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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 70 57
Rank change year-on-year -64 -13 +1
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 465 502 642
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.29% 3.72% 3.95%
As % of the General category 3.73% 5.38% 6.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 262 345 518
10th Percentile £408 £450 £500
25th Percentile £520 £575 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £667 £750 £775
Median % change year-on-year -11.03% -3.23% +10.71%
75th Percentile £793 £825 £875
90th Percentile £938 £893 £888
England median daily rate £667 £725 £750
% change year-on-year -8.00% -3.33% +11.11%
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% +5.41%

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 12,473 9,335 10,133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 61.33% 69.13% 62.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,938 6,152 6,815
10th Percentile £350 £325 £330
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £548 £575
Median % change year-on-year +0.46% -4.78% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £825
England median daily rate £525 £500 £538
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 254 188 125
10th Percentile £16.76 £16.85 £17.70
25th Percentile £20.92 £24.65 £24.18
Median hourly rate £27.75 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.62% -7.14% +10.38%
75th Percentile £43.75 £49.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.61
England median hourly rate £31.13 £25.15 £38.31
% change year-on-year +23.77% -34.35% +39.31%

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 September 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 September 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 -31 64 £700 +2.94% 23
East London +3 4 £875 -2.78%
South London -6 3 £600 - 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 9 (1.94%) Confluence
2 5 (1.08%) MTS
3 4 (0.86%) Apache Spark
3 4 (0.86%) IIS
4 3 (0.65%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.22%) Apache
6 1 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.22%) CICS
6 1 (0.22%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.22%) SAS
Applications
1 18 (3.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.51%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.65%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.43%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.22%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 8 (1.72%) Aladdin
2 6 (1.29%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (1.29%) Oracle General Ledger
3 3 (0.65%) Oracle Assets
3 3 (0.65%) Oracle Internet Expenses
3 3 (0.65%) Oracle iProcurement
3 3 (0.65%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (0.65%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (0.65%) Orchestrade
3 3 (0.65%) Summit
4 2 (0.43%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.43%) Front Arena
4 2 (0.43%) Global One
4 2 (0.43%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.43%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.22%) CA PPM
5 1 (0.22%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.22%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.22%) SunGard Martini
Cloud Services
1 65 (13.98%) Azure
2 48 (10.32%) AWS
3 21 (4.52%) GCP
4 17 (3.66%) Power Platform
5 15 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (3.01%) Entra ID
7 13 (2.80%) GitHub
8 11 (2.37%) SaaS
9 9 (1.94%) OCI
10 7 (1.51%) Snowflake
11 6 (1.29%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (1.29%) Google Workspace
11 6 (1.29%) Power Automate
11 6 (1.29%) PowerApps
12 5 (1.08%) Amazon ECS
12 5 (1.08%) Amazon EKS
12 5 (1.08%) Cloud Run
12 5 (1.08%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 4 (0.86%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.01%) FIX Connectivity
2 11 (2.37%) Firewall
3 10 (2.15%) Multicast
4 7 (1.51%) VPN
5 6 (1.29%) HTTP
5 6 (1.29%) TCP/IP
6 5 (1.08%) DMZ
7 4 (0.86%) BGP
7 4 (0.86%) Network Security
8 3 (0.65%) Wireless
9 2 (0.43%) BIG-IP
9 2 (0.43%) Cisco ISE
9 2 (0.43%) DWDM
9 2 (0.43%) Internet
9 2 (0.43%) MPLS
9 2 (0.43%) OSPF
9 2 (0.43%) WAN
9 2 (0.43%) Wireshark
10 1 (0.22%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 1 (0.22%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (5.16%) SQL Server
2 19 (4.09%) Metadata
3 15 (3.23%) Power BI
4 14 (3.01%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (2.58%) Relational Database
6 10 (2.15%) Chroma
6 10 (2.15%) KDB
6 10 (2.15%) Pinecone
6 10 (2.15%) Weaviate
7 9 (1.94%) Data Vault
8 6 (1.29%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (1.29%) Data Lake
8 6 (1.29%) Kdb+
8 6 (1.29%) Tableau
9 5 (1.08%) MongoDB
9 5 (1.08%) Oracle Database
10 4 (0.86%) Apache Cassandra
10 4 (0.86%) ClickHouse
10 4 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.86%) Redis
Development Applications
1 45 (9.68%) JIRA
2 25 (5.38%) Git
3 11 (2.37%) ER Studio
4 10 (2.15%) ERwin
5 7 (1.51%) GitLab
5 7 (1.51%) Jenkins
5 7 (1.51%) TeamCity
6 5 (1.08%) Bitbucket
6 5 (1.08%) PowerDesigner
7 4 (0.86%) webpack
8 3 (0.65%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.65%) Octopus Deploy
8 3 (0.65%) REST Assured
8 3 (0.65%) Selenium
9 2 (0.43%) Maven
9 2 (0.43%) MSBuild
9 2 (0.43%) Vite
10 1 (0.22%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.22%) CMake
10 1 (0.22%) XCUITest
General
1 465 (100.00%) Banking
2 305 (65.59%) Finance
3 158 (33.98%) Front Office
4 113 (24.30%) Social Skills
5 60 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
6 43 (9.25%) Corporate Banking
7 39 (8.39%) Retail
7 39 (8.39%) Retail Banking
8 37 (7.96%) Financial Institution
9 19 (4.09%) Back Office
10 17 (3.66%) Legal
11 13 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
12 12 (2.58%) Spanish Language
13 9 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (1.29%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.29%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (1.08%) General Ledger
16 4 (0.86%) French Language
16 4 (0.86%) Games
17 3 (0.65%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 163 (35.05%) Developer
2 80 (17.20%) Analyst
3 74 (15.91%) Senior
4 63 (13.55%) Business Analyst
4 63 (13.55%) Java Developer
5 44 (9.46%) Senior Developer
6 26 (5.59%) Lead
7 25 (5.38%) Python Developer
7 25 (5.38%) Senior Java Developer
8 23 (4.95%) React Developer
9 22 (4.73%) C# Developer
10 21 (4.52%) Project Manager
10 21 (4.52%) Support Engineer
11 19 (4.09%) Senior React Developer
11 19 (4.09%) UI Developer
12 17 (3.66%) Senior UI Developer
13 16 (3.44%) Electronic Trading Developer
13 16 (3.44%) Low Latency Java Developer
14 15 (3.23%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 15 (3.23%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (9.89%) React
2 42 (9.03%) .NET
3 39 (8.39%) FIX Protocol
4 25 (5.38%) Redux
5 19 (4.09%) AngularJS
6 17 (3.66%) Kafka
6 17 (3.66%) REST
7 13 (2.80%) Spring
7 13 (2.80%) Terraform
7 13 (2.80%) WebSockets
8 11 (2.37%) LangChain
8 11 (2.37%) Pandas
8 11 (2.37%) RESTful
9 10 (2.15%) LlamaIndex
9 10 (2.15%) Node.js
9 10 (2.15%) OAuth
9 10 (2.15%) OAuth2
9 10 (2.15%) PySpark
10 9 (1.94%) Flask
11 8 (1.72%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 93 (20.00%) Derivative
2 73 (15.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 58 (12.47%) Fixed Income
4 53 (11.40%) Equities
5 31 (6.67%) Product Ownership
6 26 (5.59%) Onboarding
7 25 (5.38%) Greenfield Project
8 23 (4.95%) Market Risk
9 19 (4.09%) Distributed Systems
10 18 (3.87%) Data Structures
11 17 (3.66%) AI Agents
11 17 (3.66%) Management Information System
12 16 (3.44%) Algorithms
13 14 (3.01%) Credit Risk
13 14 (3.01%) TWAP
13 14 (3.01%) VWAP
14 13 (2.80%) Hedge funds
15 10 (2.15%) Cloud Native
15 10 (2.15%) Data Protection Act
16 8 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 32 (6.88%) Windows
2 28 (6.02%) Linux
3 22 (4.73%) Unix
4 5 (1.08%) Android
4 5 (1.08%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.86%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.65%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.22%) Solaris
7 1 (0.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (24.73%) Agile
2 77 (16.56%) Stakeholder Management
3 75 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
4 69 (14.84%) Low Latency
5 63 (13.55%) Electronic Trading
6 62 (13.33%) AI
6 62 (13.33%) CI/CD
7 54 (11.61%) Software Engineering
8 52 (11.18%) Analytics
9 47 (10.11%) DevOps
10 44 (9.46%) Wealth Management
11 39 (8.39%) Business Analysis
11 39 (8.39%) Full-Stack Development
12 37 (7.96%) Continuous Improvement
13 36 (7.74%) Translating Business Requirements
14 34 (7.31%) Event-Driven
14 34 (7.31%) Risk Management
15 33 (7.10%) Data Modelling
15 33 (7.10%) Multithreading
16 32 (6.88%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 110 (23.66%) SQL
2 107 (23.01%) Java
3 104 (22.37%) Python
4 78 (16.77%) C#
5 57 (12.26%) TypeScript
6 44 (9.46%) JavaScript
7 20 (4.30%) C++
7 20 (4.30%) PowerShell
8 11 (2.37%) Shell Script
9 7 (1.51%) Kotlin
9 7 (1.51%) Rust
10 5 (1.08%) Tcl
11 4 (0.86%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.86%) VBA
12 3 (0.65%) Bash
12 3 (0.65%) Bicep
12 3 (0.65%) C
12 3 (0.65%) Perl
12 3 (0.65%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.43%) Scala
Qualifications
1 37 (7.96%) Degree
2 11 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (1.94%) Azure Certification
4 7 (1.51%) PMP
5 5 (1.08%) Master's Degree
5 5 (1.08%) Security Cleared
6 4 (0.86%) PMI Certification
6 4 (0.86%) SC Cleared
7 3 (0.65%) ACCA
7 3 (0.65%) CIMA
7 3 (0.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (0.65%) MCSA
7 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.43%) CCNP
8 2 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.43%) MBA
9 1 (0.22%) CISSP
9 1 (0.22%) PhD
9 1 (0.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.87%) MiFID
2 17 (3.66%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.58%) QA
4 11 (2.37%) EMIR
5 6 (1.29%) PMO
6 4 (0.86%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.65%) IFRS
8 2 (0.43%) GRC
8 2 (0.43%) NIST
8 2 (0.43%) WCAG
9 1 (0.22%) COBIT
9 1 (0.22%) COREP
9 1 (0.22%) FINREP
9 1 (0.22%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.22%) PSD2
9 1 (0.22%) SEPA
9 1 (0.22%) TARGET2
System Software
1 20 (4.30%) Active Directory
2 15 (3.23%) Docker
3 1 (0.22%) GridGain
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (3.87%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.51%) SCCM
3 6 (1.29%) Ansible
3 6 (1.29%) WSUS
4 5 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.65%) Control-M
5 3 (0.65%) ITRS Geneos
6 1 (0.22%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.22%) Grafana
6 1 (0.22%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 39 (8.39%) Microsoft
2 31 (6.67%) Oracle
3 15 (3.23%) Bloomberg
3 15 (3.23%) OpenAI
4 13 (2.80%) Databricks
5 11 (2.37%) ION Trading
5 11 (2.37%) Murex
6 10 (2.15%) Citrix
7 9 (1.94%) Tradeweb
8 7 (1.51%) MarketAxess
8 7 (1.51%) Reuters
8 7 (1.51%) Sybase
9 6 (1.29%) Cisco
9 6 (1.29%) SAP
9 6 (1.29%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.29%) Solace
10 5 (1.08%) Google
11 4 (0.86%) Adobe
11 4 (0.86%) Atlassian
11 4 (0.86%) Salesforce