Investment Banking Jobs in Central London

Investment Banking
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Investment Banking in permanent job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Investment Banking over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 155 157
Rank change year-on-year +29 +2 +22
Permanent jobs citing Investment Banking 39 42 90
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 1.54% 1.11% 1.70%
As % of the General category 2.14% 1.79% 2.59%
Number of salaries quoted 37 37 70
10th Percentile £76,250 £55,250 £57,500
25th Percentile £81,250 £67,500 £74,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £112,500 £100,000 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -9.09% +37.50%
75th Percentile £127,500 £145,000 £130,563
90th Percentile £155,500 £155,250 £140,375
London median annual salary £115,000 £120,000 £115,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +39.39%

All General Skills
Central London

Investment Banking falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring common skills in Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,820 2,352 3,471
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 71.65% 62.17% 65.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,167 1,821 2,807
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,397 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £110,000 £115,000
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £74,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -5.41% +5.71%

Investment Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Investment Banking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Investment Banking in Central London

Investment Banking
Salary Trend in Central London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Investment Banking in Central London.

Salary trend for Investment Banking in Central London

Investment Banking
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Investment Banking in Central London over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Investment Banking in Central London

Investment Banking
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Investment Banking within the Central London region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +32 36 £112,500 +12.50% 22
Investment Banking
London

Investment Banking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Applications
1 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (15.38%) Orchestrade
2 3 (7.69%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 15 (38.46%) AWS
2 5 (12.82%) Amazon S3
2 5 (12.82%) AWS Step Functions
2 5 (12.82%) Serverless
3 4 (10.26%) Amazon ECS
3 4 (10.26%) Amazon EKS
4 3 (7.69%) Amazon Kinesis
4 3 (7.69%) AWS Lambda
4 3 (7.69%) Azure
4 3 (7.69%) GitHub
5 2 (5.13%) PaaS
6 1 (2.56%) Adobe Analytics
6 1 (2.56%) GCP
6 1 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.56%) Power Automate
6 1 (2.56%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.56%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.69%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (15.38%) Relational Database
2 5 (12.82%) RDBMS
3 2 (5.13%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (5.13%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (2.56%) Big Data
4 1 (2.56%) Hadoop
4 1 (2.56%) SQL Server
4 1 (2.56%) Tableau
4 1 (2.56%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 3 (7.69%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 3 (7.69%) Cypress.io
1 3 (7.69%) Selenium
General
1 39 (100.00%) Banking
2 22 (56.41%) Finance
3 11 (28.21%) Front Office
4 6 (15.38%) Social Skills
5 3 (7.69%) French Language
6 1 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.56%) Back Office
6 1 (2.56%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.56%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 21 (53.85%) Developer
2 9 (23.08%) Senior
2 9 (23.08%) Senior Developer
3 8 (20.51%) AWS Developer
3 8 (20.51%) C# Developer
4 7 (17.95%) Python Developer
5 6 (15.38%) Lead
6 5 (12.82%) React Developer
7 4 (10.26%) Java Developer
7 4 (10.26%) Lead DevOps
7 4 (10.26%) Senior Java Developer
7 4 (10.26%) Technical Leader
8 3 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (7.69%) JavaScript Developer
8 3 (7.69%) Node.js Developer
8 3 (7.69%) Senior JavaScript Developer
8 3 (7.69%) Senior Python Developer
8 3 (7.69%) Senior React Developer
8 3 (7.69%) Senior UI Developer
8 3 (7.69%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (20.51%) FIX Protocol
1 8 (20.51%) Web Services
2 6 (15.38%) Flask
2 6 (15.38%) React
3 5 (12.82%) Django
3 5 (12.82%) Middleware
4 4 (10.26%) AWS CDK
5 3 (7.69%) GraphQL
5 3 (7.69%) Node.js
6 2 (5.13%) FastAPI
7 1 (2.56%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 10 (25.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 8 (20.51%) Cloud Native
3 4 (10.26%) Derivative
4 3 (7.69%) Fixed Income
5 2 (5.13%) Equities
5 2 (5.13%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.26%) Linux
2 3 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (35.90%) Agile
2 13 (33.33%) Investment Management
3 9 (23.08%) Analytics
3 9 (23.08%) DevOps
4 8 (20.51%) CI/CD
4 8 (20.51%) Data Science
4 8 (20.51%) Mentoring
4 8 (20.51%) Microservices
5 6 (15.38%) Infrastructure as Code
5 6 (15.38%) Portfolio Management
6 5 (12.82%) Technical Leadership
7 4 (10.26%) API Development
7 4 (10.26%) Data Engineering
7 4 (10.26%) MLOps
7 4 (10.26%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (10.26%) Project Delivery
8 3 (7.69%) API Integration
8 3 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
8 3 (7.69%) Fintech
8 3 (7.69%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (51.28%) Python
2 14 (35.90%) Java
3 10 (25.64%) SQL
4 9 (23.08%) C++
5 8 (20.51%) C#
6 5 (12.82%) JavaScript
6 5 (12.82%) TypeScript
7 4 (10.26%) Bash
8 2 (5.13%) Go
8 2 (5.13%) Rust
9 1 (2.56%) Scala
Qualifications
1 10 (25.64%) Degree
2 4 (10.26%) AWS Certification
3 2 (5.13%) ISTQB
4 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.26%) QA
2 2 (5.13%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (10.26%) Docker
2 3 (7.69%) Hyper-V
2 3 (7.69%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (7.69%) VMware ESXi
2 3 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (10.26%) Ansible
1 4 (10.26%) Kubernetes
1 4 (10.26%) Terraform
2 3 (7.69%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (10.26%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.69%) Arista
2 3 (7.69%) Barracuda Networks
2 3 (7.69%) Cisco
2 3 (7.69%) Palo Alto
2 3 (7.69%) SimCorp
2 3 (7.69%) VMware
3 2 (5.13%) Databricks
4 1 (2.56%) Adobe
4 1 (2.56%) Alteryx
4 1 (2.56%) Murex