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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 69 58
Rank change year-on-year -56 -11 0
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 464 508 639
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.31% 3.80% 3.93%
As % of the General category 3.79% 5.50% 6.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 260 357 524
10th Percentile £412 £446 £516
25th Percentile £520 £604 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £667 £750 £800
Median % change year-on-year -11.03% -6.25% +14.29%
75th Percentile £800 £825 £888
90th Percentile £938 £884 -
England median daily rate £667 £750 £775
% change year-on-year -11.07% -3.23% +10.71%
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 12,232 9,240 10,145
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.84% 69.04% 62.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,767 6,143 6,997
10th Percentile £350 £325 £338
25th Percentile £450 £423 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £686 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £825
England median daily rate £525 £503 £538
% change year-on-year +4.48% -6.51% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 233 185 140
10th Percentile £18.50 £15.84 £17.95
25th Percentile £21.93 £24.50 £24.09
Median hourly rate £28.00 £31.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -12.50% +3.99%
75th Percentile £43.75 £49.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £63.75 £66.20
England median hourly rate £31.90 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +26.84% -34.02% +35.37%

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 27 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 27 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 -22 64 £700 - 25
East London +4 4 £875 -2.78%
South London -14 2 £800 +33.33% 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 7 (1.51%) Confluence
2 4 (0.86%) IIS
2 4 (0.86%) MTS
3 3 (0.65%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.43%) Apache
5 1 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.22%) CICS
5 1 (0.22%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.22%) SAS
5 1 (0.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (4.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.51%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.43%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.43%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.22%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 10 (2.16%) Aladdin
2 4 (0.86%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (0.86%) Oracle General Ledger
2 4 (0.86%) Oracle Payables
2 4 (0.86%) Oracle Receivables
2 4 (0.86%) Summit
3 3 (0.65%) Loan IQ
3 3 (0.65%) Orchestrade
4 2 (0.43%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.43%) Front Arena
4 2 (0.43%) Global One
4 2 (0.43%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (0.43%) Oracle Internet Expenses
4 2 (0.43%) Oracle iProcurement
4 2 (0.43%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.22%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 1 (0.22%) BusinessWorks
5 1 (0.22%) ION MarketView
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 65 (14.01%) Azure
2 52 (11.21%) AWS
3 20 (4.31%) GCP
4 17 (3.66%) Power Platform
5 15 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (3.02%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (3.02%) Entra ID
7 13 (2.80%) GitHub
8 12 (2.59%) SaaS
9 9 (1.94%) OCI
10 8 (1.72%) Snowflake
11 6 (1.29%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (1.29%) Google Workspace
12 5 (1.08%) Amazon ECS
12 5 (1.08%) Amazon EKS
12 5 (1.08%) Power Automate
12 5 (1.08%) PowerApps
13 4 (0.86%) Azure API Management
14 3 (0.65%) Cloud Run
14 3 (0.65%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.23%) FIX Connectivity
2 11 (2.37%) Firewall
3 10 (2.16%) 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 25 (5.39%) SQL Server
2 20 (4.31%) Metadata
3 17 (3.66%) Power BI
4 14 (3.02%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (2.80%) Relational Database
6 10 (2.16%) KDB
6 10 (2.16%) Pinecone
6 10 (2.16%) Weaviate
7 9 (1.94%) Data Vault
8 7 (1.51%) Tableau
9 6 (1.29%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (1.29%) Kdb+
9 6 (1.29%) Redis
10 5 (1.08%) Data Lake
10 5 (1.08%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.86%) ClickHouse
11 4 (0.86%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.86%) RDBMS
12 3 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.65%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 44 (9.48%) JIRA
2 20 (4.31%) Git
3 11 (2.37%) ER Studio
4 10 (2.16%) ERwin
5 9 (1.94%) TeamCity
6 7 (1.51%) GitLab
6 7 (1.51%) Jenkins
7 5 (1.08%) Bitbucket
7 5 (1.08%) Octopus Deploy
7 5 (1.08%) PowerDesigner
8 4 (0.86%) webpack
9 3 (0.65%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.65%) REST Assured
9 3 (0.65%) Selenium
10 2 (0.43%) Maven
10 2 (0.43%) MSBuild
10 2 (0.43%) Vite
11 1 (0.22%) Appium
11 1 (0.22%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.22%) CMake
General
1 464 (100.00%) Banking
2 301 (64.87%) Finance
3 157 (33.84%) Front Office
4 112 (24.14%) Social Skills
5 58 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
6 41 (8.84%) Corporate Banking
7 40 (8.62%) Retail Banking
8 39 (8.41%) Retail
9 37 (7.97%) Financial Institution
10 19 (4.09%) Back Office
11 16 (3.45%) Legal
12 15 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
13 12 (2.59%) Spanish Language
14 8 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
17 4 (0.86%) French Language
17 4 (0.86%) Games
17 4 (0.86%) General Ledger
18 3 (0.65%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 165 (35.56%) Developer
2 80 (17.24%) Analyst
3 73 (15.73%) Senior
4 66 (14.22%) Java Developer
5 62 (13.36%) Business Analyst
6 46 (9.91%) Senior Developer
7 26 (5.60%) Lead
7 26 (5.60%) Senior Java Developer
8 25 (5.39%) C# Developer
9 23 (4.96%) Python Developer
9 23 (4.96%) React Developer
10 20 (4.31%) Support Engineer
11 19 (4.09%) Project Manager
11 19 (4.09%) Senior React Developer
11 19 (4.09%) UI Developer
12 18 (3.88%) Electronic Trading Developer
13 17 (3.66%) Low Latency Java Developer
13 17 (3.66%) Senior UI Developer
14 16 (3.45%) Banking Analyst
14 16 (3.45%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (9.91%) React
2 45 (9.70%) .NET
3 39 (8.41%) FIX Protocol
4 25 (5.39%) Redux
5 20 (4.31%) AngularJS
6 17 (3.66%) Kafka
7 16 (3.45%) REST
8 14 (3.02%) Spring
8 14 (3.02%) WebSockets
9 13 (2.80%) Terraform
10 12 (2.59%) RESTful
11 10 (2.16%) LangChain
11 10 (2.16%) LlamaIndex
11 10 (2.16%) OAuth
11 10 (2.16%) OAuth2
12 9 (1.94%) Node.js
12 9 (1.94%) Pandas
12 9 (1.94%) PySpark
13 8 (1.72%) NumPy
13 8 (1.72%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 98 (21.12%) Derivative
2 73 (15.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 59 (12.72%) Fixed Income
4 56 (12.07%) Equities
5 31 (6.68%) Product Ownership
6 26 (5.60%) Onboarding
7 24 (5.17%) Greenfield Project
8 22 (4.74%) Market Risk
9 19 (4.09%) Data Structures
10 18 (3.88%) Distributed Systems
11 16 (3.45%) Algorithms
11 16 (3.45%) Management Information System
12 15 (3.23%) AI Agents
12 15 (3.23%) Credit Risk
12 15 (3.23%) TWAP
12 15 (3.23%) VWAP
13 13 (2.80%) Hedge funds
14 11 (2.37%) Cloud Native
15 9 (1.94%) Reference Data
16 8 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 31 (6.68%) Windows
2 28 (6.03%) Linux
3 23 (4.96%) 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 (24.78%) Agile
2 72 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
2 72 (15.52%) Stakeholder Management
3 71 (15.30%) Low Latency
4 64 (13.79%) Electronic Trading
5 58 (12.50%) AI
6 57 (12.28%) CI/CD
7 52 (11.21%) Analytics
8 49 (10.56%) Software Engineering
9 46 (9.91%) DevOps
10 43 (9.27%) Wealth Management
11 39 (8.41%) Business Analysis
12 38 (8.19%) Full-Stack Development
13 37 (7.97%) Continuous Improvement
14 36 (7.76%) Data Modelling
14 36 (7.76%) Multithreading
15 34 (7.33%) Translating Business Requirements
16 32 (6.90%) TDD
17 31 (6.68%) Asset Management
17 31 (6.68%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 108 (23.28%) Java
2 106 (22.84%) SQL
3 99 (21.34%) Python
4 80 (17.24%) C#
5 55 (11.85%) TypeScript
6 42 (9.05%) JavaScript
7 20 (4.31%) C++
7 20 (4.31%) PowerShell
8 11 (2.37%) Shell Script
9 7 (1.51%) Rust
10 5 (1.08%) Kotlin
11 4 (0.86%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.86%) Tcl
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%) Scala
12 3 (0.65%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (7.76%) Degree
2 12 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (1.72%) Azure Certification
4 6 (1.29%) PMP
5 4 (0.86%) Master's Degree
5 4 (0.86%) Security Cleared
6 3 (0.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 3 (0.65%) MCSA
6 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (0.65%) PMI Certification
6 3 (0.65%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.43%) ACCA
7 2 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.43%) CCNP
7 2 (0.43%) CIMA
7 2 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.43%) MBA
8 1 (0.22%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.22%) CESG Certified Professional
8 1 (0.22%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.66%) Data Quality
2 15 (3.23%) MiFID
3 11 (2.37%) QA
4 9 (1.94%) EMIR
5 6 (1.29%) PMO
6 4 (0.86%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.65%) NIST
8 2 (0.43%) IFRS
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/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.22%) PSD2
9 1 (0.22%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (4.31%) Active Directory
2 14 (3.02%) Docker
3 1 (0.22%) GridGain
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (0.22%) Varnish
3 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (3.66%) 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 (8.41%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.47%) Oracle
3 13 (2.80%) Bloomberg
3 13 (2.80%) OpenAI
4 12 (2.59%) Databricks
4 12 (2.59%) Murex
5 10 (2.16%) Citrix
5 10 (2.16%) ION Trading
6 8 (1.72%) Tradeweb
7 7 (1.51%) Reuters
8 6 (1.29%) Charles River
8 6 (1.29%) Cisco
8 6 (1.29%) MarketAxess
8 6 (1.29%) SAP
8 6 (1.29%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.29%) Solace
8 6 (1.29%) Sybase
9 5 (1.08%) Google
10 4 (0.86%) Adobe
10 4 (0.86%) Atlassian