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 11 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 66 59
Rank change year-on-year -64 -7 -4
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 457 536 630
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.27% 3.95% 3.88%
As % of the General category 3.73% 5.76% 6.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 370 522
10th Percentile £414 £440 £525
25th Percentile £513 £613 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £667 £750 £798
Median % change year-on-year -11.03% -5.96% +13.93%
75th Percentile £795 £825 £888
90th Percentile £938 £900 -
England median daily rate £668 £750 £775
% change year-on-year -11.00% -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% -55.93%

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 12,241 9,311 10,150
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.72% 68.60% 62.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,796 6,205 7,129
10th Percentile £350 £325 £338
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £825
England median daily rate £525 £513 £538
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 238 183 145
10th Percentile £18.50 £15.84 £17.25
25th Percentile £21.61 £24.50 £23.80
Median hourly rate £28.28 £30.81 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.21% -13.23% +1.43%
75th Percentile £43.75 £49.63 £51.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £63.65 £67.20
England median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +29.22% -34.02% +38.62%

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 11 August 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 11 August 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 59 £700 - 39
East London +5 4 £875 -2.78%
South London -12 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 6 (1.31%) Confluence
2 4 (0.88%) IIS
3 3 (0.66%) Apache
3 3 (0.66%) Apache Spark
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
4 2 (0.44%) MTS
5 1 (0.22%) CICS
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.22%) SAS
Applications
1 20 (4.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.66%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.44%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.22%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 11 (2.41%) Aladdin
2 6 (1.31%) Oracle Payables
2 6 (1.31%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (1.09%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (0.88%) Summit
5 3 (0.66%) Orchestrade
6 2 (0.44%) Fidessa
6 2 (0.44%) Front Arena
6 2 (0.44%) Global One
6 2 (0.44%) Loan IQ
6 2 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.44%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.22%) Actimize
7 1 (0.22%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 1 (0.22%) BusinessWorks
7 1 (0.22%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.22%) ION MarketView
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle iProcurement
7 1 (0.22%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.22%) SunGard Martini
Cloud Services
1 59 (12.91%) Azure
2 55 (12.04%) AWS
3 20 (4.38%) GCP
3 20 (4.38%) Power Platform
4 16 (3.50%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (3.06%) GitHub
6 13 (2.84%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (2.63%) Entra ID
8 9 (1.97%) OCI
9 8 (1.75%) SaaS
9 8 (1.75%) Snowflake
10 7 (1.53%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (1.31%) 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%) Azure API Management
14 3 (0.66%) Cloud Run
14 3 (0.66%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.94%) FIX Connectivity
2 10 (2.19%) Firewall
3 8 (1.75%) Multicast
4 7 (1.53%) VPN
5 6 (1.31%) HTTP
5 6 (1.31%) TCP/IP
6 5 (1.09%) DMZ
7 3 (0.66%) BGP
7 3 (0.66%) Wireless
8 2 (0.44%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (0.44%) DWDM
8 2 (0.44%) MPLS
8 2 (0.44%) Network Security
8 2 (0.44%) OSPF
8 2 (0.44%) Wireshark
9 1 (0.22%) BIG-IP
9 1 (0.22%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 1 (0.22%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 1 (0.22%) Internet
9 1 (0.22%) MIMO
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (5.25%) SQL Server
2 19 (4.16%) Power BI
3 16 (3.50%) Metadata
4 13 (2.84%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (2.63%) Relational Database
6 10 (2.19%) KDB
6 10 (2.19%) Pinecone
6 10 (2.19%) Weaviate
7 9 (1.97%) Data Vault
7 9 (1.97%) Tableau
8 6 (1.31%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (1.31%) Kdb+
8 6 (1.31%) MongoDB
8 6 (1.31%) Redis
9 5 (1.09%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.88%) Big Data
10 4 (0.88%) ClickHouse
10 4 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.88%) RDBMS
10 4 (0.88%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 38 (8.32%) JIRA
2 16 (3.50%) Git
3 11 (2.41%) ER Studio
4 10 (2.19%) ERwin
4 10 (2.19%) TeamCity
5 7 (1.53%) Jenkins
6 6 (1.31%) GitLab
7 5 (1.09%) Bitbucket
7 5 (1.09%) Octopus Deploy
7 5 (1.09%) PowerDesigner
7 5 (1.09%) webpack
8 3 (0.66%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.66%) REST Assured
8 3 (0.66%) Selenium
9 2 (0.44%) Maven
9 2 (0.44%) MSBuild
9 2 (0.44%) Vite
10 1 (0.22%) JDeveloper
10 1 (0.22%) JMeter
10 1 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
General
1 457 (100.00%) Banking
2 297 (64.99%) Finance
3 161 (35.23%) Front Office
4 107 (23.41%) Social Skills
5 58 (12.69%) Analytical Skills
6 44 (9.63%) Retail Banking
7 43 (9.41%) Retail
8 42 (9.19%) Corporate Banking
9 41 (8.97%) Financial Institution
10 19 (4.16%) Back Office
11 18 (3.94%) Legal
12 16 (3.50%) Organisational Skills
13 12 (2.63%) Spanish Language
14 8 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
16 4 (0.88%) French Language
16 4 (0.88%) Games
17 3 (0.66%) Advertising
17 3 (0.66%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 161 (35.23%) Developer
2 78 (17.07%) Analyst
3 70 (15.32%) Senior
4 69 (15.10%) Java Developer
5 63 (13.79%) Business Analyst
6 46 (10.07%) Senior Developer
7 27 (5.91%) Senior Java Developer
8 25 (5.47%) C# Developer
9 24 (5.25%) Lead
9 24 (5.25%) Project Manager
10 23 (5.03%) React Developer
11 22 (4.81%) Python Developer
12 21 (4.60%) Electronic Trading Developer
13 20 (4.38%) Support Engineer
14 19 (4.16%) Banking Analyst
14 19 (4.16%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
14 19 (4.16%) Low Latency Java Developer
14 19 (4.16%) Senior React Developer
14 19 (4.16%) UI Developer
15 18 (3.94%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (10.07%) React
2 43 (9.41%) .NET
3 39 (8.53%) FIX Protocol
4 25 (5.47%) Redux
5 20 (4.38%) Kafka
6 18 (3.94%) AngularJS
7 15 (3.28%) REST
7 15 (3.28%) Spring
8 13 (2.84%) RESTful
9 11 (2.41%) WebSockets
10 10 (2.19%) LangChain
10 10 (2.19%) LlamaIndex
10 10 (2.19%) OAuth
10 10 (2.19%) OAuth2
11 9 (1.97%) CSS
11 9 (1.97%) Node.js
11 9 (1.97%) PySpark
12 8 (1.75%) HTML
12 8 (1.75%) NumPy
12 8 (1.75%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 103 (22.54%) Derivative
2 72 (15.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 58 (12.69%) Equities
4 57 (12.47%) Fixed Income
5 30 (6.56%) Product Ownership
6 25 (5.47%) Onboarding
7 24 (5.25%) Greenfield Project
8 23 (5.03%) Market Risk
9 18 (3.94%) Data Structures
9 18 (3.94%) Distributed Systems
9 18 (3.94%) TWAP
9 18 (3.94%) VWAP
10 16 (3.50%) Algorithms
11 15 (3.28%) AI Agents
11 15 (3.28%) Credit Risk
11 15 (3.28%) Management Information System
12 14 (3.06%) Cloud Native
13 13 (2.84%) Hedge funds
14 9 (1.97%) Data Protection Act
15 8 (1.75%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 29 (6.35%) Windows
2 24 (5.25%) Linux
2 24 (5.25%) Unix
3 5 (1.09%) Android
3 5 (1.09%) Windows 10
4 4 (0.88%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.66%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.22%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (23.85%) Agile
2 74 (16.19%) Low Latency
3 68 (14.88%) Problem-Solving
4 66 (14.44%) Electronic Trading
5 64 (14.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 56 (12.25%) AI
6 56 (12.25%) CI/CD
7 54 (11.82%) Analytics
8 47 (10.28%) DevOps
9 46 (10.07%) Software Engineering
10 42 (9.19%) Wealth Management
11 37 (8.10%) Multithreading
12 36 (7.88%) Asset Management
12 36 (7.88%) Full-Stack Development
12 36 (7.88%) TDD
13 34 (7.44%) Business Analysis
13 34 (7.44%) User Acceptance Testing
14 33 (7.22%) Algorithmic Trading
14 33 (7.22%) Continuous Improvement
15 31 (6.78%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 112 (24.51%) Java
2 99 (21.66%) Python
2 99 (21.66%) SQL
3 77 (16.85%) C#
4 54 (11.82%) TypeScript
5 42 (9.19%) JavaScript
6 20 (4.38%) C++
7 18 (3.94%) PowerShell
8 11 (2.41%) Shell Script
9 7 (1.53%) Rust
10 5 (1.09%) Kotlin
10 5 (1.09%) VBA
11 4 (0.88%) Scala
12 3 (0.66%) Bicep
12 3 (0.66%) C
12 3 (0.66%) Perl
12 3 (0.66%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.66%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.44%) Tcl
14 1 (0.22%) F#
Qualifications
1 34 (7.44%) Degree
2 11 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (1.75%) PMP
4 7 (1.53%) Azure Certification
5 5 (1.09%) Master's Degree
5 5 (1.09%) PMI Certification
6 4 (0.88%) Security Cleared
7 3 (0.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (0.66%) MCSA
7 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.66%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.44%) ACCA
8 2 (0.44%) CCNP
8 2 (0.44%) Cisco Certification
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%) IIBA
9 1 (0.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.28%) MiFID
2 12 (2.63%) Data Quality
3 11 (2.41%) QA
4 7 (1.53%) EMIR
4 7 (1.53%) PMO
5 4 (0.88%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.66%) SLA
7 2 (0.44%) NIST
7 2 (0.44%) WCAG
8 1 (0.22%) COBIT
8 1 (0.22%) COREP
8 1 (0.22%) FINREP
8 1 (0.22%) GDPR
8 1 (0.22%) IFRS
8 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.22%) ITGC
8 1 (0.22%) PSD2
8 1 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 18 (3.94%) Active Directory
2 16 (3.50%) Docker
3 1 (0.22%) GridGain
3 1 (0.22%) Varnish
3 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.22%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 18 (3.94%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.41%) Terraform
3 7 (1.53%) SCCM
4 6 (1.31%) WSUS
5 5 (1.09%) Ansible
6 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.66%) Control-M
7 3 (0.66%) ITRS Geneos
8 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.22%) WMI
Vendors
1 39 (8.53%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.35%) Oracle
3 13 (2.84%) Murex
3 13 (2.84%) OpenAI
4 10 (2.19%) Bloomberg
4 10 (2.19%) Citrix
5 9 (1.97%) Databricks
6 8 (1.75%) ION Trading
7 7 (1.53%) Charles River
7 7 (1.53%) Reuters
7 7 (1.53%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.31%) SAP
8 6 (1.31%) Solace
9 5 (1.09%) Google
9 5 (1.09%) Tradeweb
10 4 (0.88%) Adobe
10 4 (0.88%) MarketAxess
10 4 (0.88%) Sybase
11 3 (0.66%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.66%) TIBCO