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 5 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 63 73
Rank change year-on-year -57 +10 -18
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 421 481 543
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.28% 3.98% 3.11%
As % of the General category 3.80% 5.86% 4.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 310 429
10th Percentile £403 £449 £500
25th Percentile £500 £614 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £648 £750 £750
Median % change year-on-year -13.67% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £775 £850 £875
90th Percentile £924 £881 £888
England median daily rate £650 £750 £750
% change year-on-year -13.33% - +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 11,071 8,213 10,941
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 59.99% 67.88% 62.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,117 5,466 7,805
10th Percentile £350 £341 £335
25th Percentile £431 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £700
90th Percentile £788 £825 £825
England median daily rate £515 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -1.90% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 206 149 240
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £15.95
25th Percentile £22.50 £24.66 £18.25
Median hourly rate £32.81 £34.00 £30.06
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% +13.11% +0.20%
75th Percentile £45.91 £50.50 £47.81
90th Percentile £68.13 £63.35 £66.20
England median hourly rate £32.00 £28.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year +14.29% -9.68% -2.88%

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 5 June 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 5 June 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 -30 57 £645 -4.44% 28
East London - 2 £875 - 1
South London -14 1 £600 -17.24% 4
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 (2.61%) Confluence
2 5 (1.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 4 (0.95%) Apache Spark
3 4 (0.95%) IIS
4 3 (0.71%) Apache
4 3 (0.71%) SAS
5 2 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.48%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.48%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.24%) CICS
Applications
1 26 (6.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (3.56%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (3.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 12 (2.85%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.48%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.48%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 13 (3.09%) Oracle Payables
1 13 (3.09%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 13 (3.09%) Oracle Receivables
2 8 (1.90%) Aladdin
3 6 (1.43%) Summit
4 3 (0.71%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.71%) Loan IQ
5 2 (0.48%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 2 (0.48%) Front Arena
5 2 (0.48%) Global One
5 2 (0.48%) Orchestrade
6 1 (0.24%) Actimize
6 1 (0.24%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.24%) BusinessWorks
6 1 (0.24%) IntelliMatch
6 1 (0.24%) Markit EDM
Cloud Services
1 63 (14.96%) Azure
2 55 (13.06%) AWS
3 18 (4.28%) GCP
4 16 (3.80%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (3.80%) Power Platform
5 15 (3.56%) OCI
6 14 (3.33%) GitHub
7 12 (2.85%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (2.38%) Entra ID
9 8 (1.90%) Google Workspace
9 8 (1.90%) Snowflake
10 7 (1.66%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (1.19%) Amazon ECS
11 5 (1.19%) npm
11 5 (1.19%) Yarn
12 4 (0.95%) Amazon EKS
13 3 (0.71%) Figma
13 3 (0.71%) SaaS
14 2 (0.48%) Adobe Analytics
14 2 (0.48%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 22 (5.23%) FIX Connectivity
2 11 (2.61%) Firewall
3 8 (1.90%) TCP/IP
3 8 (1.90%) VPN
4 7 (1.66%) DMZ
5 6 (1.43%) HTTP
5 6 (1.43%) Multicast
6 3 (0.71%) BGP
6 3 (0.71%) Wireless
7 2 (0.48%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (0.48%) DWDM
7 2 (0.48%) MPLS
7 2 (0.48%) Network Security
7 2 (0.48%) OSPF
7 2 (0.48%) RTMP
7 2 (0.48%) Wireshark
8 1 (0.24%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 1 (0.24%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 1 (0.24%) MIMO
8 1 (0.24%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (4.75%) SQL Server
2 18 (4.28%) Relational Database
3 16 (3.80%) Metadata
4 15 (3.56%) Power BI
5 11 (2.61%) Pinecone
5 11 (2.61%) Weaviate
6 10 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (2.38%) Tableau
7 9 (2.14%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (1.90%) Data Vault
9 6 (1.43%) KDB
9 6 (1.43%) RDBMS
9 6 (1.43%) Redis
10 5 (1.19%) Big Data
10 5 (1.19%) Snowflake Schema
11 4 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.95%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.95%) NoSQL
12 3 (0.71%) Flink
12 3 (0.71%) Kdb+
Development Applications
1 30 (7.13%) JIRA
2 11 (2.61%) TeamCity
3 9 (2.14%) Git
4 7 (1.66%) ER Studio
4 7 (1.66%) ERwin
5 6 (1.43%) GitLab
5 6 (1.43%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.43%) Octopus Deploy
5 6 (1.43%) webpack
6 5 (1.19%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.95%) PowerDesigner
7 4 (0.95%) Selenium
8 2 (0.48%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.48%) Maven
8 2 (0.48%) MSBuild
8 2 (0.48%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.48%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.48%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.48%) Vite
9 1 (0.24%) XCUITest
General
1 421 (100.00%) Banking
2 262 (62.23%) Finance
3 142 (33.73%) Front Office
4 105 (24.94%) Social Skills
5 54 (12.83%) Analytical Skills
6 44 (10.45%) Retail Banking
7 35 (8.31%) Retail
8 34 (8.08%) Corporate Banking
9 29 (6.89%) Financial Institution
10 21 (4.99%) Legal
11 14 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (2.38%) Back Office
12 10 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
14 8 (1.90%) Spanish Language
15 7 (1.66%) French Language
16 6 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
17 3 (0.71%) Advertising
17 3 (0.71%) Aviation
17 3 (0.71%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 145 (34.44%) Developer
2 82 (19.48%) Analyst
3 66 (15.68%) Java Developer
3 66 (15.68%) Senior
4 65 (15.44%) Business Analyst
5 44 (10.45%) Senior Developer
6 33 (7.84%) Senior Java Developer
7 25 (5.94%) Electronic Trading Developer
8 24 (5.70%) Banking Analyst
9 23 (5.46%) Support Engineer
10 22 (5.23%) C# Developer
11 21 (4.99%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
11 21 (4.99%) Low Latency Java Developer
12 20 (4.75%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
12 20 (4.75%) Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading
13 16 (3.80%) Project Manager
14 15 (3.56%) Python Developer
14 15 (3.56%) React Developer
15 14 (3.33%) Banking Business Analyst
15 14 (3.33%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (10.21%) .NET
2 40 (9.50%) React
3 37 (8.79%) FIX Protocol
4 26 (6.18%) Kafka
5 19 (4.51%) Redux
6 14 (3.33%) AngularJS
6 14 (3.33%) CSS
6 14 (3.33%) HTML
7 13 (3.09%) Spring
7 13 (3.09%) XML
8 12 (2.85%) LangChain
9 11 (2.61%) LlamaIndex
10 10 (2.38%) REST
11 9 (2.14%) RESTful
12 8 (1.90%) OAuth
12 8 (1.90%) OAuth2
13 7 (1.66%) HTML5
13 7 (1.66%) Node.js
13 7 (1.66%) WebSockets
14 6 (1.43%) Ultra Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 96 (22.80%) Derivative
2 61 (14.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 54 (12.83%) Equities
4 45 (10.69%) Fixed Income
5 24 (5.70%) Market Risk
6 20 (4.75%) Credit Risk
6 20 (4.75%) TWAP
6 20 (4.75%) VWAP
7 19 (4.51%) Distributed Systems
7 19 (4.51%) Management Information System
7 19 (4.51%) Onboarding
8 18 (4.28%) Algorithms
9 16 (3.80%) Data Structures
10 15 (3.56%) Greenfield Project
10 15 (3.56%) Product Ownership
11 12 (2.85%) AI Agents
11 12 (2.85%) Cloud Native
12 9 (2.14%) Data Protection Act
12 9 (2.14%) Hedge funds
13 7 (1.66%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 31 (7.36%) Windows
2 21 (4.99%) Unix
3 17 (4.04%) Linux
4 9 (2.14%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.43%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.48%) Android
6 2 (0.48%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.24%) Solaris
7 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (18.76%) Agile
2 61 (14.49%) Low Latency
3 60 (14.25%) Problem-Solving
4 56 (13.30%) Electronic Trading
5 53 (12.59%) Analytics
6 50 (11.88%) Stakeholder Management
7 44 (10.45%) Asset Management
7 44 (10.45%) CI/CD
8 42 (9.98%) AI
8 42 (9.98%) Multithreading
8 42 (9.98%) User Acceptance Testing
9 40 (9.50%) TDD
10 38 (9.03%) DevOps
11 36 (8.55%) Business Analysis
12 34 (8.08%) Software Engineering
13 32 (7.60%) Algorithmic Trading
13 32 (7.60%) Wealth Management
14 28 (6.65%) Design Patterns
14 28 (6.65%) Full-Stack Development
15 27 (6.41%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 107 (25.42%) Java
2 95 (22.57%) Python
2 95 (22.57%) SQL
3 64 (15.20%) C#
4 47 (11.16%) TypeScript
5 34 (8.08%) JavaScript
6 21 (4.99%) PowerShell
7 18 (4.28%) C++
8 8 (1.90%) Shell Script
9 6 (1.43%) Rust
9 6 (1.43%) Scala
10 5 (1.19%) VBA
11 4 (0.95%) Bash
12 3 (0.71%) Perl
13 2 (0.48%) Bicep
13 2 (0.48%) C
13 2 (0.48%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.48%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.24%) Swift
Qualifications
1 34 (8.08%) Degree
2 17 (4.04%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (2.85%) Azure Certification
4 8 (1.90%) Master's Degree
5 7 (1.66%) PMP
6 5 (1.19%) PMI Certification
7 4 (0.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (0.95%) MCSA
7 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.71%) CFA
9 2 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.48%) CCNP
9 2 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.48%) CISSP
9 2 (0.48%) MBA
9 2 (0.48%) PhD
9 2 (0.48%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 2 (0.48%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 1 (0.24%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.24%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.80%) MiFID
2 13 (3.09%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.85%) QA
4 11 (2.61%) PMO
5 8 (1.90%) SLA
6 6 (1.43%) EMIR
7 5 (1.19%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.48%) WCAG
9 1 (0.24%) Basel III
9 1 (0.24%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.24%) GDPR
9 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.24%) ITGC
9 1 (0.24%) NIST
9 1 (0.24%) PSD2
9 1 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.24%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.24%) Solvency II
System Software
1 20 (4.75%) Docker
2 13 (3.09%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.24%) GridGain
3 1 (0.24%) Varnish
3 1 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.24%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 17 (4.04%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.14%) SCCM
3 8 (1.90%) Terraform
4 7 (1.66%) WSUS
5 5 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.95%) Control-M
7 3 (0.71%) Ansible
8 2 (0.48%) ITRS Geneos
8 2 (0.48%) Puppet
9 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.24%) WMI
Vendors
1 43 (10.21%) Microsoft
2 35 (8.31%) Oracle
3 14 (3.33%) Bloomberg
3 14 (3.33%) Murex
4 13 (3.09%) OpenAI
5 11 (2.61%) Citrix
5 11 (2.61%) ION Trading
6 9 (2.14%) Reuters
7 7 (1.66%) Charles River
8 6 (1.43%) Adobe
9 5 (1.19%) Sybase
10 4 (0.95%) Databricks
10 4 (0.95%) Google
10 4 (0.95%) Pega
10 4 (0.95%) ServiceNow
10 4 (0.95%) Solace
11 3 (0.71%) Alteryx
11 3 (0.71%) Cisco
11 3 (0.71%) CyberArk
11 3 (0.71%) SAP