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 in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Investment Banking over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 142 154
Rank change year-on-year +36 +12 +22
Permanent jobs citing Investment Banking 33 36 76
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 1.69% 1.08% 1.70%
As % of the General category 2.39% 1.76% 2.59%
Number of salaries quoted 30 31 65
10th Percentile £76,250 £46,250 £57,500
25th Percentile £101,250 £67,500 £85,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £115,250 £100,000 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.25% -9.09% +22.22%
75th Percentile £154,375 £145,000 £130,750
90th Percentile £159,625 £157,500 £142,250
Central London median annual salary £115,250 £100,000 £110,000
% change year-on-year +15.25% -9.09% +22.22%

All General Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,381 2,049 2,939
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 70.60% 61.24% 65.66%
Number of salaries quoted 979 1,579 2,380
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,988
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% -3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £98,750
90th Percentile £122,500 £112,500 £118,875
Central London median annual salary £71,975 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +2.82% -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 31 May 2025.

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:

Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (18.18%) Orchestrade
2 4 (12.12%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 14 (42.42%) AWS
2 6 (18.18%) Amazon S3
2 6 (18.18%) AWS Step Functions
2 6 (18.18%) Serverless
3 4 (12.12%) Amazon Kinesis
3 4 (12.12%) AWS Lambda
4 3 (9.09%) Azure
4 3 (9.09%) GitHub
4 3 (9.09%) PaaS
5 2 (6.06%) Amazon ECS
5 2 (6.06%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (3.03%) Adobe Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (18.18%) Relational Database
2 5 (15.15%) RDBMS
3 3 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (9.09%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (3.03%) Tableau
4 1 (3.03%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 3 (9.09%) Cypress.io
1 3 (9.09%) Selenium
General
1 33 (100.00%) Banking
2 21 (63.64%) Finance
3 10 (30.30%) Front Office
4 6 (18.18%) Social Skills
5 3 (9.09%) French Language
6 2 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (3.03%) Financial Institution
7 1 (3.03%) Games
7 1 (3.03%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 20 (60.61%) Developer
2 9 (27.27%) AWS Developer
2 9 (27.27%) Python Developer
3 8 (24.24%) C# Developer
3 8 (24.24%) Senior
3 8 (24.24%) Senior Developer
4 5 (15.15%) Lead
4 5 (15.15%) React Developer
5 4 (12.12%) Java Developer
5 4 (12.12%) Senior Java Developer
5 4 (12.12%) Senior Python Developer
6 3 (9.09%) C++ Team Leader
6 3 (9.09%) Head of Engineering
6 3 (9.09%) JavaScript Developer
6 3 (9.09%) Node.js Developer
6 3 (9.09%) Senior JavaScript Developer
6 3 (9.09%) Senior React Developer
6 3 (9.09%) Senior UI Developer
6 3 (9.09%) Team Leader
6 3 (9.09%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (24.24%) FIX Protocol
1 8 (24.24%) Web Services
2 6 (18.18%) Django
2 6 (18.18%) Flask
3 5 (15.15%) Middleware
3 5 (15.15%) React
4 3 (9.09%) GraphQL
4 3 (9.09%) Node.js
5 2 (6.06%) AWS CDK
5 2 (6.06%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 10 (30.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 9 (27.27%) Cloud Native
3 3 (9.09%) Derivative
3 3 (9.09%) Fixed Income
3 3 (9.09%) Hedge funds
4 2 (6.06%) Equities
5 1 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (3.03%) Management Information System
5 1 (3.03%) Online Games
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (39.39%) Agile
2 12 (36.36%) Investment Management
3 9 (27.27%) Mentoring
4 8 (24.24%) Microservices
5 7 (21.21%) Data Science
5 7 (21.21%) DevOps
5 7 (21.21%) Portfolio Management
6 5 (15.15%) Analytics
6 5 (15.15%) CI/CD
6 5 (15.15%) Data Engineering
6 5 (15.15%) Technical Leadership
7 4 (12.12%) Actionable Insight
7 4 (12.12%) API Development
7 4 (12.12%) Data Management
7 4 (12.12%) Identity Access Management
7 4 (12.12%) Infrastructure as Code
7 4 (12.12%) Project Delivery
7 4 (12.12%) Project Management
7 4 (12.12%) Visualisation
8 3 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 19 (57.58%) Python
2 14 (42.42%) Java
3 8 (24.24%) C#
3 8 (24.24%) C++
4 7 (21.21%) SQL
5 5 (15.15%) JavaScript
5 5 (15.15%) TypeScript
6 2 (6.06%) Bash
6 2 (6.06%) Go
6 2 (6.06%) Rust
Qualifications
1 8 (24.24%) Degree
2 2 (6.06%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.09%) Data Quality
2 2 (6.06%) QA
System Software
1 2 (6.06%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (12.12%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (6.06%) Ansible
2 2 (6.06%) Kubernetes
2 2 (6.06%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (12.12%) SimCorp
2 3 (9.09%) Barracuda Networks
2 3 (9.09%) Databricks
3 1 (3.03%) Adobe
3 1 (3.03%) Alteryx
3 1 (3.03%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.03%) Murex
3 1 (3.03%) Salesforce