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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 64 72
Rank change year-on-year -52 +8 -18
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 441 495 557
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.34% 4.04% 3.15%
As % of the General category 3.90% 5.94% 5.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 240 318 448
10th Percentile £402 £440 £500
25th Percentile £480 £620 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £648 £750 £763
Median % change year-on-year -13.67% -1.64% +8.93%
75th Percentile £775 £850 £875
90th Percentile £938 £888 £888
England median daily rate £650 £750 £750
% change year-on-year -13.33% - +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - £73.25 -
25th Percentile £51.96 £78.13 -
Median hourly rate £54.46 £87.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -37.76% - -
75th Percentile £56.96 £94.38 -
90th Percentile - £97.75 -
England median hourly rate £54.46 £87.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -37.76% +348.72% -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 11,303 8,338 11,078
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.03% 68.07% 62.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,262 5,565 7,919
10th Percentile £350 £338 £332
25th Percentile £431 £430 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £700
90th Percentile £788 £825 £825
England median daily rate £520 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -0.95% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 208 148 240
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £15.95
25th Percentile £22.50 £24.66 £18.25
Median hourly rate £34.06 £34.24 £30.14
Median % change year-on-year -0.53% +13.60% +0.47%
75th Percentile £46.69 £50.86 £47.81
90th Percentile £69.13 £65.75 £66.20
England median hourly rate £32.50 £28.08 £31.50
% change year-on-year +15.76% -10.87% +3.14%

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 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 12 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 -37 59 £645 -4.44% 14
East London -3 4 £875 -2.78%
South London -10 1 £600 -17.24% 3
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 (2.49%) Confluence
2 5 (1.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 4 (0.91%) IIS
4 3 (0.68%) Apache
4 3 (0.68%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.68%) SAS
5 2 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.45%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.45%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.23%) CICS
Applications
1 27 (6.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (3.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 15 (3.40%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (2.49%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.91%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.45%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.45%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 13 (2.95%) Oracle Payables
1 13 (2.95%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 13 (2.95%) Oracle Receivables
2 8 (1.81%) Aladdin
3 6 (1.36%) Summit
4 3 (0.68%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.68%) Loan IQ
4 3 (0.68%) Orchestrade
5 2 (0.45%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 2 (0.45%) Front Arena
5 2 (0.45%) Global One
6 1 (0.23%) Actimize
6 1 (0.23%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.23%) BusinessWorks
6 1 (0.23%) IntelliMatch
6 1 (0.23%) Markit EDM
Cloud Services
1 61 (13.83%) Azure
2 51 (11.56%) AWS
3 19 (4.31%) Power Platform
4 18 (4.08%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (3.63%) GCP
6 15 (3.40%) OCI
7 11 (2.49%) Entra ID
7 11 (2.49%) GitHub
8 10 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (2.04%) Snowflake
10 8 (1.81%) Google Workspace
11 6 (1.36%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (1.13%) Amazon ECS
13 4 (0.91%) Amazon EKS
13 4 (0.91%) npm
13 4 (0.91%) Power Automate
13 4 (0.91%) PowerApps
13 4 (0.91%) Yarn
14 3 (0.68%) Figma
14 3 (0.68%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.99%) FIX Connectivity
2 11 (2.49%) Firewall
3 8 (1.81%) TCP/IP
3 8 (1.81%) VPN
4 7 (1.59%) DMZ
5 6 (1.36%) HTTP
5 6 (1.36%) Multicast
6 3 (0.68%) BGP
6 3 (0.68%) Wireless
7 2 (0.45%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (0.45%) DWDM
7 2 (0.45%) MPLS
7 2 (0.45%) Network Security
7 2 (0.45%) OSPF
7 2 (0.45%) RTMP
7 2 (0.45%) Wireshark
8 1 (0.23%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 1 (0.23%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 1 (0.23%) MIMO
8 1 (0.23%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (4.31%) SQL Server
2 18 (4.08%) Power BI
2 18 (4.08%) Relational Database
3 17 (3.85%) Metadata
4 11 (2.49%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (2.27%) Pinecone
5 10 (2.27%) Tableau
5 10 (2.27%) Weaviate
6 9 (2.04%) Data Vault
6 9 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.36%) KDB
7 6 (1.36%) RDBMS
7 6 (1.36%) Redis
8 5 (1.13%) Big Data
8 5 (1.13%) Snowflake Schema
9 4 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (0.91%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.91%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.68%) Flink
10 3 (0.68%) Kdb+
Development Applications
1 31 (7.03%) JIRA
2 10 (2.27%) TeamCity
3 9 (2.04%) ER Studio
3 9 (2.04%) Git
4 8 (1.81%) ERwin
5 6 (1.36%) GitLab
5 6 (1.36%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.36%) Octopus Deploy
5 6 (1.36%) webpack
6 5 (1.13%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.91%) PowerDesigner
7 4 (0.91%) Selenium
8 3 (0.68%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.45%) Maven
9 2 (0.45%) MSBuild
9 2 (0.45%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.45%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.45%) Vite
10 1 (0.23%) Postman
10 1 (0.23%) XCUITest
General
1 441 (100.00%) Banking
2 272 (61.68%) Finance
3 150 (34.01%) Front Office
4 107 (24.26%) Social Skills
5 53 (12.02%) Analytical Skills
6 46 (10.43%) Retail Banking
7 37 (8.39%) Retail
8 36 (8.16%) Corporate Banking
9 29 (6.58%) Financial Institution
10 22 (4.99%) Legal
11 13 (2.95%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (2.49%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (2.04%) Back Office
13 9 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (2.04%) Spanish Language
14 7 (1.59%) French Language
15 6 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
16 3 (0.68%) Advertising
16 3 (0.68%) Aviation
16 3 (0.68%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 158 (35.83%) Developer
2 87 (19.73%) Analyst
3 75 (17.01%) Java Developer
3 75 (17.01%) Senior
4 69 (15.65%) Business Analyst
5 52 (11.79%) Senior Developer
6 39 (8.84%) Senior Java Developer
7 26 (5.90%) Banking Analyst
8 25 (5.67%) Electronic Trading Developer
9 24 (5.44%) Support Engineer
10 23 (5.22%) React Developer
11 22 (4.99%) C# Developer
12 21 (4.76%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
12 21 (4.76%) Low Latency Java Developer
13 20 (4.54%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
13 20 (4.54%) Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading
13 20 (4.54%) UI Developer
14 19 (4.31%) Senior React Developer
15 18 (4.08%) Senior UI Developer
16 16 (3.63%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (11.11%) React
2 43 (9.75%) .NET
3 37 (8.39%) FIX Protocol
4 28 (6.35%) Kafka
5 25 (5.67%) Redux
6 15 (3.40%) Spring
7 14 (3.17%) AngularJS
8 13 (2.95%) CSS
8 13 (2.95%) HTML
8 13 (2.95%) XML
9 12 (2.72%) REST
10 10 (2.27%) LangChain
10 10 (2.27%) LlamaIndex
11 9 (2.04%) RESTful
12 8 (1.81%) OAuth
12 8 (1.81%) OAuth2
13 7 (1.59%) HTML5
13 7 (1.59%) Pandas
13 7 (1.59%) WebSockets
14 6 (1.36%) Ultra Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 101 (22.90%) Derivative
2 71 (16.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 59 (13.38%) Equities
4 54 (12.24%) Fixed Income
5 26 (5.90%) Market Risk
6 22 (4.99%) Greenfield Project
7 21 (4.76%) Credit Risk
8 20 (4.54%) Onboarding
8 20 (4.54%) TWAP
8 20 (4.54%) VWAP
9 19 (4.31%) Distributed Systems
9 19 (4.31%) Management Information System
10 18 (4.08%) Algorithms
11 17 (3.85%) Product Ownership
12 16 (3.63%) Data Structures
13 12 (2.72%) AI Agents
14 11 (2.49%) Cloud Native
15 10 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
16 8 (1.81%) Hedge funds
17 7 (1.59%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 32 (7.26%) Windows
2 22 (4.99%) Unix
3 19 (4.31%) Linux
4 9 (2.04%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.36%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.45%) Android
6 2 (0.45%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.23%) Solaris
7 1 (0.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (19.05%) Agile
2 69 (15.65%) Low Latency
3 64 (14.51%) Electronic Trading
4 63 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 53 (12.02%) Analytics
5 53 (12.02%) Stakeholder Management
6 46 (10.43%) CI/CD
7 44 (9.98%) User Acceptance Testing
8 43 (9.75%) AI
8 43 (9.75%) Asset Management
9 41 (9.30%) Multithreading
9 41 (9.30%) TDD
10 36 (8.16%) Business Analysis
11 35 (7.94%) DevOps
11 35 (7.94%) Software Engineering
12 34 (7.71%) Wealth Management
13 32 (7.26%) Algorithmic Trading
14 31 (7.03%) Full-Stack Development
15 27 (6.12%) Design Patterns
16 26 (5.90%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 114 (25.85%) Java
2 97 (22.00%) SQL
3 95 (21.54%) Python
4 72 (16.33%) C#
5 55 (12.47%) TypeScript
6 43 (9.75%) JavaScript
7 21 (4.76%) PowerShell
8 16 (3.63%) C++
9 8 (1.81%) Shell Script
10 6 (1.36%) Rust
11 5 (1.13%) Scala
11 5 (1.13%) VBA
12 4 (0.91%) Bash
13 3 (0.68%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.68%) Perl
14 2 (0.45%) Bicep
14 2 (0.45%) C
14 2 (0.45%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.23%) F#
15 1 (0.23%) Swift
Qualifications
1 30 (6.80%) Degree
2 13 (2.95%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (2.72%) Azure Certification
4 7 (1.59%) PMP
5 5 (1.13%) Master's Degree
5 5 (1.13%) PMI Certification
6 4 (0.91%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 4 (0.91%) MCSA
6 4 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.68%) CFA
8 2 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.45%) CCNP
8 2 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.45%) CISSP
8 2 (0.45%) MBA
8 2 (0.45%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 2 (0.45%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 1 (0.23%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.23%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (0.23%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.63%) MiFID
2 13 (2.95%) Data Quality
2 13 (2.95%) QA
3 11 (2.49%) PMO
4 7 (1.59%) SLA
5 6 (1.36%) EMIR
6 5 (1.13%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.45%) WCAG
8 1 (0.23%) Basel III
8 1 (0.23%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.23%) GDPR
8 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.23%) ITGC
8 1 (0.23%) NIST
8 1 (0.23%) PSD2
8 1 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.23%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.23%) Solvency II
System Software
1 18 (4.08%) Docker
2 14 (3.17%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.23%) GridGain
3 1 (0.23%) Varnish
3 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.23%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 15 (3.40%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.04%) SCCM
3 7 (1.59%) Terraform
3 7 (1.59%) WSUS
4 5 (1.13%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.91%) Control-M
6 3 (0.68%) Ansible
7 2 (0.45%) ITRS Geneos
8 1 (0.23%) Puppet
8 1 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.23%) WMI
Vendors
1 46 (10.43%) Microsoft
2 37 (8.39%) Oracle
3 14 (3.17%) Bloomberg
3 14 (3.17%) Murex
4 13 (2.95%) OpenAI
5 11 (2.49%) Citrix
5 11 (2.49%) ION Trading
6 9 (2.04%) Reuters
7 7 (1.59%) Charles River
8 6 (1.36%) Adobe
9 5 (1.13%) Databricks
9 5 (1.13%) Sybase
10 4 (0.91%) Google
10 4 (0.91%) Pega
10 4 (0.91%) ServiceNow
10 4 (0.91%) Solace
11 3 (0.68%) Alteryx
11 3 (0.68%) Cisco
11 3 (0.68%) CyberArk
11 3 (0.68%) SAP