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 24 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 78 68
Rank change year-on-year -34 -10 -14
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 371 451 593
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.53% 3.24% 3.21%
As % of the General category 3.90% 4.99% 5.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 289 438
10th Percentile £416 £475 £496
25th Percentile £511 £600 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £688 £712
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% -3.44% -1.79%
75th Percentile £819 £834 £825
90th Percentile £988 £888 £950
England median daily rate £648 £678 £700
% change year-on-year -4.50% -3.14% -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 £18.50
% change year-on-year -57.59% +318.92% -32.68%

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 9,514 9,043 11,784
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 64.96% 64.91% 63.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,215 5,727 8,418
10th Percentile £340 £326 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £671 £700 £700
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £527 £550
% change year-on-year -5.03% -4.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 111 223
10th Percentile £17.50 £20.75 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.82 £25.12 £19.05
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +22.81% +4.59%
75th Percentile £47.38 £52.25 £52.13
90th Percentile £72.50 £78.40 £73.73
England median hourly rate £23.00 £29.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% +11.54% +1.13%

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 24 January 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 24 January 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 24 January 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 -12 56 £648 +6.15% 16
East London +2 4 £416 -27.65%
South London -6 1 £475 -34.48%
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 21 (5.66%) Confluence
2 14 (3.77%) Apache
2 14 (3.77%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (1.62%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.81%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.81%) CMS
4 3 (0.81%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.54%) SAS
6 1 (0.27%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 23 (6.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.50%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (3.23%) MS Visio
4 7 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.81%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.27%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 6 (1.62%) Fidessa
1 6 (1.62%) Oracle Payables
2 5 (1.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 5 (1.35%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (0.81%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.54%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 2 (0.54%) Markit EDM
4 2 (0.54%) thinkFolio
5 1 (0.27%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.27%) Bloomberg AIM
5 1 (0.27%) IntelliMatch
5 1 (0.27%) ION MarketView
5 1 (0.27%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.27%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 65 (17.52%) AWS
1 65 (17.52%) Azure
2 21 (5.66%) Snowflake
3 20 (5.39%) Power Platform
4 16 (4.31%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (4.04%) GitHub
6 14 (3.77%) dbt
7 13 (3.50%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (2.70%) GCP
9 8 (2.16%) Serverless
10 6 (1.62%) ChatGPT
10 6 (1.62%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (1.62%) OCI
11 5 (1.35%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (1.35%) Entra ID
11 5 (1.35%) GitHub Copilot
11 5 (1.35%) Microsoft Copilot
12 4 (1.08%) Google Workspace
12 4 (1.08%) npm
12 4 (1.08%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.43%) FIX Connectivity
2 5 (1.35%) Firewall
2 5 (1.35%) TCP/IP
2 5 (1.35%) VPN
3 4 (1.08%) DMZ
3 4 (1.08%) Multicast
4 2 (0.54%) HTTP
4 2 (0.54%) Network Security
4 2 (0.54%) RTMP
4 2 (0.54%) SMS
5 1 (0.27%) DHCP
5 1 (0.27%) DNS
5 1 (0.27%) NetScaler
5 1 (0.27%) SAN
5 1 (0.27%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (6.20%) SQL Server
2 20 (5.39%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (4.85%) Power BI
4 16 (4.31%) Relational Database
5 14 (3.77%) Amazon Athena
5 14 (3.77%) Apache Arrow
5 14 (3.77%) Apache Iceberg
5 14 (3.77%) Apache Ignite
5 14 (3.77%) Data Lake
5 14 (3.77%) Dremio
6 13 (3.50%) MongoDB
6 13 (3.50%) Tableau
7 9 (2.43%) DB2
8 8 (2.16%) NoSQL
9 7 (1.89%) KDB
10 6 (1.62%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (1.35%) Oracle Database
11 5 (1.35%) Redis
12 4 (1.08%) Metadata
12 4 (1.08%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 33 (8.89%) JIRA
2 20 (5.39%) Git
3 12 (3.23%) JUnit
4 8 (2.16%) GitLab
5 7 (1.89%) Maven
5 7 (1.89%) Octopus Deploy
6 6 (1.62%) Cucumber
6 6 (1.62%) Selenium
7 5 (1.35%) Jenkins
8 4 (1.08%) Bitbucket
8 4 (1.08%) Postman
8 4 (1.08%) REST Assured
8 4 (1.08%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (1.08%) TeamCity
8 4 (1.08%) webpack
9 3 (0.81%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.81%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.54%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.54%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.54%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 371 (100.00%) Banking
2 228 (61.46%) Finance
3 124 (33.42%) Social Skills
4 103 (27.76%) Front Office
5 62 (16.71%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (5.93%) Retail Banking
7 19 (5.12%) Corporate Banking
8 17 (4.58%) Financial Institution
9 16 (4.31%) Retail
10 15 (4.04%) Back Office
11 11 (2.96%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (2.70%) Legal
13 6 (1.62%) French Language
14 5 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
16 3 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
17 2 (0.54%) Marketing
17 2 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
18 1 (0.27%) Games
18 1 (0.27%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 126 (33.96%) Developer
2 72 (19.41%) Analyst
3 67 (18.06%) Senior
4 52 (14.02%) Business Analyst
5 51 (13.75%) Java Developer
6 34 (9.16%) Senior Developer
7 28 (7.55%) Senior Java Developer
8 27 (7.28%) AWS Developer
9 23 (6.20%) Banking Analyst
10 22 (5.93%) C# Developer
11 20 (5.39%) Software Engineer
12 19 (5.12%) Project Manager
13 18 (4.85%) Lead
13 18 (4.85%) Python Engineer
14 17 (4.58%) Analytics Developer
14 17 (4.58%) Java Engineer
14 17 (4.58%) Kafka Developer
14 17 (4.58%) PostgreSQL Developer
15 16 (4.31%) AWS Engineer
16 14 (3.77%) AWS Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (9.70%) .NET
1 36 (9.70%) Kafka
2 32 (8.63%) React
3 30 (8.09%) Pandas
4 26 (7.01%) NumPy
5 24 (6.47%) SciPy
6 21 (5.66%) AngularJS
7 16 (4.31%) Spring
8 15 (4.04%) FIX Protocol
9 14 (3.77%) gRPC
9 14 (3.77%) HTML
9 14 (3.77%) JMS
9 14 (3.77%) Protocol Buffers
10 12 (3.23%) FastAPI
11 11 (2.96%) CSS
11 11 (2.96%) XML
12 10 (2.70%) Flask
12 10 (2.70%) Polars
12 10 (2.70%) Vue
13 9 (2.43%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 85 (22.91%) Derivative
2 53 (14.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 48 (12.94%) Equities
4 44 (11.86%) Fixed Income
5 38 (10.24%) Hedge funds
6 27 (7.28%) Market Risk
7 26 (7.01%) Management Information System
8 15 (4.04%) Credit Risk
8 15 (4.04%) Data Structures
8 15 (4.04%) Onboarding
9 14 (3.77%) Pricing Data
10 12 (3.23%) Cloud Native
11 10 (2.70%) Product Ownership
12 9 (2.43%) Distributed Computing
13 8 (2.16%) AI Agents
13 8 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
14 7 (1.89%) Algorithms
14 7 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
14 7 (1.89%) TWAP
14 7 (1.89%) VWAP
Operating Systems
1 37 (9.97%) Linux
2 17 (4.58%) Windows
3 14 (3.77%) Unix
4 7 (1.89%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.35%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.54%) AIX
7 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (24.53%) Agile
2 77 (20.75%) Problem-Solving
3 48 (12.94%) Stakeholder Management
4 45 (12.13%) Software Engineering
5 44 (11.86%) CI/CD
6 43 (11.59%) DevOps
7 42 (11.32%) Analytics
8 40 (10.78%) Risk Management
9 37 (9.97%) AI
10 34 (9.16%) Asset Management
10 34 (9.16%) User Acceptance Testing
11 33 (8.89%) Business Analysis
12 32 (8.63%) Project Management
13 31 (8.36%) TDD
14 30 (8.09%) Multithreading
15 29 (7.82%) Data Analysis
16 28 (7.55%) SDLC
17 25 (6.74%) Electronic Trading
17 25 (6.74%) Mathematics
18 23 (6.20%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 116 (31.27%) SQL
2 105 (28.30%) Python
3 104 (28.03%) Java
4 61 (16.44%) C#
5 38 (10.24%) JavaScript
6 32 (8.63%) TypeScript
7 23 (6.20%) C++
8 16 (4.31%) PowerShell
9 15 (4.04%) Shell Script
10 10 (2.70%) Rust
11 5 (1.35%) Scala
11 5 (1.35%) VB.NET
11 5 (1.35%) VBA
12 4 (1.08%) Go
12 4 (1.08%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.81%) Bash
13 3 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.81%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.54%) Bicep
14 2 (0.54%) Korn
Qualifications
1 42 (11.32%) Degree
2 15 (4.04%) Master's Degree
3 14 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (2.16%) PMP
5 7 (1.89%) Azure Certification
5 7 (1.89%) CFA
5 7 (1.89%) PMI Certification
6 6 (1.62%) PhD
7 3 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.54%) CISSP
8 2 (0.54%) IIBA
8 2 (0.54%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (0.54%) Security Cleared
9 1 (0.27%) ACCA
9 1 (0.27%) CIMA
9 1 (0.27%) GIAC
9 1 (0.27%) ISSAP
9 1 (0.27%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.27%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.66%) QA
2 12 (3.23%) MiFID
3 10 (2.70%) EMIR
4 9 (2.43%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.43%) PMO
5 7 (1.89%) SLA
6 6 (1.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.81%) GDPR
7 3 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.54%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.54%) Dodd-Frank
8 2 (0.54%) GRC
8 2 (0.54%) NIST
8 2 (0.54%) SEPA
8 2 (0.54%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.27%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.27%) FINRA
9 1 (0.27%) IFRS
9 1 (0.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (6.74%) Docker
2 5 (1.35%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.27%) Firmware
3 1 (0.27%) GridGain
3 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 25 (6.74%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.62%) SCCM
2 6 (1.62%) Terraform
3 4 (1.08%) Ansible
4 3 (0.81%) Thomson Reuters DACS
4 3 (0.81%) WSUS
5 2 (0.54%) ITRS Geneos
5 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.54%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.54%) Puppet
6 1 (0.27%) Control-M
6 1 (0.27%) Grafana
6 1 (0.27%) HP SiteScope
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Identity Management
6 1 (0.27%) SCOM
6 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.27%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.27%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 39 (10.51%) Microsoft
2 21 (5.66%) Oracle
3 18 (4.85%) Bloomberg
4 12 (3.23%) Sybase
5 11 (2.96%) ION Trading
6 9 (2.43%) Murex
7 7 (1.89%) Databricks
8 5 (1.35%) Citrix
8 5 (1.35%) OpenAI
8 5 (1.35%) Refinitiv
8 5 (1.35%) Reuters
8 5 (1.35%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.35%) Solace
8 5 (1.35%) Splunk
9 4 (1.08%) Charles River
9 4 (1.08%) IBM
9 4 (1.08%) UiPath
10 3 (0.81%) NYFIX
10 3 (0.81%) Pega
10 3 (0.81%) Tradeweb