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 19 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 70 56
Rank change year-on-year -57 -14 +1
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 454 507 645
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.26% 3.77% 3.98%
As % of the General category 3.71% 5.48% 6.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 247 350 531
10th Percentile £411 £440 £525
25th Percentile £514 £613 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £668 £750 £800
Median % change year-on-year -11.00% -6.25% +14.29%
75th Percentile £796 £825 £888
90th Percentile £938 £889 -
England median daily rate £668 £750 £775
% change year-on-year -11.00% -3.23% +10.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £87.50 -
England median hourly rate - £87.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year - +348.72% +5.41%

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 12,222 9,245 10,140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.88% 68.77% 62.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,799 6,131 7,081
10th Percentile £350 £325 £338
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 £688 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £825
England median daily rate £525 £508 £538
% change year-on-year +3.45% -5.67% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 234 187 145
10th Percentile £18.50 £15.84 £17.25
25th Percentile £21.93 £24.50 £23.80
Median hourly rate £27.75 £29.07 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.54% -16.94% +1.10%
75th Percentile £43.75 £48.13 £51.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £63.45 £67.20
England median hourly rate £32.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +27.24% -34.02% +38.62%

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 19 August 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 19 August 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 -24 57 £696 -0.54% 26
East London 0 4 £875 -2.78%
South London -8 2 £800 +33.33% 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 6 (1.32%) Confluence
2 4 (0.88%) IIS
3 3 (0.66%) Apache
3 3 (0.66%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.66%) MTS
4 2 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.44%) Jupyter
4 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.44%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.22%) CICS
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.22%) SAS
Applications
1 18 (3.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.44%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.44%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.22%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 11 (2.42%) Aladdin
2 5 (1.10%) Oracle Payables
2 5 (1.10%) Oracle Receivables
3 4 (0.88%) Summit
4 3 (0.66%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.66%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (0.66%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (0.66%) Orchestrade
5 2 (0.44%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.44%) Front Arena
5 2 (0.44%) Global One
5 2 (0.44%) Loan IQ
5 2 (0.44%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.44%) Oracle Internet Expenses
5 2 (0.44%) Oracle iProcurement
6 1 (0.22%) Actimize
6 1 (0.22%) BusinessWorks
6 1 (0.22%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.22%) SunGard Martini
Cloud Services
1 62 (13.66%) Azure
2 53 (11.67%) AWS
3 20 (4.41%) GCP
4 18 (3.96%) Power Platform
5 16 (3.52%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (3.30%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (3.08%) Entra ID
7 14 (3.08%) GitHub
8 9 (1.98%) SaaS
8 9 (1.98%) Snowflake
9 8 (1.76%) OCI
10 7 (1.54%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (1.32%) Google Workspace
12 5 (1.10%) Amazon ECS
12 5 (1.10%) Amazon EKS
12 5 (1.10%) Power Automate
12 5 (1.10%) PowerApps
13 4 (0.88%) Azure API Management
14 3 (0.66%) Cloud Run
14 3 (0.66%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.52%) FIX Connectivity
2 10 (2.20%) Firewall
3 8 (1.76%) Multicast
4 7 (1.54%) VPN
5 6 (1.32%) HTTP
5 6 (1.32%) TCP/IP
6 5 (1.10%) DMZ
7 3 (0.66%) BGP
7 3 (0.66%) Wireless
8 2 (0.44%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (0.44%) DWDM
8 2 (0.44%) MPLS
8 2 (0.44%) Network Security
8 2 (0.44%) OSPF
8 2 (0.44%) Wireshark
9 1 (0.22%) BIG-IP
9 1 (0.22%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 1 (0.22%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 1 (0.22%) MIMO
9 1 (0.22%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (5.73%) SQL Server
2 19 (4.19%) Metadata
3 18 (3.96%) Power BI
4 14 (3.08%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (2.86%) Relational Database
6 10 (2.20%) Data Vault
6 10 (2.20%) KDB
6 10 (2.20%) Pinecone
6 10 (2.20%) Weaviate
7 8 (1.76%) Tableau
8 6 (1.32%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (1.32%) Kdb+
8 6 (1.32%) MongoDB
8 6 (1.32%) Redis
9 5 (1.10%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.88%) ClickHouse
10 4 (0.88%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.88%) RDBMS
10 4 (0.88%) Snowflake Schema
11 3 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 41 (9.03%) JIRA
2 19 (4.19%) Git
3 11 (2.42%) ER Studio
4 10 (2.20%) ERwin
4 10 (2.20%) TeamCity
5 7 (1.54%) Jenkins
6 6 (1.32%) GitLab
7 5 (1.10%) Bitbucket
7 5 (1.10%) Octopus Deploy
7 5 (1.10%) PowerDesigner
8 4 (0.88%) webpack
9 3 (0.66%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.66%) REST Assured
9 3 (0.66%) Selenium
10 2 (0.44%) Maven
10 2 (0.44%) MSBuild
10 2 (0.44%) Vite
11 1 (0.22%) Appium
11 1 (0.22%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.22%) CMake
General
1 454 (100.00%) Banking
2 291 (64.10%) Finance
3 162 (35.68%) Front Office
4 106 (23.35%) Social Skills
5 58 (12.78%) Analytical Skills
6 43 (9.47%) Corporate Banking
6 43 (9.47%) Retail Banking
7 42 (9.25%) Retail
8 38 (8.37%) Financial Institution
9 19 (4.19%) Back Office
10 16 (3.52%) Legal
10 16 (3.52%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (2.64%) Spanish Language
12 7 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.88%) French Language
14 4 (0.88%) Games
15 3 (0.66%) Advertising
15 3 (0.66%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 163 (35.90%) Developer
2 77 (16.96%) Analyst
3 70 (15.42%) Senior
4 67 (14.76%) Java Developer
5 60 (13.22%) Business Analyst
6 46 (10.13%) Senior Developer
7 26 (5.73%) C# Developer
7 26 (5.73%) Senior Java Developer
8 24 (5.29%) Lead
9 23 (5.07%) React Developer
10 22 (4.85%) Python Developer
11 21 (4.63%) Support Engineer
12 20 (4.41%) Project Manager
13 19 (4.19%) Electronic Trading Developer
13 19 (4.19%) Senior React Developer
13 19 (4.19%) UI Developer
14 18 (3.96%) Low Latency Java Developer
15 17 (3.74%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
15 17 (3.74%) Senior UI Developer
16 16 (3.52%) Banking Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (10.13%) .NET
1 46 (10.13%) React
2 38 (8.37%) FIX Protocol
3 26 (5.73%) Redux
4 20 (4.41%) AngularJS
5 18 (3.96%) Kafka
6 16 (3.52%) REST
7 14 (3.08%) Spring
7 14 (3.08%) WebSockets
8 13 (2.86%) RESTful
9 10 (2.20%) LangChain
9 10 (2.20%) LlamaIndex
9 10 (2.20%) OAuth
9 10 (2.20%) OAuth2
10 9 (1.98%) Node.js
10 9 (1.98%) PySpark
11 8 (1.76%) ASP.NET
11 8 (1.76%) CSS
11 8 (1.76%) HTML
11 8 (1.76%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 100 (22.03%) Derivative
2 71 (15.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 59 (13.00%) Fixed Income
4 58 (12.78%) Equities
5 30 (6.61%) Product Ownership
6 27 (5.95%) Onboarding
7 24 (5.29%) Greenfield Project
8 22 (4.85%) Market Risk
9 21 (4.63%) Data Structures
10 18 (3.96%) Distributed Systems
11 16 (3.52%) Algorithms
11 16 (3.52%) TWAP
11 16 (3.52%) VWAP
12 15 (3.30%) AI Agents
12 15 (3.30%) Management Information System
13 14 (3.08%) Cloud Native
13 14 (3.08%) Credit Risk
13 14 (3.08%) Hedge funds
14 8 (1.76%) Analytical Mindset
14 8 (1.76%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 30 (6.61%) Windows
2 28 (6.17%) Linux
3 24 (5.29%) Unix
4 5 (1.10%) Android
4 5 (1.10%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.88%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.66%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.22%) Solaris
7 1 (0.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (24.45%) Agile
2 72 (15.86%) Low Latency
3 70 (15.42%) Problem-Solving
4 64 (14.10%) Electronic Trading
5 63 (13.88%) Stakeholder Management
6 56 (12.33%) AI
6 56 (12.33%) CI/CD
7 53 (11.67%) Analytics
8 48 (10.57%) DevOps
8 48 (10.57%) Software Engineering
9 43 (9.47%) Wealth Management
10 38 (8.37%) Multithreading
11 37 (8.15%) Full-Stack Development
12 35 (7.71%) Continuous Improvement
13 34 (7.49%) Business Analysis
13 34 (7.49%) Data Modelling
14 33 (7.27%) Asset Management
14 33 (7.27%) TDD
15 31 (6.83%) User Acceptance Testing
15 31 (6.83%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 110 (24.23%) Java
2 101 (22.25%) SQL
3 100 (22.03%) Python
4 82 (18.06%) C#
5 54 (11.89%) TypeScript
6 41 (9.03%) JavaScript
7 21 (4.63%) C++
8 20 (4.41%) PowerShell
9 11 (2.42%) Shell Script
10 7 (1.54%) Rust
11 5 (1.10%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.88%) VBA
13 3 (0.66%) Bicep
13 3 (0.66%) C
13 3 (0.66%) Perl
13 3 (0.66%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.66%) Scala
13 3 (0.66%) Tcl
13 3 (0.66%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.44%) Bash
Qualifications
1 36 (7.93%) Degree
2 12 (2.64%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (1.76%) Azure Certification
4 6 (1.32%) PMP
5 5 (1.10%) Master's Degree
6 4 (0.88%) PMI Certification
6 4 (0.88%) Security Cleared
7 3 (0.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (0.66%) MCSA
7 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.66%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.44%) CCNP
8 2 (0.44%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.44%) CISSP
8 2 (0.44%) MBA
9 1 (0.22%) ACCA
9 1 (0.22%) CIMA
9 1 (0.22%) CISM
9 1 (0.22%) PhD
9 1 (0.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.08%) Data Quality
2 13 (2.86%) MiFID
3 11 (2.42%) QA
4 7 (1.54%) EMIR
5 6 (1.32%) PMO
6 4 (0.88%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.66%) NIST
7 3 (0.66%) SLA
8 2 (0.44%) WCAG
9 1 (0.22%) COBIT
9 1 (0.22%) COREP
9 1 (0.22%) FINREP
9 1 (0.22%) IFRS
9 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.22%) PSD2
System Software
1 20 (4.41%) Active Directory
2 15 (3.30%) Docker
3 1 (0.22%) GridGain
3 1 (0.22%) Varnish
3 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.22%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 18 (3.96%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.42%) Terraform
3 7 (1.54%) SCCM
4 6 (1.32%) WSUS
5 5 (1.10%) Ansible
6 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.66%) Control-M
7 3 (0.66%) ITRS Geneos
8 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.22%) WMI
Vendors
1 38 (8.37%) Microsoft
2 28 (6.17%) Oracle
3 13 (2.86%) Murex
3 13 (2.86%) OpenAI
4 12 (2.64%) Bloomberg
5 10 (2.20%) Citrix
5 10 (2.20%) Databricks
6 9 (1.98%) ION Trading
7 7 (1.54%) Charles River
7 7 (1.54%) Reuters
7 7 (1.54%) ServiceNow
7 7 (1.54%) Tradeweb
8 6 (1.32%) SAP
8 6 (1.32%) Solace
9 5 (1.10%) Google
9 5 (1.10%) MarketAxess
9 5 (1.10%) Sybase
10 4 (0.88%) Adobe
10 4 (0.88%) CyberArk
11 3 (0.66%) Alteryx