Investment Banking Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Investment Banking
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Investment Banking in contract job vacancies in Northern Ireland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Investment Banking over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 20 17
Rank change year-on-year -4 -3 +10
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 10 10 11
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 4.27% 6.06% 6.83%
As % of the General category 7.63% 7.81% 9.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 10 8
10th Percentile £398 £147 £313
25th Percentile £525 £153 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £240 £563
Median % change year-on-year +129.17% -57.33% +32.35%
75th Percentile £875 £575 £638
90th Percentile - £626 -
UK median daily rate £625 £675 £700
% change year-on-year -7.41% -3.57% -3.45%

All General Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 131 128 112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 55.98% 77.58% 69.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 59 68
10th Percentile £165 £145 £207
25th Percentile £313 £184 £276
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £325 £435
Median % change year-on-year +46.15% -25.29% -3.33%
75th Percentile £581 £538 £573
90th Percentile £640 £605 £647
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 19 13
10th Percentile £12.31 £15.48 £11.31
25th Percentile £13.57 £22.50 £13.23
Median hourly rate £17.00 £24.18 £16.12
Median % change year-on-year -29.69% +50.00% +4.00%
75th Percentile £25.00 £32.94 £18.00
90th Percentile £27.57 £78.47 £22.58
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £27.35 £30.24
% change year-on-year -15.90% -9.55% +20.95%

Investment Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Investment Banking relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Investment Banking job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Investment Banking
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Investment Banking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Investment Banking

Investment Banking
Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Investment Banking in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Investment Banking in Northern Ireland

Investment Banking
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 14 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
County Antrim -1 10 £550 +129.17%
Investment Banking
UK

Investment Banking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) KDB
1 2 (20.00%) Kdb+
General
1 10 (100.00%) Banking
2 9 (90.00%) Finance
2 9 (90.00%) Social Skills
3 7 (70.00%) Financial Institution
4 4 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (10.00%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) Analyst
2 5 (50.00%) IT Analyst
2 5 (50.00%) IT Support
2 5 (50.00%) IT Support Analyst
2 5 (50.00%) Support Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Business Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Developer
3 2 (20.00%) KDB Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Project Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Project Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Banking Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Business Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Business Project Manager
4 1 (10.00%) MiFID Business Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) MiFID Project Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Risk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Blackberry
1 5 (50.00%) BYOD
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (40.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (20.00%) People Management
3 2 (20.00%) SDLC
4 1 (10.00%) Product Governance
4 1 (10.00%) Project Management
4 1 (10.00%) Regulatory Change
4 1 (10.00%) Risk Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) MiFID
1 1 (10.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Active Directory