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 5 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 81 56
Rank change year-on-year -49 -25 +3
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 466 463 637
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.31% 3.45% 3.94%
As % of the General category 3.74% 5.03% 6.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 272 309 492
10th Percentile £411 £460 £501
25th Percentile £525 £563 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £725 £750
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% -3.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £789 £825 £875
90th Percentile £938 £921 £888
England median daily rate £671 £700 £750
% change year-on-year -4.11% -6.67% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
England median hourly rate - £70.00 -

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 12,449 9,199 10,094
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 61.77% 68.61% 62.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,931 6,052 6,567
10th Percentile £350 £325 £330
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £788 £788 £825
England median daily rate £525 £500 £530
% change year-on-year +5.00% -5.66% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 287 177 120
10th Percentile £16.08 £17.05 £17.95
25th Percentile £20.26 £24.50 £25.93
Median hourly rate £28.40 £31.49 £36.15
Median % change year-on-year -9.83% -12.89% +21.51%
75th Percentile £47.50 £47.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £70.45 £65.23 £71.25
England median hourly rate £29.07 £25.08 £36.00
% change year-on-year +15.93% -30.35% +23.08%

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 5 October 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 5 October 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 71 £693 -1.07% 47
East London +4 5 £875 -2.78%
South London -9 2 £650 +8.33%
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 10 (2.15%) Confluence
2 5 (1.07%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.07%) MTS
3 3 (0.64%) Apache
3 3 (0.64%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.43%) IIS
5 1 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.21%) CICS
5 1 (0.21%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 17 (3.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.64%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.43%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.21%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 8 (1.72%) Oracle EBS
1 8 (1.72%) Oracle General Ledger
2 7 (1.50%) Aladdin
3 4 (0.86%) Oracle Assets
3 4 (0.86%) Oracle Internet Expenses
3 4 (0.86%) Oracle iProcurement
3 4 (0.86%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (0.86%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (0.64%) Oracle EBS R12
4 3 (0.64%) Oracle Financials
4 3 (0.64%) Orchestrade
5 2 (0.43%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.21%) Actimize
6 1 (0.21%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.21%) ION MarketView
6 1 (0.21%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.21%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.21%) Summit
6 1 (0.21%) SunGard Martini
Cloud Services
1 79 (16.95%) Azure
2 54 (11.59%) AWS
3 26 (5.58%) GCP
4 17 (3.65%) Entra ID
5 16 (3.43%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (3.22%) Power Platform
7 14 (3.00%) Microsoft 365
7 14 (3.00%) SaaS
8 11 (2.36%) GitHub
8 11 (2.36%) OCI
9 6 (1.29%) Amazon EKS
9 6 (1.29%) Power Automate
9 6 (1.29%) PowerApps
9 6 (1.29%) Snowflake
10 5 (1.07%) Amazon ECS
10 5 (1.07%) Azure Databricks
10 5 (1.07%) Cloud Run
10 5 (1.07%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 4 (0.86%) Anthropic Claude
11 4 (0.86%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.36%) FIX Connectivity
2 10 (2.15%) Multicast
3 9 (1.93%) Firewall
4 6 (1.29%) VPN
5 5 (1.07%) HTTP
6 4 (0.86%) BGP
6 4 (0.86%) Network Security
6 4 (0.86%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.86%) Wireless
7 3 (0.64%) DMZ
7 3 (0.64%) SSH
7 3 (0.64%) WAN
8 2 (0.43%) BIG-IP
8 2 (0.43%) DWDM
8 2 (0.43%) Internet
8 2 (0.43%) Kerberos
8 2 (0.43%) MPLS
8 2 (0.43%) OSPF
8 2 (0.43%) VLAN
8 2 (0.43%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (4.51%) SQL Server
2 19 (4.08%) Metadata
3 17 (3.65%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (3.00%) Relational Database
5 13 (2.79%) Power BI
6 10 (2.15%) KDB
7 9 (1.93%) Chroma
7 9 (1.93%) Data Vault
7 9 (1.93%) Pinecone
7 9 (1.93%) Weaviate
8 8 (1.72%) MongoDB
8 8 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (1.50%) Data Lake
9 7 (1.50%) Kdb+
10 6 (1.29%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (1.29%) NoSQL
11 5 (1.07%) Oracle Database
11 5 (1.07%) Redis
12 4 (0.86%) Apache Cassandra
12 4 (0.86%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 47 (10.09%) JIRA
2 27 (5.79%) Git
3 11 (2.36%) ER Studio
4 10 (2.15%) ERwin
5 7 (1.50%) Bitbucket
6 6 (1.29%) Jenkins
6 6 (1.29%) TeamCity
7 5 (1.07%) GitLab
7 5 (1.07%) PowerDesigner
7 5 (1.07%) webpack
8 4 (0.86%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.64%) MSBuild
10 2 (0.43%) Maven
10 2 (0.43%) Octopus Deploy
10 2 (0.43%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.43%) Selenium
11 1 (0.21%) Claude Code
11 1 (0.21%) JDeveloper
11 1 (0.21%) MSI
11 1 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
General
1 466 (100.00%) Banking
2 310 (66.52%) Finance
3 148 (31.76%) Front Office
4 115 (24.68%) Social Skills
5 62 (13.30%) Analytical Skills
6 37 (7.94%) Corporate Banking
7 35 (7.51%) Financial Institution
8 34 (7.30%) Retail
8 34 (7.30%) Retail Banking
9 23 (4.94%) Back Office
10 17 (3.65%) Legal
11 14 (3.00%) Organisational Skills
12 10 (2.15%) Spanish Language
13 8 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (1.29%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (1.07%) General Ledger
17 4 (0.86%) Games
17 4 (0.86%) Law
18 3 (0.64%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 168 (36.05%) Developer
2 80 (17.17%) Senior
3 73 (15.67%) Analyst
4 61 (13.09%) Java Developer
5 57 (12.23%) Business Analyst
6 45 (9.66%) Senior Developer
7 29 (6.22%) Python Developer
8 26 (5.58%) Lead
9 24 (5.15%) Senior Java Developer
10 22 (4.72%) Project Manager
11 21 (4.51%) C# Developer
11 21 (4.51%) Support Engineer
12 20 (4.29%) React Developer
13 16 (3.43%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 16 (3.43%) Senior React Developer
14 15 (3.22%) Full-Stack Developer
14 15 (3.22%) UI Developer
15 14 (3.00%) Data Modeller
15 14 (3.00%) Senior UI Developer
16 13 (2.79%) Low Latency Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (8.80%) React
2 38 (8.15%) .NET
3 31 (6.65%) FIX Protocol
4 25 (5.36%) REST
5 24 (5.15%) AngularJS
6 21 (4.51%) Kafka
7 20 (4.29%) Redux
8 18 (3.86%) Spring
9 16 (3.43%) RESTful
10 15 (3.22%) Terraform
11 12 (2.58%) Flask
11 12 (2.58%) Pandas
11 12 (2.58%) PySpark
11 12 (2.58%) WebSockets
12 11 (2.36%) LangChain
12 11 (2.36%) Spring Boot
13 10 (2.15%) OAuth
14 9 (1.93%) LlamaIndex
14 9 (1.93%) NumPy
14 9 (1.93%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 87 (18.67%) Derivative
2 68 (14.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 56 (12.02%) Fixed Income
4 47 (10.09%) Equities
5 33 (7.08%) Product Ownership
6 27 (5.79%) Onboarding
7 25 (5.36%) Greenfield Project
8 22 (4.72%) Market Risk
9 20 (4.29%) Management Information System
10 19 (4.08%) AI Agents
11 18 (3.86%) Distributed Systems
12 17 (3.65%) Data Structures
13 15 (3.22%) Hedge funds
14 13 (2.79%) Algorithms
14 13 (2.79%) Reference Data
15 11 (2.36%) Data Protection Act
15 11 (2.36%) TWAP
15 11 (2.36%) VWAP
16 10 (2.15%) Cloud Native
16 10 (2.15%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 34 (7.30%) Linux
2 31 (6.65%) Windows
3 23 (4.94%) Unix
4 4 (0.86%) Android
4 4 (0.86%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.64%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.64%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.43%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.21%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (25.32%) Agile
2 93 (19.96%) Stakeholder Management
3 76 (16.31%) Problem-Solving
4 66 (14.16%) AI
5 64 (13.73%) CI/CD
6 61 (13.09%) Low Latency
7 56 (12.02%) Software Engineering
8 55 (11.80%) Electronic Trading
9 51 (10.94%) Analytics
10 45 (9.66%) DevOps
11 42 (9.01%) Business Analysis
12 41 (8.80%) Migration
13 40 (8.58%) Wealth Management
14 39 (8.37%) Translating Business Requirements
15 38 (8.15%) Continuous Improvement
16 37 (7.94%) Data Modelling
16 37 (7.94%) Event-Driven
17 36 (7.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 36 (7.73%) User Stories
18 35 (7.51%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 113 (24.25%) SQL
2 106 (22.75%) Python
3 104 (22.32%) Java
4 74 (15.88%) C#
5 50 (10.73%) TypeScript
6 38 (8.15%) JavaScript
7 20 (4.29%) C++
8 16 (3.43%) PowerShell
9 12 (2.58%) Shell Script
10 7 (1.50%) Bash
11 6 (1.29%) Kotlin
12 5 (1.07%) Rust
12 5 (1.07%) Tcl
13 3 (0.64%) Bicep
13 3 (0.64%) C
13 3 (0.64%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.43%) Korn
14 2 (0.43%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.43%) VBA
15 1 (0.21%) Perl
Qualifications
1 34 (7.30%) Degree
2 9 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (1.72%) Azure Certification
3 8 (1.72%) PMP
4 6 (1.29%) Security Cleared
5 5 (1.07%) PMI Certification
6 4 (0.86%) ACCA
6 4 (0.86%) CIMA
6 4 (0.86%) Master's Degree
6 4 (0.86%) SC Cleared
7 3 (0.64%) CBAP
8 2 (0.43%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.43%) CCNP
8 2 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.21%) CISSP
9 1 (0.21%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.21%) MCSA
9 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.21%) PhD
9 1 (0.21%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.86%) Data Quality
2 16 (3.43%) MiFID
3 12 (2.58%) QA
4 10 (2.15%) EMIR
5 6 (1.29%) PMO
6 5 (1.07%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.86%) IFRS
7 4 (0.86%) NIST
8 3 (0.64%) WCAG
9 2 (0.43%) GRC
10 1 (0.21%) COBIT
10 1 (0.21%) COREP
10 1 (0.21%) FINREP
10 1 (0.21%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.21%) SEPA
10 1 (0.21%) TARGET2
System Software
1 21 (4.51%) Active Directory
2 19 (4.08%) Docker
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.21%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (4.08%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.29%) SCCM
3 5 (1.07%) Ansible
3 5 (1.07%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.64%) Grafana
4 3 (0.64%) WSUS
5 1 (0.21%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.21%) ITRS Geneos
5 1 (0.21%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 35 (7.51%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.44%) Oracle
3 16 (3.43%) Bloomberg
3 16 (3.43%) Databricks
4 15 (3.22%) OpenAI
5 13 (2.79%) Murex
6 10 (2.15%) Citrix
6 10 (2.15%) ION Trading
7 9 (1.93%) Tradeweb
8 7 (1.50%) Cisco
8 7 (1.50%) MarketAxess
9 6 (1.29%) Reuters
10 5 (1.07%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.07%) Sybase
11 4 (0.86%) Charles River
11 4 (0.86%) Google
11 4 (0.86%) SAP
11 4 (0.86%) Solace
12 3 (0.64%) Atlassian
12 3 (0.64%) Calypso