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 6 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 66 59
Rank change year-on-year -37 -7 -3
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 419 544 755
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.92% 3.46% 3.89%
As % of the General category 4.33% 5.43% 5.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 283 382 578
10th Percentile £450 £500 £488
25th Percentile £523 £611 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £725 £712
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +1.83% -2.47%
75th Percentile £825 £850 £850
90th Percentile £974 £888 £1,000
England median daily rate £659 £700 £700
% change year-on-year -5.86% - -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £20.82 - -
25th Percentile £23.75 £76.25 -
Median hourly rate £40.73 £77.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -47.45% - -
75th Percentile £70.00 £78.75 -
90th Percentile £81.25 - -
England median hourly rate £40.73 £77.50 £18.50
% change year-on-year -47.45% +318.92% -54.32%

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 common skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,680 10,026 12,597
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 67.37% 63.79% 64.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,342 6,428 9,086
10th Percentile £331 £325 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
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 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 112 167
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.54
25th Percentile £20.18 £24.94 £21.50
Median hourly rate £26.75 £37.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.67% +7.14% +1.45%
75th Percentile £45.56 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.06 £76.75
England median hourly rate £23.79 £30.45 £32.50
% change year-on-year -21.88% -6.31% +26.41%

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 6 December 2025.

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 6 December 2025.

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 6 December 2025. 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 -15 56 £650 - 18
East London +10 7 £416 -27.65% 3
South London -9 2 £475 -34.48% 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 28 (6.68%) Apache
1 28 (6.68%) Apache Airflow
2 18 (4.30%) Confluence
3 5 (1.19%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.95%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.72%) CMS
6 1 (0.24%) Appian
6 1 (0.24%) HCL Notes
6 1 (0.24%) MQSeries
6 1 (0.24%) Tomcat
Applications
1 17 (4.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.95%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.72%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.24%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 6 (1.43%) Aladdin
1 6 (1.43%) Fidessa
2 5 (1.19%) thinkFolio
3 1 (0.24%) Bloomberg AIM
3 1 (0.24%) ION MarketView
3 1 (0.24%) Markit EDM
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 94 (22.43%) AWS
2 85 (20.29%) Azure
3 34 (8.11%) Snowflake
4 29 (6.92%) Power Platform
5 28 (6.68%) dbt
6 24 (5.73%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (3.34%) GCP
7 14 (3.34%) GitHub
8 11 (2.63%) Serverless
9 9 (2.15%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (1.91%) GitHub Actions
11 7 (1.67%) PowerApps
12 6 (1.43%) Azure AI
12 6 (1.43%) Azure AKS
12 6 (1.43%) Microsoft Copilot
13 5 (1.19%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 5 (1.19%) Azure Logic Apps
13 5 (1.19%) Azure Service Bus
13 5 (1.19%) ChatGPT
13 5 (1.19%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.43%) Multicast
2 4 (0.95%) Firewall
2 4 (0.95%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.72%) FIX Connectivity
3 3 (0.72%) VPN
4 2 (0.48%) DMZ
4 2 (0.48%) HTTP
4 2 (0.48%) Network Security
4 2 (0.48%) SMS
5 1 (0.24%) ATM
5 1 (0.24%) BGP
5 1 (0.24%) DHCP
5 1 (0.24%) DNS
5 1 (0.24%) OSPF
5 1 (0.24%) SAN
5 1 (0.24%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (0.24%) tcpdump
5 1 (0.24%) Unicast
5 1 (0.24%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (6.92%) PostgreSQL
2 28 (6.68%) Amazon Athena
2 28 (6.68%) Apache Arrow
2 28 (6.68%) Apache Iceberg
2 28 (6.68%) Apache Ignite
2 28 (6.68%) Data Lake
2 28 (6.68%) Dremio
3 27 (6.44%) Power BI
3 27 (6.44%) SQL Server
4 19 (4.53%) MongoDB
4 19 (4.53%) Relational Database
5 17 (4.06%) Tableau
6 14 (3.34%) DB2
7 12 (2.86%) Power Query
8 10 (2.39%) NoSQL
8 10 (2.39%) Redis
9 8 (1.91%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (1.91%) KDB
9 8 (1.91%) Metadata
10 5 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 33 (7.88%) Git
2 29 (6.92%) JIRA
3 17 (4.06%) JUnit
4 10 (2.39%) Jenkins
5 9 (2.15%) Selenium
6 8 (1.91%) Cucumber
6 8 (1.91%) GitLab
7 7 (1.67%) Bitbucket
7 7 (1.67%) Maven
7 7 (1.67%) Octopus Deploy
7 7 (1.67%) Postman
8 5 (1.19%) TeamCity
8 5 (1.19%) webpack
9 3 (0.72%) REST Assured
9 3 (0.72%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.72%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.48%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.48%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.24%) CMake
General
1 419 (100.00%) Banking
2 271 (64.68%) Finance
3 141 (33.65%) Social Skills
4 112 (26.73%) Front Office
5 77 (18.38%) Analytical Skills
6 28 (6.68%) Corporate Banking
7 26 (6.21%) Retail
8 25 (5.97%) Retail Banking
9 21 (5.01%) Financial Institution
10 18 (4.30%) Back Office
11 10 (2.39%) Legal
12 8 (1.91%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (0.95%) Marketing
16 3 (0.72%) French Language
17 2 (0.48%) Portuguese Language
17 2 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
17 2 (0.48%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 137 (32.70%) Developer
2 95 (22.67%) Senior
3 77 (18.38%) Analyst
4 62 (14.80%) Java Developer
5 54 (12.89%) Business Analyst
6 47 (11.22%) Senior Developer
7 41 (9.79%) Software Engineer
8 34 (8.11%) Senior Java Developer
9 33 (7.88%) AWS Developer
9 33 (7.88%) Java Engineer
10 32 (7.64%) Python Engineer
11 29 (6.92%) AWS Engineer
11 29 (6.92%) Java Software Engineer
11 29 (6.92%) Python Software Engineer
12 28 (6.68%) AWS Software Engineer
12 28 (6.68%) Senior Java Engineer
12 28 (6.68%) Senior Software Engineer
13 27 (6.44%) Senior Java Software Engineer
14 24 (5.73%) Project Manager
15 23 (5.49%) Banking Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (11.93%) Kafka
2 49 (11.69%) Pandas
3 44 (10.50%) NumPy
4 43 (10.26%) SciPy
5 39 (9.31%) React
6 37 (8.83%) .NET
7 28 (6.68%) gRPC
7 28 (6.68%) Protocol Buffers
8 26 (6.21%) AngularJS
9 21 (5.01%) Spring
10 20 (4.77%) FIX Protocol
11 17 (4.06%) FastAPI
12 15 (3.58%) Flask
12 15 (3.58%) JMS
12 15 (3.58%) Polars
12 15 (3.58%) Vue
13 13 (3.10%) REST
14 11 (2.63%) CSS
15 10 (2.39%) HTML
16 8 (1.91%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 113 (26.97%) Derivative
2 81 (19.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 63 (15.04%) Fixed Income
4 60 (14.32%) Equities
5 59 (14.08%) Hedge funds
6 28 (6.68%) Pricing Data
7 26 (6.21%) Management Information System
7 26 (6.21%) Market Risk
8 21 (5.01%) Product Ownership
9 20 (4.77%) Cloud Native
9 20 (4.77%) Onboarding
10 17 (4.06%) Data Structures
11 13 (3.10%) Analytical Mindset
12 11 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
13 10 (2.39%) Credit Risk
13 10 (2.39%) Distributed Systems
13 10 (2.39%) Reference Data
14 9 (2.15%) Distributed Computing
15 8 (1.91%) AI Agents
16 5 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 51 (12.17%) Linux
2 12 (2.86%) Windows
3 7 (1.67%) Unix
4 4 (0.95%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.48%) AIX
5 2 (0.48%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (30.31%) Agile
2 84 (20.05%) Problem-Solving
3 74 (17.66%) Software Engineering
4 60 (14.32%) DevOps
5 56 (13.37%) Analytics
6 52 (12.41%) CI/CD
7 49 (11.69%) Stakeholder Management
8 38 (9.07%) Asset Management
8 38 (9.07%) Project Management
8 38 (9.07%) Risk Management
9 36 (8.59%) Multithreading
10 34 (8.11%) AI
10 34 (8.11%) Data Modelling
10 34 (8.11%) Mathematics
11 32 (7.64%) SDLC
12 31 (7.40%) Computer Science
12 31 (7.40%) Wealth Management
13 30 (7.16%) Business Analysis
13 30 (7.16%) Data Analysis
13 30 (7.16%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 143 (34.13%) Python
2 137 (32.70%) Java
3 124 (29.59%) SQL
4 70 (16.71%) C#
5 60 (14.32%) JavaScript
6 44 (10.50%) TypeScript
7 27 (6.44%) C++
8 20 (4.77%) PowerShell
9 16 (3.82%) Shell Script
10 15 (3.58%) Rust
11 8 (1.91%) VB.NET
12 7 (1.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 6 (1.43%) Scala
14 5 (1.19%) Bicep
15 4 (0.95%) Go
15 4 (0.95%) T-SQL
16 3 (0.72%) Bash
16 3 (0.72%) DAML
16 3 (0.72%) PL/SQL
16 3 (0.72%) VBA
Qualifications
1 49 (11.69%) Degree
2 17 (4.06%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (3.82%) Master's Degree
4 11 (2.63%) PMP
5 8 (1.91%) PMI Certification
6 6 (1.43%) Numerate Degree
7 5 (1.19%) CFA
7 5 (1.19%) PhD
8 4 (0.95%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.72%) FFIEC
10 2 (0.48%) ACCA
10 2 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.48%) CIMA
10 2 (0.48%) CISSP
10 2 (0.48%) IIBA
10 2 (0.48%) Security Cleared
11 1 (0.24%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.24%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (6.21%) QA
2 16 (3.82%) MiFID
3 13 (3.10%) Data Quality
4 11 (2.63%) EMIR
5 7 (1.67%) GDPR
5 7 (1.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.43%) PMO
7 4 (0.95%) SLA
8 3 (0.72%) Dodd-Frank
8 3 (0.72%) SEPA
8 3 (0.72%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.48%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.48%) Basel III
9 2 (0.48%) GRC
9 2 (0.48%) NIST
10 1 (0.24%) COBIT
10 1 (0.24%) COSO
10 1 (0.24%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 31 (7.40%) Docker
2 4 (0.95%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.24%) Firmware
3 1 (0.24%) GridGain
Systems Management
1 36 (8.59%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.63%) Terraform
3 8 (1.91%) ITRS Geneos
4 5 (1.19%) Ansible
5 4 (0.95%) Kibana
5 4 (0.95%) logstash
5 4 (0.95%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.95%) SCCM
6 3 (0.72%) Grafana
6 3 (0.72%) Thomson Reuters DACS
7 2 (0.48%) WSUS
7 2 (0.48%) ZABBIX
8 1 (0.24%) Argo
8 1 (0.24%) HP SiteScope
8 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle Identity Management
8 1 (0.24%) SCOM
8 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.24%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 35 (8.35%) Microsoft
2 16 (3.82%) Oracle
3 15 (3.58%) Bloomberg
3 15 (3.58%) Sybase
4 11 (2.63%) Databricks
5 10 (2.39%) Solace
6 7 (1.67%) Murex
6 7 (1.67%) UiPath
7 6 (1.43%) Google
7 6 (1.43%) ION Trading
7 6 (1.43%) OpenAI
7 6 (1.43%) Refinitiv
7 6 (1.43%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.43%) Splunk
8 5 (1.19%) Atlassian
8 5 (1.19%) Portware
8 5 (1.19%) Reuters
8 5 (1.19%) SAP
9 4 (0.95%) Alteryx
9 4 (0.95%) TIBCO