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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 77 66
Rank change year-on-year -29 -11 -12
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 380 462 620
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.66% 3.23% 3.42%
As % of the General category 4.03% 4.99% 5.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 259 297 472
10th Percentile £435 £484 £500
25th Percentile £520 £600 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £688 £712
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% -3.47% -1.76%
75th Percentile £825 £834 £838
90th Percentile £988 £888 £995
England median daily rate £650 £688 £712
% change year-on-year -5.45% -3.44% -1.79%
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 9,431 9,261 11,708
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 65.91% 64.73% 64.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,144 5,894 8,389
10th Percentile £350 £325 £344
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £671 £700 £700
90th Percentile £775 £823 £800
England median daily rate £500 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 175 113 167
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.30 £17.13
25th Percentile £20.82 £23.80 £20.63
Median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.86% +7.69% +7.44%
75th Percentile £45.38 £53.75 £54.38
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.72 £76.75
England median hourly rate £23.58 £30.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -21.42% -7.69% +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 4 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 4 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 4 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 -15 53 £650 +4.84% 31
East London +6 4 £416 -27.65% 1
South London -11 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 20 (5.26%) Apache
1 20 (5.26%) Apache Airflow
2 16 (4.21%) Confluence
3 6 (1.58%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.79%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.79%) CMS
4 3 (0.79%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.26%) HCL Notes
5 1 (0.26%) MQSeries
5 1 (0.26%) Tomcat
Applications
1 15 (3.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.42%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (2.63%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.79%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (1.58%) Fidessa
2 4 (1.05%) Aladdin
3 3 (0.79%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (0.79%) thinkFolio
4 2 (0.53%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.53%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.26%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.26%) Bloomberg AIM
5 1 (0.26%) ION MarketView
5 1 (0.26%) Markit EDM
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 79 (20.79%) AWS
2 75 (19.74%) Azure
3 26 (6.84%) Snowflake
4 23 (6.05%) Power Platform
5 20 (5.26%) dbt
6 19 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
7 15 (3.95%) GCP
7 15 (3.95%) GitHub
8 11 (2.89%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (2.37%) Serverless
10 8 (2.11%) GitHub Actions
11 7 (1.84%) PowerApps
12 6 (1.58%) Azure AKS
12 6 (1.58%) ChatGPT
13 5 (1.32%) AWS Lambda
13 5 (1.32%) GitHub Copilot
13 5 (1.32%) Microsoft Copilot
13 5 (1.32%) npm
13 5 (1.32%) Yarn
14 4 (1.05%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.11%) FIX Connectivity
2 4 (1.05%) Firewall
2 4 (1.05%) Multicast
2 4 (1.05%) TCP/IP
2 4 (1.05%) VPN
3 3 (0.79%) DMZ
4 2 (0.53%) HTTP
4 2 (0.53%) Network Security
4 2 (0.53%) SMS
5 1 (0.26%) DHCP
5 1 (0.26%) DNS
5 1 (0.26%) NetScaler
5 1 (0.26%) SAN
5 1 (0.26%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (6.58%) PostgreSQL
2 24 (6.32%) SQL Server
3 21 (5.53%) Power BI
4 20 (5.26%) Amazon Athena
4 20 (5.26%) Apache Arrow
4 20 (5.26%) Apache Iceberg
4 20 (5.26%) Apache Ignite
4 20 (5.26%) Data Lake
4 20 (5.26%) Dremio
5 17 (4.47%) MongoDB
5 17 (4.47%) Tableau
6 16 (4.21%) Relational Database
7 11 (2.89%) DB2
7 11 (2.89%) NoSQL
8 8 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (1.84%) KDB
9 7 (1.84%) Metadata
9 7 (1.84%) Power Query
10 6 (1.58%) Redis
11 5 (1.32%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 28 (7.37%) Git
2 27 (7.11%) JIRA
3 14 (3.68%) JUnit
4 9 (2.37%) Selenium
5 8 (2.11%) GitLab
6 7 (1.84%) Cucumber
7 6 (1.58%) Jenkins
7 6 (1.58%) Maven
7 6 (1.58%) Octopus Deploy
7 6 (1.58%) TeamCity
8 5 (1.32%) Bitbucket
8 5 (1.32%) Postman
8 5 (1.32%) webpack
9 3 (0.79%) REST Assured
9 3 (0.79%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.79%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.79%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.53%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.53%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.53%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 380 (100.00%) Banking
2 242 (63.68%) Finance
3 120 (31.58%) Social Skills
4 104 (27.37%) Front Office
5 66 (17.37%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (5.26%) Corporate Banking
7 19 (5.00%) Retail Banking
8 18 (4.74%) Financial Institution
9 16 (4.21%) Back Office
9 16 (4.21%) Retail
10 11 (2.89%) Legal
11 10 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.32%) French Language
12 5 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.53%) Marketing
15 1 (0.26%) Games
15 1 (0.26%) Multimedia
15 1 (0.26%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 127 (33.42%) Developer
2 79 (20.79%) Senior
3 75 (19.74%) Analyst
4 55 (14.47%) Java Developer
5 53 (13.95%) Business Analyst
6 40 (10.53%) Senior Developer
7 31 (8.16%) Senior Java Developer
8 30 (7.89%) AWS Developer
9 27 (7.11%) Software Engineer
10 26 (6.84%) Banking Analyst
11 24 (6.32%) Java Engineer
12 23 (6.05%) Python Engineer
13 21 (5.53%) AWS Engineer
13 21 (5.53%) C# Developer
14 20 (5.26%) AWS Software Engineer
14 20 (5.26%) Java Software Engineer
14 20 (5.26%) Project Manager
14 20 (5.26%) Python Software Engineer
14 20 (5.26%) Senior Java Engineer
15 19 (5.00%) Senior Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (11.58%) Kafka
2 37 (9.74%) Pandas
3 34 (8.95%) .NET
4 33 (8.68%) React
5 32 (8.42%) NumPy
5 32 (8.42%) SciPy
6 22 (5.79%) AngularJS
7 20 (5.26%) gRPC
7 20 (5.26%) Protocol Buffers
8 17 (4.47%) FIX Protocol
8 17 (4.47%) Spring
9 15 (3.95%) JMS
10 14 (3.68%) FastAPI
11 12 (3.16%) Flask
11 12 (3.16%) HTML
11 12 (3.16%) Polars
11 12 (3.16%) Vue
12 11 (2.89%) CSS
13 10 (2.63%) XML
14 9 (2.37%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 96 (25.26%) Derivative
2 62 (16.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 55 (14.47%) Equities
4 49 (12.89%) Hedge funds
5 46 (12.11%) Fixed Income
6 28 (7.37%) Market Risk
7 27 (7.11%) Management Information System
8 20 (5.26%) Pricing Data
9 18 (4.74%) Onboarding
10 16 (4.21%) Data Structures
11 15 (3.95%) Cloud Native
12 13 (3.42%) Product Ownership
13 11 (2.89%) Credit Risk
14 10 (2.63%) AI Agents
14 10 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
15 9 (2.37%) Distributed Computing
15 9 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
16 7 (1.84%) Data Protection Act
17 6 (1.58%) TWAP
17 6 (1.58%) VWAP
Operating Systems
1 39 (10.26%) Linux
2 14 (3.68%) Windows
3 9 (2.37%) Unix
4 5 (1.32%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.05%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.53%) AIX
7 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (26.32%) Agile
2 78 (20.53%) Problem-Solving
3 56 (14.74%) Software Engineering
4 50 (13.16%) Analytics
5 49 (12.89%) CI/CD
5 49 (12.89%) DevOps
6 47 (12.37%) Stakeholder Management
7 39 (10.26%) Risk Management
8 37 (9.74%) AI
9 35 (9.21%) Asset Management
10 33 (8.68%) Multithreading
11 31 (8.16%) Business Analysis
12 30 (7.89%) Project Management
12 30 (7.89%) TDD
13 29 (7.63%) Mathematics
14 28 (7.37%) Computer Science
14 28 (7.37%) Data Analysis
14 28 (7.37%) Data Modelling
14 28 (7.37%) SDLC
14 28 (7.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 120 (31.58%) Python
2 118 (31.05%) Java
3 113 (29.74%) SQL
4 64 (16.84%) C#
5 46 (12.11%) JavaScript
6 36 (9.47%) TypeScript
7 25 (6.58%) C++
8 17 (4.47%) PowerShell
9 14 (3.68%) Shell Script
10 12 (3.16%) Rust
11 7 (1.84%) Scala
12 6 (1.58%) VB.NET
13 5 (1.32%) Go
14 4 (1.05%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.79%) Bash
15 3 (0.79%) Bicep
15 3 (0.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.79%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.79%) VBA
16 2 (0.53%) Korn
Qualifications
1 46 (12.11%) Degree
2 18 (4.74%) Computer Science Degree
2 18 (4.74%) Master's Degree
3 8 (2.11%) PMP
4 7 (1.84%) CFA
5 6 (1.58%) Azure Certification
5 6 (1.58%) PhD
5 6 (1.58%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.53%) IIBA
6 2 (0.53%) Numerate Degree
6 2 (0.53%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.26%) CCA
7 1 (0.26%) CISSP
7 1 (0.26%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.26%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.26%) MCP
7 1 (0.26%) MCSA
7 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.26%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.32%) QA
2 14 (3.68%) MiFID
3 11 (2.89%) EMIR
4 10 (2.63%) Data Quality
5 8 (2.11%) PMO
6 6 (1.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (1.05%) GDPR
7 4 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (1.05%) SLA
8 2 (0.53%) Dodd-Frank
8 2 (0.53%) GRC
8 2 (0.53%) NIST
8 2 (0.53%) SEPA
8 2 (0.53%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.53%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.26%) COBIT
9 1 (0.26%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.26%) FINRA
9 1 (0.26%) IFRS
System Software
1 27 (7.11%) Docker
2 4 (1.05%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.26%) Firmware
3 1 (0.26%) GridGain
3 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 30 (7.89%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.37%) Terraform
3 4 (1.05%) Ansible
3 4 (1.05%) SCCM
4 3 (0.79%) ITRS Geneos
4 3 (0.79%) Thomson Reuters DACS
5 2 (0.53%) Grafana
5 2 (0.53%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.53%) WSUS
5 2 (0.53%) ZABBIX
6 1 (0.26%) HP SiteScope
6 1 (0.26%) Kibana
6 1 (0.26%) logstash
6 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle Identity Management
6 1 (0.26%) Puppet
6 1 (0.26%) SCOM
6 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.26%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 37 (9.74%) Microsoft
2 19 (5.00%) Oracle
3 16 (4.21%) Bloomberg
4 12 (3.16%) Sybase
5 10 (2.63%) Databricks
6 8 (2.11%) ION Trading
7 6 (1.58%) Murex
7 6 (1.58%) Splunk
8 5 (1.32%) OpenAI
8 5 (1.32%) Refinitiv
8 5 (1.32%) Reuters
8 5 (1.32%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.32%) SAP
8 5 (1.32%) Solace
8 5 (1.32%) UiPath
9 4 (1.05%) Alteryx
9 4 (1.05%) Atlassian
9 4 (1.05%) Charles River
9 4 (1.05%) Citrix
9 4 (1.05%) Google