Investment Banking Contract Job Trends 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 18 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 93 118
Rank change year-on-year -12 +25 +51
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 23 19 3
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 1.20% 1.01% 0.15%
As % of the General category 1.91% 1.78% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 14 3
10th Percentile - £425 £520
25th Percentile - £426 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £654 £600
Median % change year-on-year -23.52% +8.96% -
75th Percentile - £703 -
90th Percentile - £765 -
England median daily rate £700 £750 £700
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -6.67%

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 1,205 1,067 1,038
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 63.09% 56.85% 50.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 757 660 709
10th Percentile £243 £207 £227
25th Percentile £400 £363 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £501
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% -0.10% +0.10%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £638
90th Percentile £650 £725 £730
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 53 43
10th Percentile £15.04 £13.00 £14.22
25th Percentile £18.05 £15.25 £17.13
Median hourly rate £26.61 £23.82 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.69% +16.20% +20.59%
75th Percentile £38.91 £31.31 £31.63
90th Percentile £50.00 £47.75 £64.50
England median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -28.57% +16.67% +20.00%

Investment Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Investment Banking job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Investment Banking
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Investment Banking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Investment Banking

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 18 October 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 +1 23 £500 -23.52% 4
Investment Banking
England

Investment Banking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (17.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (17.39%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 21 (91.30%) DNS
2 17 (73.91%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
2 17 (73.91%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 15 (65.22%) DMZ
4 10 (43.48%) Network Security
5 7 (30.43%) BIG-IP
5 7 (30.43%) HTTP
5 7 (30.43%) SSL
5 7 (30.43%) TCP/IP
5 7 (30.43%) Wireshark
6 4 (17.39%) BGP
6 4 (17.39%) Cisco ISE
6 4 (17.39%) Cisco Wireless
6 4 (17.39%) DHCP
6 4 (17.39%) NX-OS
6 4 (17.39%) VXLAN
6 4 (17.39%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) MongoDB
1 1 (4.35%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (30.43%) Fiddler
2 1 (4.35%) JUnit
General
1 23 (100.00%) Banking
2 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (47.83%) Network Engineer
2 10 (43.48%) Operations Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Automation Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Cisco Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Python Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) RF Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Wireless Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Wireless Network Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Blue Coat Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) IP Network Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Junior
4 3 (13.04%) Junior Network Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Web Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Developer
5 2 (8.70%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) Kafka
2 1 (4.35%) Gherkin
2 1 (4.35%) Spring
2 1 (4.35%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 17 (73.91%) Management Information System
2 5 (21.74%) Onboarding
3 4 (17.39%) Data Centre
4 1 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (73.91%) Load Balancing
2 10 (43.48%) Business Strategy
2 10 (43.48%) Design Patterns
3 5 (21.74%) Migration
3 5 (21.74%) Network Segmentation
4 4 (17.39%) Project Delivery
4 4 (17.39%) User Experience
5 3 (13.04%) Data Loss Prevention
5 3 (13.04%) Malware Detection/Protection
6 2 (8.70%) Microservices
6 2 (8.70%) SDLC
7 1 (4.35%) TDD
7 1 (4.35%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 5 (21.74%) Python
2 4 (17.39%) Lisp
3 2 (8.70%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (17.39%) CCNP
1 4 (17.39%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 13 (56.52%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (13.04%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (21.74%) Ansible
2 4 (17.39%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 17 (73.91%) F5
2 13 (56.52%) VMware
3 7 (30.43%) Blue Coat
3 7 (30.43%) McAfee
3 7 (30.43%) NetApp
4 4 (17.39%) Cisco
4 4 (17.39%) Ekahau
4 4 (17.39%) Remedy
4 4 (17.39%) ServiceNow