Investment Management Contracts

Investment Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 8 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 269 194 318
Rank change year-on-year -75 +124 -64
Contract jobs citing Investment Management 321 488 391
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.97% 1.25% 0.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.08% 1.46% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 279 440 350
10th Percentile £449 £511 £463
25th Percentile £550 £625 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £725 £650
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +11.54% -
75th Percentile £838 £850 £750
90th Percentile £875 - £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £44.04 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £44.04 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 29,796 33,316 47,173
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.45% 85.54% 89.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,622 21,342 32,327
10th Percentile £300 £310 £320
25th Percentile £404 £413 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £548
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.11% -0.45%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £726 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,663 1,858 1,529
10th Percentile £14.14 £14.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £18.20 £18.70
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.41 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.77% -4.91% +61.35%
75th Percentile £49.88 £64.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £74.46 £77.09
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.00 £41.25 £38.35
% change year-on-year -44.24% +7.56% +78.37%

Investment Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Investment Management in the UK

Investment Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Investment Management in the UK

Investment Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Investment Management over the 6 months to 8 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Investment Management in the UK

Investment Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Investment Management in the UK

Investment Management
Top 11 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 8 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
England -68 304 £750 +3.45% 241
London -44 289 £750 +3.45% 219
Work from Home +8 239 £750 -6.25% 56
UK excluding London +25 20 £525 -4.55% 41
Scotland +7 12 £538 +19.44% 6
East of England - 3 £400 - 1
South East +19 2 £450 - 16
North of England -9 1 £325 -50.00% 9
South West - 1 - - 1
Yorkshire - 1 £325 - 2
Northern Ireland - 1 £475 -

Investment Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 79 (24.61%) Apache Airflow
2 42 (13.08%) Apache
3 4 (1.25%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.93%) Confluence
5 2 (0.62%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.31%) Appian
6 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.31%) MQSeries
Applications
1 12 (3.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.93%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 50 (15.58%) Aladdin
2 19 (5.92%) thinkFolio
3 2 (0.62%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.31%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.31%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 155 (48.29%) AWS
2 93 (28.97%) GCP
3 79 (24.61%) dbt
4 52 (16.20%) Snowflake
5 47 (14.64%) Azure
6 14 (4.36%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (1.87%) Azure Service Bus
7 6 (1.87%) Power Platform
8 5 (1.56%) Figma
8 5 (1.56%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (0.93%) Apigee
10 2 (0.62%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (0.62%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.62%) Dagster
10 2 (0.62%) GitHub
10 2 (0.62%) IBM Blueworks
10 2 (0.62%) SaaS
11 1 (0.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.31%) Collibra
11 1 (0.31%) Unqork
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.56%) DNS
2 4 (1.25%) DHCP
2 4 (1.25%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.93%) HTTP
3 3 (0.93%) SSL
4 2 (0.62%) VPN
5 1 (0.31%) Firewall
5 1 (0.31%) LAN
5 1 (0.31%) WAN
5 1 (0.31%) WebEx
5 1 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (24.61%) Amazon Athena
1 79 (24.61%) Apache Iceberg
1 79 (24.61%) Dremio
2 77 (23.99%) Apache Arrow
3 67 (20.87%) PostgreSQL
4 49 (15.26%) Data Lake
5 42 (13.08%) Apache Ignite
6 6 (1.87%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (1.87%) NoSQL
7 5 (1.56%) Power BI
8 4 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.93%) Snowflake Schema
10 2 (0.62%) Big Data
10 2 (0.62%) MSDE
10 2 (0.62%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.62%) SQL Server
10 2 (0.62%) Star Schema
11 1 (0.31%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.31%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.31%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (3.74%) JIRA
2 5 (1.56%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.93%) Git
4 2 (0.62%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.62%) IntelliJ
4 2 (0.62%) PyCharm
4 2 (0.62%) SonarQube
4 2 (0.62%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.62%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.31%) JUnit
General
1 262 (81.62%) Finance
2 204 (63.55%) Front Office
3 103 (32.09%) Banking
4 60 (18.69%) Investment Banking
5 46 (14.33%) Social Skills
6 19 (5.92%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (4.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (4.05%) Back Office
9 4 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.62%) Law
11 2 (0.62%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.31%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.31%) Legal
12 1 (0.31%) Local Government
12 1 (0.31%) Marketing
12 1 (0.31%) Military
12 1 (0.31%) Publishing
12 1 (0.31%) Retail
Job Titles
1 146 (45.48%) Software Engineer
2 141 (43.93%) Developer
3 103 (32.09%) Developer/Software Engineer
4 83 (25.86%) Analyst
5 77 (23.99%) AWS Engineer
5 77 (23.99%) AWS Software Engineer
6 68 (21.18%) Python Engineer
7 65 (20.25%) Python Software Engineer
8 62 (19.31%) Senior
9 58 (18.07%) Business Analyst
9 58 (18.07%) Java Engineer
9 58 (18.07%) Java Software Engineer
10 42 (13.08%) Senior Java Engineer
10 42 (13.08%) Senior Java Software Engineer
10 42 (13.08%) Senior Software Engineer
11 41 (12.77%) React Developer
12 39 (12.15%) Business Manager
13 35 (10.90%) AWS Developer
13 35 (10.90%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
14 31 (9.66%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 111 (34.58%) React
2 81 (25.23%) NumPy
2 81 (25.23%) Pandas
3 79 (24.61%) Node.js
3 79 (24.61%) SciPy
4 68 (21.18%) Redux
5 59 (18.38%) AngularJS
6 54 (16.82%) Vue
7 42 (13.08%) gRPC
7 42 (13.08%) Protocol Buffers
8 16 (4.98%) .NET
9 14 (4.36%) SOAP
10 13 (4.05%) Kafka
11 12 (3.74%) GraphQL
12 10 (3.12%) REST
13 6 (1.87%) .NET Core
14 5 (1.56%) Dapper ORM
14 5 (1.56%) Entity Framework
14 5 (1.56%) OpenFin
14 5 (1.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 189 (58.88%) Fixed Income
2 107 (33.33%) Equities
3 103 (32.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 103 (32.09%) Hedge funds
4 78 (24.30%) Derivative
5 42 (13.08%) Pricing Data
6 29 (9.03%) Onboarding
7 16 (4.98%) Greenfield Project
8 12 (3.74%) Product Ownership
9 8 (2.49%) Data Structures
9 8 (2.49%) iPad
9 8 (2.49%) iPhone
10 6 (1.87%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (1.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 4 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (0.93%) Clustering
13 3 (0.93%) Management Information System
14 2 (0.62%) CMDB
14 2 (0.62%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 15 (4.67%) Linux
2 13 (4.05%) Windows
3 8 (2.49%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.93%) Unix
5 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 217 (67.60%) Agile
1 217 (67.60%) Asset Management
2 156 (48.60%) Software Engineering
3 89 (27.73%) Fintech
4 55 (17.13%) Portfolio Management
5 51 (15.89%) Order Management
6 48 (14.95%) Performance Attribution
7 45 (14.02%) Business Analysis
8 44 (13.71%) Analytics
9 40 (12.46%) Business Intelligence
10 38 (11.84%) Risk Management
11 37 (11.53%) User Experience
12 32 (9.97%) Full-Stack Development
13 30 (9.35%) TDD
13 30 (9.35%) Wealth Management
14 25 (7.79%) Data Mapping
15 21 (6.54%) Problem-Solving
16 20 (6.23%) Stakeholder Management
17 18 (5.61%) Data Modelling
17 18 (5.61%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 192 (59.81%) Python
2 156 (48.60%) JavaScript
3 150 (46.73%) TypeScript
4 87 (27.10%) Java
5 78 (24.30%) SQL
6 20 (6.23%) C#
7 12 (3.74%) Go
8 6 (1.87%) Shell Script
9 5 (1.56%) C
9 5 (1.56%) C++
10 3 (0.93%) Bash
10 3 (0.93%) Perl
11 2 (0.62%) R
12 1 (0.31%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.31%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.31%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.31%) RPG
12 1 (0.31%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (3.12%) Degree
2 7 (2.18%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (0.93%) Master's Degree
4 2 (0.62%) CFA
5 1 (0.31%) CBAP
5 1 (0.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (0.31%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.31%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.80%) MiFID
2 7 (2.18%) PMO
3 5 (1.56%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.62%) AIFMD
4 2 (0.62%) EMIR
4 2 (0.62%) GDPR
4 2 (0.62%) P3O
4 2 (0.62%) QA
4 2 (0.62%) UCITS
5 1 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.31%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (2.18%) Docker
2 1 (0.31%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.31%) Firmware
2 1 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (0.31%) Xen
Systems Management
1 9 (2.80%) Terraform
2 3 (0.93%) Ansible
2 3 (0.93%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.31%) Plesk
3 1 (0.31%) SCCM
3 1 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 32 (9.97%) BISAM
2 30 (9.35%) Charles River
3 19 (5.92%) Calypso
3 19 (5.92%) SimCorp
4 14 (4.36%) Microsoft
5 7 (2.18%) Oracle
6 5 (1.56%) Bloomberg
7 4 (1.25%) Murex
7 4 (1.25%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.93%) F5
8 3 (0.93%) Infoblox
8 3 (0.93%) Informatica
8 3 (0.93%) MuleSoft
9 2 (0.62%) Cisco
9 2 (0.62%) Databricks
9 2 (0.62%) Planview
9 2 (0.62%) Refinitiv
9 2 (0.62%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.62%) Workday
10 1 (0.31%) Netskope