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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 71 59
Rank change year-on-year -60 -12 -1
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 463 488 633
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.29% 3.63% 3.88%
As % of the General category 3.72% 5.25% 6.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 263 335 501
10th Percentile £408 £450 £500
25th Percentile £522 £578 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £750 £750
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £800 £825 £875
90th Percentile £938 £916 £888
England median daily rate £675 £731 £750
% change year-on-year -7.69% -2.50% +9.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £78.75 -
England median hourly rate - £78.75 -

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 12,456 9,304 10,126
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 61.53% 69.13% 62.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,960 6,127 6,711
10th Percentile £350 £325 £330
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 £675 £700
90th Percentile £788 £790 £825
England median daily rate £525 £500 £538
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 258 184 120
10th Percentile £16.70 £17.00 £17.95
25th Percentile £21.04 £24.61 £24.88
Median hourly rate £28.40 £32.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.95% -7.86% +22.81%
75th Percentile £45.16 £49.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £70.03 £65.00 £65.13
England median hourly rate £30.90 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +22.86% -34.02% +27.07%

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 September 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 September 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 -33 66 £700 - 42
East London +4 5 £875 -2.78%
South London -10 3 £600 - 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 9 (1.94%) Confluence
2 5 (1.08%) MTS
3 4 (0.86%) Apache Spark
3 4 (0.86%) IIS
4 3 (0.65%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.22%) Apache
6 1 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.22%) CICS
6 1 (0.22%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.22%) SAS
Applications
1 18 (3.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.65%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.43%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.22%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 8 (1.73%) Aladdin
2 7 (1.51%) Oracle EBS
2 7 (1.51%) Oracle General Ledger
3 3 (0.65%) Oracle Assets
3 3 (0.65%) Oracle Internet Expenses
3 3 (0.65%) Oracle iProcurement
3 3 (0.65%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (0.65%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (0.65%) Orchestrade
4 2 (0.43%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.43%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.43%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.22%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 1 (0.22%) CA PPM
5 1 (0.22%) Global One
5 1 (0.22%) ION MarketView
5 1 (0.22%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.22%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.22%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 70 (15.12%) Azure
2 47 (10.15%) AWS
3 23 (4.97%) GCP
4 17 (3.67%) Power Platform
5 15 (3.24%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (3.24%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (3.02%) Entra ID
7 12 (2.59%) SaaS
8 10 (2.16%) GitHub
8 10 (2.16%) OCI
9 7 (1.51%) Snowflake
10 6 (1.30%) Amazon EKS
10 6 (1.30%) Google Workspace
10 6 (1.30%) Power Automate
10 6 (1.30%) PowerApps
11 5 (1.08%) Amazon ECS
11 5 (1.08%) Azure Databricks
11 5 (1.08%) Cloud Run
11 5 (1.08%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (1.08%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.81%) FIX Connectivity
2 11 (2.38%) Firewall
2 11 (2.38%) Multicast
3 7 (1.51%) VPN
4 6 (1.30%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.08%) DMZ
5 5 (1.08%) HTTP
6 4 (0.86%) BGP
6 4 (0.86%) Network Security
7 3 (0.65%) WAN
7 3 (0.65%) Wireless
8 2 (0.43%) BIG-IP
8 2 (0.43%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (0.43%) DWDM
8 2 (0.43%) Internet
8 2 (0.43%) MPLS
8 2 (0.43%) OSPF
8 2 (0.43%) SSH
8 2 (0.43%) VLAN
8 2 (0.43%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (5.18%) SQL Server
2 18 (3.89%) Metadata
3 15 (3.24%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (3.24%) Power BI
4 11 (2.38%) KDB
4 11 (2.38%) Relational Database
5 10 (2.16%) Chroma
5 10 (2.16%) Pinecone
5 10 (2.16%) Weaviate
6 9 (1.94%) Data Vault
7 7 (1.51%) Data Lake
7 7 (1.51%) Kdb+
8 6 (1.30%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (1.08%) MongoDB
9 5 (1.08%) Oracle Database
10 4 (0.86%) Apache Cassandra
10 4 (0.86%) ClickHouse
10 4 (0.86%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.86%) Redis
10 4 (0.86%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 44 (9.50%) JIRA
2 25 (5.40%) Git
3 11 (2.38%) ER Studio
4 10 (2.16%) ERwin
5 7 (1.51%) TeamCity
6 6 (1.30%) Bitbucket
7 5 (1.08%) GitLab
7 5 (1.08%) PowerDesigner
8 4 (0.86%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.86%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.86%) webpack
9 3 (0.65%) Octopus Deploy
9 3 (0.65%) Selenium
10 2 (0.43%) MSBuild
10 2 (0.43%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.43%) Vite
11 1 (0.22%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.22%) Claude Code
11 1 (0.22%) CMake
11 1 (0.22%) SonarQube
General
1 463 (100.00%) Banking
2 304 (65.66%) Finance
3 157 (33.91%) Front Office
4 114 (24.62%) Social Skills
5 57 (12.31%) Analytical Skills
6 41 (8.86%) Corporate Banking
7 38 (8.21%) Retail Banking
8 37 (7.99%) Retail
9 34 (7.34%) Financial Institution
10 20 (4.32%) Back Office
11 17 (3.67%) Legal
12 13 (2.81%) Organisational Skills
13 12 (2.59%) Spanish Language
14 9 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (1.30%) General Ledger
15 6 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (0.86%) Games
17 3 (0.65%) Law
17 3 (0.65%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 162 (34.99%) Developer
2 79 (17.06%) Analyst
3 74 (15.98%) Senior
4 61 (13.17%) Business Analyst
4 61 (13.17%) Java Developer
5 44 (9.50%) Senior Developer
6 26 (5.62%) Lead
7 25 (5.40%) Python Developer
8 24 (5.18%) Senior Java Developer
9 23 (4.97%) React Developer
10 22 (4.75%) C# Developer
11 21 (4.54%) Project Manager
11 21 (4.54%) Support Engineer
12 19 (4.10%) Senior React Developer
13 18 (3.89%) UI Developer
14 17 (3.67%) Senior UI Developer
15 15 (3.24%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 15 (3.24%) Low Latency Java Developer
16 14 (3.02%) Electronic Trading Developer
16 14 (3.02%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (9.50%) React
2 41 (8.86%) .NET
3 36 (7.78%) FIX Protocol
4 24 (5.18%) Redux
5 20 (4.32%) AngularJS
6 19 (4.10%) REST
7 17 (3.67%) Kafka
8 13 (2.81%) Spring
8 13 (2.81%) Terraform
9 12 (2.59%) WebSockets
10 11 (2.38%) LangChain
10 11 (2.38%) Pandas
10 11 (2.38%) RESTful
11 10 (2.16%) LlamaIndex
11 10 (2.16%) Node.js
11 10 (2.16%) PySpark
12 9 (1.94%) Flask
12 9 (1.94%) OAuth
12 9 (1.94%) OAuth2
13 8 (1.73%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 90 (19.44%) Derivative
2 73 (15.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 55 (11.88%) Fixed Income
4 52 (11.23%) Equities
5 32 (6.91%) Product Ownership
6 26 (5.62%) Onboarding
7 25 (5.40%) Greenfield Project
8 21 (4.54%) Market Risk
9 19 (4.10%) Distributed Systems
10 17 (3.67%) AI Agents
10 17 (3.67%) Data Structures
10 17 (3.67%) Management Information System
11 15 (3.24%) Algorithms
12 14 (3.02%) Hedge funds
13 13 (2.81%) TWAP
13 13 (2.81%) VWAP
14 12 (2.59%) Credit Risk
15 10 (2.16%) Data Protection Act
16 9 (1.94%) Cloud Native
16 9 (1.94%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 34 (7.34%) Windows
2 29 (6.26%) Linux
3 20 (4.32%) Unix
4 5 (1.08%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.86%) Android
6 3 (0.65%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.65%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.43%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.22%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (25.27%) Agile
2 78 (16.85%) Stakeholder Management
3 73 (15.77%) Problem-Solving
4 66 (14.25%) Low Latency
5 63 (13.61%) AI
6 61 (13.17%) Electronic Trading
7 60 (12.96%) CI/CD
8 52 (11.23%) Analytics
9 51 (11.02%) Software Engineering
10 45 (9.72%) DevOps
11 42 (9.07%) Wealth Management
12 40 (8.64%) Business Analysis
13 37 (7.99%) Data Modelling
14 35 (7.56%) Event-Driven
14 35 (7.56%) Full-Stack Development
14 35 (7.56%) Translating Business Requirements
15 34 (7.34%) Continuous Improvement
16 33 (7.13%) Migration
17 32 (6.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 32 (6.91%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 111 (23.97%) SQL
2 105 (22.68%) Java
3 104 (22.46%) Python
4 78 (16.85%) C#
5 54 (11.66%) TypeScript
6 40 (8.64%) JavaScript
7 20 (4.32%) PowerShell
8 19 (4.10%) C++
9 10 (2.16%) Shell Script
10 6 (1.30%) Kotlin
10 6 (1.30%) Rust
11 5 (1.08%) Tcl
12 4 (0.86%) Bash
12 4 (0.86%) VBA
13 3 (0.65%) Bicep
13 3 (0.65%) C
13 3 (0.65%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.65%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.43%) Perl
14 2 (0.43%) Scala
Qualifications
1 35 (7.56%) Degree
2 10 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (1.94%) Azure Certification
4 7 (1.51%) PMP
5 5 (1.08%) Security Cleared
6 4 (0.86%) ACCA
6 4 (0.86%) CIMA
6 4 (0.86%) PMI Certification
6 4 (0.86%) SC Cleared
7 3 (0.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (0.65%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.65%) MCSA
7 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.43%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.43%) CCNP
8 2 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.22%) CISSP
9 1 (0.22%) PhD
9 1 (0.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.89%) Data Quality
2 17 (3.67%) MiFID
3 13 (2.81%) QA
4 10 (2.16%) EMIR
5 6 (1.30%) PMO
6 4 (0.86%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.86%) IFRS
7 3 (0.65%) NIST
8 2 (0.43%) GRC
8 2 (0.43%) WCAG
9 1 (0.22%) COBIT
9 1 (0.22%) COREP
9 1 (0.22%) FINREP
9 1 (0.22%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.22%) PSD2
9 1 (0.22%) SEPA
9 1 (0.22%) TARGET2
System Software
1 20 (4.32%) Active Directory
2 15 (3.24%) Docker
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (3.46%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.51%) SCCM
3 6 (1.30%) Ansible
3 6 (1.30%) WSUS
4 5 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.43%) Control-M
5 2 (0.43%) ITRS Geneos
6 1 (0.22%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.22%) Grafana
6 1 (0.22%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 39 (8.42%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.26%) Oracle
3 16 (3.46%) Bloomberg
4 15 (3.24%) Databricks
4 15 (3.24%) OpenAI
5 11 (2.38%) ION Trading
6 10 (2.16%) Citrix
6 10 (2.16%) Murex
7 9 (1.94%) Tradeweb
8 7 (1.51%) Cisco
8 7 (1.51%) MarketAxess
8 7 (1.51%) Reuters
8 7 (1.51%) SAP
9 6 (1.30%) Sybase
10 5 (1.08%) Google
10 5 (1.08%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.08%) Solace
11 4 (0.86%) Adobe
11 4 (0.86%) Atlassian
11 4 (0.86%) Charles River