Investment Banking Jobs in the City of London

Investment Banking
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Investment Banking in permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Investment Banking over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 143 150 173
Rank change year-on-year +7 +23 -5
Permanent jobs citing Investment Banking 37 83 113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 1.11% 1.82% 1.53%
As % of the General category 1.80% 2.77% 2.41%
Number of salaries quoted 32 71 98
10th Percentile £47,750 £57,500 £56,250
25th Percentile £67,500 £83,750 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £97,500 £110,000 £81,250
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% +35.38% -1.52%
75th Percentile £145,000 £130,750 £110,000
90th Percentile £157,125 £143,750 £126,250
Central London median annual salary £97,500 £110,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year -11.36% +33.33% +3.13%

All General Skills
City of London

Investment Banking is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,055 3,001 4,687
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 61.56% 65.71% 63.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,602 2,437 3,634
10th Percentile £40,750 £42,366 £45,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £53,750 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £98,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £117,500 £110,000
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.45% - -

Investment Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Investment Banking in the City of London

Investment Banking
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Investment Banking in the City of London.

Salary trend for Investment Banking in the City of London

Investment Banking
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Investment Banking in the City of London over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Investment Banking in the City of London

Investment Banking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.70%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (2.70%) NuGet
2 1 (2.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) Firewall
1 1 (2.70%) HTTP
1 1 (2.70%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.41%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.70%) MongoDB
2 1 (2.70%) Power BI
2 1 (2.70%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 8 (21.62%) Git
2 6 (16.22%) Maven
3 2 (5.41%) TeamCity
4 1 (2.70%) Bitbucket
General
1 37 (100.00%) Banking
2 18 (48.65%) Front Office
3 9 (24.32%) Finance
4 8 (21.62%) Social Skills
5 4 (10.81%) Financial Institution
6 2 (5.41%) Advertising
7 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.70%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.70%) Retail
7 1 (2.70%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 13 (35.14%) Developer
2 8 (21.62%) Java Developer
3 7 (18.92%) Senior
4 6 (16.22%) Senior Developer
4 6 (16.22%) Senior Java Developer
5 5 (13.51%) Analyst
5 5 (13.51%) Java Engineer
5 5 (13.51%) Java Software Engineer
5 5 (13.51%) Software Engineer
6 4 (10.81%) Front Office Developer
6 4 (10.81%) React Developer
7 3 (8.11%) Lead
8 2 (5.41%) Architect
8 2 (5.41%) Technical Analyst
9 1 (2.70%) Business Analyst
9 1 (2.70%) Desktop Engineer
9 1 (2.70%) IT Support Analyst
9 1 (2.70%) Product Manager
9 1 (2.70%) SQL Developer
9 1 (2.70%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (21.62%) Spring
2 7 (18.92%) Spring Boot
3 5 (13.51%) React
4 1 (2.70%) .NET
4 1 (2.70%) .NET Core
4 1 (2.70%) FIX Protocol
4 1 (2.70%) JSON
4 1 (2.70%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.22%) Equities
1 6 (16.22%) Fixed Income
2 4 (10.81%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.70%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.70%) Derivative
3 1 (2.70%) Distributed Architecture
3 1 (2.70%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (2.70%) Equity Derivative
3 1 (2.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.70%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 9 (24.32%) Linux
2 3 (8.11%) Windows
3 1 (2.70%) CentOS
3 1 (2.70%) Ubuntu
3 1 (2.70%) Unix
3 1 (2.70%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (32.43%) Electronic Trading
1 12 (32.43%) Multithreading
2 9 (24.32%) Agile
3 7 (18.92%) Computer Science
3 7 (18.92%) Microservices
4 6 (16.22%) Design Patterns
4 6 (16.22%) OO
4 6 (16.22%) OOD
4 6 (16.22%) TDD
5 5 (13.51%) Low Latency
5 5 (13.51%) Software Engineering
6 4 (10.81%) Anti-Money Laundering
6 4 (10.81%) Clean Code
6 4 (10.81%) Client Onboarding
6 4 (10.81%) KYC
7 3 (8.11%) Analytics
7 3 (8.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (8.11%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (8.11%) High Availability
7 3 (8.11%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 14 (37.84%) Java
2 7 (18.92%) SQL
3 5 (13.51%) JavaScript
4 3 (8.11%) Python
5 2 (5.41%) Bash
6 1 (2.70%) C#
6 1 (2.70%) C++
6 1 (2.70%) Perl
6 1 (2.70%) PowerShell
6 1 (2.70%) Scala
6 1 (2.70%) VBA
Qualifications
1 7 (18.92%) Computer Science Degree
1 7 (18.92%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.81%) QA
2 1 (2.70%) PMO
2 1 (2.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (2.70%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.70%) Docker
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 6 (16.22%) Kubernetes
2 2 (5.41%) Ansible
2 2 (5.41%) Terraform
3 1 (2.70%) Progress Chef
3 1 (2.70%) Puppet
Vendors
1 3 (8.11%) Citrix
1 3 (8.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.70%) Adobe
2 1 (2.70%) Alteryx
2 1 (2.70%) Dataiku
2 1 (2.70%) Ivanti
2 1 (2.70%) Oracle
2 1 (2.70%) Red Hat
2 1 (2.70%) SaltStack
2 1 (2.70%) Sybase
2 1 (2.70%) TOWER Software