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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 64 59
Rank change year-on-year -66 -5 -4
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 454 534 631
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.25% 3.93% 3.89%
As % of the General category 3.71% 5.72% 6.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 369 523
10th Percentile £414 £439 £525
25th Percentile £513 £613 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £651 £750 £795
Median % change year-on-year -13.27% -5.66% +13.57%
75th Percentile £793 £825 £888
90th Percentile £938 £900 -
England median daily rate £667 £750 £770
% change year-on-year -11.07% -2.60% +10.00%
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 12,237 9,338 10,150
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.73% 68.69% 62.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,803 6,224 7,130
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 237 184 145
10th Percentile £18.50 £15.84 £17.25
25th Percentile £21.50 £24.50 £23.80
Median hourly rate £28.00 £30.90 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.39% -12.95% +1.43%
75th Percentile £43.75 £49.56 £51.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £63.60 £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 12 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 12 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 -38 57 £696 -0.54% 32
East London +5 4 £875 -2.78%
South London -12 2 £800 +10.34% 2
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 (1.32%) 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 (4.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (1.98%) 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 (2.42%) Aladdin
2 6 (1.32%) Oracle Payables
2 6 (1.32%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (1.10%) 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 (13.00%) Azure
2 52 (11.45%) AWS
3 19 (4.19%) GCP
3 19 (4.19%) Power Platform
4 16 (3.52%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (3.08%) GitHub
6 13 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (2.86%) Entra ID
7 9 (1.98%) OCI
8 8 (1.76%) SaaS
8 8 (1.76%) Snowflake
9 7 (1.54%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (1.32%) Google Workspace
10 6 (1.32%) Power Automate
10 6 (1.32%) PowerApps
11 5 (1.10%) Amazon ECS
11 5 (1.10%) Amazon EKS
12 4 (0.88%) Azure API Management
13 3 (0.66%) Cloud Run
13 3 (0.66%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.74%) FIX Connectivity
2 10 (2.20%) Firewall
3 8 (1.76%) Multicast
4 7 (1.54%) VPN
5 6 (1.32%) HTTP
5 6 (1.32%) TCP/IP
6 5 (1.10%) 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 (5.29%) SQL Server
2 18 (3.96%) Power BI
3 16 (3.52%) Metadata
4 13 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (2.64%) Relational Database
6 10 (2.20%) KDB
6 10 (2.20%) Pinecone
6 10 (2.20%) Weaviate
7 9 (1.98%) Data Vault
8 8 (1.76%) Tableau
9 6 (1.32%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (1.32%) Kdb+
9 6 (1.32%) MongoDB
9 6 (1.32%) Redis
10 5 (1.10%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.88%) ClickHouse
11 4 (0.88%) RDBMS
11 4 (0.88%) Snowflake Schema
12 3 (0.66%) NoSQL
12 3 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 38 (8.37%) JIRA
2 16 (3.52%) Git
3 11 (2.42%) ER Studio
4 10 (2.20%) ERwin
4 10 (2.20%) TeamCity
5 7 (1.54%) Jenkins
6 6 (1.32%) GitLab
7 5 (1.10%) Bitbucket
7 5 (1.10%) Octopus Deploy
7 5 (1.10%) PowerDesigner
7 5 (1.10%) 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
1 454 (100.00%) Banking
2 296 (65.20%) Finance
3 159 (35.02%) Front Office
4 107 (23.57%) Social Skills
5 58 (12.78%) Analytical Skills
6 43 (9.47%) Retail Banking
7 42 (9.25%) Retail
8 41 (9.03%) Corporate Banking
8 41 (9.03%) Financial Institution
9 18 (3.96%) Back Office
9 18 (3.96%) Legal
10 16 (3.52%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (2.64%) Spanish Language
12 8 (1.76%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.88%) French Language
14 4 (0.88%) Games
15 3 (0.66%) Advertising
15 3 (0.66%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 158 (34.80%) Developer
2 78 (17.18%) Analyst
3 69 (15.20%) Senior
4 67 (14.76%) Java Developer
5 63 (13.88%) Business Analyst
6 45 (9.91%) Senior Developer
7 26 (5.73%) Senior Java Developer
8 25 (5.51%) C# Developer
9 24 (5.29%) Lead
9 24 (5.29%) Project Manager
10 23 (5.07%) React Developer
11 22 (4.85%) Python Developer
12 20 (4.41%) Electronic Trading Developer
12 20 (4.41%) Support Engineer
13 19 (4.19%) Banking Analyst
13 19 (4.19%) Senior React Developer
13 19 (4.19%) UI Developer
14 18 (3.96%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
14 18 (3.96%) Low Latency Java Developer
15 17 (3.74%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (10.13%) React
2 43 (9.47%) .NET
3 38 (8.37%) FIX Protocol
4 25 (5.51%) Redux
5 19 (4.19%) Kafka
6 18 (3.96%) AngularJS
7 15 (3.30%) REST
7 15 (3.30%) Spring
8 13 (2.86%) RESTful
9 11 (2.42%) WebSockets
10 10 (2.20%) LangChain
10 10 (2.20%) LlamaIndex
10 10 (2.20%) OAuth
10 10 (2.20%) OAuth2
11 9 (1.98%) CSS
11 9 (1.98%) Node.js
12 8 (1.76%) HTML
12 8 (1.76%) NumPy
12 8 (1.76%) RxJava
12 8 (1.76%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 100 (22.03%) Derivative
2 71 (15.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 57 (12.56%) Fixed Income
4 56 (12.33%) Equities
5 30 (6.61%) Product Ownership
6 26 (5.73%) Onboarding
7 24 (5.29%) Greenfield Project
8 22 (4.85%) Market Risk
9 18 (3.96%) Data Structures
9 18 (3.96%) Distributed Systems
10 17 (3.74%) TWAP
10 17 (3.74%) VWAP
11 15 (3.30%) AI Agents
11 15 (3.30%) Algorithms
11 15 (3.30%) Credit Risk
12 14 (3.08%) Cloud Native
12 14 (3.08%) Management Information System
13 13 (2.86%) Hedge funds
14 9 (1.98%) Data Protection Act
15 8 (1.76%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 29 (6.39%) Windows
2 24 (5.29%) Linux
2 24 (5.29%) Unix
3 5 (1.10%) Android
3 5 (1.10%) Windows 10
4 4 (0.88%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.66%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.22%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (24.01%) Agile
2 73 (16.08%) Low Latency
3 68 (14.98%) Problem-Solving
4 65 (14.32%) Electronic Trading
5 64 (14.10%) Stakeholder Management
6 57 (12.56%) AI
7 56 (12.33%) CI/CD
8 52 (11.45%) Analytics
9 47 (10.35%) DevOps
10 46 (10.13%) Software Engineering
11 41 (9.03%) Wealth Management
12 36 (7.93%) Full-Stack Development
12 36 (7.93%) Multithreading
13 35 (7.71%) Asset Management
14 34 (7.49%) Business Analysis
14 34 (7.49%) TDD
14 34 (7.49%) User Acceptance Testing
15 33 (7.27%) Continuous Improvement
16 32 (7.05%) Algorithmic Trading
17 31 (6.83%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 110 (24.23%) Java
2 97 (21.37%) Python
2 97 (21.37%) SQL
3 77 (16.96%) C#
4 54 (11.89%) TypeScript
5 42 (9.25%) JavaScript
6 20 (4.41%) C++
7 19 (4.19%) PowerShell
8 11 (2.42%) Shell Script
9 7 (1.54%) Rust
10 5 (1.10%) Kotlin
10 5 (1.10%) VBA
11 3 (0.66%) Bicep
11 3 (0.66%) C
11 3 (0.66%) Perl
11 3 (0.66%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.66%) Scala
11 3 (0.66%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.44%) Tcl
13 1 (0.22%) F#
Qualifications
1 34 (7.49%) Degree
2 11 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (1.76%) PMP
4 7 (1.54%) Azure Certification
5 5 (1.10%) Master's Degree
5 5 (1.10%) 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 (3.30%) MiFID
2 12 (2.64%) Data Quality
3 11 (2.42%) QA
4 7 (1.54%) EMIR
4 7 (1.54%) 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 19 (4.19%) Active Directory
2 16 (3.52%) 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 (3.96%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.42%) Terraform
3 7 (1.54%) SCCM
4 6 (1.32%) WSUS
5 5 (1.10%) 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 40 (8.81%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.39%) Oracle
3 13 (2.86%) Murex
3 13 (2.86%) OpenAI
4 10 (2.20%) Bloomberg
4 10 (2.20%) Citrix
5 9 (1.98%) Databricks
6 8 (1.76%) ION Trading
7 7 (1.54%) Charles River
7 7 (1.54%) Reuters
7 7 (1.54%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.32%) SAP
8 6 (1.32%) Solace
9 5 (1.10%) Google
9 5 (1.10%) 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