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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 64 72
Rank change year-on-year -56 +8 -18
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 439 499 558
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.32% 4.03% 3.17%
As % of the General category 3.87% 5.93% 5.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 322 454
10th Percentile £402 £450 £515
25th Percentile £475 £620 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £750 £750
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £784 £850 £875
90th Percentile £938 £888 £888
England median daily rate £650 £750 £750
% change year-on-year -13.33% - +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - £73.25 -
25th Percentile £51.96 £78.13 -
Median hourly rate £54.46 £87.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -37.76% - -
75th Percentile £56.96 £94.38 -
90th Percentile - £97.75 -
England median hourly rate £54.46 £87.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -37.76% +348.72% -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 11,352 8,419 11,032
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.02% 68.07% 62.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,291 5,629 7,877
10th Percentile £350 £338 £335
25th Percentile £433 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £700
90th Percentile £788 £825 £825
England median daily rate £520 £520 £533
% change year-on-year - -2.35% -3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 155 238
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.10 £15.85
25th Percentile £22.46 £24.66 £18.25
Median hourly rate £32.50 £34.48 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year -5.74% +14.32% -1.92%
75th Percentile £47.13 £51.63 £47.50
90th Percentile £69.50 £65.34 £66.60
England median hourly rate £32.50 £28.00 £31.97
% change year-on-year +16.07% -12.42% +6.57%

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 17 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 17 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 -36 58 £693 +2.59% 17
East London -1 4 £875 -2.78%
South London -11 2 £800 +10.34% 2
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 (2.51%) Confluence
2 4 (0.91%) IIS
3 3 (0.68%) Apache
3 3 (0.68%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.68%) SAS
4 2 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.46%) Jupyter
4 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.46%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.23%) CICS
Applications
1 25 (5.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (3.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (2.96%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (1.82%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.91%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.46%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.46%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 13 (2.96%) Oracle Payables
1 13 (2.96%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 13 (2.96%) Oracle Receivables
2 8 (1.82%) Aladdin
3 6 (1.37%) Summit
4 3 (0.68%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.68%) Loan IQ
4 3 (0.68%) Orchestrade
5 2 (0.46%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 2 (0.46%) Front Arena
5 2 (0.46%) Global One
6 1 (0.23%) Actimize
6 1 (0.23%) BusinessWorks
6 1 (0.23%) IntelliMatch
6 1 (0.23%) Markit EDM
Cloud Services
1 61 (13.90%) Azure
2 52 (11.85%) AWS
3 20 (4.56%) Power Platform
4 19 (4.33%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (3.87%) GCP
6 15 (3.42%) OCI
7 12 (2.73%) GitHub
8 11 (2.51%) Entra ID
9 10 (2.28%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (2.05%) Snowflake
11 8 (1.82%) Google Workspace
12 6 (1.37%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (1.14%) Amazon ECS
13 5 (1.14%) Power Automate
13 5 (1.14%) PowerApps
14 4 (0.91%) Amazon EKS
14 4 (0.91%) npm
14 4 (0.91%) Yarn
15 3 (0.68%) Figma
15 3 (0.68%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.78%) FIX Connectivity
2 11 (2.51%) Firewall
3 8 (1.82%) TCP/IP
3 8 (1.82%) VPN
4 7 (1.59%) DMZ
5 6 (1.37%) HTTP
5 6 (1.37%) Multicast
6 3 (0.68%) BGP
6 3 (0.68%) Wireless
7 2 (0.46%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (0.46%) DWDM
7 2 (0.46%) MPLS
7 2 (0.46%) Network Security
7 2 (0.46%) OSPF
7 2 (0.46%) RTMP
7 2 (0.46%) Wireshark
8 1 (0.23%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 1 (0.23%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 1 (0.23%) MIMO
8 1 (0.23%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (4.33%) Power BI
2 18 (4.10%) Relational Database
2 18 (4.10%) SQL Server
3 17 (3.87%) Metadata
4 10 (2.28%) Pinecone
4 10 (2.28%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (2.28%) Tableau
4 10 (2.28%) Weaviate
5 9 (2.05%) Data Vault
5 9 (2.05%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (1.37%) KDB
6 6 (1.37%) RDBMS
6 6 (1.37%) Redis
7 5 (1.14%) Big Data
7 5 (1.14%) Snowflake Schema
8 4 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (0.91%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.91%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.68%) Flink
9 3 (0.68%) Kdb+
Development Applications
1 31 (7.06%) JIRA
2 10 (2.28%) TeamCity
3 9 (2.05%) ER Studio
3 9 (2.05%) Git
4 8 (1.82%) ERwin
5 7 (1.59%) GitLab
6 6 (1.37%) Jenkins
6 6 (1.37%) Octopus Deploy
6 6 (1.37%) webpack
7 5 (1.14%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.91%) PowerDesigner
9 3 (0.68%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.68%) Selenium
10 2 (0.46%) Maven
10 2 (0.46%) MSBuild
10 2 (0.46%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.46%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.46%) Vite
11 1 (0.23%) Postman
11 1 (0.23%) XCUITest
General
1 439 (100.00%) Banking
2 274 (62.41%) Finance
3 147 (33.49%) Front Office
4 105 (23.92%) Social Skills
5 50 (11.39%) Analytical Skills
6 47 (10.71%) Retail Banking
7 38 (8.66%) Retail
8 37 (8.43%) Corporate Banking
9 30 (6.83%) Financial Institution
10 20 (4.56%) Legal
11 12 (2.73%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (2.51%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (2.05%) Back Office
13 9 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (2.05%) Spanish Language
14 7 (1.59%) French Language
15 6 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
16 3 (0.68%) Advertising
16 3 (0.68%) Aviation
16 3 (0.68%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 155 (35.31%) Developer
2 84 (19.13%) Analyst
3 74 (16.86%) Senior
4 73 (16.63%) Java Developer
5 66 (15.03%) Business Analyst
6 51 (11.62%) Senior Developer
7 38 (8.66%) Senior Java Developer
8 25 (5.69%) Banking Analyst
9 24 (5.47%) Support Engineer
10 23 (5.24%) C# Developer
10 23 (5.24%) Electronic Trading Developer
10 23 (5.24%) React Developer
11 20 (4.56%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
11 20 (4.56%) Low Latency Java Developer
11 20 (4.56%) UI Developer
12 19 (4.33%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
12 19 (4.33%) Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading
12 19 (4.33%) Senior React Developer
13 18 (4.10%) Senior UI Developer
14 16 (3.64%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (11.16%) React
2 43 (9.79%) .NET
3 36 (8.20%) FIX Protocol
4 27 (6.15%) Kafka
5 25 (5.69%) Redux
6 15 (3.42%) Spring
7 13 (2.96%) AngularJS
7 13 (2.96%) REST
7 13 (2.96%) XML
8 12 (2.73%) CSS
9 11 (2.51%) HTML
10 10 (2.28%) LangChain
10 10 (2.28%) LlamaIndex
10 10 (2.28%) RESTful
11 9 (2.05%) OAuth
11 9 (2.05%) OAuth2
12 7 (1.59%) Node.js
12 7 (1.59%) Pandas
12 7 (1.59%) WebSockets
13 6 (1.37%) RxJava
Miscellaneous
1 100 (22.78%) Derivative
2 71 (16.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 58 (13.21%) Equities
4 53 (12.07%) Fixed Income
5 25 (5.69%) Market Risk
6 23 (5.24%) Greenfield Project
7 21 (4.78%) Credit Risk
8 20 (4.56%) Onboarding
9 19 (4.33%) TWAP
9 19 (4.33%) VWAP
10 18 (4.10%) Distributed Systems
10 18 (4.10%) Management Information System
11 17 (3.87%) Algorithms
11 17 (3.87%) Product Ownership
12 16 (3.64%) Data Structures
13 12 (2.73%) AI Agents
13 12 (2.73%) Cloud Native
14 10 (2.28%) Data Protection Act
15 8 (1.82%) Hedge funds
16 7 (1.59%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 32 (7.29%) Windows
2 22 (5.01%) Unix
3 19 (4.33%) Linux
4 9 (2.05%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.37%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.46%) Android
6 2 (0.46%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.23%) Solaris
7 1 (0.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (19.36%) Agile
2 68 (15.49%) Low Latency
3 63 (14.35%) Electronic Trading
4 61 (13.90%) Problem-Solving
5 52 (11.85%) Stakeholder Management
6 51 (11.62%) Analytics
7 49 (11.16%) CI/CD
8 44 (10.02%) AI
9 42 (9.57%) Asset Management
9 42 (9.57%) User Acceptance Testing
10 39 (8.88%) Multithreading
11 38 (8.66%) TDD
12 36 (8.20%) Software Engineering
13 35 (7.97%) DevOps
13 35 (7.97%) Wealth Management
14 33 (7.52%) Business Analysis
15 32 (7.29%) Full-Stack Development
16 31 (7.06%) Algorithmic Trading
17 26 (5.92%) Design Patterns
17 26 (5.92%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 111 (25.28%) Java
2 96 (21.87%) Python
2 96 (21.87%) SQL
3 74 (16.86%) C#
4 56 (12.76%) TypeScript
5 45 (10.25%) JavaScript
6 21 (4.78%) PowerShell
7 16 (3.64%) C++
8 8 (1.82%) Shell Script
9 6 (1.37%) Rust
10 5 (1.14%) Scala
10 5 (1.14%) VBA
11 4 (0.91%) Bash
12 3 (0.68%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.68%) Perl
13 2 (0.46%) Bicep
13 2 (0.46%) C
13 2 (0.46%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.23%) F#
14 1 (0.23%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 30 (6.83%) Degree
2 13 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (2.73%) Azure Certification
4 7 (1.59%) PMP
5 5 (1.14%) Master's Degree
5 5 (1.14%) PMI Certification
6 4 (0.91%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 4 (0.91%) MCSA
6 4 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.68%) CFA
8 2 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.46%) CCNP
8 2 (0.46%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.46%) CISSP
8 2 (0.46%) MBA
8 2 (0.46%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 2 (0.46%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 1 (0.23%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.23%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (0.23%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.19%) MiFID
2 13 (2.96%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.73%) QA
4 9 (2.05%) PMO
5 7 (1.59%) SLA
6 6 (1.37%) EMIR
7 5 (1.14%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.46%) WCAG
9 1 (0.23%) Basel III
9 1 (0.23%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.23%) GDPR
9 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.23%) ITGC
9 1 (0.23%) NIST
9 1 (0.23%) PSD2
9 1 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.23%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.23%) Solvency II
System Software
1 18 (4.10%) Docker
2 14 (3.19%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.23%) GridGain
3 1 (0.23%) Varnish
3 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.23%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 16 (3.64%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.05%) SCCM
3 8 (1.82%) Terraform
4 7 (1.59%) WSUS
5 5 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.91%) Control-M
7 3 (0.68%) Ansible
8 2 (0.46%) ITRS Geneos
9 1 (0.23%) Puppet
9 1 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.23%) WMI
Vendors
1 46 (10.48%) Microsoft
2 36 (8.20%) Oracle
3 14 (3.19%) Bloomberg
3 14 (3.19%) Murex
4 13 (2.96%) OpenAI
5 11 (2.51%) Citrix
6 10 (2.28%) ION Trading
7 9 (2.05%) Reuters
8 7 (1.59%) Charles River
9 5 (1.14%) Databricks
9 5 (1.14%) Sybase
10 4 (0.91%) Google
10 4 (0.91%) Pega
10 4 (0.91%) ServiceNow
10 4 (0.91%) Solace
11 3 (0.68%) Adobe
11 3 (0.68%) Alteryx
11 3 (0.68%) Cisco
11 3 (0.68%) CyberArk
11 3 (0.68%) SAP