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 17 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 69 70
Rank change year-on-year -54 +1 -19
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 363 447 554
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.22% 3.47% 3.04%
As % of the General category 3.54% 5.23% 4.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 278 407
10th Percentile £420 £448 £482
25th Percentile £500 £605 £558
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £645 £725 £710
Median % change year-on-year -11.03% +2.11% -2.07%
75th Percentile £775 £875 £828
90th Percentile £988 £883 £938
England median daily rate £625 £700 £700
% change year-on-year -10.71% - -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 £19.50
% change year-on-year -57.59% +297.44% -51.85%

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 10,249 8,555 11,568
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 62.55% 66.44% 63.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,670 5,703 8,264
10th Percentile £350 £336 £331
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £700 £696
90th Percentile £781 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 128 260
10th Percentile £17.50 £19.76 £15.95
25th Percentile £20.82 £24.73 £18.95
Median hourly rate £30.77 £35.00 £30.08
Median % change year-on-year -12.09% +16.36% -7.45%
75th Percentile £50.54 £55.25 £47.90
90th Percentile £72.50 £78.40 £72.53
England median hourly rate £25.00 £30.78 £26.00
% change year-on-year -18.78% +18.38% -23.53%

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 17 March 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 17 March 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 17 March 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 -25 57 £600 -1.64% 19
East London +4 4 £416 -27.65% 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 15 (4.13%) Confluence
2 7 (1.93%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.38%) Apache
4 3 (0.83%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.83%) CMS
4 3 (0.83%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.55%) SAS
6 1 (0.28%) HCL Notes
6 1 (0.28%) Jupyter
Applications
1 23 (6.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.58%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (3.31%) MS Visio
4 11 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.83%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.28%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 14 (3.86%) Oracle Payables
2 13 (3.58%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 13 (3.58%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (1.38%) Aladdin
3 5 (1.38%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.83%) Loan IQ
4 3 (0.83%) Summit
5 2 (0.55%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 2 (0.55%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.28%) Actimize
6 1 (0.28%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.28%) Bloomberg AIM
6 1 (0.28%) BusinessWorks
6 1 (0.28%) IntelliMatch
6 1 (0.28%) ION MarketView
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.28%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 57 (15.70%) AWS
2 53 (14.60%) Azure
3 14 (3.86%) GitHub
3 14 (3.86%) OCI
3 14 (3.86%) Power Platform
4 13 (3.58%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (3.03%) GCP
5 11 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (3.03%) Snowflake
6 6 (1.65%) Serverless
7 5 (1.38%) GitHub Actions
7 5 (1.38%) npm
7 5 (1.38%) Yarn
8 4 (1.10%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (1.10%) ChatGPT
8 4 (1.10%) Google Workspace
8 4 (1.10%) Power Automate
8 4 (1.10%) PowerApps
9 3 (0.83%) Entra ID
9 3 (0.83%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.41%) FIX Connectivity
2 5 (1.38%) Firewall
2 5 (1.38%) TCP/IP
2 5 (1.38%) VPN
3 4 (1.10%) DMZ
3 4 (1.10%) Multicast
4 2 (0.55%) HTTP
4 2 (0.55%) RTMP
4 2 (0.55%) SMS
5 1 (0.28%) DHCP
5 1 (0.28%) DNS
5 1 (0.28%) NetScaler
5 1 (0.28%) Network Security
5 1 (0.28%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.51%) SQL Server
2 17 (4.68%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (4.13%) Relational Database
4 12 (3.31%) Power BI
5 9 (2.48%) Tableau
6 8 (2.20%) Metadata
7 6 (1.65%) KDB
7 6 (1.65%) MongoDB
7 6 (1.65%) Oracle Database
7 6 (1.65%) Redis
8 5 (1.38%) Big Data
8 5 (1.38%) NoSQL
9 4 (1.10%) Apache Ignite
9 4 (1.10%) DB2
10 3 (0.83%) Kdb+
10 3 (0.83%) Neo4j
10 3 (0.83%) RDBMS
10 3 (0.83%) Snowflake Schema
11 2 (0.55%) Apache Cassandra
11 2 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 26 (7.16%) JIRA
2 11 (3.03%) Git
3 10 (2.75%) GitLab
4 7 (1.93%) Octopus Deploy
5 6 (1.65%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.65%) JUnit
5 6 (1.65%) Selenium
6 5 (1.38%) Cucumber
6 5 (1.38%) TeamCity
6 5 (1.38%) webpack
7 4 (1.10%) Bitbucket
7 4 (1.10%) Postman
7 4 (1.10%) REST Assured
8 3 (0.83%) Maven
8 3 (0.83%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.55%) SoapUI
9 2 (0.55%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.28%) Balsamiq
10 1 (0.28%) Mocha
General
1 363 (100.00%) Banking
2 223 (61.43%) Finance
3 108 (29.75%) Social Skills
4 105 (28.93%) Front Office
5 50 (13.77%) Analytical Skills
6 32 (8.82%) Retail Banking
7 27 (7.44%) Financial Institution
8 23 (6.34%) Retail
9 22 (6.06%) Corporate Banking
10 14 (3.86%) Documentation Skills
11 12 (3.31%) Back Office
12 9 (2.48%) Legal
13 7 (1.93%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
16 4 (1.10%) French Language
17 3 (0.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 3 (0.83%) Marketing
18 2 (0.55%) Aviation
19 1 (0.28%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 119 (32.78%) Developer
2 74 (20.39%) Analyst
3 57 (15.70%) Business Analyst
4 55 (15.15%) Java Developer
5 54 (14.88%) Senior
6 36 (9.92%) Senior Developer
7 29 (7.99%) Senior Java Developer
8 23 (6.34%) Banking Analyst
9 20 (5.51%) AWS Developer
9 20 (5.51%) C# Developer
9 20 (5.51%) Lead
10 19 (5.23%) Electronic Trading Developer
10 19 (5.23%) Kafka Developer
11 18 (4.96%) Project Manager
12 16 (4.41%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
13 15 (4.13%) Analytics Developer
13 15 (4.13%) Low Latency Java Developer
13 15 (4.13%) PostgreSQL Developer
13 15 (4.13%) Support Engineer
14 14 (3.86%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (9.37%) Kafka
2 32 (8.82%) .NET
3 30 (8.26%) React
4 19 (5.23%) FIX Protocol
5 14 (3.86%) AngularJS
5 14 (3.86%) Spring
6 13 (3.58%) Pandas
7 12 (3.31%) CSS
7 12 (3.31%) HTML
8 11 (3.03%) XML
9 9 (2.48%) NumPy
9 9 (2.48%) Redux
9 9 (2.48%) REST
10 8 (2.20%) JMS
11 7 (1.93%) FastAPI
11 7 (1.93%) SciPy
12 6 (1.65%) Dask
12 6 (1.65%) Flask
12 6 (1.65%) HTML5
12 6 (1.65%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 76 (20.94%) Derivative
2 41 (11.29%) Equities
3 40 (11.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 37 (10.19%) Fixed Income
5 28 (7.71%) Market Risk
6 24 (6.61%) Management Information System
7 20 (5.51%) Hedge funds
8 19 (5.23%) Credit Risk
9 16 (4.41%) Cloud Native
10 15 (4.13%) Onboarding
11 14 (3.86%) TWAP
11 14 (3.86%) VWAP
12 12 (3.31%) Data Structures
13 8 (2.20%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
14 7 (1.93%) Algorithms
14 7 (1.93%) Distributed Computing
15 6 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
16 5 (1.38%) AI Agents
16 5 (1.38%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 24 (6.61%) Linux
2 18 (4.96%) Windows
3 15 (4.13%) Unix
4 6 (1.65%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.83%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.55%) AIX
7 1 (0.28%) Android
7 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (19.83%) Agile
2 65 (17.91%) Problem-Solving
3 51 (14.05%) Stakeholder Management
4 47 (12.95%) Analytics
5 43 (11.85%) DevOps
6 42 (11.57%) CI/CD
7 39 (10.74%) AI
7 39 (10.74%) Business Analysis
8 37 (10.19%) Asset Management
8 37 (10.19%) Risk Management
8 37 (10.19%) TDD
9 36 (9.92%) User Acceptance Testing
10 35 (9.64%) Project Management
11 33 (9.09%) Electronic Trading
12 29 (7.99%) Multithreading
12 29 (7.99%) Test Automation
13 28 (7.71%) Low Latency
14 26 (7.16%) Data Analysis
14 26 (7.16%) Software Engineering
15 24 (6.61%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 101 (27.82%) SQL
2 96 (26.45%) Java
3 83 (22.87%) Python
4 47 (12.95%) C#
5 26 (7.16%) JavaScript
6 25 (6.89%) TypeScript
7 13 (3.58%) C++
8 12 (3.31%) PowerShell
9 9 (2.48%) Shell Script
10 6 (1.65%) Scala
11 5 (1.38%) Rust
12 4 (1.10%) Bash
13 3 (0.83%) Go
13 3 (0.83%) Perl
13 3 (0.83%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.83%) VB.NET
13 3 (0.83%) VBA
14 2 (0.55%) Korn
14 2 (0.55%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.28%) F#
Qualifications
1 39 (10.74%) Degree
2 15 (4.13%) Master's Degree
3 14 (3.86%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (2.48%) PMP
5 8 (2.20%) PMI Certification
6 6 (1.65%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.65%) PhD
7 5 (1.38%) CFA
8 3 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.83%) CISSP
9 2 (0.55%) ACCA
9 2 (0.55%) IIBA
9 2 (0.55%) MBA
9 2 (0.55%) Security Cleared
9 2 (0.55%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 2 (0.55%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 1 (0.28%) GIAC
10 1 (0.28%) ISSAP
10 1 (0.28%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.68%) QA
2 13 (3.58%) MiFID
3 12 (3.31%) Data Quality
4 11 (3.03%) PMO
5 10 (2.75%) SLA
6 9 (2.48%) EMIR
7 7 (1.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.83%) GDPR
9 2 (0.55%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.55%) Dodd-Frank
9 2 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.55%) NIST
9 2 (0.55%) SEPA
10 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.28%) Basel III
10 1 (0.28%) COBIT
10 1 (0.28%) COSO
10 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.28%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.28%) Solvency II
System Software
1 20 (5.51%) Docker
2 4 (1.10%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.28%) Firmware
3 1 (0.28%) Varnish
3 1 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.28%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 20 (5.51%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.93%) SCCM
3 4 (1.10%) Terraform
4 3 (0.83%) Thomson Reuters DACS
4 3 (0.83%) WSUS
5 2 (0.55%) Ansible
5 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.55%) Puppet
5 2 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.28%) Control-M
6 1 (0.28%) Grafana
6 1 (0.28%) ITRS Geneos
6 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.28%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.28%) WMI
6 1 (0.28%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 37 (10.19%) Microsoft
2 29 (7.99%) Oracle
3 17 (4.68%) Bloomberg
4 15 (4.13%) Murex
5 11 (3.03%) ION Trading
6 7 (1.93%) Charles River
6 7 (1.93%) Sybase
7 6 (1.65%) Citrix
7 6 (1.65%) Reuters
8 4 (1.10%) Databricks
8 4 (1.10%) IBM
8 4 (1.10%) Refinitiv
8 4 (1.10%) UiPath
9 3 (0.83%) Adobe
9 3 (0.83%) CyberArk
9 3 (0.83%) NYFIX
9 3 (0.83%) Pega
9 3 (0.83%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.83%) Solace
9 3 (0.83%) Splunk