Investment Banking Jobs

Investment Banking
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Investment Banking in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Investment Banking over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 192 365 618
Rank change year-on-year +173 +253 -122
Permanent jobs citing Investment Banking 1,268 713 853
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.40% 0.88% 0.49%
As % of the General category 2.45% 1.34% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 730 523 584
10th Percentile £77,500 £57,500 £54,125
25th Percentile £90,000 £70,000 £62,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £115,000 £110,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +33.33% -2.94%
75th Percentile £148,750 £135,000 £110,000
90th Percentile £165,000 £156,500 £130,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £85,000 £66,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +28.79% +10.00% -12.73%

All General Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 51,660 53,362 118,305
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 57.16% 66.13% 67.50%
Number of salaries quoted 31,702 33,264 55,108
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,350 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,750 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +6.19%
75th Percentile £72,557 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,557 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.42% +5.00% +5.26%

Investment Banking
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Investment Banking in the UK

Investment Banking
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Investment Banking in the UK

Investment Banking
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Investment Banking over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Investment Banking in the UK

Investment Banking
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Investment Banking within the UK over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
England +117 980 £115,000 +4.55% 101
London +56 744 £115,000 - 73
Work from Home +203 576 £135,000 +22.73% 13
UK excluding London +318 524 £85,000 +28.79% 80
Scotland +118 287 £85,000 +26.87% 1
South West +168 223 - - 1
West Midlands -5 5 £65,000 +17.12% 21
Midlands -22 5 £65,000 +17.12% 21
South East +7 3 £42,500 -5.56% 47
North of England +1 3 £102,500 +70.83% 4
North West -16 3 £102,500 +70.83% 4
East of England - 2 £100,000 -
Northern Ireland +1 1 £60,000 -14.29% 6

Investment Banking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 523 (41.25%) Apache
2 483 (38.09%) Apache Airflow
3 31 (2.44%) Confluence
4 22 (1.74%) GemFire
5 18 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
6 15 (1.18%) Cloud Foundry
7 8 (0.63%) SharePoint
8 6 (0.47%) SAS
9 4 (0.32%) CMS
10 2 (0.16%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.16%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.079%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.079%) Documentum
11 1 (0.079%) IIS
11 1 (0.079%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 53 (4.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 52 (4.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (0.95%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.079%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.079%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.079%) Camtasia
5 1 (0.079%) InDesign
5 1 (0.079%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 39 (3.08%) Aladdin
2 4 (0.32%) Eagle PACE
2 4 (0.32%) Markit EDM
Cloud Services
1 720 (56.78%) AWS
2 519 (40.93%) dbt
3 463 (36.51%) Snowflake
4 240 (18.93%) GCP
5 76 (5.99%) Amazon ECS
6 73 (5.76%) Amazon EC2
7 72 (5.68%) Amazon EKS
8 47 (3.71%) Power Platform
9 32 (2.52%) Azure
10 25 (1.97%) Google Play
11 10 (0.79%) Microsoft 365
12 8 (0.63%) Serverless
13 5 (0.39%) AWS Lambda
14 4 (0.32%) Amazon SQS
14 4 (0.32%) AWS Step Functions
14 4 (0.32%) Firebase
15 3 (0.24%) Datadog
15 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Purview
15 3 (0.24%) Power Automate
15 3 (0.24%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.03%) Firewall
2 12 (0.95%) Remote Desktop
3 8 (0.63%) Internet
3 8 (0.63%) VPN
4 6 (0.47%) Cisco ASA
5 5 (0.39%) WAN
6 4 (0.32%) LAN
6 4 (0.32%) Unified Communications
7 3 (0.24%) DNS
8 2 (0.16%) DHCP
9 1 (0.079%) HTTP
9 1 (0.079%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.079%) SSH
9 1 (0.079%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 521 (41.09%) Apache Arrow
2 519 (40.93%) Dremio
3 498 (39.27%) Data Lake
4 485 (38.25%) Amazon Athena
5 483 (38.09%) Apache Ignite
6 68 (5.36%) Tableau
7 47 (3.71%) Power BI
8 34 (2.68%) Big Data
9 27 (2.13%) NoSQL
10 23 (1.81%) Apache Cassandra
11 21 (1.66%) CockroachDB
11 21 (1.66%) Hazelcast
12 18 (1.42%) MongoDB
12 18 (1.42%) MySQL
13 16 (1.26%) Elasticsearch
14 15 (1.18%) Relational Database
15 9 (0.71%) BusinessObjects
16 7 (0.55%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 7 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 5 (0.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 75 (5.91%) Cypress.io
2 70 (5.52%) JUnit
3 65 (5.13%) Selenium
4 61 (4.81%) WebDriver
5 60 (4.73%) Jasmine
5 60 (4.73%) Karma Test Runner
5 60 (4.73%) Protractor
6 30 (2.37%) Maven
7 25 (1.97%) Android Studio
8 21 (1.66%) Jaeger
9 20 (1.58%) Cucumber
10 16 (1.26%) JIRA
11 15 (1.18%) Git
11 15 (1.18%) Jenkins
12 12 (0.95%) GitLab
13 4 (0.32%) Crashlytics
14 3 (0.24%) TeamCity
15 2 (0.16%) ERwin
15 2 (0.16%) MagicDraw
16 1 (0.079%) FitNesse
General
1 1,268 (100.00%) Banking
2 1,158 (91.32%) Finance
3 657 (51.81%) Front Office
4 517 (40.77%) Law
5 513 (40.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 156 (12.30%) Social Skills
7 131 (10.33%) Analytical Skills
8 58 (4.57%) Financial Institution
9 52 (4.10%) Presentation Skills
10 44 (3.47%) Legal
11 42 (3.31%) Marketing
12 27 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
13 24 (1.89%) Prime Brokerage
14 23 (1.81%) Corporate Banking
15 21 (1.66%) Games
15 21 (1.66%) Publishing
16 19 (1.50%) French Language
17 10 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
18 5 (0.39%) Advertising
18 5 (0.39%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 559 (44.09%) Software Engineer
2 336 (26.50%) Lead
3 335 (26.42%) Java Engineer
4 333 (26.26%) Java Software Engineer
5 233 (18.38%) Senior
6 224 (17.67%) AWS Engineer
7 223 (17.59%) AWS Software Engineer
8 218 (17.19%) Python Engineer
9 216 (17.03%) Python Software Engineer
10 205 (16.17%) Lead Software Engineer
11 199 (15.69%) Analyst
12 198 (15.62%) Developer
13 163 (12.85%) Senior Software Engineer
14 135 (10.65%) Lead Java Engineer
15 120 (9.46%) Developer/Software Engineer
16 117 (9.23%) Architect
17 116 (9.15%) Software Developer
18 109 (8.60%) Team Leader
19 107 (8.44%) Lead Developer
19 107 (8.44%) Software Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 483 (38.09%) Pandas
2 481 (37.93%) gRPC
2 481 (37.93%) NumPy
2 481 (37.93%) Protocol Buffers
2 481 (37.93%) SciPy
3 159 (12.54%) Spring
4 150 (11.83%) React
5 98 (7.73%) HTML
6 93 (7.33%) Spring Boot
7 90 (7.10%) CSS
8 84 (6.62%) AngularJS
9 72 (5.68%) PySpark
10 70 (5.52%) Kafka
11 69 (5.44%) JSON
12 63 (4.97%) Hibernate
13 61 (4.81%) J2EE
13 61 (4.81%) jQuery
13 61 (4.81%) Node.js
14 60 (4.73%) JMS
14 60 (4.73%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 622 (49.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 592 (46.69%) Fixed Income
3 584 (46.06%) Derivative
4 567 (44.72%) Equities
4 567 (44.72%) Hedge funds
5 125 (9.86%) Cloud Native
6 115 (9.07%) Algorithms
7 92 (7.26%) Product Ownership
8 72 (5.68%) Pricing Data
9 60 (4.73%) Data Structures
10 43 (3.39%) Self-Motivation
11 23 (1.81%) Mobile App
12 22 (1.74%) Credit Risk
13 21 (1.66%) Replication
14 18 (1.42%) OTC Derivatives
15 17 (1.34%) Onboarding
16 16 (1.26%) Distributed Applications
16 16 (1.26%) Market Risk
17 15 (1.18%) Private Cloud
18 14 (1.10%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 48 (3.79%) Windows
2 36 (2.84%) Linux
3 29 (2.29%) Android
4 20 (1.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 19 (1.50%) Windows Server
6 13 (1.03%) Unix
7 4 (0.32%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.32%) Windows XP
8 3 (0.24%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.16%) AIX
9 2 (0.16%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 928 (73.19%) Agile
2 795 (62.70%) Software Engineering
3 615 (48.50%) Asset Management
4 410 (32.33%) Investment Management
5 273 (21.53%) SDLC
6 260 (20.50%) Machine Learning
7 255 (20.11%) Artificial Intelligence
8 242 (19.09%) CI/CD
8 242 (19.09%) Operational Stability
9 206 (16.25%) Line Management
10 183 (14.43%) Community of Practice
11 182 (14.35%) Problem-Solving
12 175 (13.80%) Greeks
13 128 (10.09%) Analytics
14 121 (9.54%) Visualisation
15 120 (9.46%) Continuous Improvement
16 109 (8.60%) TDD
17 105 (8.28%) Business Analysis
18 98 (7.73%) Multithreading
19 82 (6.47%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 761 (60.02%) Java
2 660 (52.05%) Python
3 618 (48.74%) JavaScript
4 563 (44.40%) TypeScript
5 263 (20.74%) SQL
6 36 (2.84%) Groovy
7 30 (2.37%) C#
7 30 (2.37%) Kotlin
8 24 (1.89%) Ruby
9 23 (1.81%) Bash
10 22 (1.74%) Perl
11 17 (1.34%) PowerShell
12 15 (1.18%) T-SQL
13 14 (1.10%) Scala
14 12 (0.95%) Korn
15 6 (0.47%) R
16 5 (0.39%) C++
17 4 (0.32%) Swift
18 3 (0.24%) Shell Script
18 3 (0.24%) VBA
Qualifications
1 126 (9.94%) Degree
2 18 (1.42%) Master's Degree
3 13 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (0.87%) MBA
5 6 (0.47%) Tableau Certification
6 5 (0.39%) CISA
6 5 (0.39%) CISSP
7 3 (0.24%) AWS Certification
7 3 (0.24%) CISM
8 2 (0.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (0.16%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.16%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.16%) CRISC
8 2 (0.16%) MCSA
8 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.16%) SAFe Agilist
9 1 (0.079%) CCAB
9 1 (0.079%) CFA
9 1 (0.079%) PhD
9 1 (0.079%) QiCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (15.38%) Data Quality
2 14 (1.10%) Accessibility
3 8 (0.63%) SLA
4 6 (0.47%) QA
5 5 (0.39%) SEPA
5 5 (0.39%) TARGET2
6 4 (0.32%) NIST
7 3 (0.24%) COBIT
8 2 (0.16%) MiFID
9 1 (0.079%) EMIR
9 1 (0.079%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.079%) ITGC
9 1 (0.079%) PMO
System Software
1 21 (1.66%) Docker
2 13 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (0.95%) XenApp
3 12 (0.95%) XenDesktop
4 3 (0.24%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.16%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 2 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.16%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.16%) vSphere
6 1 (0.079%) GridGain
6 1 (0.079%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.079%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.079%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 35 (2.76%) Grafana
1 35 (2.76%) Terraform
2 24 (1.89%) Prometheus
3 21 (1.66%) Ansible
3 21 (1.66%) HAProxy
3 21 (1.66%) ITRS Geneos
3 21 (1.66%) Kibana
3 21 (1.66%) Zipkin
4 19 (1.50%) Kubernetes
5 17 (1.34%) Puppet
6 12 (0.95%) Graphite
6 12 (0.95%) Red Hat Satellite
7 7 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.16%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.079%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.079%) Control-M
9 1 (0.079%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.079%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.079%) SCCM
9 1 (0.079%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 102 (8.04%) Bloomberg
2 75 (5.91%) Microsoft
3 64 (5.05%) Reuters
4 35 (2.76%) BISAM
4 35 (2.76%) Splunk
5 33 (2.60%) Oracle
6 27 (2.13%) Alteryx
7 25 (1.97%) Google
8 21 (1.66%) Dynatrace
9 20 (1.58%) Red Hat
9 20 (1.58%) VMware
10 19 (1.50%) Citrix
11 12 (0.95%) TOWER Software
12 10 (0.79%) Cisco
13 9 (0.71%) ServiceNow
14 7 (0.55%) Pega
14 7 (0.55%) UiPath
15 6 (0.47%) Fortinet
15 6 (0.47%) Palo Alto
16 4 (0.32%) Sun