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

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 68 74
Rank change year-on-year -62 +6 -20
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 366 473 533
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.09% 3.71% 2.99%
As % of the General category 3.44% 5.50% 4.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 303 399
10th Percentile £413 £418 £500
25th Percentile £500 £613 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £750 £725
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £788 £875 £850
90th Percentile £935 £888 £900
England median daily rate £625 £750 £725
% change year-on-year -16.67% +3.45% +3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £26.57 - -
25th Percentile £30.80 - -
Median hourly rate £39.73 £100.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -60.27% - -
75th Percentile £49.28 - -
90th Percentile £53.89 - -
England median hourly rate £39.73 £100.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -60.27% +412.82% -51.85%

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 10,652 8,601 11,281
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.74% 67.49% 63.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,940 5,824 8,070
10th Percentile £344 £338 £335
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £707 £700
90th Percentile £788 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 187 141 247
10th Percentile £18.17 £15.84 £15.80
25th Percentile £22.57 £23.59 £18.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% +21.05% -12.82%
75th Percentile £50.00 £52.00 £44.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £65.00 £65.30
England median hourly rate £30.15 £28.18 £28.75
% change year-on-year +6.99% -1.98% -17.86%

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 25 April 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Investment Banking in London over the 6 months to 25 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Investment Banking in London

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 25 April 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 -43 49 £625 - 12
East London -1 4 £416 -27.65%
South London -13 1 £600 -12.73%
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 12 (3.28%) Confluence
2 5 (1.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 4 (1.09%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.82%) Apache
4 3 (0.82%) SAS
4 3 (0.82%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.55%) IIS
5 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.27%) CICS
6 1 (0.27%) HCL Notes
6 1 (0.27%) Jupyter
Applications
1 28 (7.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (4.10%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (3.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (3.55%) MS Visio
5 4 (1.09%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.82%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.55%) UserZoom
8 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (3.83%) Oracle Payables
2 13 (3.55%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 13 (3.55%) Oracle Receivables
3 7 (1.91%) Aladdin
4 6 (1.64%) Summit
5 4 (1.09%) Fidessa
6 3 (0.82%) Loan IQ
7 2 (0.55%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 2 (0.55%) Front Arena
7 2 (0.55%) Global One
7 2 (0.55%) Markit EDM
8 1 (0.27%) Actimize
8 1 (0.27%) Adobe Campaign
8 1 (0.27%) Bloomberg AIM
8 1 (0.27%) BusinessWorks
8 1 (0.27%) IntelliMatch
8 1 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.27%) Orchestrade
8 1 (0.27%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 55 (15.03%) Azure
2 48 (13.11%) AWS
3 17 (4.64%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (3.83%) OCI
5 13 (3.55%) GitHub
5 13 (3.55%) Power Platform
6 12 (3.28%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (3.28%) GCP
7 9 (2.46%) Snowflake
8 8 (2.19%) Google Workspace
9 7 (1.91%) Entra ID
10 5 (1.37%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (1.37%) npm
10 5 (1.37%) Serverless
10 5 (1.37%) Yarn
11 4 (1.09%) Figma
12 3 (0.82%) Anthropic Claude
12 3 (0.82%) ChatGPT
12 3 (0.82%) GitHub Copilot
12 3 (0.82%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 20 (5.46%) FIX Connectivity
2 8 (2.19%) Firewall
3 7 (1.91%) DMZ
3 7 (1.91%) TCP/IP
3 7 (1.91%) VPN
4 5 (1.37%) HTTP
5 3 (0.82%) Multicast
6 2 (0.55%) RTMP
7 1 (0.27%) MIMO
7 1 (0.27%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.27%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (6.28%) SQL Server
2 14 (3.83%) Relational Database
3 13 (3.55%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (3.28%) Power BI
5 9 (2.46%) Metadata
5 9 (2.46%) Tableau
6 8 (2.19%) Redis
7 6 (1.64%) Oracle Database
7 6 (1.64%) Pinecone
7 6 (1.64%) RDBMS
7 6 (1.64%) Weaviate
8 5 (1.37%) KDB
8 5 (1.37%) NoSQL
9 4 (1.09%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (1.09%) Big Data
9 4 (1.09%) Data Vault
9 4 (1.09%) Kdb+
10 3 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.82%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.82%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 27 (7.38%) JIRA
2 10 (2.73%) TeamCity
3 8 (2.19%) Git
3 8 (2.19%) Octopus Deploy
4 7 (1.91%) GitLab
5 6 (1.64%) Jenkins
6 5 (1.37%) Selenium
6 5 (1.37%) webpack
7 4 (1.09%) Bitbucket
7 4 (1.09%) REST Assured
8 3 (0.82%) JUnit
8 3 (0.82%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.55%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.55%) Maven
9 2 (0.55%) Postman
9 2 (0.55%) SoapUI
9 2 (0.55%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.55%) Vite
10 1 (0.27%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.27%) XCUITest
General
1 366 (100.00%) Banking
2 225 (61.48%) Finance
3 118 (32.24%) Front Office
4 107 (29.23%) Social Skills
5 48 (13.11%) Analytical Skills
6 30 (8.20%) Retail Banking
7 23 (6.28%) Financial Institution
8 22 (6.01%) Corporate Banking
9 21 (5.74%) Retail
10 14 (3.83%) Documentation Skills
11 13 (3.55%) Legal
12 10 (2.73%) Back Office
13 7 (1.91%) French Language
13 7 (1.91%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (0.82%) Marketing
15 3 (0.82%) Spanish Language
16 2 (0.55%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 123 (33.61%) Developer
2 77 (21.04%) Analyst
3 62 (16.94%) Business Analyst
4 58 (15.85%) Senior
5 56 (15.30%) Java Developer
6 37 (10.11%) Senior Developer
7 28 (7.65%) Senior Java Developer
8 25 (6.83%) Electronic Trading Developer
9 24 (6.56%) Banking Analyst
9 24 (6.56%) C# Developer
10 21 (5.74%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
11 18 (4.92%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
11 18 (4.92%) Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading
11 18 (4.92%) Low Latency Java Developer
11 18 (4.92%) Support Engineer
12 17 (4.64%) Lead
13 15 (4.10%) Kafka Developer
14 13 (3.55%) Banking Business Analyst
15 12 (3.28%) AWS Developer
15 12 (3.28%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (10.11%) .NET
2 30 (8.20%) React
3 27 (7.38%) FIX Protocol
3 27 (7.38%) Kafka
4 16 (4.37%) CSS
4 16 (4.37%) HTML
5 14 (3.83%) Redux
6 13 (3.55%) AngularJS
6 13 (3.55%) XML
7 9 (2.46%) Spring
8 8 (2.19%) HTML5
8 8 (2.19%) Node.js
9 7 (1.91%) LangChain
10 6 (1.64%) LlamaIndex
10 6 (1.64%) OAuth
10 6 (1.64%) Reactive Extensions
10 6 (1.64%) REST
10 6 (1.64%) RESTful
11 5 (1.37%) JMS
11 5 (1.37%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 82 (22.40%) Derivative
2 41 (11.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 40 (10.93%) Equities
4 37 (10.11%) Fixed Income
5 26 (7.10%) Market Risk
6 23 (6.28%) Management Information System
7 21 (5.74%) Credit Risk
8 18 (4.92%) TWAP
8 18 (4.92%) VWAP
9 16 (4.37%) Onboarding
10 13 (3.55%) Data Structures
11 12 (3.28%) Algorithms
11 12 (3.28%) Cloud Native
12 10 (2.73%) Distributed Systems
13 9 (2.46%) Product Ownership
14 8 (2.19%) AI Agents
14 8 (2.19%) Analytical Mindset
14 8 (2.19%) Data Protection Act
14 8 (2.19%) Hedge funds
15 5 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 26 (7.10%) Windows
2 21 (5.74%) Unix
3 18 (4.92%) Linux
4 8 (2.19%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.64%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.55%) AIX
7 1 (0.27%) Android
7 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (18.58%) Agile
2 57 (15.57%) Problem-Solving
3 45 (12.30%) Analytics
4 44 (12.02%) Low Latency
4 44 (12.02%) Stakeholder Management
5 43 (11.75%) Electronic Trading
6 40 (10.93%) AI
6 40 (10.93%) DevOps
7 38 (10.38%) Asset Management
7 38 (10.38%) Business Analysis
7 38 (10.38%) CI/CD
7 38 (10.38%) TDD
8 37 (10.11%) User Acceptance Testing
9 36 (9.84%) Multithreading
10 31 (8.47%) Risk Management
11 30 (8.20%) Project Management
12 28 (7.65%) Design Patterns
13 27 (7.38%) Test Automation
14 26 (7.10%) OO
15 24 (6.56%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 95 (25.96%) SQL
2 94 (25.68%) Java
3 71 (19.40%) Python
4 50 (13.66%) C#
5 31 (8.47%) TypeScript
6 27 (7.38%) JavaScript
7 17 (4.64%) PowerShell
8 12 (3.28%) C++
9 7 (1.91%) Scala
9 7 (1.91%) Shell Script
10 5 (1.37%) Perl
10 5 (1.37%) VBA
11 4 (1.09%) Bash
11 4 (1.09%) PL/SQL
11 4 (1.09%) Rust
12 3 (0.82%) Go
13 2 (0.55%) Korn
14 1 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.27%) F#
14 1 (0.27%) LotusScript
Qualifications
1 36 (9.84%) Degree
2 19 (5.19%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (3.28%) Master's Degree
4 10 (2.73%) Azure Certification
5 6 (1.64%) PMP
6 5 (1.37%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (1.09%) MCSA
7 4 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.82%) CFA
8 3 (0.82%) PhD
8 3 (0.82%) Security Cleared
9 2 (0.55%) ACCA
9 2 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.55%) CISSP
9 2 (0.55%) MBA
9 2 (0.55%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 2 (0.55%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 1 (0.27%) CCA
10 1 (0.27%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.10%) QA
2 14 (3.83%) Data Quality
3 11 (3.01%) MiFID
3 11 (3.01%) PMO
4 8 (2.19%) SLA
5 5 (1.37%) EMIR
5 5 (1.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.82%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.55%) GDPR
7 2 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.55%) NIST
7 2 (0.55%) SEPA
8 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.27%) Basel III
8 1 (0.27%) COBIT
8 1 (0.27%) COSO
8 1 (0.27%) Dodd-Frank
8 1 (0.27%) FINRA
8 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.27%) Solvency II
System Software
1 15 (4.10%) Docker
2 7 (1.91%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.27%) GridGain
3 1 (0.27%) Varnish
3 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.27%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 15 (4.10%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.46%) SCCM
3 7 (1.91%) WSUS
4 5 (1.37%) Terraform
5 4 (1.09%) Control-M
5 4 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.82%) Ansible
6 3 (0.82%) ITRS Geneos
7 2 (0.55%) Puppet
7 2 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.27%) Grafana
8 1 (0.27%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.27%) WMI
8 1 (0.27%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 41 (11.20%) Microsoft
2 37 (10.11%) Oracle
3 17 (4.64%) Bloomberg
4 14 (3.83%) Murex
5 13 (3.55%) ION Trading
6 9 (2.46%) Citrix
6 9 (2.46%) Reuters
7 8 (2.19%) Charles River
8 6 (1.64%) Adobe
9 5 (1.37%) OpenAI
9 5 (1.37%) Sybase
10 4 (1.09%) CyberArk
10 4 (1.09%) IBM
10 4 (1.09%) Pega
11 3 (0.82%) Google
11 3 (0.82%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.82%) SAP
11 3 (0.82%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.82%) Solace
12 2 (0.55%) Dynatrace