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 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 74 62
Rank change year-on-year -36 -12 -7
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 378 451 598
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.64% 3.23% 3.33%
As % of the General category 4.03% 5.00% 5.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 258 293 455
10th Percentile £425 £484 £488
25th Percentile £514 £600 £561
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £688 £710
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% -3.17% -2.07%
75th Percentile £825 £834 £825
90th Percentile £988 £888 £950
England median daily rate £645 £688 £700
% change year-on-year -6.18% -1.79% -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £20.33 - -
25th Percentile £22.53 £76.25 -
Median hourly rate £32.87 £77.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -57.59% - -
75th Percentile £45.64 £78.75 -
90th Percentile £52.43 - -
England median hourly rate £32.87 £77.50 £18.50
% change year-on-year -57.59% +318.92% -32.68%

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 9,380 9,029 11,578
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 65.50% 64.69% 64.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,114 5,726 8,283
10th Percentile £343 £325 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £673 £700 £700
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -5.66% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 110 186
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.93 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.82 £24.26 £19.99
Median hourly rate £26.65 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.86% +16.67% +10.09%
75th Percentile £46.00 £53.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.60 £78.40 £74.38
England median hourly rate £23.00 £30.00 £30.49
% change year-on-year -23.33% -1.60% +18.58%

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 14 January 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Investment Banking in London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

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 14 January 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 -18 54 £650 +4.00% 18
East London +2 4 £416 -27.65%
South London -8 1 £475 -34.48%
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 19 (5.03%) Confluence
2 17 (4.50%) Apache
2 17 (4.50%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (1.59%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.79%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.79%) CMS
4 3 (0.79%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.26%) HCL Notes
5 1 (0.26%) MQSeries
5 1 (0.26%) Tomcat
Applications
1 21 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.44%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (3.17%) MS Visio
4 6 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.79%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.59%) Fidessa
2 4 (1.06%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (0.79%) Aladdin
3 3 (0.79%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (0.79%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.53%) Markit EDM
4 2 (0.53%) thinkFolio
5 1 (0.26%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.26%) Bloomberg AIM
5 1 (0.26%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 1 (0.26%) IntelliMatch
5 1 (0.26%) ION MarketView
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 74 (19.58%) AWS
2 72 (19.05%) Azure
3 23 (6.08%) Snowflake
4 22 (5.82%) Power Platform
5 19 (5.03%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (4.50%) dbt
7 16 (4.23%) GitHub
8 15 (3.97%) GCP
9 11 (2.91%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (2.12%) GitHub Actions
10 8 (2.12%) Serverless
11 7 (1.85%) PowerApps
12 6 (1.59%) Azure AKS
12 6 (1.59%) ChatGPT
13 5 (1.32%) AWS Lambda
13 5 (1.32%) GitHub Copilot
13 5 (1.32%) Microsoft Copilot
13 5 (1.32%) npm
13 5 (1.32%) Yarn
14 4 (1.06%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.38%) FIX Connectivity
2 4 (1.06%) Firewall
2 4 (1.06%) Multicast
2 4 (1.06%) TCP/IP
2 4 (1.06%) VPN
3 3 (0.79%) DMZ
4 2 (0.53%) HTTP
4 2 (0.53%) Network Security
4 2 (0.53%) SMS
5 1 (0.26%) DHCP
5 1 (0.26%) DNS
5 1 (0.26%) NetScaler
5 1 (0.26%) SAN
5 1 (0.26%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (6.35%) PostgreSQL
2 23 (6.08%) SQL Server
3 20 (5.29%) Power BI
4 17 (4.50%) Amazon Athena
4 17 (4.50%) Apache Arrow
4 17 (4.50%) Apache Iceberg
4 17 (4.50%) Apache Ignite
4 17 (4.50%) Data Lake
4 17 (4.50%) Dremio
4 17 (4.50%) Tableau
5 16 (4.23%) MongoDB
5 16 (4.23%) Relational Database
6 11 (2.91%) NoSQL
7 10 (2.65%) DB2
8 8 (2.12%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (1.85%) KDB
9 7 (1.85%) Metadata
10 6 (1.59%) Power Query
11 5 (1.32%) Oracle Database
11 5 (1.32%) Redis
Development Applications
1 30 (7.94%) JIRA
2 26 (6.88%) Git
3 13 (3.44%) JUnit
4 8 (2.12%) GitLab
4 8 (2.12%) Selenium
5 7 (1.85%) Cucumber
5 7 (1.85%) Maven
6 6 (1.59%) Jenkins
6 6 (1.59%) Octopus Deploy
6 6 (1.59%) TeamCity
7 5 (1.32%) Bitbucket
7 5 (1.32%) Postman
7 5 (1.32%) webpack
8 4 (1.06%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.79%) REST Assured
9 3 (0.79%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.79%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.53%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.53%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.53%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 378 (100.00%) Banking
2 240 (63.49%) Finance
3 119 (31.48%) Social Skills
4 103 (27.25%) Front Office
5 65 (17.20%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (5.03%) Corporate Banking
6 19 (5.03%) Retail Banking
7 18 (4.76%) Financial Institution
8 15 (3.97%) Back Office
8 15 (3.97%) Retail
9 12 (3.17%) Legal
10 11 (2.91%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.32%) French Language
11 5 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.53%) Marketing
14 1 (0.26%) Games
14 1 (0.26%) Multimedia
14 1 (0.26%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 126 (33.33%) Developer
2 75 (19.84%) Analyst
3 72 (19.05%) Senior
4 56 (14.81%) Java Developer
5 53 (14.02%) Business Analyst
6 37 (9.79%) Senior Developer
7 30 (7.94%) Senior Java Developer
8 29 (7.67%) AWS Developer
9 26 (6.88%) Banking Analyst
10 24 (6.35%) Software Engineer
11 21 (5.56%) C# Developer
12 20 (5.29%) Project Manager
12 20 (5.29%) Python Engineer
13 19 (5.03%) AWS Engineer
13 19 (5.03%) Java Engineer
14 18 (4.76%) Analytics Developer
14 18 (4.76%) Kafka Developer
14 18 (4.76%) PostgreSQL Developer
15 17 (4.50%) AWS Software Engineer
15 17 (4.50%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (11.11%) Kafka
2 33 (8.73%) .NET
2 33 (8.73%) Pandas
3 32 (8.47%) React
4 28 (7.41%) NumPy
4 28 (7.41%) SciPy
5 21 (5.56%) AngularJS
6 18 (4.76%) Spring
7 17 (4.50%) gRPC
7 17 (4.50%) Protocol Buffers
8 16 (4.23%) FIX Protocol
9 14 (3.70%) JMS
10 13 (3.44%) FastAPI
10 13 (3.44%) HTML
11 11 (2.91%) CSS
11 11 (2.91%) Flask
11 11 (2.91%) Polars
11 11 (2.91%) Vue
12 10 (2.65%) XML
13 8 (2.12%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 91 (24.07%) Derivative
2 58 (15.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 53 (14.02%) Equities
4 44 (11.64%) Hedge funds
5 42 (11.11%) Fixed Income
6 27 (7.14%) Management Information System
6 27 (7.14%) Market Risk
7 18 (4.76%) Onboarding
8 17 (4.50%) Pricing Data
9 16 (4.23%) Data Structures
10 13 (3.44%) Cloud Native
11 12 (3.17%) Credit Risk
11 12 (3.17%) Product Ownership
12 10 (2.65%) AI Agents
12 10 (2.65%) Analytical Mindset
13 9 (2.38%) Distributed Computing
14 8 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
15 7 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
15 7 (1.85%) TWAP
15 7 (1.85%) VWAP
Operating Systems
1 38 (10.05%) Linux
2 14 (3.70%) Windows
3 12 (3.17%) Unix
4 5 (1.32%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.06%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.53%) AIX
7 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (25.40%) Agile
2 78 (20.63%) Problem-Solving
3 51 (13.49%) Software Engineering
4 49 (12.96%) CI/CD
5 48 (12.70%) Analytics
5 48 (12.70%) DevOps
6 47 (12.43%) Stakeholder Management
7 39 (10.32%) Risk Management
8 38 (10.05%) AI
9 35 (9.26%) Asset Management
10 33 (8.73%) Multithreading
11 32 (8.47%) Business Analysis
12 31 (8.20%) Project Management
13 29 (7.67%) TDD
14 28 (7.41%) Mathematics
14 28 (7.41%) SDLC
14 28 (7.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 27 (7.14%) Computer Science
15 27 (7.14%) Data Analysis
15 27 (7.14%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 115 (30.42%) SQL
2 113 (29.89%) Java
3 112 (29.63%) Python
4 62 (16.40%) C#
5 41 (10.85%) JavaScript
6 33 (8.73%) TypeScript
7 24 (6.35%) C++
8 16 (4.23%) PowerShell
8 16 (4.23%) Shell Script
9 11 (2.91%) Rust
10 6 (1.59%) Scala
10 6 (1.59%) VB.NET
11 5 (1.32%) Go
12 4 (1.06%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.79%) Bash
13 3 (0.79%) Bicep
13 3 (0.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.79%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.79%) VBA
14 2 (0.53%) Korn
Qualifications
1 45 (11.90%) Degree
2 18 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
2 18 (4.76%) Master's Degree
3 9 (2.38%) PMP
4 7 (1.85%) CFA
4 7 (1.85%) PMI Certification
5 6 (1.59%) Azure Certification
5 6 (1.59%) PhD
6 2 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.53%) IIBA
6 2 (0.53%) Numerate Degree
6 2 (0.53%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.26%) CCA
7 1 (0.26%) CISSP
7 1 (0.26%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.26%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.26%) MCP
7 1 (0.26%) MCSA
7 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.26%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.35%) QA
2 13 (3.44%) MiFID
3 11 (2.91%) EMIR
4 10 (2.65%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.65%) PMO
5 7 (1.85%) SLA
6 6 (1.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (1.06%) GDPR
7 4 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.53%) Dodd-Frank
8 2 (0.53%) GRC
8 2 (0.53%) NIST
8 2 (0.53%) SEPA
8 2 (0.53%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.53%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.26%) COBIT
9 1 (0.26%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.26%) FINRA
9 1 (0.26%) IFRS
System Software
1 27 (7.14%) Docker
2 4 (1.06%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.26%) Firmware
3 1 (0.26%) GridGain
3 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 29 (7.67%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.65%) Terraform
3 4 (1.06%) Ansible
3 4 (1.06%) SCCM
4 3 (0.79%) Thomson Reuters DACS
5 2 (0.53%) Grafana
5 2 (0.53%) ITRS Geneos
5 2 (0.53%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.53%) Puppet
5 2 (0.53%) WSUS
5 2 (0.53%) ZABBIX
6 1 (0.26%) HP SiteScope
6 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle Identity Management
6 1 (0.26%) SCOM
6 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.26%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 39 (10.32%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.29%) Oracle
3 16 (4.23%) Bloomberg
4 13 (3.44%) Sybase
5 8 (2.12%) Databricks
5 8 (2.12%) ION Trading
5 8 (2.12%) Murex
6 6 (1.59%) Splunk
7 5 (1.32%) OpenAI
7 5 (1.32%) Refinitiv
7 5 (1.32%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.32%) SAP
7 5 (1.32%) Solace
7 5 (1.32%) UiPath
8 4 (1.06%) Alteryx
8 4 (1.06%) Charles River
8 4 (1.06%) Citrix
8 4 (1.06%) Google
8 4 (1.06%) Reuters
9 3 (0.79%) Tradeweb