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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 65 63
Rank change year-on-year -59 -2 -10
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 448 541 608
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.25% 3.99% 3.54%
As % of the General category 3.72% 5.85% 5.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 241 363 504
10th Percentile £403 £442 £525
25th Percentile £513 £613 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £668 £750 £800
Median % change year-on-year -11.00% -6.25% +14.29%
75th Percentile £793 £838 £888
90th Percentile £938 £881 -
England median daily rate £696 £750 £775
% change year-on-year -7.17% -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% -55.93%

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 12,049 9,243 10,690
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.57% 68.16% 62.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,688 6,166 7,578
10th Percentile £350 £331 £331
25th Percentile £440 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £574
Median % change year-on-year - -4.18% -4.33%
75th Percentile £675 £690 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £825
England median daily rate £525 £513 £530
% change year-on-year +2.44% -3.30% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 225 178 197
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £16.40
25th Percentile £21.93 £24.66 £20.50
Median hourly rate £31.50 £32.25 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.48% -5.51%
75th Percentile £44.87 £50.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £68.30
England median hourly rate £33.99 £26.32 £35.00
% change year-on-year +29.14% -24.80% +14.68%

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 18 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 18 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 -25 63 £669 -0.93% 15
East London +3 4 £875 -2.78% 1
South London -15 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 6 (1.34%) Confluence
2 4 (0.89%) IIS
3 3 (0.67%) Apache
3 3 (0.67%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.67%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.45%) Jupyter
4 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.45%) SAS
5 1 (0.22%) CICS
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 19 (4.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (2.01%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.67%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.45%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.45%) UserZoom
7 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (2.23%) Aladdin
1 10 (2.23%) Oracle Payables
1 10 (2.23%) Oracle Receivables
2 9 (2.01%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 6 (1.34%) Summit
4 3 (0.67%) Loan IQ
4 3 (0.67%) Orchestrade
5 2 (0.45%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.45%) Front Arena
5 2 (0.45%) Global One
6 1 (0.22%) Actimize
6 1 (0.22%) BusinessWorks
6 1 (0.22%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle E-Business Tax
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Internet Expenses
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle iProcurement
6 1 (0.22%) SunGard Martini
Cloud Services
1 57 (12.72%) AWS
1 57 (12.72%) Azure
2 20 (4.46%) Power Platform
3 19 (4.24%) GCP
4 17 (3.79%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (3.35%) GitHub
6 12 (2.68%) Entra ID
6 12 (2.68%) OCI
7 11 (2.46%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (2.01%) Snowflake
9 7 (1.56%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (1.34%) Google Workspace
10 6 (1.34%) Power Automate
10 6 (1.34%) PowerApps
11 5 (1.12%) Amazon ECS
11 5 (1.12%) Amazon EKS
11 5 (1.12%) SaaS
12 3 (0.67%) Figma
12 3 (0.67%) npm
12 3 (0.67%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.02%) FIX Connectivity
2 9 (2.01%) Firewall
3 8 (1.79%) Multicast
4 7 (1.56%) VPN
5 6 (1.34%) HTTP
5 6 (1.34%) TCP/IP
6 5 (1.12%) DMZ
7 3 (0.67%) BGP
7 3 (0.67%) Wireless
8 2 (0.45%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (0.45%) DWDM
8 2 (0.45%) MPLS
8 2 (0.45%) Network Security
8 2 (0.45%) OSPF
8 2 (0.45%) Wireshark
9 1 (0.22%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 1 (0.22%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 1 (0.22%) Internet
9 1 (0.22%) MIMO
9 1 (0.22%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (4.91%) SQL Server
2 19 (4.24%) Power BI
3 18 (4.02%) Metadata
4 17 (3.79%) Relational Database
5 12 (2.68%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (2.23%) Data Vault
6 10 (2.23%) Pinecone
6 10 (2.23%) Weaviate
7 9 (2.01%) Tableau
8 8 (1.79%) KDB
9 7 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (1.34%) RDBMS
10 6 (1.34%) Redis
11 5 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (1.12%) Big Data
11 5 (1.12%) Kdb+
11 5 (1.12%) MongoDB
11 5 (1.12%) Snowflake Schema
12 4 (0.89%) ClickHouse
12 4 (0.89%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 32 (7.14%) JIRA
2 13 (2.90%) Git
3 10 (2.23%) ER Studio
3 10 (2.23%) TeamCity
4 9 (2.01%) ERwin
5 8 (1.79%) GitLab
6 7 (1.56%) Jenkins
7 5 (1.12%) Bitbucket
7 5 (1.12%) Octopus Deploy
7 5 (1.12%) webpack
8 4 (0.89%) PowerDesigner
9 3 (0.67%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.67%) Selenium
10 2 (0.45%) Maven
10 2 (0.45%) MSBuild
10 2 (0.45%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.45%) Vite
11 1 (0.22%) Gemini Tracker
11 1 (0.22%) Postman
11 1 (0.22%) XCUITest
General
1 448 (100.00%) Banking
2 279 (62.28%) Finance
3 149 (33.26%) Front Office
4 108 (24.11%) Social Skills
5 56 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
6 45 (10.04%) Retail Banking
7 40 (8.93%) Retail
8 39 (8.71%) Corporate Banking
9 35 (7.81%) Financial Institution
10 18 (4.02%) Legal
11 14 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
12 10 (2.23%) Spanish Language
13 9 (2.01%) Back Office
13 9 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (1.12%) French Language
16 4 (0.89%) Games
17 3 (0.67%) Advertising
17 3 (0.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 162 (36.16%) Developer
2 82 (18.30%) Analyst
3 75 (16.74%) Java Developer
4 69 (15.40%) Senior
5 66 (14.73%) Business Analyst
6 50 (11.16%) Senior Developer
7 35 (7.81%) Senior Java Developer
8 23 (5.13%) C# Developer
8 23 (5.13%) Project Manager
9 22 (4.91%) Electronic Trading Developer
9 22 (4.91%) React Developer
10 20 (4.46%) Banking Analyst
10 20 (4.46%) Lead
10 20 (4.46%) Support Engineer
10 20 (4.46%) UI Developer
11 19 (4.24%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
11 19 (4.24%) Low Latency Java Developer
11 19 (4.24%) Senior React Developer
12 18 (4.02%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
12 18 (4.02%) Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (10.94%) React
2 40 (8.93%) .NET
3 37 (8.26%) FIX Protocol
4 27 (6.03%) Kafka
5 24 (5.36%) Redux
6 16 (3.57%) Spring
7 15 (3.35%) AngularJS
7 15 (3.35%) REST
8 12 (2.68%) RESTful
9 11 (2.46%) OAuth
9 11 (2.46%) OAuth2
10 10 (2.23%) CSS
10 10 (2.23%) HTML
10 10 (2.23%) LangChain
10 10 (2.23%) LlamaIndex
10 10 (2.23%) XML
11 9 (2.01%) Node.js
12 8 (1.79%) RxJava
13 7 (1.56%) Pandas
13 7 (1.56%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 98 (21.88%) Derivative
2 69 (15.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 55 (12.28%) Fixed Income
4 54 (12.05%) Equities
5 24 (5.36%) Greenfield Project
6 23 (5.13%) Market Risk
7 22 (4.91%) Onboarding
7 22 (4.91%) Product Ownership
8 20 (4.46%) Distributed Systems
9 18 (4.02%) Algorithms
9 18 (4.02%) TWAP
9 18 (4.02%) VWAP
10 17 (3.79%) Data Structures
11 16 (3.57%) Credit Risk
12 15 (3.35%) Management Information System
13 13 (2.90%) AI Agents
13 13 (2.90%) Cloud Native
14 10 (2.23%) Hedge funds
15 9 (2.01%) Data Protection Act
16 8 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 31 (6.92%) Windows
2 24 (5.36%) Unix
3 23 (5.13%) Linux
4 7 (1.56%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.89%) Windows 7
6 3 (0.67%) Android
7 2 (0.45%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.22%) Solaris
8 1 (0.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (21.21%) Agile
2 71 (15.85%) Low Latency
3 67 (14.96%) Problem-Solving
4 62 (13.84%) Electronic Trading
5 54 (12.05%) CI/CD
6 53 (11.83%) Stakeholder Management
7 51 (11.38%) AI
8 50 (11.16%) Analytics
9 42 (9.38%) Software Engineering
10 40 (8.93%) Asset Management
10 40 (8.93%) DevOps
11 39 (8.71%) Multithreading
12 38 (8.48%) Wealth Management
13 37 (8.26%) TDD
14 36 (8.04%) User Acceptance Testing
15 32 (7.14%) Full-Stack Development
16 31 (6.92%) Algorithmic Trading
17 30 (6.70%) Business Analysis
18 28 (6.25%) Event-Driven
18 28 (6.25%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 113 (25.22%) Java
2 97 (21.65%) Python
3 92 (20.54%) SQL
4 72 (16.07%) C#
5 57 (12.72%) TypeScript
6 45 (10.04%) JavaScript
7 19 (4.24%) C++
7 19 (4.24%) PowerShell
8 9 (2.01%) Shell Script
9 7 (1.56%) Rust
10 5 (1.12%) Kotlin
10 5 (1.12%) Scala
11 4 (0.89%) VBA
12 3 (0.67%) Bash
12 3 (0.67%) Bicep
12 3 (0.67%) Perl
12 3 (0.67%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.45%) C
13 2 (0.45%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.22%) F#
Qualifications
1 29 (6.47%) Degree
2 11 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (2.23%) Azure Certification
4 6 (1.34%) PMP
5 5 (1.12%) Master's Degree
6 4 (0.89%) PMI Certification
7 3 (0.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (0.67%) MCSA
7 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
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 (0.22%) CFA
9 1 (0.22%) CISA
9 1 (0.22%) IIBA
9 1 (0.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.68%) MiFID
2 10 (2.23%) QA
3 8 (1.79%) Data Quality
3 8 (1.79%) PMO
4 5 (1.12%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.12%) EMIR
5 3 (0.67%) SLA
6 2 (0.45%) 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
System Software
1 19 (4.24%) Docker
2 17 (3.79%) 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 20 (4.46%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.23%) Terraform
3 8 (1.79%) SCCM
4 6 (1.34%) Ansible
4 6 (1.34%) WSUS
5 5 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.67%) Control-M
6 3 (0.67%) ITRS Geneos
7 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.22%) WMI
Vendors
1 39 (8.71%) Microsoft
2 36 (8.04%) Oracle
3 14 (3.13%) OpenAI
4 13 (2.90%) Murex
5 9 (2.01%) Citrix
6 7 (1.56%) Bloomberg
6 7 (1.56%) Charles River
6 7 (1.56%) ION Trading
6 7 (1.56%) Reuters
7 6 (1.34%) Solace
8 5 (1.12%) Databricks
8 5 (1.12%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.89%) Google
10 3 (0.67%) Adobe
10 3 (0.67%) Alteryx
10 3 (0.67%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.67%) Cisco
10 3 (0.67%) SAP
10 3 (0.67%) Sybase
10 3 (0.67%) TIBCO