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

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 74 58
Rank change year-on-year -52 -16 -1
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 461 477 635
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.28% 3.55% 3.90%
As % of the General category 3.70% 5.15% 6.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 262 321 500
10th Percentile £411 £463 £500
25th Percentile £524 £575 £612
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £680 £750 £750
Median % change year-on-year -9.33% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £798 £825 £875
90th Percentile £938 £925 £888
England median daily rate £680 £725 £750
% change year-on-year -6.21% -3.33% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £78.75 -
England median hourly rate - £78.75 -

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 12,467 9,259 10,139
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 61.62% 68.85% 62.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,971 6,101 6,635
10th Percentile £350 £325 £328
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 £675 £700
90th Percentile £788 £788 £825
England median daily rate £525 £500 £536
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.63% -2.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 272 175 122
10th Percentile £16.29 £17.00 £18.01
25th Percentile £20.69 £24.56 £25.38
Median hourly rate £28.40 £31.50 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year -9.86% -10.64% +23.14%
75th Percentile £47.50 £47.25 £53.75
90th Percentile £73.68 £64.35 £65.90
England median hourly rate £30.00 £25.15 £37.75
% change year-on-year +19.28% -33.38% +34.82%

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 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 27 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 -27 68 £700 - 43
East London +5 5 £875 -2.78%
South London -7 2 £650 +8.33%
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 8 (1.74%) Confluence
2 5 (1.08%) MTS
3 4 (0.87%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.65%) IIS
4 3 (0.65%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.43%) Apache
6 1 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.22%) CICS
6 1 (0.22%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 16 (3.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.65%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.43%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.22%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 8 (1.74%) Aladdin
2 7 (1.52%) Oracle EBS
2 7 (1.52%) 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
4 2 (0.43%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.43%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.43%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.22%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 1 (0.22%) CA PPM
5 1 (0.22%) Global One
5 1 (0.22%) ION MarketView
5 1 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.22%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.22%) Summit
5 1 (0.22%) SunGard Martini
Cloud Services
1 74 (16.05%) Azure
2 46 (9.98%) AWS
3 23 (4.99%) GCP
4 16 (3.47%) Entra ID
4 16 (3.47%) Power Platform
5 15 (3.25%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (3.04%) Microsoft 365
7 13 (2.82%) SaaS
8 12 (2.60%) GitHub
9 10 (2.17%) OCI
10 7 (1.52%) Snowflake
11 6 (1.30%) Amazon EKS
11 6 (1.30%) Power Automate
11 6 (1.30%) PowerApps
12 5 (1.08%) Amazon ECS
12 5 (1.08%) Azure Databricks
12 5 (1.08%) Cloud Run
12 5 (1.08%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (1.08%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 4 (0.87%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.60%) FIX Connectivity
2 9 (1.95%) Firewall
2 9 (1.95%) Multicast
3 6 (1.30%) VPN
4 5 (1.08%) HTTP
5 4 (0.87%) BGP
5 4 (0.87%) Network Security
5 4 (0.87%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.87%) Wireless
6 3 (0.65%) DMZ
6 3 (0.65%) WAN
7 2 (0.43%) BIG-IP
7 2 (0.43%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (0.43%) DWDM
7 2 (0.43%) Internet
7 2 (0.43%) MPLS
7 2 (0.43%) OSPF
7 2 (0.43%) SSH
7 2 (0.43%) VLAN
7 2 (0.43%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (4.56%) SQL Server
2 18 (3.90%) Metadata
3 15 (3.25%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (3.04%) Power BI
5 11 (2.39%) Relational Database
6 10 (2.17%) Chroma
6 10 (2.17%) Pinecone
6 10 (2.17%) Weaviate
7 9 (1.95%) Data Vault
7 9 (1.95%) KDB
8 7 (1.52%) Data Lake
9 6 (1.30%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (1.30%) Kdb+
9 6 (1.30%) MongoDB
10 5 (1.08%) Oracle Database
10 5 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (0.87%) Apache Cassandra
11 4 (0.87%) Redis
11 4 (0.87%) Snowflake Schema
11 4 (0.87%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 44 (9.54%) JIRA
2 24 (5.21%) Git
3 11 (2.39%) ER Studio
4 10 (2.17%) ERwin
5 6 (1.30%) TeamCity
6 5 (1.08%) Bitbucket
6 5 (1.08%) Cypress.io
6 5 (1.08%) GitLab
6 5 (1.08%) PowerDesigner
7 4 (0.87%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.87%) webpack
8 3 (0.65%) Selenium
9 2 (0.43%) MSBuild
9 2 (0.43%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.43%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.22%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.22%) CMake
10 1 (0.22%) JDeveloper
10 1 (0.22%) Maven
10 1 (0.22%) SonarQube
General
1 461 (100.00%) Banking
2 304 (65.94%) Finance
3 151 (32.75%) Front Office
4 109 (23.64%) Social Skills
5 53 (11.50%) Analytical Skills
6 40 (8.68%) Corporate Banking
7 37 (8.03%) Retail Banking
8 36 (7.81%) Retail
9 35 (7.59%) Financial Institution
10 20 (4.34%) Back Office
11 17 (3.69%) Legal
12 13 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (2.17%) Spanish Language
14 9 (1.95%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
16 5 (1.08%) General Ledger
17 4 (0.87%) Games
18 3 (0.65%) Law
18 3 (0.65%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 158 (34.27%) Developer
2 77 (16.70%) Senior
3 74 (16.05%) Analyst
4 60 (13.02%) Business Analyst
5 58 (12.58%) Java Developer
6 43 (9.33%) Senior Developer
7 27 (5.86%) Lead
8 25 (5.42%) Python Developer
9 23 (4.99%) Senior Java Developer
10 22 (4.77%) C# Developer
10 22 (4.77%) React Developer
11 21 (4.56%) Project Manager
11 21 (4.56%) Support Engineer
12 18 (3.90%) Senior React Developer
13 17 (3.69%) UI Developer
14 16 (3.47%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 16 (3.47%) Senior UI Developer
15 14 (3.04%) Banking Analyst
15 14 (3.04%) Full-Stack Developer
15 14 (3.04%) Low Latency Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (9.33%) React
2 40 (8.68%) .NET
3 33 (7.16%) FIX Protocol
4 24 (5.21%) Redux
5 21 (4.56%) AngularJS
6 19 (4.12%) REST
7 18 (3.90%) Kafka
8 14 (3.04%) Spring
8 14 (3.04%) Terraform
9 12 (2.60%) RESTful
9 12 (2.60%) WebSockets
10 11 (2.39%) LangChain
10 11 (2.39%) Pandas
11 10 (2.17%) LlamaIndex
11 10 (2.17%) OAuth
11 10 (2.17%) PySpark
12 9 (1.95%) Flask
12 9 (1.95%) Node.js
12 9 (1.95%) OAuth2
13 8 (1.74%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 89 (19.31%) Derivative
2 73 (15.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 56 (12.15%) Fixed Income
4 49 (10.63%) Equities
5 33 (7.16%) Product Ownership
6 26 (5.64%) Onboarding
7 25 (5.42%) Greenfield Project
8 21 (4.56%) Market Risk
9 20 (4.34%) Distributed Systems
10 18 (3.90%) AI Agents
11 17 (3.69%) Management Information System
12 16 (3.47%) Data Structures
13 15 (3.25%) Hedge funds
14 12 (2.60%) Algorithms
14 12 (2.60%) TWAP
14 12 (2.60%) VWAP
15 11 (2.39%) Credit Risk
15 11 (2.39%) Data Protection Act
16 10 (2.17%) Cloud Native
17 9 (1.95%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 31 (6.72%) Windows
2 28 (6.07%) Linux
3 19 (4.12%) Unix
4 5 (1.08%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.87%) Android
6 3 (0.65%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.65%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.43%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.22%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (24.51%) Agile
2 83 (18.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 69 (14.97%) Problem-Solving
4 65 (14.10%) AI
5 64 (13.88%) Low Latency
6 60 (13.02%) CI/CD
7 58 (12.58%) Electronic Trading
8 53 (11.50%) Software Engineering
9 51 (11.06%) Analytics
10 43 (9.33%) DevOps
11 41 (8.89%) Wealth Management
12 38 (8.24%) Business Analysis
12 38 (8.24%) Data Modelling
13 37 (8.03%) Event-Driven
14 36 (7.81%) Translating Business Requirements
15 35 (7.59%) Continuous Improvement
15 35 (7.59%) Full-Stack Development
16 32 (6.94%) Decision-Making
16 32 (6.94%) Migration
16 32 (6.94%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 108 (23.43%) SQL
2 103 (22.34%) Java
2 103 (22.34%) Python
3 77 (16.70%) C#
4 54 (11.71%) TypeScript
5 40 (8.68%) JavaScript
6 19 (4.12%) C++
7 17 (3.69%) PowerShell
8 9 (1.95%) Shell Script
9 6 (1.30%) Kotlin
9 6 (1.30%) Rust
10 5 (1.08%) Tcl
11 4 (0.87%) Bash
12 3 (0.65%) Bicep
12 3 (0.65%) C
12 3 (0.65%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.65%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.43%) Perl
13 2 (0.43%) Scala
13 2 (0.43%) VBA
Qualifications
1 32 (6.94%) Degree
2 9 (1.95%) Azure Certification
3 8 (1.74%) PMP
4 7 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.30%) Security Cleared
6 5 (1.08%) PMI Certification
7 4 (0.87%) ACCA
7 4 (0.87%) CIMA
7 4 (0.87%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.65%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.43%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.43%) CCNP
9 2 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.22%) CISSP
10 1 (0.22%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.22%) MCSA
10 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.22%) PgMP
10 1 (0.22%) PhD
10 1 (0.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.90%) Data Quality
2 17 (3.69%) MiFID
3 13 (2.82%) QA
4 10 (2.17%) EMIR
5 6 (1.30%) PMO
6 4 (0.87%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.87%) IFRS
7 3 (0.65%) NIST
8 2 (0.43%) GRC
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%) SEPA
9 1 (0.22%) TARGET2
System Software
1 21 (4.56%) Active Directory
2 16 (3.47%) Docker
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (3.69%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.30%) SCCM
3 5 (1.08%) Ansible
4 3 (0.65%) WSUS
5 2 (0.43%) ITRS Geneos
6 1 (0.22%) Control-M
6 1 (0.22%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.22%) Grafana
6 1 (0.22%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 37 (8.03%) Microsoft
2 28 (6.07%) Oracle
3 15 (3.25%) Bloomberg
3 15 (3.25%) Databricks
3 15 (3.25%) OpenAI
4 12 (2.60%) Murex
5 9 (1.95%) Citrix
5 9 (1.95%) ION Trading
5 9 (1.95%) Tradeweb
6 7 (1.52%) Cisco
6 7 (1.52%) MarketAxess
7 6 (1.30%) Reuters
8 5 (1.08%) Google
8 5 (1.08%) SAP
8 5 (1.08%) Solace
8 5 (1.08%) Sybase
9 4 (0.87%) Adobe
9 4 (0.87%) Charles River
9 4 (0.87%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.65%) Calypso