Investment Banking Contracts in the West Midlands

Investment Banking
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Investment Banking in contract job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Investment Banking over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 111 135
Rank change year-on-year +20 +24 +36
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 6 1 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.45% 0.051% 0.21%
As % of the General category 0.71% 0.091% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 - -
75th Percentile £660 - -
90th Percentile £678 - -
England median daily rate £750 £725 £700
% change year-on-year +3.45% +3.57% -

All General Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 843 1,100 1,386
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 62.63% 56.38% 58.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 551 758 972
10th Percentile £185 £263 £228
25th Percentile £350 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £513 £510
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% +0.49% +7.37%
75th Percentile £578 £625 £600
90th Percentile £675 £750 £698
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 112 42
10th Percentile £13.98 £11.07 £11.10
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.90 £12.50
Median hourly rate £18.07 £19.30 £17.85
Median % change year-on-year -6.37% +8.10% +5.00%
75th Percentile £28.18 £39.04 £26.82
90th Percentile £34.24 £56.25 £56.63
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% -11.76% +58.14%

Investment Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Investment Banking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Investment Banking in the West Midlands

Investment Banking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Investment Banking in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Investment Banking in the West Midlands

Investment Banking
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 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
Birmingham +17 6 £565 - 11
Investment Banking
England

Investment Banking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) AWS
1 3 (50.00%) Snowflake
General
1 6 (100.00%) Banking
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (33.33%) International Banking
2 2 (33.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Data Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Onboarding
2 2 (33.33%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Business Strategy
1 2 (33.33%) Credit Risk Management
1 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
1 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (16.67%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) SQL
2 3 (50.00%) Java
3 1 (16.67%) Python
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Databricks
1 4 (66.67%) Virgin Media