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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 61 73
Rank change year-on-year -64 +12 -19
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 424 484 543
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.28% 3.99% 3.10%
As % of the General category 3.81% 5.87% 4.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 235 311 432
10th Percentile £403 £450 £501
25th Percentile £500 £619 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £645 £750 £750
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £775 £850 £875
90th Percentile £923 £881 £888
England median daily rate £644 £750 £750
% change year-on-year -14.17% - +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £73.00 -
25th Percentile £51.96 £77.50 -
Median hourly rate £54.46 £85.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -35.93% - -
75th Percentile £56.96 £92.50 -
90th Percentile - £97.00 -
England median hourly rate £54.46 £85.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -35.93% +335.90% -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 11,141 8,239 10,972
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 59.99% 67.87% 62.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,167 5,484 7,827
10th Percentile £350 £342 £335
25th Percentile £431 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.45% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £700
90th Percentile £788 £825 £825
England median daily rate £515 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -1.90% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 207 149 239
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £15.90
25th Percentile £22.50 £24.66 £18.25
Median hourly rate £32.50 £34.00 £30.12
Median % change year-on-year -4.41% +12.88% +0.40%
75th Percentile £45.56 £50.75 £48.13
90th Percentile £68.00 £64.00 £66.40
England median hourly rate £32.00 £28.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year +14.29% -9.68% -2.88%

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 6 June 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 6 June 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 -34 57 £645 -4.44% 25
East London - 2 £875 -
South London -13 1 £600 -17.24% 4
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 (2.59%) Confluence
2 5 (1.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 4 (0.94%) Apache Spark
3 4 (0.94%) IIS
4 3 (0.71%) Apache
4 3 (0.71%) SAS
5 2 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.47%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.47%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.24%) CICS
Applications
1 26 (6.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (3.54%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (3.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 12 (2.83%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.94%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.47%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.47%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 13 (3.07%) Oracle Payables
1 13 (3.07%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 13 (3.07%) Oracle Receivables
2 8 (1.89%) Aladdin
3 6 (1.42%) Summit
4 3 (0.71%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.71%) Loan IQ
5 2 (0.47%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 2 (0.47%) Front Arena
5 2 (0.47%) Global One
5 2 (0.47%) Orchestrade
6 1 (0.24%) Actimize
6 1 (0.24%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.24%) BusinessWorks
6 1 (0.24%) IntelliMatch
6 1 (0.24%) Markit EDM
Cloud Services
1 63 (14.86%) Azure
2 55 (12.97%) AWS
3 19 (4.48%) GCP
4 17 (4.01%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (4.01%) Power Platform
5 15 (3.54%) OCI
6 14 (3.30%) GitHub
7 12 (2.83%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (2.36%) Entra ID
9 8 (1.89%) Google Workspace
9 8 (1.89%) Snowflake
10 7 (1.65%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (1.18%) Amazon ECS
11 5 (1.18%) npm
11 5 (1.18%) Yarn
12 4 (0.94%) Amazon EKS
13 3 (0.71%) Figma
13 3 (0.71%) Power Automate
13 3 (0.71%) PowerApps
13 3 (0.71%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (5.19%) FIX Connectivity
2 11 (2.59%) Firewall
3 8 (1.89%) TCP/IP
3 8 (1.89%) VPN
4 7 (1.65%) DMZ
5 6 (1.42%) HTTP
5 6 (1.42%) Multicast
6 3 (0.71%) BGP
6 3 (0.71%) Wireless
7 2 (0.47%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (0.47%) DWDM
7 2 (0.47%) MPLS
7 2 (0.47%) Network Security
7 2 (0.47%) OSPF
7 2 (0.47%) RTMP
7 2 (0.47%) Wireshark
8 1 (0.24%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 1 (0.24%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 1 (0.24%) MIMO
8 1 (0.24%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (4.72%) SQL Server
2 18 (4.25%) Relational Database
3 16 (3.77%) Metadata
3 16 (3.77%) Power BI
4 11 (2.59%) Pinecone
4 11 (2.59%) Weaviate
5 10 (2.36%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (2.36%) Tableau
6 9 (2.12%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (1.89%) Data Vault
8 6 (1.42%) KDB
8 6 (1.42%) RDBMS
8 6 (1.42%) Redis
9 5 (1.18%) Big Data
9 5 (1.18%) Snowflake Schema
10 4 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.94%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.94%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.71%) Flink
11 3 (0.71%) Kdb+
Development Applications
1 30 (7.08%) JIRA
2 11 (2.59%) TeamCity
3 9 (2.12%) Git
4 7 (1.65%) ER Studio
4 7 (1.65%) ERwin
5 6 (1.42%) GitLab
5 6 (1.42%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.42%) Octopus Deploy
5 6 (1.42%) webpack
6 5 (1.18%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.94%) PowerDesigner
7 4 (0.94%) Selenium
8 2 (0.47%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.47%) Maven
8 2 (0.47%) MSBuild
8 2 (0.47%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.47%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.47%) Vite
9 1 (0.24%) XCUITest
General
1 424 (100.00%) Banking
2 263 (62.03%) Finance
3 143 (33.73%) Front Office
4 106 (25.00%) Social Skills
5 54 (12.74%) Analytical Skills
6 44 (10.38%) Retail Banking
7 35 (8.25%) Retail
8 34 (8.02%) Corporate Banking
9 29 (6.84%) Financial Institution
10 21 (4.95%) Legal
11 14 (3.30%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (2.36%) Back Office
12 10 (2.36%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (2.12%) Presentation Skills
14 8 (1.89%) Spanish Language
15 7 (1.65%) French Language
16 6 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
17 3 (0.71%) Advertising
17 3 (0.71%) Aviation
17 3 (0.71%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 147 (34.67%) Developer
2 82 (19.34%) Analyst
3 67 (15.80%) Senior
4 66 (15.57%) Java Developer
5 65 (15.33%) Business Analyst
6 44 (10.38%) Senior Developer
7 33 (7.78%) Senior Java Developer
8 25 (5.90%) Electronic Trading Developer
9 24 (5.66%) Banking Analyst
10 23 (5.42%) Support Engineer
11 22 (5.19%) C# Developer
12 21 (4.95%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
12 21 (4.95%) Low Latency Java Developer
13 20 (4.72%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
13 20 (4.72%) Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading
14 16 (3.77%) Project Manager
15 15 (3.54%) Python Developer
15 15 (3.54%) React Developer
16 14 (3.30%) Banking Business Analyst
16 14 (3.30%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (10.14%) .NET
2 40 (9.43%) React
3 37 (8.73%) FIX Protocol
4 26 (6.13%) Kafka
5 19 (4.48%) Redux
6 14 (3.30%) AngularJS
6 14 (3.30%) CSS
6 14 (3.30%) HTML
7 13 (3.07%) Spring
7 13 (3.07%) XML
8 12 (2.83%) LangChain
9 11 (2.59%) LlamaIndex
10 10 (2.36%) REST
11 9 (2.12%) RESTful
12 8 (1.89%) OAuth
12 8 (1.89%) OAuth2
13 7 (1.65%) HTML5
13 7 (1.65%) Node.js
13 7 (1.65%) WebSockets
14 6 (1.42%) Reactive Extensions
Miscellaneous
1 96 (22.64%) Derivative
2 61 (14.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 54 (12.74%) Equities
4 45 (10.61%) Fixed Income
5 24 (5.66%) Market Risk
6 20 (4.72%) Credit Risk
6 20 (4.72%) TWAP
6 20 (4.72%) VWAP
7 19 (4.48%) Distributed Systems
7 19 (4.48%) Management Information System
7 19 (4.48%) Onboarding
8 18 (4.25%) Algorithms
9 16 (3.77%) Data Structures
10 15 (3.54%) Greenfield Project
10 15 (3.54%) Product Ownership
11 12 (2.83%) AI Agents
11 12 (2.83%) Cloud Native
12 9 (2.12%) Data Protection Act
12 9 (2.12%) Hedge funds
13 7 (1.65%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 31 (7.31%) Windows
2 21 (4.95%) Unix
3 17 (4.01%) Linux
4 9 (2.12%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.42%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.47%) Android
6 2 (0.47%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.24%) Solaris
7 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (18.63%) Agile
2 61 (14.39%) Low Latency
2 61 (14.39%) Problem-Solving
3 56 (13.21%) Electronic Trading
4 53 (12.50%) Analytics
5 50 (11.79%) Stakeholder Management
6 45 (10.61%) CI/CD
7 44 (10.38%) Asset Management
8 43 (10.14%) AI
9 42 (9.91%) Multithreading
9 42 (9.91%) User Acceptance Testing
10 41 (9.67%) TDD
11 38 (8.96%) DevOps
12 36 (8.49%) Business Analysis
13 34 (8.02%) Software Engineering
14 32 (7.55%) Algorithmic Trading
14 32 (7.55%) Wealth Management
15 28 (6.60%) Design Patterns
15 28 (6.60%) Full-Stack Development
16 27 (6.37%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 107 (25.24%) Java
2 96 (22.64%) SQL
3 95 (22.41%) Python
4 65 (15.33%) C#
5 47 (11.08%) TypeScript
6 35 (8.25%) JavaScript
7 21 (4.95%) PowerShell
8 18 (4.25%) C++
9 8 (1.89%) Shell Script
10 6 (1.42%) Rust
10 6 (1.42%) Scala
11 5 (1.18%) VBA
12 4 (0.94%) Bash
13 3 (0.71%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.71%) Perl
14 2 (0.47%) Bicep
14 2 (0.47%) C
14 2 (0.47%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.24%) F#
15 1 (0.24%) Swift
Qualifications
1 34 (8.02%) Degree
2 17 (4.01%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (2.83%) Azure Certification
4 8 (1.89%) Master's Degree
5 7 (1.65%) PMP
6 5 (1.18%) PMI Certification
7 4 (0.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (0.94%) MCSA
7 4 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.71%) CFA
9 2 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.47%) CCNP
9 2 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.47%) CISSP
9 2 (0.47%) MBA
9 2 (0.47%) PhD
9 2 (0.47%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 2 (0.47%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 1 (0.24%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.24%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.77%) MiFID
2 13 (3.07%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.83%) QA
4 11 (2.59%) PMO
5 8 (1.89%) SLA
6 6 (1.42%) EMIR
7 5 (1.18%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.47%) WCAG
9 1 (0.24%) Basel III
9 1 (0.24%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.24%) GDPR
9 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.24%) ITGC
9 1 (0.24%) NIST
9 1 (0.24%) PSD2
9 1 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.24%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.24%) Solvency II
System Software
1 20 (4.72%) Docker
2 13 (3.07%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.24%) GridGain
3 1 (0.24%) Varnish
3 1 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.24%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 17 (4.01%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.12%) SCCM
3 8 (1.89%) Terraform
4 7 (1.65%) WSUS
5 5 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.94%) Control-M
7 3 (0.71%) Ansible
8 2 (0.47%) ITRS Geneos
8 2 (0.47%) Puppet
9 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.24%) WMI
Vendors
1 44 (10.38%) Microsoft
2 35 (8.25%) Oracle
3 14 (3.30%) Bloomberg
3 14 (3.30%) Murex
4 13 (3.07%) OpenAI
5 11 (2.59%) Citrix
5 11 (2.59%) ION Trading
6 9 (2.12%) Reuters
7 7 (1.65%) Charles River
8 6 (1.42%) Adobe
9 5 (1.18%) Sybase
10 4 (0.94%) Databricks
10 4 (0.94%) Google
10 4 (0.94%) Pega
10 4 (0.94%) ServiceNow
10 4 (0.94%) Solace
11 3 (0.71%) Alteryx
11 3 (0.71%) Cisco
11 3 (0.71%) CyberArk
11 3 (0.71%) SAP