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

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 70 72
Rank change year-on-year -51 +2 -21
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 369 457 549
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.23% 3.56% 3.03%
As % of the General category 3.57% 5.33% 4.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 286 404
10th Percentile £416 £442 £487
25th Percentile £500 £611 £562
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £628 £725 £705
Median % change year-on-year -13.45% +2.84% -1.40%
75th Percentile £773 £875 £841
90th Percentile £988 £884 £909
England median daily rate £625 £716 £700
% change year-on-year -12.65% +2.21% -1.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £19.85 - -
25th Percentile £21.31 £76.25 -
Median hourly rate £25.00 £77.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -67.74% - -
75th Percentile £41.61 £78.75 -
90th Percentile £50.82 - -
England median hourly rate £25.00 £77.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -67.74% +297.44% -51.85%

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 10,330 8,576 11,502
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 62.31% 66.77% 63.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,725 5,738 8,209
10th Percentile £350 £333 £331
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £668 £700 £700
90th Percentile £785 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 133 255
10th Percentile £17.50 £19.36 £15.70
25th Percentile £20.36 £24.75 £18.52
Median hourly rate £29.02 £35.00 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.09% +14.75% -6.15%
75th Percentile £49.06 £55.25 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £78.22 £73.35
England median hourly rate £25.15 £30.90 £26.00
% change year-on-year -18.61% +18.86% -25.71%

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 23 March 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Investment Banking in London over the 6 months to 23 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Investment Banking in London

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 23 March 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 -30 55 £588 -3.69% 25
East London 0 4 £416 -27.65%
South London -17 1 £600 -17.24% 1
West London - 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 14 (3.79%) Confluence
2 7 (1.90%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.36%) Apache
4 3 (0.81%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.81%) CMS
4 3 (0.81%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.54%) SAS
6 1 (0.27%) HCL Notes
6 1 (0.27%) IIS
6 1 (0.27%) Jupyter
Applications
1 23 (6.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.52%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (3.25%) MS Visio
4 11 (2.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.08%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.54%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.27%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 14 (3.79%) Oracle Payables
2 13 (3.52%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 13 (3.52%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (1.36%) Aladdin
3 5 (1.36%) Fidessa
3 5 (1.36%) Summit
4 3 (0.81%) Loan IQ
5 2 (0.54%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 2 (0.54%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.27%) Actimize
6 1 (0.27%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.27%) Bloomberg AIM
6 1 (0.27%) BusinessWorks
6 1 (0.27%) Front Arena
6 1 (0.27%) Global One
6 1 (0.27%) IntelliMatch
6 1 (0.27%) ION MarketView
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.27%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 57 (15.45%) AWS
2 53 (14.36%) Azure
3 14 (3.79%) GitHub
3 14 (3.79%) OCI
3 14 (3.79%) Power Platform
4 13 (3.52%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (3.52%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (2.98%) GCP
5 11 (2.98%) Snowflake
6 6 (1.63%) Google Workspace
6 6 (1.63%) Serverless
7 5 (1.36%) GitHub Actions
7 5 (1.36%) npm
7 5 (1.36%) Yarn
8 4 (1.08%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (1.08%) ChatGPT
8 4 (1.08%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.08%) Power Automate
8 4 (1.08%) PowerApps
9 3 (0.81%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.61%) FIX Connectivity
2 7 (1.90%) Firewall
2 7 (1.90%) TCP/IP
2 7 (1.90%) VPN
3 6 (1.63%) DMZ
4 4 (1.08%) Multicast
5 3 (0.81%) HTTP
6 2 (0.54%) RTMP
6 2 (0.54%) SMS
7 1 (0.27%) DHCP
7 1 (0.27%) DNS
7 1 (0.27%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.27%) Network Security
7 1 (0.27%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.69%) SQL Server
2 17 (4.61%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (4.61%) Relational Database
3 12 (3.25%) Power BI
4 10 (2.71%) Metadata
4 10 (2.71%) Tableau
5 6 (1.63%) KDB
5 6 (1.63%) MongoDB
6 5 (1.36%) Big Data
6 5 (1.36%) NoSQL
6 5 (1.36%) Oracle Database
6 5 (1.36%) RDBMS
6 5 (1.36%) Redis
7 4 (1.08%) Apache Ignite
7 4 (1.08%) DB2
8 3 (0.81%) Kdb+
8 3 (0.81%) Neo4j
8 3 (0.81%) Snowflake Schema
9 2 (0.54%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (0.54%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 26 (7.05%) JIRA
2 12 (3.25%) Git
3 10 (2.71%) GitLab
4 7 (1.90%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.63%) JUnit
5 6 (1.63%) Octopus Deploy
5 6 (1.63%) Selenium
5 6 (1.63%) TeamCity
6 5 (1.36%) Bitbucket
6 5 (1.36%) Cucumber
6 5 (1.36%) webpack
7 4 (1.08%) Maven
7 4 (1.08%) Postman
7 4 (1.08%) REST Assured
8 3 (0.81%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.81%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.54%) SoapUI
9 2 (0.54%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.27%) Mocha
10 1 (0.27%) TestNG
General
1 369 (100.00%) Banking
2 227 (61.52%) Finance
3 112 (30.35%) Social Skills
4 110 (29.81%) Front Office
5 52 (14.09%) Analytical Skills
6 31 (8.40%) Retail Banking
7 26 (7.05%) Financial Institution
8 22 (5.96%) Retail
9 21 (5.69%) Corporate Banking
10 14 (3.79%) Documentation Skills
11 13 (3.52%) Back Office
12 10 (2.71%) Legal
13 7 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (1.08%) French Language
15 4 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
16 3 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 3 (0.81%) Spanish Language
17 2 (0.54%) Aviation
17 2 (0.54%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 120 (32.52%) Developer
2 76 (20.60%) Analyst
3 58 (15.72%) Business Analyst
4 57 (15.45%) Java Developer
4 57 (15.45%) Senior
5 38 (10.30%) Senior Developer
6 30 (8.13%) Senior Java Developer
7 22 (5.96%) Banking Analyst
8 21 (5.69%) Electronic Trading Developer
9 20 (5.42%) AWS Developer
9 20 (5.42%) Lead
10 19 (5.15%) C# Developer
10 19 (5.15%) Kafka Developer
11 18 (4.88%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
11 18 (4.88%) Project Manager
12 16 (4.34%) Low Latency Java Developer
13 15 (4.07%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
13 15 (4.07%) Analytics Developer
13 15 (4.07%) Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading
13 15 (4.07%) PostgreSQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (8.94%) .NET
1 33 (8.94%) Kafka
2 30 (8.13%) React
3 22 (5.96%) FIX Protocol
4 14 (3.79%) AngularJS
4 14 (3.79%) Spring
5 13 (3.52%) CSS
5 13 (3.52%) HTML
5 13 (3.52%) Pandas
5 13 (3.52%) XML
6 10 (2.71%) Redux
7 9 (2.44%) NumPy
8 8 (2.17%) JMS
8 8 (2.17%) REST
9 7 (1.90%) HTML5
9 7 (1.90%) Node.js
9 7 (1.90%) SciPy
10 6 (1.63%) Dask
10 6 (1.63%) FastAPI
10 6 (1.63%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 80 (21.68%) Derivative
2 42 (11.38%) Equities
3 41 (11.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 39 (10.57%) Fixed Income
5 30 (8.13%) Market Risk
6 24 (6.50%) Management Information System
7 21 (5.69%) Credit Risk
8 20 (5.42%) Hedge funds
9 18 (4.88%) Onboarding
10 16 (4.34%) Cloud Native
11 15 (4.07%) TWAP
11 15 (4.07%) VWAP
12 13 (3.52%) Data Structures
13 8 (2.17%) Algorithms
13 8 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
14 7 (1.90%) Distributed Computing
15 6 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
16 5 (1.36%) Public Cloud
16 5 (1.36%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 26 (7.05%) Linux
2 22 (5.96%) Windows
3 19 (5.15%) Unix
4 6 (1.63%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.81%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.54%) AIX
7 1 (0.27%) Android
7 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (19.78%) Agile
2 67 (18.16%) Problem-Solving
3 50 (13.55%) Stakeholder Management
4 48 (13.01%) Analytics
5 46 (12.47%) DevOps
6 42 (11.38%) CI/CD
7 40 (10.84%) Risk Management
8 39 (10.57%) AI
9 38 (10.30%) Asset Management
9 38 (10.30%) Business Analysis
9 38 (10.30%) TDD
10 37 (10.03%) User Acceptance Testing
11 35 (9.49%) Electronic Trading
11 35 (9.49%) Project Management
12 32 (8.67%) Multithreading
13 31 (8.40%) Low Latency
14 29 (7.86%) Test Automation
15 26 (7.05%) Data Analysis
15 26 (7.05%) Software Engineering
16 25 (6.78%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 105 (28.46%) SQL
2 98 (26.56%) Java
3 85 (23.04%) Python
4 48 (13.01%) C#
5 27 (7.32%) JavaScript
6 26 (7.05%) TypeScript
7 17 (4.61%) PowerShell
8 14 (3.79%) C++
9 11 (2.98%) Shell Script
10 6 (1.63%) Rust
10 6 (1.63%) Scala
11 4 (1.08%) Bash
11 4 (1.08%) Perl
12 3 (0.81%) Go
12 3 (0.81%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.81%) VB.NET
12 3 (0.81%) VBA
13 2 (0.54%) Korn
14 1 (0.27%) F#
14 1 (0.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (10.84%) Degree
2 16 (4.34%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (4.07%) Master's Degree
4 8 (2.17%) PMP
5 7 (1.90%) PMI Certification
6 6 (1.63%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.63%) PhD
7 5 (1.36%) CFA
8 3 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (0.81%) MCSA
8 3 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.54%) ACCA
9 2 (0.54%) CISSP
9 2 (0.54%) IIBA
9 2 (0.54%) MBA
9 2 (0.54%) Security Cleared
9 2 (0.54%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 2 (0.54%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 1 (0.27%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.61%) QA
2 13 (3.52%) MiFID
3 12 (3.25%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.71%) PMO
4 10 (2.71%) SLA
5 9 (2.44%) EMIR
6 6 (1.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.54%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.54%) Dodd-Frank
7 2 (0.54%) GDPR
7 2 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.54%) NIST
7 2 (0.54%) SEPA
8 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.27%) COBIT
8 1 (0.27%) FINRA
8 1 (0.27%) GRC
8 1 (0.27%) IFRS
8 1 (0.27%) ITGC
8 1 (0.27%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 20 (5.42%) Docker
2 5 (1.36%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.27%) Firmware
3 1 (0.27%) GridGain
3 1 (0.27%) Varnish
3 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.27%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 20 (5.42%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.44%) SCCM
3 6 (1.63%) WSUS
4 4 (1.08%) Terraform
5 3 (0.81%) Ansible
5 3 (0.81%) Thomson Reuters DACS
6 2 (0.54%) Control-M
6 2 (0.54%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.54%) Puppet
6 2 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.27%) Grafana
7 1 (0.27%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.27%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.27%) WMI
7 1 (0.27%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 40 (10.84%) Microsoft
2 33 (8.94%) Oracle
3 19 (5.15%) Bloomberg
4 15 (4.07%) Murex
5 13 (3.52%) ION Trading
6 9 (2.44%) Sybase
7 8 (2.17%) Citrix
7 8 (2.17%) Reuters
8 7 (1.90%) Charles River
9 4 (1.08%) CyberArk
9 4 (1.08%) IBM
9 4 (1.08%) Refinitiv
9 4 (1.08%) Solace
9 4 (1.08%) UiPath
10 3 (0.81%) Adobe
10 3 (0.81%) Databricks
10 3 (0.81%) NYFIX
10 3 (0.81%) Pega
10 3 (0.81%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.81%) SAP