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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 72 65
Rank change year-on-year -41 -7 -11
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 371 455 591
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.54% 3.28% 3.25%
As % of the General category 3.91% 5.05% 5.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 292 439
10th Percentile £421 £476 £488
25th Percentile £514 £600 £561
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £688 £712
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% -3.44% -1.79%
75th Percentile £813 £834 £825
90th Percentile £988 £888 £950
England median daily rate £648 £678 £700
% change year-on-year -4.50% -3.14% -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £20.33 - -
25th Percentile £22.53 £76.25 -
Median hourly rate £32.87 £77.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -57.59% - -
75th Percentile £45.64 £78.75 -
90th Percentile £52.43 - -
England median hourly rate £32.87 £77.50 £18.50
% change year-on-year -57.59% +318.92% -32.68%

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 9,490 9,007 11,669
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 65.10% 64.88% 64.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,203 5,712 8,331
10th Percentile £343 £327 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £669 £700 £700
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £532 £550
% change year-on-year -5.97% -3.32% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 109 214
10th Percentile £17.50 £19.65 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.82 £25.00 £19.31
Median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £28.63
Median % change year-on-year -24.86% +22.27% +2.23%
75th Percentile £46.50 £53.75 £52.50
90th Percentile £71.00 £78.47 £73.72
England median hourly rate £23.00 £30.00 £28.13
% change year-on-year -23.33% +6.67% +8.90%

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 21 January 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 21 January 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 21 January 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 -16 55 £650 +6.56% 15
East London +2 4 £416 -27.65%
South London -10 1 £475 -34.48%
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 21 (5.66%) Confluence
2 14 (3.77%) Apache
2 14 (3.77%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (1.62%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.81%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.81%) CMS
4 3 (0.81%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.27%) HCL Notes
5 1 (0.27%) SAS
Applications
1 23 (6.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.50%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (3.23%) MS Visio
4 7 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.81%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.62%) Fidessa
1 6 (1.62%) Oracle Payables
2 5 (1.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 5 (1.35%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (0.81%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.54%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 2 (0.54%) Markit EDM
4 2 (0.54%) thinkFolio
5 1 (0.27%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.27%) Bloomberg AIM
5 1 (0.27%) IntelliMatch
5 1 (0.27%) ION MarketView
5 1 (0.27%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.27%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 66 (17.79%) Azure
2 65 (17.52%) AWS
3 21 (5.66%) Power Platform
4 20 (5.39%) Snowflake
5 17 (4.58%) Azure DevOps
6 16 (4.31%) GitHub
7 14 (3.77%) dbt
8 13 (3.50%) Microsoft 365
9 12 (3.23%) GCP
10 8 (2.16%) Serverless
11 7 (1.89%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (1.62%) ChatGPT
12 6 (1.62%) OCI
13 5 (1.35%) AWS Lambda
13 5 (1.35%) Azure AKS
13 5 (1.35%) Entra ID
13 5 (1.35%) GitHub Copilot
13 5 (1.35%) Microsoft Copilot
13 5 (1.35%) PowerApps
14 4 (1.08%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.43%) FIX Connectivity
2 5 (1.35%) Firewall
2 5 (1.35%) TCP/IP
2 5 (1.35%) VPN
3 4 (1.08%) DMZ
3 4 (1.08%) Multicast
4 2 (0.54%) HTTP
4 2 (0.54%) Network Security
4 2 (0.54%) RTMP
4 2 (0.54%) SMS
5 1 (0.27%) DHCP
5 1 (0.27%) DNS
5 1 (0.27%) NetScaler
5 1 (0.27%) SAN
5 1 (0.27%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (5.93%) SQL Server
2 20 (5.39%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (5.12%) Power BI
4 15 (4.04%) Relational Database
5 14 (3.77%) Amazon Athena
5 14 (3.77%) Apache Arrow
5 14 (3.77%) Apache Iceberg
5 14 (3.77%) Apache Ignite
5 14 (3.77%) Data Lake
5 14 (3.77%) Dremio
5 14 (3.77%) MongoDB
5 14 (3.77%) Tableau
6 9 (2.43%) DB2
6 9 (2.43%) NoSQL
7 7 (1.89%) KDB
8 6 (1.62%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (1.35%) Metadata
9 5 (1.35%) Oracle Database
9 5 (1.35%) Power Query
9 5 (1.35%) Redis
Development Applications
1 33 (8.89%) JIRA
2 21 (5.66%) Git
3 12 (3.23%) JUnit
4 8 (2.16%) GitLab
5 7 (1.89%) Maven
5 7 (1.89%) Octopus Deploy
6 6 (1.62%) Cucumber
6 6 (1.62%) Selenium
7 5 (1.35%) Jenkins
7 5 (1.35%) TeamCity
8 4 (1.08%) Bitbucket
8 4 (1.08%) Postman
8 4 (1.08%) REST Assured
8 4 (1.08%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (1.08%) webpack
9 3 (0.81%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.81%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.54%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.54%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.54%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 371 (100.00%) Banking
2 232 (62.53%) Finance
3 120 (32.35%) Social Skills
4 103 (27.76%) Front Office
5 62 (16.71%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (5.66%) Retail Banking
7 18 (4.85%) Corporate Banking
8 17 (4.58%) Financial Institution
9 15 (4.04%) Back Office
9 15 (4.04%) Retail
10 11 (2.96%) Documentation Skills
10 11 (2.96%) Legal
11 6 (1.62%) French Language
12 5 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.54%) Marketing
14 2 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.27%) Law
15 1 (0.27%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 125 (33.69%) Developer
2 73 (19.68%) Analyst
3 67 (18.06%) Senior
4 53 (14.29%) Business Analyst
5 52 (14.02%) Java Developer
6 34 (9.16%) Senior Developer
7 28 (7.55%) Senior Java Developer
8 27 (7.28%) AWS Developer
9 24 (6.47%) Banking Analyst
10 22 (5.93%) C# Developer
11 20 (5.39%) Project Manager
11 20 (5.39%) Software Engineer
12 18 (4.85%) Lead
12 18 (4.85%) Python Engineer
13 17 (4.58%) Analytics Developer
13 17 (4.58%) Java Engineer
13 17 (4.58%) Kafka Developer
13 17 (4.58%) PostgreSQL Developer
14 16 (4.31%) AWS Engineer
15 14 (3.77%) AWS Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (9.97%) Kafka
2 35 (9.43%) .NET
3 31 (8.36%) React
4 30 (8.09%) Pandas
5 26 (7.01%) NumPy
6 24 (6.47%) SciPy
7 21 (5.66%) AngularJS
8 16 (4.31%) Spring
9 15 (4.04%) FIX Protocol
10 14 (3.77%) gRPC
10 14 (3.77%) JMS
10 14 (3.77%) Protocol Buffers
11 13 (3.50%) HTML
12 12 (3.23%) FastAPI
13 11 (2.96%) CSS
13 11 (2.96%) XML
14 10 (2.70%) Flask
14 10 (2.70%) Polars
14 10 (2.70%) Vue
15 9 (2.43%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 85 (22.91%) Derivative
2 53 (14.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 48 (12.94%) Equities
4 42 (11.32%) Fixed Income
5 39 (10.51%) Hedge funds
6 27 (7.28%) Market Risk
7 26 (7.01%) Management Information System
8 16 (4.31%) Onboarding
9 15 (4.04%) Credit Risk
9 15 (4.04%) Data Structures
10 14 (3.77%) Pricing Data
11 12 (3.23%) Cloud Native
12 10 (2.70%) Product Ownership
13 9 (2.43%) Distributed Computing
14 8 (2.16%) AI Agents
14 8 (2.16%) Analytical Mindset
14 8 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
15 7 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
15 7 (1.89%) TWAP
15 7 (1.89%) VWAP
Operating Systems
1 36 (9.70%) Linux
2 15 (4.04%) Windows
3 13 (3.50%) Unix
4 6 (1.62%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.35%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.54%) AIX
7 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (24.53%) Agile
2 75 (20.22%) Problem-Solving
3 49 (13.21%) Stakeholder Management
4 46 (12.40%) Software Engineering
5 44 (11.86%) CI/CD
6 43 (11.59%) Analytics
6 43 (11.59%) DevOps
7 40 (10.78%) Risk Management
8 37 (9.97%) AI
9 34 (9.16%) User Acceptance Testing
10 33 (8.89%) Asset Management
10 33 (8.89%) Business Analysis
10 33 (8.89%) Project Management
11 31 (8.36%) TDD
12 30 (8.09%) Multithreading
13 29 (7.82%) Data Analysis
14 28 (7.55%) SDLC
15 26 (7.01%) Mathematics
16 24 (6.47%) Computer Science
16 24 (6.47%) Electronic Trading
Programming Languages
1 114 (30.73%) SQL
2 105 (28.30%) Java
3 103 (27.76%) Python
4 61 (16.44%) C#
5 38 (10.24%) JavaScript
6 31 (8.36%) TypeScript
7 23 (6.20%) C++
8 16 (4.31%) PowerShell
9 15 (4.04%) Shell Script
10 10 (2.70%) Rust
11 5 (1.35%) Go
11 5 (1.35%) Scala
11 5 (1.35%) VB.NET
11 5 (1.35%) VBA
12 4 (1.08%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.81%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.54%) Bash
14 2 (0.54%) Bicep
14 2 (0.54%) Perl
Qualifications
1 43 (11.59%) Degree
2 16 (4.31%) Master's Degree
3 15 (4.04%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (2.43%) PMP
5 7 (1.89%) CFA
5 7 (1.89%) PMI Certification
6 6 (1.62%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.62%) PhD
7 3 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.54%) IIBA
8 2 (0.54%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (0.54%) Security Cleared
9 1 (0.27%) CCA
9 1 (0.27%) CISSP
9 1 (0.27%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.27%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.27%) MCP
9 1 (0.27%) MCSA
9 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.27%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.66%) QA
2 12 (3.23%) MiFID
3 10 (2.70%) Data Quality
3 10 (2.70%) EMIR
4 9 (2.43%) PMO
5 7 (1.89%) SLA
6 6 (1.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.81%) GDPR
7 3 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.54%) Dodd-Frank
8 2 (0.54%) GRC
8 2 (0.54%) NIST
8 2 (0.54%) SEPA
8 2 (0.54%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.27%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.27%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.27%) FINRA
9 1 (0.27%) IFRS
9 1 (0.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (6.74%) Docker
2 5 (1.35%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.27%) Firmware
3 1 (0.27%) GridGain
3 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 26 (7.01%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.89%) Terraform
3 5 (1.35%) SCCM
4 3 (0.81%) Ansible
4 3 (0.81%) Thomson Reuters DACS
4 3 (0.81%) WSUS
5 2 (0.54%) ITRS Geneos
5 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.54%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.54%) Puppet
6 1 (0.27%) Control-M
6 1 (0.27%) Grafana
6 1 (0.27%) HP SiteScope
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Identity Management
6 1 (0.27%) SCOM
6 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.27%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.27%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 40 (10.78%) Microsoft
2 21 (5.66%) Oracle
3 18 (4.85%) Bloomberg
4 12 (3.23%) Sybase
5 10 (2.70%) ION Trading
6 9 (2.43%) Murex
7 7 (1.89%) Databricks
8 5 (1.35%) Citrix
8 5 (1.35%) OpenAI
8 5 (1.35%) Refinitiv
8 5 (1.35%) Reuters
8 5 (1.35%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.35%) SAP
8 5 (1.35%) Solace
8 5 (1.35%) Splunk
9 4 (1.08%) Charles River
9 4 (1.08%) IBM
9 4 (1.08%) UiPath
10 3 (0.81%) Adobe
10 3 (0.81%) Ariba