Investment Banking Contracts 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 18 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 25 26
Rank change year-on-year +7 +1 +5
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 23 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 9.54% 0.67% 0.59%
As % of the General category 14.02% 1.12% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 1 1
10th Percentile £316 - -
25th Percentile £400 - £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £150 £500
Median % change year-on-year +213.33% -70.00% +132.56%
75th Percentile £547 - £510
90th Percentile £589 - -
UK median daily rate £725 £750 £683
% change year-on-year -3.33% +9.89% -5.86%

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 common skills in Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 164 89 115
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 68.05% 59.33% 67.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 39 58
10th Percentile £230 £147 £158
25th Percentile £313 £169 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £338 £400
Median % change year-on-year +39.26% -15.63% -15.79%
75th Percentile £563 £503 £508
90th Percentile £614 £602 £575
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 24 9
10th Percentile £12.31 £13.22 £11.08
25th Percentile £13.36 £15.48 £13.23
Median hourly rate £15.05 £19.02 £13.46
Median % change year-on-year -20.87% +41.31% +22.53%
75th Percentile £15.88 £24.18 £13.91
90th Percentile £26.65 £29.57 £14.73
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £27.50
% change year-on-year -34.02% +38.62% +14.35%

Investment Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing Investment Banking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for Investment Banking in Northern Ireland

Investment Banking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Investment Banking in Northern Ireland.

Daily rate trend for Investment Banking in Northern Ireland

Investment Banking
Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Investment Banking in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 18 August 2025.

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 18 August 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
County Antrim +10 23 £470 +213.33% 14
Investment Banking
UK

Investment Banking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 2 (8.70%) Apache Spark
1 2 (8.70%) GemFire
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.70%) OpenShift
2 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.70%) DHCP
1 2 (8.70%) DNS
1 2 (8.70%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.04%) Relational Database
2 2 (8.70%) Apache Ignite
2 2 (8.70%) MySQL
2 2 (8.70%) SQL Server
3 1 (4.35%) Power BI
3 1 (4.35%) Tableau
General
1 23 (100.00%) Banking
2 18 (78.26%) Finance
3 7 (30.43%) Financial Institution
3 7 (30.43%) Social Skills
4 4 (17.39%) Front Office
5 2 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (56.52%) Analyst
2 8 (34.78%) Support Analyst
3 7 (30.43%) IT Analyst
3 7 (30.43%) IT Support
3 7 (30.43%) IT Support Analyst
4 4 (17.39%) Java Engineer
4 4 (17.39%) Java Software Engineer
4 4 (17.39%) Software Engineer
5 3 (13.04%) Data Analyst
6 2 (8.70%) Banking Analyst
6 2 (8.70%) Banking Project Manager
6 2 (8.70%) Business Data Analyst
6 2 (8.70%) Developer
6 2 (8.70%) Java Developer
6 2 (8.70%) Project Manager
7 1 (4.35%) Applications Manager
7 1 (4.35%) Applications Project Manager
7 1 (4.35%) Help Desk Analyst
7 1 (4.35%) IT Project Manager
7 1 (4.35%) Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (17.39%) Spring
1 4 (17.39%) Spring Boot
2 2 (8.70%) Hibernate
2 2 (8.70%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 8 (34.78%) Blackberry
2 6 (26.09%) BYOD
3 2 (8.70%) Algorithms
3 2 (8.70%) Data Structures
3 2 (8.70%) Market Risk
4 1 (4.35%) Derivative
4 1 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (4.35%) Equities
4 1 (4.35%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.70%) Android
1 2 (8.70%) Windows
1 2 (8.70%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (17.39%) Artificial Intelligence
1 4 (17.39%) DevOps
1 4 (17.39%) Microservices
1 4 (17.39%) Software Engineering
2 3 (13.04%) Project Delivery
3 2 (8.70%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (8.70%) Critical Thinking
3 2 (8.70%) Incident Management
3 2 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (8.70%) Project Management
3 2 (8.70%) Regulatory Change
3 2 (8.70%) Risk Analysis
4 1 (4.35%) Agile
4 1 (4.35%) Change Management
4 1 (4.35%) Data Analysis
4 1 (4.35%) IT Governance
4 1 (4.35%) Regression Testing
4 1 (4.35%) Risk Management
4 1 (4.35%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (4.35%) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 8 (34.78%) SQL
2 7 (30.43%) Java
3 2 (8.70%) Python
4 1 (4.35%) C#
Qualifications
1 8 (34.78%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) PMO
2 1 (4.35%) Basel III
2 1 (4.35%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.35%) MiFID
System Software
1 2 (8.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (8.70%) AirWatch
1 2 (8.70%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (8.70%) Apple
1 2 (8.70%) Oracle
1 2 (8.70%) VMware