Investment Management Contracts in London

Investment Management
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Investment Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Investment Management over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 99 95 201
Rank change year-on-year -4 +106 -40
Contract jobs citing Investment Management 354 429 344
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.83% 2.46% 1.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.07% 2.77% 1.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 327 399 298
10th Percentile £538 £538 £462
25th Percentile £619 £588 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £725 £675
Median % change year-on-year - +7.41% +12.50%
75th Percentile £850 £850 £750
90th Percentile £938 £875 £829
England median daily rate £725 £717 £675
% change year-on-year +1.08% +6.26% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £40.00 -
England median hourly rate - £40.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year - +66.67% -42.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Investment Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,535 15,477 23,531
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.19% 88.65% 90.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,808 11,095 16,979
10th Percentile £350 £343 £375
25th Percentile £435 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £593
Median % change year-on-year - -7.17% +3.04%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £700
90th Percentile £807 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 175 307 269
10th Percentile £16.10 £15.77 £18.40
25th Percentile £22.83 £20.00 £22.49
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.84 £37.34
Median % change year-on-year +22.13% -25.44% -0.43%
75th Percentile £50.75 £48.75 £64.25
90th Percentile £63.75 £66.85 £82.30
England median hourly rate £28.75 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -21.23% +1.39% +44.00%

Investment Management
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Investment Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Investment Management in London

Investment Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Investment Management in London.

Daily rate trend for Investment Management in London

Investment Management
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Investment Management in London over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Investment Management in London

Investment Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Investment Management in London.

Hourly rate trend for Investment Management in London

Investment Management
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 Management within the London region over the 6 months to 17 May 2025. 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 +11 16 £525 -27.59% 11
South London - 8 £750 -
Investment Management
England

Investment Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 52 (14.69%) Apache Airflow
2 24 (6.78%) Apache
3 4 (1.13%) Confluence
4 2 (0.56%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.28%) MQSeries
Applications
1 11 (3.11%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.85%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 61 (17.23%) Aladdin
2 18 (5.08%) thinkFolio
3 2 (0.56%) SimCorp Dimension
4 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 110 (31.07%) AWS
2 90 (25.42%) GCP
3 53 (14.97%) dbt
4 49 (13.84%) Azure
5 27 (7.63%) Snowflake
6 8 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (1.98%) Dagster
7 7 (1.98%) Power Platform
8 5 (1.41%) Asana
8 5 (1.41%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (1.41%) Figma
8 5 (1.41%) SaaS
8 5 (1.41%) Slack
9 2 (0.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 2 (0.56%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.56%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.28%) Collibra
10 1 (0.28%) GitHub
10 1 (0.28%) Lucidchart
10 1 (0.28%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.69%) VPN
2 4 (1.13%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (0.56%) Firewall
3 2 (0.56%) LAN
3 2 (0.56%) WAN
3 2 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.28%) DHCP
4 1 (0.28%) DNS
4 1 (0.28%) Network Security
4 1 (0.28%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (31.36%) Data Lake
2 52 (14.69%) Amazon Athena
2 52 (14.69%) Apache Iceberg
2 52 (14.69%) Dremio
2 52 (14.69%) PostgreSQL
3 45 (12.71%) Apache Arrow
4 24 (6.78%) Apache Ignite
5 7 (1.98%) SQL Server
6 4 (1.13%) Power BI
7 3 (0.85%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.85%) Snowflake Schema
8 2 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.56%) Impala
8 2 (0.56%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.56%) Redis
8 2 (0.56%) Star Schema
8 2 (0.56%) Tableau
9 1 (0.28%) Amazon QuickSight
9 1 (0.28%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.28%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 16 (4.52%) JIRA
2 4 (1.13%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.56%) Artifactory
3 2 (0.56%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.56%) Git
3 2 (0.56%) SonarQube
3 2 (0.56%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.28%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 303 (85.59%) Finance
2 256 (72.32%) Front Office
3 71 (20.06%) Banking
4 27 (7.63%) Social Skills
5 22 (6.21%) Investment Banking
6 15 (4.24%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (3.95%) Back Office
8 9 (2.54%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.13%) Law
10 2 (0.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.28%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.28%) Private Banking
11 1 (0.28%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 110 (31.07%) Developer
2 102 (28.81%) Software Engineer
3 93 (26.27%) Analyst
4 85 (24.01%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 75 (21.19%) Business Analyst
6 57 (16.10%) Business Manager
7 46 (12.99%) Python Engineer
8 45 (12.71%) AWS Engineer
8 45 (12.71%) AWS Software Engineer
9 40 (11.30%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
10 39 (11.02%) Python Software Engineer
10 39 (11.02%) React Developer
11 37 (10.45%) Head of Finance
12 31 (8.76%) Python Developer
13 29 (8.19%) AWS Developer
14 28 (7.91%) Lead
15 25 (7.06%) Senior
16 24 (6.78%) Java Engineer
16 24 (6.78%) Java Software Engineer
17 20 (5.65%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (25.71%) React
2 62 (17.51%) Redux
3 60 (16.95%) Node.js
4 55 (15.54%) NumPy
4 55 (15.54%) Pandas
5 52 (14.69%) SciPy
6 48 (13.56%) AngularJS
7 47 (13.28%) Vue
8 24 (6.78%) gRPC
8 24 (6.78%) Protocol Buffers
9 9 (2.54%) .NET
9 9 (2.54%) PySpark
10 5 (1.41%) OpenFin
11 2 (0.56%) FastAPI
11 2 (0.56%) FIX Protocol
11 2 (0.56%) Kafka
11 2 (0.56%) Middleware
11 2 (0.56%) pytest
11 2 (0.56%) RESTful
11 2 (0.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 244 (68.93%) Fixed Income
2 181 (51.13%) Hedge funds
3 158 (44.63%) Derivative
4 150 (42.37%) Equities
5 143 (40.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 40 (11.30%) Product Ownership
7 30 (8.47%) Onboarding
8 16 (4.52%) Pricing Data
9 7 (1.98%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.41%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.13%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.13%) Video Conferencing
12 3 (0.85%) Clustering
12 3 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (0.85%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 2 (0.56%) Algorithms
13 2 (0.56%) Linux Command Line
14 1 (0.28%) iPhone
14 1 (0.28%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.54%) Apple iOS
2 6 (1.69%) Linux
2 6 (1.69%) Windows
3 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 265 (74.86%) Agile
2 192 (54.24%) Asset Management
3 109 (30.79%) Software Engineering
4 97 (27.40%) Migration
5 95 (26.84%) Roadmaps
6 93 (26.27%) Data Governance
7 87 (24.58%) Regulatory Compliance
8 86 (24.29%) Fintech
9 68 (19.21%) Data Management
10 66 (18.64%) Analytics
11 59 (16.67%) Portfolio Management
12 50 (14.12%) Business Intelligence
13 49 (13.84%) Business Analysis
14 48 (13.56%) Performance Attribution
15 41 (11.58%) User Experience
16 38 (10.73%) Order Management
17 31 (8.76%) Risk Management
18 26 (7.34%) User Acceptance Testing
19 24 (6.78%) Data Mapping
20 23 (6.50%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 155 (43.79%) Python
2 105 (29.66%) TypeScript
3 104 (29.38%) JavaScript
4 68 (19.21%) SQL
5 35 (9.89%) Java
6 9 (2.54%) C#
7 3 (0.85%) C
7 3 (0.85%) C++
7 3 (0.85%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.56%) Bash
9 1 (0.28%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.28%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.28%) RPG
Qualifications
1 19 (5.37%) Degree
2 3 (0.85%) CFA
2 3 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (0.85%) PMI Certification
2 3 (0.85%) PMP
3 2 (0.56%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (0.28%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.28%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (8.19%) MiFID
2 5 (1.41%) PMO
3 4 (1.13%) EMIR
4 1 (0.28%) QA
4 1 (0.28%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (1.41%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.85%) Docker
3 1 (0.28%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (1.41%) Ansible
2 3 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.56%) HP ALM
3 2 (0.56%) Terraform
4 1 (0.28%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.28%) Plesk
4 1 (0.28%) SCCM
Vendors
1 43 (12.15%) BISAM
2 29 (8.19%) Charles River
3 20 (5.65%) SimCorp
4 18 (5.08%) Calypso
5 15 (4.24%) Microsoft
6 6 (1.69%) Palo Alto
7 5 (1.41%) Bloomberg
7 5 (1.41%) Zscaler
8 3 (0.85%) eFront
8 3 (0.85%) HP
8 3 (0.85%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.56%) Cisco
9 2 (0.56%) FactSet
9 2 (0.56%) Informatica
9 2 (0.56%) Refinitiv
9 2 (0.56%) Reuters
9 2 (0.56%) UiPath
10 1 (0.28%) Apple
10 1 (0.28%) IBM
10 1 (0.28%) Oracle