Investment Banking Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Investment Banking
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Investment Banking in remote or hybrid contract work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Investment Banking over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 138 156
Rank change year-on-year +34 +18 +79
Contract jobs citing Investment Banking 245 240 421
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.47% 1.56% 1.63%
As % of the General category 3.97% 2.66% 2.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 199 291
10th Percentile £495 £500 £488
25th Percentile £675 £605 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £800 £715
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +11.89% +2.14%
75th Percentile £881 £888 £811
90th Percentile £888 £1,030 £975
UK median daily rate £725 £725 £700
% change year-on-year - +3.57% -

All General Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 6,176 9,033 15,091
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 62.35% 58.87% 58.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,155 5,908 10,633
10th Percentile £325 £331 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £800 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 182 477 347
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.03 £19.04
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.61 £29.31
Median hourly rate £32.05 £38.12 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.92% -23.76% +61.29%
75th Percentile £64.69 £53.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £85.93 £72.50 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% -14.29% +59.31%

Investment Banking
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Investment Banking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Investment Banking trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Investment Banking
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Investment Banking.

Investment Banking daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Investment Banking
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Investment Banking over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Investment Banking daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Investment Banking
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Investment Banking.

Investment Banking hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Investment Banking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 38 (15.51%) Apache
2 37 (15.10%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.22%) Jupyter
4 2 (0.82%) CMS
4 2 (0.82%) Headless CMS
4 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.41%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 10 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.41%) Fidessa
1 1 (0.41%) Murex MxG2000
1 1 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.41%) Oracle E-Business Tax
1 1 (0.41%) Oracle FAH
1 1 (0.41%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (0.41%) PeopleSoft Financials
1 1 (0.41%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 70 (28.57%) AWS
2 39 (15.92%) Snowflake
3 37 (15.10%) dbt
4 28 (11.43%) Azure
5 21 (8.57%) GCP
6 19 (7.76%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (7.35%) Amazon ECS
8 17 (6.94%) Amazon EC2
8 17 (6.94%) Amazon EKS
8 17 (6.94%) Dagster
9 11 (4.49%) GitHub
10 8 (3.27%) Cloud Computing
10 8 (3.27%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (2.04%) npm
11 5 (2.04%) OpenShift
11 5 (2.04%) Power Platform
11 5 (2.04%) Yarn
12 3 (1.22%) Amazon SQS
12 3 (1.22%) Kong
13 2 (0.82%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.49%) FIX Connectivity
2 1 (0.41%) BGP
2 1 (0.41%) Firewall
2 1 (0.41%) LAN
2 1 (0.41%) Network Security
2 1 (0.41%) OSPF
2 1 (0.41%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.41%) VPN
2 1 (0.41%) WAN
2 1 (0.41%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (15.10%) Amazon Athena
1 37 (15.10%) Apache Arrow
1 37 (15.10%) Apache Iceberg
1 37 (15.10%) Dremio
2 29 (11.84%) Apache Ignite
2 29 (11.84%) Data Lake
3 28 (11.43%) Relational Database
4 23 (9.39%) MongoDB
5 20 (8.16%) DB2
6 15 (6.12%) PostgreSQL
7 13 (5.31%) KDB
8 11 (4.49%) Kdb+
9 10 (4.08%) Redis
10 8 (3.27%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (2.04%) Power BI
12 4 (1.63%) Apache Cassandra
12 4 (1.63%) SQL Server
12 4 (1.63%) Tableau
13 3 (1.22%) Data Mining
13 3 (1.22%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 27 (11.02%) Jenkins
2 20 (8.16%) JUnit
3 11 (4.49%) Git
4 8 (3.27%) JIRA
5 6 (2.45%) Visual Studio
6 5 (2.04%) webpack
7 4 (1.63%) Bitbucket
8 3 (1.22%) Maven
8 3 (1.22%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.82%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.82%) PHPUnit
9 2 (0.82%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 245 (100.00%) Banking
2 134 (54.69%) Finance
3 81 (33.06%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (32.24%) Social Skills
5 67 (27.35%) Front Office
6 20 (8.16%) Organisational Skills
7 18 (7.35%) Corporate Banking
7 18 (7.35%) Retail
7 18 (7.35%) Retail Banking
8 3 (1.22%) Back Office
9 2 (0.82%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.82%) Legal
9 2 (0.82%) Marketing
9 2 (0.82%) Military
10 1 (0.41%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 136 (55.51%) Developer
2 61 (24.90%) Senior
3 57 (23.27%) Java Developer
4 52 (21.22%) Python Developer
5 41 (16.73%) AWS Engineer
6 38 (15.51%) Software Engineer
7 37 (15.10%) AWS Software Engineer
8 34 (13.88%) Senior Developer
9 33 (13.47%) Python Engineer
10 28 (11.43%) Java Engineer
11 27 (11.02%) Java Software Engineer
12 22 (8.98%) Linux Developer
12 22 (8.98%) Python Software Engineer
13 21 (8.57%) Analyst
13 21 (8.57%) Gen AI Developer
13 21 (8.57%) Investment Banking Java Developer
13 21 (8.57%) Senior Software Engineer
14 20 (8.16%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
15 19 (7.76%) SQL Developer
16 18 (7.35%) Senior Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (14.69%) Kafka
2 34 (13.88%) React
3 30 (12.24%) NumPy
3 30 (12.24%) Pandas
4 29 (11.84%) gRPC
4 29 (11.84%) Protocol Buffers
4 29 (11.84%) PySpark
4 29 (11.84%) SciPy
5 28 (11.43%) Spring
6 25 (10.20%) .NET
7 22 (8.98%) FastAPI
8 21 (8.57%) Django
9 20 (8.16%) JMS
10 13 (5.31%) FIX Protocol
11 10 (4.08%) ActiveMQ
12 8 (3.27%) Redux
13 7 (2.86%) AngularJS
13 7 (2.86%) CSS
13 7 (2.86%) RxJS
14 6 (2.45%) Play Framework
Miscellaneous
1 77 (31.43%) Equities
2 66 (26.94%) Derivative
3 52 (21.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 49 (20.00%) Fixed Income
5 41 (16.73%) Hedge funds
6 23 (9.39%) Data Structures
7 17 (6.94%) Management Information System
8 16 (6.53%) Enterprise Software
9 12 (4.90%) Market Risk
9 12 (4.90%) Pricing Data
10 11 (4.49%) Distributed Systems
11 9 (3.67%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (3.27%) Algorithms
13 6 (2.45%) Onboarding
13 6 (2.45%) Reference Data
14 5 (2.04%) Equity Derivative
14 5 (2.04%) Product Ownership
15 4 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
16 3 (1.22%) Credit Risk
16 3 (1.22%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 42 (17.14%) Linux
2 21 (8.57%) Windows
3 4 (1.63%) Unix
4 1 (0.41%) Android
4 1 (0.41%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.41%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (46.53%) Agile
2 71 (28.98%) SDLC
3 63 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
4 48 (19.59%) DevOps
5 43 (17.55%) Software Engineering
6 41 (16.73%) Asset Management
7 37 (15.10%) Artificial Intelligence
7 37 (15.10%) Machine Learning
8 35 (14.29%) CI/CD
9 30 (12.24%) Data Science
10 28 (11.43%) Generative AI
11 27 (11.02%) LLM
12 26 (10.61%) Performance Tuning
12 26 (10.61%) Risk Management
13 25 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
14 24 (9.80%) Multithreading
15 23 (9.39%) Database Tuning
15 23 (9.39%) Electronic Trading
15 23 (9.39%) Technical Analysis
16 21 (8.57%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 146 (59.59%) Python
2 136 (55.51%) Java
3 97 (39.59%) SQL
4 73 (29.80%) TypeScript
5 51 (20.82%) JavaScript
6 31 (12.65%) C#
7 20 (8.16%) Shell Script
8 14 (5.71%) C++
9 8 (3.27%) Perl
10 7 (2.86%) PowerShell
11 6 (2.45%) Scala
12 5 (2.04%) Bash
13 4 (1.63%) R
14 3 (1.22%) DAML
14 3 (1.22%) Jython
14 3 (1.22%) Ruby
15 2 (0.82%) PHP
15 2 (0.82%) T-SQL
16 1 (0.41%) C
16 1 (0.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 20 (8.16%) Degree
2 9 (3.67%) Numerate Degree
3 5 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (1.22%) Master's Degree
5 2 (0.82%) AWS Certification
5 2 (0.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 2 (0.82%) Azure Certification
5 2 (0.82%) CBAP
5 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (0.82%) PMI Certification
5 2 (0.82%) PMP
6 1 (0.41%) CCNP
6 1 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.41%) PhD
6 1 (0.41%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.86%) MiFID
2 6 (2.45%) EMIR
3 5 (2.04%) QA
4 4 (1.63%) Basel II
4 4 (1.63%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.82%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.82%) Dodd-Frank
5 2 (0.82%) PMO
5 2 (0.82%) SLA
6 1 (0.41%) Basel III
6 1 (0.41%) EU AI Act
6 1 (0.41%) GDPR
6 1 (0.41%) NIST
6 1 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 44 (17.96%) Docker
2 2 (0.82%) Veritas Cluster Server
3 1 (0.41%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 1 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 45 (18.37%) Kubernetes
2 29 (11.84%) Ansible
3 6 (2.45%) Terraform
4 4 (1.63%) Grafana
4 4 (1.63%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.22%) Control-M
5 3 (1.22%) Istio
5 3 (1.22%) Progress Chef
5 3 (1.22%) Puppet
5 3 (1.22%) Rundeck
6 1 (0.41%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.41%) SCCM
Vendors
1 21 (8.57%) Sybase
2 7 (2.86%) Databricks
2 7 (2.86%) Oracle
3 5 (2.04%) Atlassian
4 4 (1.63%) Red Hat
5 3 (1.22%) Microsoft
6 2 (0.82%) Bloomberg
6 2 (0.82%) Dell
6 2 (0.82%) HP
6 2 (0.82%) IBM
6 2 (0.82%) ION Trading
6 2 (0.82%) ServiceNow
6 2 (0.82%) Solace
6 2 (0.82%) Splunk
6 2 (0.82%) Sun
6 2 (0.82%) Veritas
6 2 (0.82%) VMware
7 1 (0.41%) GoldenSource
7 1 (0.41%) Google
7 1 (0.41%) Palo Alto