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 18 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 66 74
Rank change year-on-year -65 +8 -21
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 361 468 528
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.08% 3.69% 2.95%
As % of the General category 3.40% 5.46% 4.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 299 392
10th Percentile £413 £410 £500
25th Percentile £500 £613 £583
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £645 £750 £725
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% +3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £788 £875 £850
90th Percentile £938 £888 £900
England median daily rate £625 £750 £725
% change year-on-year -16.67% +3.45% +3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £26.57 - -
25th Percentile £30.80 - -
Median hourly rate £39.73 £100.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -60.27% - -
75th Percentile £49.28 - -
90th Percentile £53.89 - -
England median hourly rate £39.73 £100.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -60.27% +412.82% -51.85%

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 general skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 10,611 8,571 11,311
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 61.11% 67.49% 63.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,914 5,809 8,082
10th Percentile £348 £336 £331
25th Percentile £425 £448 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £700 £700
90th Percentile £788 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 185 137 253
10th Percentile £18.37 £15.84 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £23.80 £18.79
Median hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% +15.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £50.00 £52.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £66.00 £68.75
England median hourly rate £29.52 £28.75 £28.00
% change year-on-year +2.68% +2.68% -17.65%

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 18 April 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 18 April 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 18 April 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 -38 54 £625 - 24
East London -1 4 £416 -27.65%
South London -19 1 £600 -12.73%
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 14 (3.88%) Confluence
2 5 (1.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 5 (1.39%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.83%) Apache
3 3 (0.83%) SAS
3 3 (0.83%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.55%) IIS
4 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.28%) CICS
5 1 (0.28%) CMS
5 1 (0.28%) HCL Notes
5 1 (0.28%) Jupyter
Applications
1 28 (7.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (4.16%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (3.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (3.60%) MS Visio
5 4 (1.11%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.83%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.55%) UserZoom
8 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (3.88%) Oracle Payables
2 13 (3.60%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 13 (3.60%) Oracle Receivables
3 7 (1.94%) Aladdin
4 6 (1.66%) Summit
5 4 (1.11%) Fidessa
6 3 (0.83%) Loan IQ
7 2 (0.55%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 2 (0.55%) Front Arena
7 2 (0.55%) Global One
7 2 (0.55%) Markit EDM
8 1 (0.28%) Actimize
8 1 (0.28%) Adobe Campaign
8 1 (0.28%) Bloomberg AIM
8 1 (0.28%) BusinessWorks
8 1 (0.28%) IntelliMatch
8 1 (0.28%) ION MarketView
8 1 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.28%) Orchestrade
8 1 (0.28%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 55 (15.24%) Azure
2 48 (13.30%) AWS
3 17 (4.71%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (4.43%) Power Platform
5 14 (3.88%) GitHub
5 14 (3.88%) OCI
6 12 (3.32%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (3.32%) GCP
7 8 (2.22%) Google Workspace
8 7 (1.94%) Entra ID
8 7 (1.94%) Snowflake
9 6 (1.66%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (1.39%) npm
10 5 (1.39%) Serverless
10 5 (1.39%) Yarn
11 4 (1.11%) ChatGPT
11 4 (1.11%) Figma
11 4 (1.11%) Power Automate
11 4 (1.11%) PowerApps
12 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.26%) FIX Connectivity
2 8 (2.22%) Firewall
3 7 (1.94%) DMZ
3 7 (1.94%) TCP/IP
3 7 (1.94%) VPN
4 5 (1.39%) HTTP
5 3 (0.83%) Multicast
6 2 (0.55%) RTMP
7 1 (0.28%) MIMO
7 1 (0.28%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.28%) SMS
7 1 (0.28%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.82%) SQL Server
2 14 (3.88%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (3.88%) Power BI
2 14 (3.88%) Relational Database
3 11 (3.05%) Tableau
4 9 (2.49%) Metadata
5 6 (1.66%) RDBMS
5 6 (1.66%) Redis
6 5 (1.39%) NoSQL
6 5 (1.39%) Oracle Database
6 5 (1.39%) Pinecone
6 5 (1.39%) Weaviate
7 4 (1.11%) Big Data
7 4 (1.11%) KDB
8 3 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.83%) Kdb+
8 3 (0.83%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.83%) Neo4j
8 3 (0.83%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 27 (7.48%) JIRA
2 9 (2.49%) Git
3 8 (2.22%) TeamCity
4 7 (1.94%) GitLab
5 6 (1.66%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.66%) Octopus Deploy
6 5 (1.39%) Selenium
6 5 (1.39%) webpack
7 4 (1.11%) Bitbucket
7 4 (1.11%) REST Assured
8 3 (0.83%) JUnit
8 3 (0.83%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.55%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.55%) Maven
9 2 (0.55%) Postman
9 2 (0.55%) SoapUI
9 2 (0.55%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.55%) Vite
10 1 (0.28%) Jaeger
10 1 (0.28%) XCUITest
General
1 361 (100.00%) Banking
2 225 (62.33%) Finance
3 115 (31.86%) Front Office
4 104 (28.81%) Social Skills
5 50 (13.85%) Analytical Skills
6 31 (8.59%) Retail Banking
7 24 (6.65%) Financial Institution
8 23 (6.37%) Corporate Banking
8 23 (6.37%) Retail
9 14 (3.88%) Documentation Skills
9 14 (3.88%) Legal
10 12 (3.32%) Back Office
11 7 (1.94%) French Language
11 7 (1.94%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.11%) Marketing
14 3 (0.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.83%) Spanish Language
15 2 (0.55%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 117 (32.41%) Developer
2 76 (21.05%) Analyst
3 60 (16.62%) Business Analyst
4 57 (15.79%) Senior
5 55 (15.24%) Java Developer
6 37 (10.25%) Senior Developer
7 28 (7.76%) Senior Java Developer
8 23 (6.37%) Electronic Trading Developer
9 22 (6.09%) Banking Analyst
10 21 (5.82%) C# Developer
11 20 (5.54%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
12 19 (5.26%) Lead
13 18 (4.99%) Support Engineer
14 17 (4.71%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
14 17 (4.71%) Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading
14 17 (4.71%) Low Latency Java Developer
15 16 (4.43%) Kafka Developer
16 14 (3.88%) AWS Developer
17 13 (3.60%) Banking Business Analyst
18 12 (3.32%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (9.42%) .NET
2 30 (8.31%) React
3 28 (7.76%) Kafka
4 26 (7.20%) FIX Protocol
5 16 (4.43%) CSS
5 16 (4.43%) HTML
6 14 (3.88%) Redux
7 13 (3.60%) AngularJS
7 13 (3.60%) XML
8 9 (2.49%) Spring
9 8 (2.22%) HTML5
9 8 (2.22%) Node.js
10 7 (1.94%) LangChain
11 6 (1.66%) OAuth
11 6 (1.66%) Pandas
11 6 (1.66%) Reactive Extensions
11 6 (1.66%) REST
11 6 (1.66%) RESTful
12 5 (1.39%) JMS
12 5 (1.39%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 78 (21.61%) Derivative
2 42 (11.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 39 (10.80%) Equities
3 39 (10.80%) Fixed Income
4 27 (7.48%) Market Risk
5 23 (6.37%) Management Information System
6 21 (5.82%) Credit Risk
7 17 (4.71%) TWAP
7 17 (4.71%) VWAP
8 16 (4.43%) Onboarding
9 13 (3.60%) Cloud Native
9 13 (3.60%) Data Structures
10 12 (3.32%) Algorithms
11 10 (2.77%) Hedge funds
12 9 (2.49%) Distributed Systems
13 8 (2.22%) AI Agents
14 7 (1.94%) Analytical Mindset
15 6 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
15 6 (1.66%) Product Ownership
16 5 (1.39%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 26 (7.20%) Windows
2 21 (5.82%) Unix
3 18 (4.99%) Linux
4 8 (2.22%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.66%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.55%) AIX
7 1 (0.28%) Android
7 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (18.28%) Agile
2 59 (16.34%) Problem-Solving
3 46 (12.74%) Stakeholder Management
4 45 (12.47%) Analytics
5 42 (11.63%) Electronic Trading
6 41 (11.36%) AI
6 41 (11.36%) Low Latency
7 40 (11.08%) DevOps
8 39 (10.80%) CI/CD
9 38 (10.53%) Asset Management
9 38 (10.53%) TDD
9 38 (10.53%) User Acceptance Testing
10 36 (9.97%) Business Analysis
11 34 (9.42%) Multithreading
12 32 (8.86%) Project Management
12 32 (8.86%) Risk Management
13 27 (7.48%) Design Patterns
13 27 (7.48%) Test Automation
14 25 (6.93%) OO
14 25 (6.93%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 96 (26.59%) SQL
2 92 (25.48%) Java
3 71 (19.67%) Python
4 48 (13.30%) C#
5 31 (8.59%) TypeScript
6 28 (7.76%) JavaScript
7 17 (4.71%) PowerShell
8 13 (3.60%) C++
9 7 (1.94%) Shell Script
10 6 (1.66%) Scala
11 5 (1.39%) Perl
11 5 (1.39%) Rust
11 5 (1.39%) VBA
12 4 (1.11%) Bash
12 4 (1.11%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.83%) Go
14 2 (0.55%) Korn
15 1 (0.28%) F#
15 1 (0.28%) LotusScript
15 1 (0.28%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 37 (10.25%) Degree
2 19 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (3.60%) Master's Degree
4 10 (2.77%) Azure Certification
5 6 (1.66%) PMP
6 5 (1.39%) CFA
6 5 (1.39%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (1.11%) MCSA
7 4 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.11%) PhD
8 3 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.55%) ACCA
9 2 (0.55%) CISSP
9 2 (0.55%) MBA
9 2 (0.55%) Security Cleared
9 2 (0.55%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 2 (0.55%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 1 (0.28%) IIBA
10 1 (0.28%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.71%) QA
2 13 (3.60%) Data Quality
3 11 (3.05%) MiFID
3 11 (3.05%) PMO
4 9 (2.49%) SLA
5 5 (1.39%) EMIR
5 5 (1.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.83%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.55%) GDPR
7 2 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.55%) NIST
7 2 (0.55%) SEPA
8 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.28%) Basel III
8 1 (0.28%) COBIT
8 1 (0.28%) COSO
8 1 (0.28%) Dodd-Frank
8 1 (0.28%) FINRA
8 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.28%) Solvency II
System Software
1 16 (4.43%) Docker
2 7 (1.94%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.28%) GridGain
3 1 (0.28%) Varnish
3 1 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.28%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 16 (4.43%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.49%) SCCM
3 7 (1.94%) WSUS
4 5 (1.39%) Terraform
5 4 (1.11%) Control-M
5 4 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.83%) Ansible
6 3 (0.83%) ITRS Geneos
7 2 (0.55%) Puppet
7 2 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.28%) Grafana
8 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.28%) WMI
8 1 (0.28%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 42 (11.63%) Microsoft
2 35 (9.70%) Oracle
3 17 (4.71%) Bloomberg
4 14 (3.88%) ION Trading
4 14 (3.88%) Murex
5 9 (2.49%) Citrix
5 9 (2.49%) Reuters
6 8 (2.22%) Charles River
7 6 (1.66%) Adobe
8 5 (1.39%) OpenAI
8 5 (1.39%) Sybase
9 4 (1.11%) CyberArk
9 4 (1.11%) IBM
9 4 (1.11%) Pega
9 4 (1.11%) SAP
10 3 (0.83%) Google
10 3 (0.83%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.83%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.83%) Solace
11 2 (0.55%) Dynatrace