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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 70 60
Rank change year-on-year -58 -10 -3
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 456 513 643
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.27% 3.82% 3.97%
As % of the General category 3.73% 5.55% 6.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 357 529
10th Percentile £412 £440 £523
25th Percentile £514 £613 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £668 £750 £800
Median % change year-on-year -11.00% -6.25% +14.29%
75th Percentile £800 £825 £888
90th Percentile £938 £888 -
England median daily rate £668 £750 £775
% change year-on-year -11.00% -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% +5.41%

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 12,219 9,247 10,112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.91% 68.84% 62.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,802 6,139 7,058
10th Percentile £350 £325 £338
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 £688 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £825
England median daily rate £525 £508 £540
% change year-on-year +3.45% -6.02% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 187 144
10th Percentile £18.50 £15.84 £17.25
25th Percentile £21.93 £24.58 £23.80
Median hourly rate £27.75 £30.00 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% -14.89% +1.82%
75th Percentile £43.75 £48.13 £51.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £63.45 £67.40
England median hourly rate £32.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +27.24% -34.02% +38.62%

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 20 August 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 20 August 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 -23 58 £700 - 30
East London +4 4 £875 -2.78%
South London -7 2 £800 +33.33% 1
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 7 (1.54%) Confluence
2 4 (0.88%) IIS
3 3 (0.66%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.66%) MTS
4 2 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.44%) Apache
4 2 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.44%) Jupyter
4 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.44%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.22%) CICS
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.22%) SAS
Applications
1 18 (3.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.44%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.44%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.22%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 10 (2.19%) Aladdin
2 5 (1.10%) Oracle Payables
2 5 (1.10%) Oracle Receivables
3 4 (0.88%) Summit
4 3 (0.66%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.66%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (0.66%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (0.66%) Orchestrade
5 2 (0.44%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.44%) Front Arena
5 2 (0.44%) Global One
5 2 (0.44%) Loan IQ
5 2 (0.44%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.44%) Oracle Internet Expenses
5 2 (0.44%) Oracle iProcurement
6 1 (0.22%) Actimize
6 1 (0.22%) BusinessWorks
6 1 (0.22%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.22%) SunGard Martini
Cloud Services
1 62 (13.60%) Azure
2 52 (11.40%) AWS
3 20 (4.39%) GCP
4 17 (3.73%) Power Platform
5 16 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (3.29%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (3.07%) Entra ID
7 14 (3.07%) GitHub
8 10 (2.19%) SaaS
9 8 (1.75%) OCI
9 8 (1.75%) Snowflake
10 7 (1.54%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (1.32%) Google Workspace
12 5 (1.10%) Amazon ECS
12 5 (1.10%) Amazon EKS
12 5 (1.10%) Power Automate
12 5 (1.10%) PowerApps
13 4 (0.88%) Azure API Management
14 3 (0.66%) Cloud Run
14 3 (0.66%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.51%) FIX Connectivity
2 11 (2.41%) Firewall
3 8 (1.75%) Multicast
4 7 (1.54%) VPN
5 6 (1.32%) HTTP
5 6 (1.32%) TCP/IP
6 5 (1.10%) DMZ
7 3 (0.66%) BGP
7 3 (0.66%) Network Security
7 3 (0.66%) Wireless
8 2 (0.44%) BIG-IP
8 2 (0.44%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (0.44%) DWDM
8 2 (0.44%) MPLS
8 2 (0.44%) OSPF
8 2 (0.44%) 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%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (5.70%) SQL Server
2 21 (4.61%) Metadata
3 17 (3.73%) Power BI
4 14 (3.07%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (2.85%) Relational Database
6 10 (2.19%) Data Vault
6 10 (2.19%) KDB
6 10 (2.19%) Pinecone
6 10 (2.19%) Weaviate
7 7 (1.54%) Tableau
8 6 (1.32%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (1.32%) Kdb+
8 6 (1.32%) MongoDB
8 6 (1.32%) Redis
9 5 (1.10%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.88%) Big Data
10 4 (0.88%) ClickHouse
10 4 (0.88%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.88%) Oracle Database
10 4 (0.88%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 42 (9.21%) JIRA
2 20 (4.39%) Git
3 11 (2.41%) ER Studio
4 10 (2.19%) ERwin
4 10 (2.19%) TeamCity
5 7 (1.54%) Jenkins
6 6 (1.32%) GitLab
7 5 (1.10%) Bitbucket
7 5 (1.10%) Octopus Deploy
7 5 (1.10%) PowerDesigner
8 4 (0.88%) webpack
9 3 (0.66%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.66%) REST Assured
9 3 (0.66%) Selenium
10 2 (0.44%) Maven
10 2 (0.44%) MSBuild
10 2 (0.44%) Vite
11 1 (0.22%) Appium
11 1 (0.22%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.22%) CMake
General
1 456 (100.00%) Banking
2 293 (64.25%) Finance
3 160 (35.09%) Front Office
4 108 (23.68%) Social Skills
5 57 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
6 43 (9.43%) Corporate Banking
6 43 (9.43%) Retail Banking
7 42 (9.21%) Retail
8 39 (8.55%) Financial Institution
9 19 (4.17%) Back Office
10 16 (3.51%) Legal
10 16 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (2.63%) Spanish Language
12 7 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.88%) French Language
14 4 (0.88%) Games
15 3 (0.66%) Advertising
15 3 (0.66%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 163 (35.75%) Developer
2 77 (16.89%) Analyst
3 70 (15.35%) Senior
4 66 (14.47%) Java Developer
5 59 (12.94%) Business Analyst
6 46 (10.09%) Senior Developer
7 26 (5.70%) C# Developer
7 26 (5.70%) Senior Java Developer
8 24 (5.26%) Lead
9 23 (5.04%) Python Developer
9 23 (5.04%) React Developer
10 21 (4.61%) Support Engineer
11 20 (4.39%) Project Manager
12 19 (4.17%) Electronic Trading Developer
12 19 (4.17%) Senior React Developer
12 19 (4.17%) UI Developer
13 18 (3.95%) Low Latency Java Developer
14 17 (3.73%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
14 17 (3.73%) Senior UI Developer
15 16 (3.51%) Banking Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (10.09%) .NET
1 46 (10.09%) React
2 38 (8.33%) FIX Protocol
3 26 (5.70%) Redux
4 20 (4.39%) AngularJS
5 17 (3.73%) Kafka
6 16 (3.51%) REST
7 14 (3.07%) WebSockets
8 13 (2.85%) RESTful
8 13 (2.85%) Spring
9 11 (2.41%) Terraform
10 10 (2.19%) LangChain
10 10 (2.19%) LlamaIndex
10 10 (2.19%) OAuth
10 10 (2.19%) OAuth2
11 9 (1.97%) Node.js
11 9 (1.97%) Pandas
11 9 (1.97%) PySpark
12 8 (1.75%) HTML
12 8 (1.75%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 99 (21.71%) Derivative
2 71 (15.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 58 (12.72%) Fixed Income
4 57 (12.50%) Equities
5 30 (6.58%) Product Ownership
6 26 (5.70%) Onboarding
7 24 (5.26%) Greenfield Project
8 22 (4.82%) Market Risk
9 21 (4.61%) Data Structures
10 18 (3.95%) Distributed Systems
11 16 (3.51%) Algorithms
11 16 (3.51%) TWAP
11 16 (3.51%) VWAP
12 15 (3.29%) AI Agents
12 15 (3.29%) Management Information System
13 14 (3.07%) Credit Risk
13 14 (3.07%) Hedge funds
14 13 (2.85%) Cloud Native
15 8 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
15 8 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 30 (6.58%) Windows
2 28 (6.14%) Linux
3 24 (5.26%) Unix
4 5 (1.10%) Android
4 5 (1.10%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.88%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.66%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.22%) Solaris
7 1 (0.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (24.34%) Agile
2 72 (15.79%) Low Latency
3 70 (15.35%) Problem-Solving
4 65 (14.25%) Stakeholder Management
5 64 (14.04%) Electronic Trading
6 57 (12.50%) AI
6 57 (12.50%) CI/CD
7 53 (11.62%) Analytics
8 49 (10.75%) Software Engineering
9 47 (10.31%) DevOps
10 43 (9.43%) Wealth Management
11 38 (8.33%) Multithreading
12 37 (8.11%) Full-Stack Development
13 36 (7.89%) Business Analysis
13 36 (7.89%) Continuous Improvement
14 34 (7.46%) Data Modelling
15 32 (7.02%) Asset Management
15 32 (7.02%) TDD
15 32 (7.02%) Translating Business Requirements
16 31 (6.80%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 109 (23.90%) Java
2 101 (22.15%) SQL
3 99 (21.71%) Python
4 82 (17.98%) C#
5 54 (11.84%) TypeScript
6 41 (8.99%) JavaScript
7 21 (4.61%) C++
8 20 (4.39%) PowerShell
9 11 (2.41%) Shell Script
10 7 (1.54%) Rust
11 5 (1.10%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.88%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.88%) VBA
13 3 (0.66%) Bicep
13 3 (0.66%) C
13 3 (0.66%) Perl
13 3 (0.66%) Scala
13 3 (0.66%) Tcl
13 3 (0.66%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.44%) Bash
Qualifications
1 35 (7.68%) Degree
2 12 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (1.75%) Azure Certification
4 7 (1.54%) PMP
5 4 (0.88%) Master's Degree
5 4 (0.88%) PMI Certification
5 4 (0.88%) Security Cleared
6 3 (0.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 3 (0.66%) MCSA
6 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (0.66%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.44%) CCNP
7 2 (0.44%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.44%) CISSP
7 2 (0.44%) MBA
8 1 (0.22%) ACCA
8 1 (0.22%) CIMA
8 1 (0.22%) CISM
8 1 (0.22%) PhD
8 1 (0.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.29%) Data Quality
1 15 (3.29%) MiFID
2 11 (2.41%) QA
3 9 (1.97%) EMIR
4 6 (1.32%) PMO
5 4 (0.88%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.66%) NIST
6 3 (0.66%) SLA
7 2 (0.44%) WCAG
8 1 (0.22%) COBIT
8 1 (0.22%) COREP
8 1 (0.22%) FINREP
8 1 (0.22%) IFRS
8 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.22%) PSD2
System Software
1 20 (4.39%) Active Directory
2 15 (3.29%) Docker
3 1 (0.22%) GridGain
3 1 (0.22%) Varnish
3 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.22%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 18 (3.95%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.54%) SCCM
3 6 (1.32%) WSUS
4 5 (1.10%) Ansible
5 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.66%) Control-M
6 3 (0.66%) ITRS Geneos
7 1 (0.22%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.22%) WMI
Vendors
1 38 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.58%) Oracle
3 13 (2.85%) OpenAI
4 12 (2.63%) Bloomberg
4 12 (2.63%) Murex
5 10 (2.19%) Citrix
5 10 (2.19%) Databricks
6 9 (1.97%) ION Trading
7 7 (1.54%) Reuters
7 7 (1.54%) ServiceNow
7 7 (1.54%) Tradeweb
8 6 (1.32%) Charles River
8 6 (1.32%) SAP
8 6 (1.32%) Solace
9 5 (1.10%) Google
9 5 (1.10%) MarketAxess
9 5 (1.10%) Sybase
10 4 (0.88%) Adobe
10 4 (0.88%) Cisco
10 4 (0.88%) CyberArk