2 (0.50%) MPLS
7 2 (0.50%) Network Security
7 2 (0.50%) OSPF
7 2 (0.50%) RTMP
7 2 (0.50%) Wireshark
8 1 (0.25%) DNS
8 1 (0.25%) Internet
8 1 (0.25%) SNMP
8 1 (0.25%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.01%) SQL Server
2 17 (4.26%) Relational Database
3 13 (3.26%) Metadata
3 13 (3.26%) Power BI
4 11 (2.76%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (2.51%) Pinecone
5 10 (2.51%) Tableau
5 10 (2.51%) Weaviate
6 8 (2.01%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.50%) Data Vault
7 6 (1.50%) KDB
7 6 (1.50%) RDBMS
7 6 (1.50%) Redis
8 5 (1.25%) Big Data
8 5 (1.25%) Snowflake Schema
9 4 (1.00%) Data Lake
9 4 (1.00%) NoSQL
9 4 (1.00%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.75%) Flink
10 3 (0.75%) Kdb+
Development Applications
1 30 (7.52%) JIRA
2 10 (2.51%) TeamCity
3 7 (1.75%) Git
4 6 (1.50%) GitLab
4 6 (1.50%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.50%) Octopus Deploy
4 6 (1.50%) webpack
5 5 (1.25%) ER Studio
5 5 (1.25%) ERwin
6 4 (1.00%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.00%) PowerDesigner
6 4 (1.00%) Selenium
7 2 (0.50%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.50%) JUnit
7 2 (0.50%) Maven
7 2 (0.50%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.50%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.50%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.50%) Vite
8 1 (0.25%) Gemini Tracker
General
1 399 (100.00%) Banking
2 243 (60.90%) Finance
3 127 (31.83%) Front Office
4 101 (25.31%) Social Skills
5 52 (13.03%) Analytical Skills
6 44 (11.03%) Retail Banking
7 36 (9.02%) Retail
8 35 (8.77%) Corporate Banking
9 23 (5.76%) Financial Institution
10 18 (4.51%) Legal
11 15 (3.76%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (2.51%) Back Office
13 9 (2.26%) Presentation Skills
14 8 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
15 7 (1.75%) French Language
16 6 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
17 5 (1.25%) Spanish Language
18 3 (0.75%) Aviation
18 3 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 3 (0.75%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 130 (32.58%) Developer
2 80 (20.05%) Analyst
3 66 (16.54%) Business Analyst
4 59 (14.79%) Java Developer
4 59 (14.79%) Senior
5 38 (9.52%) Senior Developer
6 29 (7.27%) Senior Java Developer
7 25 (6.27%) Electronic Trading Developer
8 24 (6.02%) Banking Analyst
9 22 (5.51%) C# Developer
10 21 (5.26%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
11 20 (5.01%) Low Latency Java Developer
12 19 (4.76%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
12 19 (4.76%) Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading
12 19 (4.76%) Support Engineer
13 16 (4.01%) Lead
14 15 (3.76%) Banking Business Analyst
15 13 (3.26%) Project Manager
15 13 (3.26%) Risk Analyst
16 12 (3.01%) Front Office Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (9.77%) .NET
2 36 (9.02%) FIX Protocol
3 32 (8.02%) React
4 27 (6.77%) Kafka
5 14 (3.51%) CSS
5 14 (3.51%) HTML
5 14 (3.51%) Redux
5 14 (3.51%) Spring
5 14 (3.51%) XML
6 12 (3.01%) AngularJS
7 11 (2.76%) LangChain
8 10 (2.51%) LlamaIndex
9 9 (2.26%) REST
9 9 (2.26%) RESTful
10 8 (2.01%) HTML5
11 7 (1.75%) Node.js
11 7 (1.75%) WebSockets
12 6 (1.50%) OAuth
12 6 (1.50%) Reactive Extensions
12 6 (1.50%) Ultra Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 92 (23.06%) Derivative
2 52 (13.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 47 (11.78%) Equities
4 39 (9.77%) Fixed Income
5 25 (6.27%) Market Risk
6 20 (5.01%) Credit Risk
6 20 (5.01%) Management Information System
7 19 (4.76%) TWAP
7 19 (4.76%) VWAP
8 18 (4.51%) Algorithms
9 17 (4.26%) Data Structures
9 17 (4.26%) Distributed Systems
10 15 (3.76%) Product Ownership
11 13 (3.26%) Onboarding
12 11 (2.76%) AI Agents
12 11 (2.76%) Cloud Native
13 9 (2.26%) Data Protection Act
14 8 (2.01%) Greenfield Project
15 7 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
15 7 (1.75%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 25 (6.27%) Windows
2 21 (5.26%) Unix
3 17 (4.26%) Linux
4 9 (2.26%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.50%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.50%) Android
6 2 (0.50%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.25%) AIX
7 1 (0.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (19.55%) Agile
2 59 (14.79%) Problem-Solving
3 55 (13.78%) Low Latency
4 51 (12.78%) Analytics
4 51 (12.78%) Electronic Trading
5 48 (12.03%) Stakeholder Management
6 42 (10.53%) Asset Management
6 42 (10.53%) Multithreading
7 41 (10.28%) AI
7 41 (10.28%) CI/CD
7 41 (10.28%) User Acceptance Testing
8 39 (9.77%) TDD
9 37 (9.27%) Business Analysis
10 36 (9.02%) DevOps
11 33 (8.27%) Wealth Management
12 31 (7.77%) Algorithmic Trading
12 31 (7.77%) Software Engineering
13 29 (7.27%) Risk Management
14 28 (7.02%) Design Patterns
15 27 (6.77%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 101 (25.31%) Java
2 94 (23.56%) SQL
3 90 (22.56%) Python
4 54 (13.53%) C#
5 37 (9.27%) TypeScript
6 29 (7.27%) JavaScript
7 18 (4.51%) PowerShell
8 16 (4.01%) C++
9 8 (2.01%) Shell Script
10 6 (1.50%) Rust
10 6 (1.50%) Scala
11 5 (1.25%) VBA
12 4 (1.00%) Bash
12 4 (1.00%) Perl
13 3 (0.75%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.50%) C
14 2 (0.50%) Go
15 1 (0.25%) Bicep
15 1 (0.25%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.25%) Swift
Qualifications
1 33 (8.27%) Degree
2 17 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (2.76%) Azure Certification
4 9 (2.26%) Master's Degree
5 7 (1.75%) PMP
6 5 (1.25%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (1.00%) MCSA
7 4 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.75%) CFA
9 2 (0.50%) ACCA
9 2 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.50%) CCNP
9 2 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.50%) CISSP
9 2 (0.50%) MBA
9 2 (0.50%) PhD
9 2 (0.50%) Security Cleared
9 2 (0.50%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 2 (0.50%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.51%) Data Quality
1 14 (3.51%) MiFID
2 12 (3.01%) QA
3 11 (2.76%) PMO
4 8 (2.01%) SLA
5 6 (1.50%) EMIR
6 4 (1.00%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.50%) GDPR
7 2 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.50%) NIST
7 2 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.25%) Basel III
8 1 (0.25%) IFRS
8 1 (0.25%) ITGC
8 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.25%) PSD2
8 1 (0.25%) SEPA
8 1 (0.25%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.25%) Solvency II
8 1 (0.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 19 (4.76%) Docker
2 10 (2.51%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.25%) GridGain
3 1 (0.25%) Varnish
3 1 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.25%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 17 (4.26%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.01%) Terraform
3 7 (1.75%) SCCM
4 5 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.25%) WSUS
5 4 (1.00%) Control-M
6 2 (0.50%) Ansible
6 2 (0.50%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (0.50%) Puppet
6 2 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.25%) Grafana
7 1 (0.25%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.25%) WMI
Vendors
1 40 (10.03%) Microsoft
2 37 (9.27%) Oracle
3 13 (3.26%) Murex
4 12 (3.01%) Bloomberg
5 11 (2.76%) OpenAI
6 9 (2.26%) ION Trading
7 8 (2.01%) Charles River
7 8 (2.01%) Citrix
8 7 (1.75%) Reuters
9 6 (1.50%) Adobe
10 5 (1.25%) Sybase
11 4 (1.00%) CyberArk
11 4 (1.00%) Pega
11 4 (1.00%) ServiceNow
11 4 (1.00%) Solace
12 3 (0.75%) Databricks
12 3 (0.75%) Google
12 3 (0.75%) SAP
13 2 (0.50%) Calypso
13 2 (0.50%) Cisco