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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 60 63
Rank change year-on-year -63 +3 -9
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 461 538 610
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.34% 3.98% 3.45%
As % of the General category 3.87% 5.86% 5.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 355 499
10th Percentile £402 £450 £523
25th Percentile £500 £621 £619
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £668 £750 £800
Median % change year-on-year -11.00% -6.25% +14.29%
75th Percentile £788 £838 £888
90th Percentile £938 £885 -
England median daily rate £690 £750 £775
% change year-on-year -8.00% -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% -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 11,907 9,185 10,979
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.44% 68.03% 62.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,622 6,119 7,804
10th Percentile £350 £330 £335
25th Percentile £438 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £700
90th Percentile £788 £813 £825
England median daily rate £525 £515 £533
% change year-on-year +1.94% -3.38% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 223 175 224
10th Percentile £18.80 £15.84 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.46 £24.66 £18.99
Median hourly rate £32.00 £32.89 £30.33
Median % change year-on-year -2.71% +8.44% -9.88%
75th Percentile £45.06 £50.97 £48.75
90th Percentile £67.00 £63.75 £68.53
England median hourly rate £33.06 £27.13 £33.00
% change year-on-year +21.88% -17.80% +10.00%

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 9 July 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 9 July 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 -26 61 £669 -0.93% 18
East London +1 4 £875 -2.78% 1
South London -10 2 £800 +10.34%
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 (2.39%) Confluence
2 4 (0.87%) IIS
3 3 (0.65%) Apache
3 3 (0.65%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.65%) SAS
3 3 (0.65%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.43%) Jupyter
4 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.22%) CICS
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 26 (5.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (3.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (2.39%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (1.30%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.43%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.43%) UserZoom
7 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (2.39%) Oracle Payables
1 11 (2.39%) Oracle Receivables
2 10 (2.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 9 (1.95%) Aladdin
4 6 (1.30%) Summit
5 3 (0.65%) Loan IQ
5 3 (0.65%) Orchestrade
6 2 (0.43%) Fidessa
6 2 (0.43%) Front Arena
6 2 (0.43%) Global One
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%) IntelliMatch
7 1 (0.22%) Markit EDM
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle iProcurement
7 1 (0.22%) SunGard Martini
Cloud Services
1 61 (13.23%) Azure
2 58 (12.58%) AWS
3 22 (4.77%) Power Platform
4 20 (4.34%) GCP
5 17 (3.69%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (3.47%) GitHub
7 13 (2.82%) OCI
8 12 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (2.60%) Entra ID
9 9 (1.95%) Snowflake
10 7 (1.52%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (1.52%) Google Workspace
11 6 (1.30%) Power Automate
11 6 (1.30%) PowerApps
12 5 (1.08%) Amazon ECS
12 5 (1.08%) Amazon EKS
12 5 (1.08%) SaaS
13 4 (0.87%) npm
13 4 (0.87%) Yarn
14 3 (0.65%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.12%) FIX Connectivity
2 10 (2.17%) Firewall
3 8 (1.74%) Multicast
3 8 (1.74%) VPN
4 7 (1.52%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.30%) DMZ
5 6 (1.30%) HTTP
6 3 (0.65%) BGP
6 3 (0.65%) Wireless
7 2 (0.43%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (0.43%) DWDM
7 2 (0.43%) MPLS
7 2 (0.43%) Network Security
7 2 (0.43%) OSPF
7 2 (0.43%) RTMP
7 2 (0.43%) Wireshark
8 1 (0.22%) DNS
8 1 (0.22%) Internet
8 1 (0.22%) MIMO
8 1 (0.22%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (4.77%) SQL Server
2 21 (4.56%) Power BI
3 19 (4.12%) Relational Database
4 18 (3.90%) Metadata
5 12 (2.60%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (2.17%) Data Vault
6 10 (2.17%) Pinecone
6 10 (2.17%) Weaviate
7 9 (1.95%) Tableau
8 8 (1.74%) KDB
8 8 (1.74%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (1.30%) RDBMS
9 6 (1.30%) Redis
10 5 (1.08%) Azure SQL Database
10 5 (1.08%) Big Data
10 5 (1.08%) Kdb+
10 5 (1.08%) MongoDB
10 5 (1.08%) Snowflake Schema
11 4 (0.87%) ClickHouse
11 4 (0.87%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 35 (7.59%) JIRA
2 13 (2.82%) Git
3 10 (2.17%) ER Studio
3 10 (2.17%) TeamCity
4 9 (1.95%) ERwin
5 8 (1.74%) GitLab
5 8 (1.74%) Jenkins
6 6 (1.30%) Octopus Deploy
6 6 (1.30%) webpack
7 5 (1.08%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.87%) PowerDesigner
9 3 (0.65%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.65%) Maven
9 3 (0.65%) REST Assured
9 3 (0.65%) Selenium
10 2 (0.43%) MSBuild
10 2 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.43%) Vite
11 1 (0.22%) Gemini Tracker
11 1 (0.22%) XCUITest
General
1 461 (100.00%) Banking
2 287 (62.26%) Finance
3 154 (33.41%) Front Office
4 114 (24.73%) Social Skills
5 55 (11.93%) Analytical Skills
6 45 (9.76%) Retail Banking
7 39 (8.46%) Retail
8 37 (8.03%) Corporate Banking
9 34 (7.38%) Financial Institution
10 19 (4.12%) Legal
11 12 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
12 10 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (1.95%) Back Office
13 9 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (1.95%) Spanish Language
14 7 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (1.08%) French Language
16 3 (0.65%) Advertising
16 3 (0.65%) Games
16 3 (0.65%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 170 (36.88%) Developer
2 84 (18.22%) Analyst
3 78 (16.92%) Java Developer
4 71 (15.40%) Senior
5 67 (14.53%) Business Analyst
6 50 (10.85%) Senior Developer
7 36 (7.81%) Senior Java Developer
8 24 (5.21%) C# Developer
9 23 (4.99%) Electronic Trading Developer
9 23 (4.99%) React Developer
10 21 (4.56%) Banking Analyst
11 20 (4.34%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
11 20 (4.34%) Low Latency Java Developer
11 20 (4.34%) Project Manager
11 20 (4.34%) Support Engineer
11 20 (4.34%) UI Developer
12 19 (4.12%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
12 19 (4.12%) Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading
12 19 (4.12%) Lead
12 19 (4.12%) Senior React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (11.06%) React
2 44 (9.54%) .NET
3 37 (8.03%) FIX Protocol
4 28 (6.07%) Kafka
5 25 (5.42%) Redux
6 18 (3.90%) Spring
7 16 (3.47%) AngularJS
8 15 (3.25%) REST
9 13 (2.82%) CSS
10 12 (2.60%) HTML
10 12 (2.60%) RESTful
11 11 (2.39%) OAuth
11 11 (2.39%) OAuth2
12 10 (2.17%) LangChain
12 10 (2.17%) LlamaIndex
12 10 (2.17%) XML
13 9 (1.95%) Node.js
14 8 (1.74%) Pandas
14 8 (1.74%) RxJava
15 7 (1.52%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 103 (22.34%) Derivative
2 75 (16.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 57 (12.36%) Equities
4 56 (12.15%) Fixed Income
5 23 (4.99%) Greenfield Project
6 22 (4.77%) Onboarding
7 21 (4.56%) Market Risk
8 20 (4.34%) Distributed Systems
8 20 (4.34%) Product Ownership
9 19 (4.12%) Credit Risk
9 19 (4.12%) TWAP
9 19 (4.12%) VWAP
10 18 (3.90%) Algorithms
10 18 (3.90%) Data Structures
11 16 (3.47%) Management Information System
12 13 (2.82%) Cloud Native
13 12 (2.60%) AI Agents
14 9 (1.95%) Data Protection Act
14 9 (1.95%) Hedge funds
15 8 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 30 (6.51%) Windows
2 26 (5.64%) Unix
3 24 (5.21%) Linux
4 7 (1.52%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.87%) Windows 7
6 3 (0.65%) Android
7 2 (0.43%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.22%) Solaris
8 1 (0.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (21.04%) Agile
2 73 (15.84%) Low Latency
3 69 (14.97%) Problem-Solving
4 65 (14.10%) Electronic Trading
5 57 (12.36%) CI/CD
6 53 (11.50%) Stakeholder Management
7 52 (11.28%) Analytics
8 50 (10.85%) AI
9 42 (9.11%) DevOps
9 42 (9.11%) TDD
10 41 (8.89%) Asset Management
10 41 (8.89%) Multithreading
10 41 (8.89%) Software Engineering
11 39 (8.46%) User Acceptance Testing
12 36 (7.81%) Wealth Management
13 35 (7.59%) Full-Stack Development
14 32 (6.94%) Algorithmic Trading
14 32 (6.94%) Business Analysis
15 30 (6.51%) Microservices
16 29 (6.29%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 118 (25.60%) Java
2 101 (21.91%) Python
3 98 (21.26%) SQL
4 74 (16.05%) C#
5 59 (12.80%) TypeScript
6 48 (10.41%) JavaScript
7 20 (4.34%) PowerShell
8 19 (4.12%) C++
9 11 (2.39%) Shell Script
10 7 (1.52%) Rust
11 6 (1.30%) VBA
12 5 (1.08%) Kotlin
12 5 (1.08%) Scala
13 3 (0.65%) Bash
13 3 (0.65%) Bicep
13 3 (0.65%) Perl
13 3 (0.65%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.43%) C
14 2 (0.43%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 29 (6.29%) Degree
2 11 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (2.17%) Azure Certification
4 5 (1.08%) Master's Degree
4 5 (1.08%) PMP
5 3 (0.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 3 (0.65%) MCSA
5 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (0.65%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.43%) CCNP
6 2 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (0.43%) CISSP
6 2 (0.43%) MBA
6 2 (0.43%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 2 (0.43%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 1 (0.22%) ACCA
7 1 (0.22%) CFA
7 1 (0.22%) CISA
7 1 (0.22%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.82%) MiFID
2 12 (2.60%) Data Quality
2 12 (2.60%) QA
3 11 (2.39%) PMO
4 7 (1.52%) SLA
5 5 (1.08%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.08%) EMIR
6 2 (0.43%) WCAG
7 1 (0.22%) COREP
7 1 (0.22%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.22%) FINREP
7 1 (0.22%) GDPR
7 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.22%) ITGC
7 1 (0.22%) NIST
7 1 (0.22%) PSD2
7 1 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.22%) Solvency II
System Software
1 21 (4.56%) Docker
2 15 (3.25%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.22%) GridGain
3 1 (0.22%) Varnish
3 1 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.22%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 21 (4.56%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.39%) Terraform
3 8 (1.74%) SCCM
4 7 (1.52%) WSUS
5 6 (1.30%) Ansible
6 5 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.87%) Control-M
8 3 (0.65%) ITRS Geneos
9 1 (0.22%) Puppet
9 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.22%) WMI
Vendors
1 44 (9.54%) Microsoft
2 37 (8.03%) Oracle
3 16 (3.47%) Murex
4 14 (3.04%) OpenAI
5 10 (2.17%) Bloomberg
5 10 (2.17%) Citrix
6 9 (1.95%) ION Trading
7 8 (1.74%) Reuters
8 7 (1.52%) Solace
9 6 (1.30%) Charles River
10 5 (1.08%) Databricks
10 5 (1.08%) Sybase
11 4 (0.87%) Google
11 4 (0.87%) ServiceNow
12 3 (0.65%) Adobe
12 3 (0.65%) Alteryx
12 3 (0.65%) Cisco
12 3 (0.65%) CyberArk
12 3 (0.65%) SAP
12 3 (0.65%) TIBCO