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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 67 74
Rank change year-on-year -61 +7 -22
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 383 470 529
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.13% 3.76% 3.03%
As % of the General category 3.59% 5.55% 4.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 306 413
10th Percentile £402 £426 £500
25th Percentile £486 £614 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £750 £750
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £773 £875 £850
90th Percentile £913 £888 £888
England median daily rate £648 £750 £750
% change year-on-year -13.67% - +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.96 - -
Median hourly rate £54.46 £100.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -45.54% - -
75th Percentile £56.96 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £54.46 £100.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -45.54% +412.82% -

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 10,678 8,471 11,013
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 59.49% 67.71% 63.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,920 5,694 7,861
10th Percentile £350 £342 £336
25th Percentile £425 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £565 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.91% -1.74% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £709 £700
90th Percentile £788 £825 £825
England median daily rate £513 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 142 233
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £15.60
25th Percentile £22.29 £23.13 £18.13
Median hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +21.43% -12.28%
75th Percentile £46.56 £51.07 £44.75
90th Percentile £67.40 £65.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £30.58 £27.45 £30.12
% change year-on-year +11.40% -8.86% -6.75%

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 18 May 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 18 May 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 -35 53 £600 -7.98% 19
South London -11 1 £600 -17.24% 1
East London - 1 £416 - 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 (2.87%) Confluence
2 5 (1.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 4 (1.04%) IIS
4 3 (0.78%) Apache
4 3 (0.78%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.78%) SAS
5 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.52%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.26%) CICS
6 1 (0.26%) Jupyter
Applications
1 27 (7.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (3.92%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (3.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (3.39%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.78%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.52%) UserZoom
7 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (3.66%) Oracle Payables
2 13 (3.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 13 (3.39%) Oracle Receivables
3 7 (1.83%) Aladdin
4 6 (1.57%) Summit
5 4 (1.04%) Fidessa
6 3 (0.78%) Loan IQ
7 2 (0.52%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 2 (0.52%) Front Arena
7 2 (0.52%) Global One
8 1 (0.26%) Actimize
8 1 (0.26%) Adobe Campaign
8 1 (0.26%) Bloomberg AIM
8 1 (0.26%) BusinessWorks
8 1 (0.26%) IntelliMatch
8 1 (0.26%) Markit EDM
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.26%) Orchestrade
8 1 (0.26%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 56 (14.62%) Azure
2 48 (12.53%) AWS
3 16 (4.18%) GCP
4 14 (3.66%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (3.66%) OCI
5 13 (3.39%) Power Platform
6 12 (3.13%) GitHub
7 9 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (2.35%) Snowflake
8 8 (2.09%) Entra ID
9 6 (1.57%) Google Workspace
10 5 (1.31%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (1.31%) npm
10 5 (1.31%) Yarn
11 3 (0.78%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (0.78%) Figma
11 3 (0.78%) SaaS
11 3 (0.78%) Serverless
12 2 (0.52%) Adobe Analytics
12 2 (0.52%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 20 (5.22%) FIX Connectivity
2 8 (2.09%) Firewall
3 7 (1.83%) HTTP
4 6 (1.57%) Multicast
4 6 (1.57%) VPN
5 5 (1.31%) DMZ
5 5 (1.31%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.52%) BGP
6 2 (0.52%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (0.52%) DWDM
6 2 (0.52%) MPLS
6 2 (0.52%) Network Security
6 2 (0.52%) OSPF
6 2 (0.52%) RTMP
6 2 (0.52%) Wireless
6 2 (0.52%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.26%) BIG-IP
7 1 (0.26%) MIMO
7 1 (0.26%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.26%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.22%) SQL Server
2 16 (4.18%) Relational Database
3 12 (3.13%) Power BI
4 11 (2.87%) Metadata
5 10 (2.61%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (2.61%) Tableau
6 9 (2.35%) Pinecone
6 9 (2.35%) Weaviate
7 6 (1.57%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.57%) RDBMS
7 6 (1.57%) Redis
8 5 (1.31%) Big Data
8 5 (1.31%) KDB
9 4 (1.04%) Data Lake
9 4 (1.04%) Data Vault
9 4 (1.04%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.78%) Flink
10 3 (0.78%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.78%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 29 (7.57%) JIRA
2 10 (2.61%) TeamCity
3 7 (1.83%) Git
4 6 (1.57%) GitLab
4 6 (1.57%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.57%) Octopus Deploy
4 6 (1.57%) webpack
5 4 (1.04%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.04%) ER Studio
5 4 (1.04%) ERwin
5 4 (1.04%) PowerDesigner
5 4 (1.04%) Selenium
6 2 (0.52%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.52%) JUnit
6 2 (0.52%) Maven
6 2 (0.52%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.52%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.52%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.52%) Vite
7 1 (0.26%) Appium
General
1 383 (100.00%) Banking
2 230 (60.05%) Finance
3 122 (31.85%) Front Office
4 98 (25.59%) Social Skills
5 51 (13.32%) Analytical Skills
6 42 (10.97%) Retail Banking
7 34 (8.88%) Retail
8 33 (8.62%) Corporate Banking
9 23 (6.01%) Financial Institution
10 16 (4.18%) Documentation Skills
10 16 (4.18%) Legal
11 10 (2.61%) Back Office
12 9 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (2.09%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (1.83%) French Language
15 6 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (1.31%) Spanish Language
17 3 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 3 (0.78%) Marketing
18 2 (0.52%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 125 (32.64%) Developer
2 73 (19.06%) Analyst
3 60 (15.67%) Business Analyst
4 58 (15.14%) Senior
5 57 (14.88%) Java Developer
6 37 (9.66%) Senior Developer
7 28 (7.31%) Senior Java Developer
8 24 (6.27%) Electronic Trading Developer
9 23 (6.01%) Banking Analyst
10 22 (5.74%) C# Developer
11 20 (5.22%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
12 19 (4.96%) Low Latency Java Developer
13 18 (4.70%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
13 18 (4.70%) Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading
13 18 (4.70%) Support Engineer
14 17 (4.44%) Lead
15 14 (3.66%) Banking Business Analyst
16 12 (3.13%) Kafka Developer
16 12 (3.13%) Risk Analyst
17 11 (2.87%) Front Office Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (9.92%) .NET
2 34 (8.88%) FIX Protocol
3 31 (8.09%) React
4 25 (6.53%) Kafka
5 14 (3.66%) CSS
5 14 (3.66%) HTML
5 14 (3.66%) Redux
5 14 (3.66%) XML
6 13 (3.39%) Spring
7 12 (3.13%) AngularJS
8 10 (2.61%) LangChain
9 9 (2.35%) LlamaIndex
9 9 (2.35%) RESTful
10 8 (2.09%) HTML5
10 8 (2.09%) REST
11 7 (1.83%) Node.js
11 7 (1.83%) WebSockets
12 6 (1.57%) Reactive Extensions
12 6 (1.57%) Ultra Messaging
13 5 (1.31%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 86 (22.45%) Derivative
2 50 (13.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 46 (12.01%) Equities
4 39 (10.18%) Fixed Income
5 24 (6.27%) Market Risk
6 21 (5.48%) Credit Risk
7 19 (4.96%) Management Information System
8 18 (4.70%) Algorithms
8 18 (4.70%) TWAP
8 18 (4.70%) VWAP
9 17 (4.44%) Data Structures
9 17 (4.44%) Distributed Systems
10 15 (3.92%) Product Ownership
11 13 (3.39%) Onboarding
12 10 (2.61%) AI Agents
12 10 (2.61%) Cloud Native
13 8 (2.09%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (2.09%) Greenfield Project
14 7 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
14 7 (1.83%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 24 (6.27%) Windows
2 21 (5.48%) Unix
3 17 (4.44%) Linux
4 8 (2.09%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.57%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.52%) Android
6 2 (0.52%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.26%) AIX
7 1 (0.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (19.32%) Agile
2 58 (15.14%) Problem-Solving
3 53 (13.84%) Low Latency
4 50 (13.05%) Electronic Trading
5 47 (12.27%) Analytics
6 46 (12.01%) Stakeholder Management
7 41 (10.70%) Asset Management
7 41 (10.70%) Multithreading
8 39 (10.18%) CI/CD
9 38 (9.92%) AI
9 38 (9.92%) TDD
9 38 (9.92%) User Acceptance Testing
10 35 (9.14%) Business Analysis
10 35 (9.14%) DevOps
11 31 (8.09%) Wealth Management
12 30 (7.83%) Algorithmic Trading
12 30 (7.83%) Software Engineering
13 27 (7.05%) Design Patterns
13 27 (7.05%) Full-Stack Development
13 27 (7.05%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 97 (25.33%) Java
2 91 (23.76%) SQL
3 82 (21.41%) Python
4 53 (13.84%) C#
5 36 (9.40%) TypeScript
6 29 (7.57%) JavaScript
7 17 (4.44%) PowerShell
8 15 (3.92%) C++
9 8 (2.09%) Shell Script
10 7 (1.83%) Scala
11 6 (1.57%) Rust
12 5 (1.31%) VBA
13 4 (1.04%) Bash
13 4 (1.04%) Perl
14 3 (0.78%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.52%) Go
16 1 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 1 (0.26%) F#
16 1 (0.26%) Korn
16 1 (0.26%) Swift
Qualifications
1 31 (8.09%) Degree
2 17 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (2.61%) Azure Certification
4 8 (2.09%) Master's Degree
5 7 (1.83%) PMP
6 5 (1.31%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (1.04%) MCSA
7 4 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.78%) CFA
9 2 (0.52%) ACCA
9 2 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.52%) CCNP
9 2 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.52%) CISSP
9 2 (0.52%) MBA
9 2 (0.52%) Security Cleared
9 2 (0.52%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 2 (0.52%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 1 (0.26%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.66%) Data Quality
2 13 (3.39%) MiFID
3 12 (3.13%) QA
4 11 (2.87%) PMO
5 8 (2.09%) SLA
6 4 (1.04%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.04%) EMIR
7 3 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.52%) GDPR
8 2 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.52%) NIST
9 1 (0.26%) COSO
9 1 (0.26%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.26%) GRC
9 1 (0.26%) IFRS
9 1 (0.26%) ITGC
9 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.26%) PSD2
9 1 (0.26%) SEPA
9 1 (0.26%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 17 (4.44%) Docker
2 9 (2.35%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.26%) GridGain
3 1 (0.26%) Varnish
3 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.26%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 15 (3.92%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.83%) SCCM
3 6 (1.57%) Terraform
4 5 (1.31%) WSUS
5 4 (1.04%) Control-M
5 4 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.52%) Ansible
6 2 (0.52%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (0.52%) Puppet
6 2 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.26%) Grafana
7 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.26%) WMI
Vendors
1 39 (10.18%) Microsoft
2 36 (9.40%) Oracle
3 13 (3.39%) Murex
4 12 (3.13%) Bloomberg
5 9 (2.35%) ION Trading
5 9 (2.35%) OpenAI
6 8 (2.09%) Charles River
6 8 (2.09%) Citrix
7 7 (1.83%) Reuters
8 6 (1.57%) Adobe
9 5 (1.31%) Sybase
10 4 (1.04%) CyberArk
10 4 (1.04%) Pega
10 4 (1.04%) Solace
11 3 (0.78%) Databricks
11 3 (0.78%) Google
11 3 (0.78%) SAP
11 3 (0.78%) ServiceNow
12 2 (0.52%) Calypso
12 2 (0.52%) Salesforce