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 2 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 66 63
Rank change year-on-year -53 -3 -10
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 457 511 589
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.37% 3.94% 3.34%
As % of the General category 3.93% 5.79% 5.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 334 483
10th Percentile £402 £443 £513
25th Percentile £500 £619 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £659 £750 £795
Median % change year-on-year -12.17% -5.66% +13.57%
75th Percentile £788 £850 £888
90th Percentile £938 £888 -
England median daily rate £671 £750 £775
% change year-on-year -10.50% -3.23% +10.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £87.50 -
England median hourly rate - £87.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year - +348.72% -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 11,642 8,831 10,987
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.32% 68.01% 62.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,452 5,890 7,826
10th Percentile £350 £331 £336
25th Percentile £437 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £700
90th Percentile £788 £813 £825
England median daily rate £525 £520 £535
% change year-on-year +0.96% -2.80% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 218 165 233
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.05 £24.66 £18.79
Median hourly rate £32.25 £34.00 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year -5.15% +12.73% -7.47%
75th Percentile £45.16 £51.18 £48.75
90th Percentile £67.88 £64.50 £67.60
England median hourly rate £32.50 £27.50 £32.90
% change year-on-year +18.18% -16.40% +9.65%

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 2 July 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 2 July 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 -31 63 £669 -1.29% 26
East London -1 4 £875 -2.78% 1
South London -7 2 £800 +10.34% 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 12 (2.63%) Confluence
2 4 (0.88%) IIS
3 3 (0.66%) Apache
3 3 (0.66%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.66%) SAS
3 3 (0.66%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.44%) Jupyter
4 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.22%) CICS
Applications
1 26 (5.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (3.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (2.41%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (1.53%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.44%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.44%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 12 (2.63%) Oracle Payables
1 12 (2.63%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 12 (2.63%) Oracle Receivables
2 9 (1.97%) Aladdin
3 6 (1.31%) Summit
4 3 (0.66%) Loan IQ
4 3 (0.66%) Orchestrade
5 2 (0.44%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 2 (0.44%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.44%) Front Arena
5 2 (0.44%) Global One
5 2 (0.44%) IntelliMatch
6 1 (0.22%) Actimize
6 1 (0.22%) BusinessWorks
6 1 (0.22%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.22%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.22%) SunGard Martini
Cloud Services
1 61 (13.35%) Azure
2 57 (12.47%) AWS
3 22 (4.81%) Power Platform
4 20 (4.38%) GCP
5 17 (3.72%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (3.50%) GitHub
7 15 (3.28%) OCI
8 12 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (2.63%) Entra ID
9 9 (1.97%) Snowflake
10 7 (1.53%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (1.53%) Google Workspace
11 6 (1.31%) Power Automate
11 6 (1.31%) PowerApps
12 5 (1.09%) Amazon ECS
12 5 (1.09%) Amazon EKS
13 4 (0.88%) npm
13 4 (0.88%) SaaS
13 4 (0.88%) Yarn
14 3 (0.66%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.16%) FIX Connectivity
2 10 (2.19%) Firewall
3 8 (1.75%) Multicast
3 8 (1.75%) VPN
4 7 (1.53%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.31%) DMZ
5 6 (1.31%) HTTP
6 3 (0.66%) BGP
6 3 (0.66%) Wireless
7 2 (0.44%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (0.44%) DWDM
7 2 (0.44%) MPLS
7 2 (0.44%) Network Security
7 2 (0.44%) OSPF
7 2 (0.44%) RTMP
7 2 (0.44%) Wireshark
8 1 (0.22%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 1 (0.22%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 1 (0.22%) Internet
8 1 (0.22%) MIMO
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (4.60%) Power BI
1 21 (4.60%) SQL Server
2 19 (4.16%) Relational Database
3 18 (3.94%) Metadata
4 12 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (2.19%) Data Vault
5 10 (2.19%) Pinecone
5 10 (2.19%) Weaviate
6 9 (1.97%) Tableau
7 8 (1.75%) KDB
7 8 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (1.31%) RDBMS
8 6 (1.31%) Redis
9 5 (1.09%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (1.09%) Big Data
9 5 (1.09%) Kdb+
9 5 (1.09%) MongoDB
9 5 (1.09%) Snowflake Schema
10 4 (0.88%) ClickHouse
10 4 (0.88%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 35 (7.66%) JIRA
2 13 (2.84%) Git
3 10 (2.19%) ER Studio
3 10 (2.19%) TeamCity
4 9 (1.97%) ERwin
5 8 (1.75%) GitLab
5 8 (1.75%) Jenkins
6 6 (1.31%) Octopus Deploy
6 6 (1.31%) webpack
7 5 (1.09%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.88%) PowerDesigner
9 3 (0.66%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.66%) Maven
9 3 (0.66%) Selenium
10 2 (0.44%) MSBuild
10 2 (0.44%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.44%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.44%) Vite
11 1 (0.22%) Postman
11 1 (0.22%) XCUITest
General
1 457 (100.00%) Banking
2 285 (62.36%) Finance
3 154 (33.70%) Front Office
4 114 (24.95%) Social Skills
5 55 (12.04%) Analytical Skills
6 47 (10.28%) Retail Banking
7 39 (8.53%) Retail
8 37 (8.10%) Corporate Banking
9 32 (7.00%) Financial Institution
10 19 (4.16%) Legal
11 11 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
11 11 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (1.97%) Back Office
12 9 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (1.75%) Spanish Language
14 7 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (1.09%) French Language
16 3 (0.66%) Advertising
16 3 (0.66%) Law
16 3 (0.66%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 166 (36.32%) Developer
2 85 (18.60%) Analyst
3 77 (16.85%) Java Developer
4 69 (15.10%) Senior
5 68 (14.88%) Business Analyst
6 48 (10.50%) Senior Developer
7 36 (7.88%) Senior Java Developer
8 23 (5.03%) C# Developer
8 23 (5.03%) Electronic Trading Developer
8 23 (5.03%) React Developer
9 22 (4.81%) Banking Analyst
10 20 (4.38%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
10 20 (4.38%) Low Latency Java Developer
10 20 (4.38%) UI Developer
11 19 (4.16%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
11 19 (4.16%) Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading
11 19 (4.16%) Lead
11 19 (4.16%) Project Manager
11 19 (4.16%) Senior React Developer
11 19 (4.16%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (11.16%) React
2 43 (9.41%) .NET
3 37 (8.10%) FIX Protocol
4 28 (6.13%) Kafka
5 25 (5.47%) Redux
6 18 (3.94%) Spring
7 16 (3.50%) AngularJS
8 14 (3.06%) REST
9 13 (2.84%) CSS
10 12 (2.63%) HTML
11 11 (2.41%) OAuth
11 11 (2.41%) OAuth2
11 11 (2.41%) RESTful
12 10 (2.19%) LangChain
12 10 (2.19%) LlamaIndex
13 9 (1.97%) Node.js
13 9 (1.97%) XML
14 8 (1.75%) RxJava
15 7 (1.53%) Middleware
15 7 (1.53%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 102 (22.32%) Derivative
2 75 (16.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 57 (12.47%) Equities
4 56 (12.25%) Fixed Income
5 23 (5.03%) Greenfield Project
6 21 (4.60%) Onboarding
7 20 (4.38%) Distributed Systems
7 20 (4.38%) Market Risk
7 20 (4.38%) Product Ownership
8 19 (4.16%) Credit Risk
8 19 (4.16%) TWAP
8 19 (4.16%) VWAP
9 18 (3.94%) Algorithms
9 18 (3.94%) Data Structures
10 16 (3.50%) Management Information System
11 13 (2.84%) Cloud Native
12 12 (2.63%) AI Agents
13 9 (1.97%) Data Protection Act
14 8 (1.75%) Hedge funds
15 7 (1.53%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 29 (6.35%) Windows
2 24 (5.25%) Unix
3 23 (5.03%) Linux
4 7 (1.53%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.88%) Windows 7
6 3 (0.66%) Android
7 2 (0.44%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.22%) Solaris
8 1 (0.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (21.44%) Agile
2 73 (15.97%) Low Latency
3 70 (15.32%) Problem-Solving
4 65 (14.22%) Electronic Trading
5 57 (12.47%) CI/CD
6 52 (11.38%) Stakeholder Management
7 51 (11.16%) Analytics
8 49 (10.72%) AI
9 42 (9.19%) Asset Management
9 42 (9.19%) DevOps
9 42 (9.19%) TDD
10 41 (8.97%) Multithreading
10 41 (8.97%) Software Engineering
10 41 (8.97%) User Acceptance Testing
11 36 (7.88%) Wealth Management
12 35 (7.66%) Full-Stack Development
13 33 (7.22%) Business Analysis
14 31 (6.78%) Algorithmic Trading
15 30 (6.56%) Microservices
16 29 (6.35%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 116 (25.38%) Java
2 100 (21.88%) Python
3 97 (21.23%) SQL
4 73 (15.97%) C#
5 59 (12.91%) TypeScript
6 48 (10.50%) JavaScript
7 20 (4.38%) PowerShell
8 18 (3.94%) C++
9 9 (1.97%) Shell Script
10 7 (1.53%) Rust
11 6 (1.31%) VBA
12 5 (1.09%) Kotlin
12 5 (1.09%) Scala
13 3 (0.66%) Bash
13 3 (0.66%) Bicep
13 3 (0.66%) Perl
14 2 (0.44%) C
14 2 (0.44%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.44%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.22%) F#
Qualifications
1 29 (6.35%) Degree
2 11 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (2.19%) Azure Certification
4 6 (1.31%) PMP
5 5 (1.09%) Master's Degree
6 4 (0.88%) PMI Certification
7 3 (0.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (0.66%) MCSA
7 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.44%) CCNP
8 2 (0.44%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.44%) CISSP
8 2 (0.44%) MBA
8 2 (0.44%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 2 (0.44%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 1 (0.22%) CFA
9 1 (0.22%) CISA
9 1 (0.22%) IIBA
9 1 (0.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.84%) MiFID
1 13 (2.84%) QA
2 12 (2.63%) Data Quality
3 11 (2.41%) PMO
4 7 (1.53%) SLA
5 5 (1.09%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.09%) EMIR
6 2 (0.44%) WCAG
7 1 (0.22%) COREP
7 1 (0.22%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.22%) FINREP
7 1 (0.22%) GDPR
7 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.22%) ITGC
7 1 (0.22%) NIST
7 1 (0.22%) PSD2
7 1 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.22%) Solvency II
System Software
1 21 (4.60%) Docker
2 14 (3.06%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.22%) GridGain
3 1 (0.22%) Varnish
3 1 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.22%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 21 (4.60%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.41%) Terraform
3 8 (1.75%) SCCM
4 7 (1.53%) WSUS
5 6 (1.31%) Ansible
6 5 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.88%) Control-M
8 3 (0.66%) ITRS Geneos
9 1 (0.22%) Puppet
9 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.22%) WMI
Vendors
1 43 (9.41%) Microsoft
2 37 (8.10%) Oracle
3 16 (3.50%) Murex
4 14 (3.06%) OpenAI
5 11 (2.41%) Bloomberg
6 9 (1.97%) Citrix
6 9 (1.97%) ION Trading
7 8 (1.75%) Reuters
8 7 (1.53%) Solace
9 6 (1.31%) Charles River
10 5 (1.09%) Databricks
10 5 (1.09%) Sybase
11 4 (0.88%) Google
11 4 (0.88%) ServiceNow
12 3 (0.66%) Adobe
12 3 (0.66%) Alteryx
12 3 (0.66%) Cisco
12 3 (0.66%) CyberArk
12 3 (0.66%) SAP
12 3 (0.66%) TIBCO