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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 70 58
Rank change year-on-year -61 -12 +1
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 461 500 650
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.30% 3.74% 4.00%
As % of the General category 3.77% 5.42% 6.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 261 348 530
10th Percentile £413 £447 £511
25th Percentile £520 £600 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £668 £750 £800
Median % change year-on-year -11.00% -6.25% +14.29%
75th Percentile £800 £825 £886
90th Percentile £938 £900 £888
England median daily rate £667 £750 £775
% change year-on-year -11.03% -3.23% +14.81%
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 12,238 9,225 10,139
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.95% 68.92% 62.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,791 6,124 6,922
10th Percentile £350 £325 £338
25th Percentile £450 £423 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £680 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £825
England median daily rate £525 £501 £538
% change year-on-year +4.90% -6.88% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 230 186 137
10th Percentile £18.50 £16.17 £18.08
25th Percentile £21.93 £24.66 £24.18
Median hourly rate £28.40 £32.25 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.95% -11.64% +14.35%
75th Percentile £43.75 £50.50 £51.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £64.25 £65.42
England median hourly rate £31.93 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +26.94% -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 1 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 1 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 -21 62 £700 - 39
East London +3 4 £875 -2.78%
South London -17 2 £800 +33.33% 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 8 (1.74%) Confluence
2 5 (1.08%) MTS
3 4 (0.87%) IIS
4 3 (0.65%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.43%) SharePoint
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 (3.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.43%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.43%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.22%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 10 (2.17%) Aladdin
2 5 (1.08%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (1.08%) Oracle General Ledger
3 4 (0.87%) Summit
4 3 (0.65%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.65%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (0.65%) Orchestrade
5 2 (0.43%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.43%) Front Arena
5 2 (0.43%) Global One
5 2 (0.43%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.43%) Oracle Internet Expenses
5 2 (0.43%) Oracle iProcurement
6 1 (0.22%) Actimize
6 1 (0.22%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.22%) ION MarketView
6 1 (0.22%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.22%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.22%) SunGard Martini
Cloud Services
1 65 (14.10%) Azure
2 52 (11.28%) AWS
3 21 (4.56%) GCP
4 17 (3.69%) Power Platform
5 14 (3.04%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (3.04%) Entra ID
5 14 (3.04%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (2.82%) GitHub
7 12 (2.60%) SaaS
8 9 (1.95%) OCI
9 8 (1.74%) Snowflake
10 6 (1.30%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (1.30%) Google Workspace
11 5 (1.08%) Amazon ECS
11 5 (1.08%) Amazon EKS
11 5 (1.08%) Power Automate
11 5 (1.08%) PowerApps
12 4 (0.87%) Azure API Management
12 4 (0.87%) Azure Databricks
13 3 (0.65%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.25%) FIX Connectivity
2 11 (2.39%) Firewall
3 10 (2.17%) Multicast
4 7 (1.52%) VPN
5 6 (1.30%) HTTP
5 6 (1.30%) TCP/IP
6 5 (1.08%) DMZ
7 4 (0.87%) BGP
7 4 (0.87%) Network Security
8 3 (0.65%) Wireless
9 2 (0.43%) BIG-IP
9 2 (0.43%) Cisco ISE
9 2 (0.43%) DWDM
9 2 (0.43%) Internet
9 2 (0.43%) MPLS
9 2 (0.43%) OSPF
9 2 (0.43%) WAN
9 2 (0.43%) Wireshark
10 1 (0.22%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 1 (0.22%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (4.99%) SQL Server
2 20 (4.34%) Metadata
3 16 (3.47%) Power BI
4 14 (3.04%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (2.60%) Relational Database
6 10 (2.17%) Chroma
6 10 (2.17%) KDB
6 10 (2.17%) Pinecone
6 10 (2.17%) Weaviate
7 9 (1.95%) Data Vault
8 7 (1.52%) Tableau
9 6 (1.30%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (1.30%) Kdb+
10 5 (1.08%) Data Lake
10 5 (1.08%) MongoDB
10 5 (1.08%) Redis
11 4 (0.87%) Apache Cassandra
11 4 (0.87%) ClickHouse
11 4 (0.87%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.87%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 44 (9.54%) JIRA
2 21 (4.56%) Git
3 11 (2.39%) ER Studio
4 10 (2.17%) ERwin
5 8 (1.74%) TeamCity
6 7 (1.52%) GitLab
6 7 (1.52%) Jenkins
7 5 (1.08%) Bitbucket
7 5 (1.08%) PowerDesigner
8 4 (0.87%) Octopus Deploy
8 4 (0.87%) webpack
9 3 (0.65%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.65%) REST Assured
9 3 (0.65%) Selenium
10 2 (0.43%) Maven
10 2 (0.43%) MSBuild
10 2 (0.43%) Vite
11 1 (0.22%) Appium
11 1 (0.22%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.22%) CMake
General
1 461 (100.00%) Banking
2 301 (65.29%) Finance
3 156 (33.84%) Front Office
4 111 (24.08%) Social Skills
5 58 (12.58%) Analytical Skills
6 42 (9.11%) Corporate Banking
7 40 (8.68%) Retail Banking
8 39 (8.46%) Retail
9 36 (7.81%) Financial Institution
10 19 (4.12%) Back Office
11 16 (3.47%) Legal
12 14 (3.04%) Organisational Skills
13 12 (2.60%) Spanish Language
14 8 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (1.08%) General Ledger
15 5 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (0.87%) French Language
16 4 (0.87%) Games
17 3 (0.65%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 160 (34.71%) Developer
2 79 (17.14%) Analyst
3 71 (15.40%) Senior
4 64 (13.88%) Java Developer
5 63 (13.67%) Business Analyst
6 44 (9.54%) Senior Developer
7 27 (5.86%) Lead
8 25 (5.42%) Senior Java Developer
9 24 (5.21%) C# Developer
10 23 (4.99%) Python Developer
10 23 (4.99%) React Developer
11 21 (4.56%) Support Engineer
12 20 (4.34%) Project Manager
13 19 (4.12%) Senior React Developer
13 19 (4.12%) UI Developer
14 18 (3.90%) Electronic Trading Developer
15 17 (3.69%) Low Latency Java Developer
15 17 (3.69%) Senior UI Developer
16 16 (3.47%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
17 15 (3.25%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (9.98%) React
2 42 (9.11%) .NET
3 40 (8.68%) FIX Protocol
4 25 (5.42%) Redux
5 19 (4.12%) AngularJS
6 16 (3.47%) Kafka
6 16 (3.47%) REST
7 13 (2.82%) Spring
7 13 (2.82%) Terraform
7 13 (2.82%) WebSockets
8 11 (2.39%) RESTful
9 10 (2.17%) LangChain
9 10 (2.17%) LlamaIndex
9 10 (2.17%) OAuth
9 10 (2.17%) OAuth2
10 9 (1.95%) Node.js
10 9 (1.95%) Pandas
10 9 (1.95%) PySpark
11 8 (1.74%) HTML
11 8 (1.74%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 97 (21.04%) Derivative
2 73 (15.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 60 (13.02%) Fixed Income
4 56 (12.15%) Equities
5 31 (6.72%) Product Ownership
6 26 (5.64%) Onboarding
7 24 (5.21%) Greenfield Project
8 22 (4.77%) Market Risk
9 18 (3.90%) Data Structures
9 18 (3.90%) Distributed Systems
10 16 (3.47%) AI Agents
10 16 (3.47%) Algorithms
10 16 (3.47%) Management Information System
11 15 (3.25%) Credit Risk
11 15 (3.25%) TWAP
11 15 (3.25%) VWAP
12 13 (2.82%) Hedge funds
13 11 (2.39%) Cloud Native
14 9 (1.95%) Reference Data
15 8 (1.74%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 30 (6.51%) Windows
2 28 (6.07%) Linux
3 23 (4.99%) Unix
4 5 (1.08%) Android
4 5 (1.08%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.87%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.65%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.22%) Solaris
7 1 (0.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (24.73%) Agile
2 74 (16.05%) Stakeholder Management
3 73 (15.84%) Problem-Solving
4 71 (15.40%) Low Latency
5 65 (14.10%) Electronic Trading
6 59 (12.80%) AI
7 57 (12.36%) CI/CD
8 53 (11.50%) Analytics
9 49 (10.63%) Software Engineering
10 47 (10.20%) DevOps
11 44 (9.54%) Wealth Management
12 39 (8.46%) Business Analysis
13 38 (8.24%) Full-Stack Development
14 37 (8.03%) Continuous Improvement
15 35 (7.59%) Data Modelling
15 35 (7.59%) Multithreading
15 35 (7.59%) Translating Business Requirements
16 31 (6.72%) Decision-Making
16 31 (6.72%) Scrum
16 31 (6.72%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 108 (23.43%) SQL
2 106 (22.99%) Java
3 100 (21.69%) Python
4 78 (16.92%) C#
5 55 (11.93%) TypeScript
6 43 (9.33%) JavaScript
7 20 (4.34%) C++
7 20 (4.34%) PowerShell
8 11 (2.39%) Shell Script
9 7 (1.52%) Rust
10 5 (1.08%) Kotlin
10 5 (1.08%) Tcl
11 4 (0.87%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.87%) VBA
12 3 (0.65%) Bash
12 3 (0.65%) Bicep
12 3 (0.65%) C
12 3 (0.65%) Perl
12 3 (0.65%) Scala
12 3 (0.65%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 38 (8.24%) Degree
2 12 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (1.74%) Azure Certification
4 7 (1.52%) PMP
5 5 (1.08%) Security Cleared
6 4 (0.87%) Master's Degree
6 4 (0.87%) PMI Certification
6 4 (0.87%) SC Cleared
7 3 (0.65%) ACCA
7 3 (0.65%) CIMA
7 3 (0.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (0.65%) MCSA
7 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.43%) CCNP
8 2 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.43%) MBA
9 1 (0.22%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.22%) CESG Certified Professional
9 1 (0.22%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.69%) Data Quality
2 15 (3.25%) MiFID
3 11 (2.39%) QA
4 9 (1.95%) EMIR
5 6 (1.30%) PMO
6 4 (0.87%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.65%) IFRS
7 3 (0.65%) NIST
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/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.22%) PSD2
9 1 (0.22%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (4.34%) Active Directory
2 14 (3.04%) Docker
3 1 (0.22%) GridGain
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (0.22%) Varnish
3 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (3.69%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.52%) SCCM
3 6 (1.30%) Ansible
3 6 (1.30%) WSUS
4 5 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.65%) Control-M
5 3 (0.65%) ITRS Geneos
6 1 (0.22%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.22%) Grafana
6 1 (0.22%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 38 (8.24%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.51%) Oracle
3 14 (3.04%) Bloomberg
4 13 (2.82%) OpenAI
5 12 (2.60%) Databricks
5 12 (2.60%) Murex
6 11 (2.39%) ION Trading
7 10 (2.17%) Citrix
8 9 (1.95%) Tradeweb
9 7 (1.52%) MarketAxess
9 7 (1.52%) Reuters
9 7 (1.52%) Sybase
10 6 (1.30%) Charles River
10 6 (1.30%) Cisco
10 6 (1.30%) Google
10 6 (1.30%) SAP
10 6 (1.30%) ServiceNow
10 6 (1.30%) Solace
11 4 (0.87%) Adobe
11 4 (0.87%) Atlassian