Investment Banking Job Trends in the South West

Investment Banking
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Investment Banking in permanent job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Investment Banking over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 186 216
Rank change year-on-year +11 +30 +59
Permanent jobs citing Investment Banking 2 3 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.039% 0.072% 0.042%
As % of the General category 0.085% 0.13% 0.080%
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £95,000 -
England median annual salary £110,000 £112,500 £107,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% +4.65% +16.53%

All General Skills
South West

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 general skills in the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 2,354 2,396 2,508
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 46.33% 57.78% 52.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,534 1,118 1,820
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £30,750 £38,750 £36,365
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £50,702
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +3.55% +1.40%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £84,056
England median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% - -4.00%

Investment Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Investment Banking job vacancy trend in the South West

Investment Banking
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Investment Banking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Investment Banking

Investment Banking
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Investment Banking within the South West region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Dorset +4 2 - -
Investment Banking
England

Investment Banking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 1 (50.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Financial Institution
2 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (50.00%) Law
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) NumPy
1 1 (50.00%) Pandas
1 1 (50.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (50.00%) scikit-learn
1 1 (50.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) AI Agents
1 1 (50.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (50.00%) LLM
2 1 (50.00%) Natural Language Processing
2 1 (50.00%) Product Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Product Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) R
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree