Investment Management Contracts

Investment Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Investment Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Investment Management over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 226 336 296
Rank change year-on-year +110 -40 -61
Contract jobs citing Investment Management 469 409 826
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.08% 0.74% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.27% 0.82% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 429 349 730
10th Percentile £500 £450 £438
25th Percentile £569 £526 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% +8.33% +2.13%
75th Percentile £850 £750 £750
90th Percentile - £794 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -10.53% - -17.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £22.00 £40.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £24.00 £41.75
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -42.51% -0.60%
75th Percentile - £26.00 £48.25
90th Percentile - - £56.80
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £24.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year - -40.74% -3.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Investment Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,914 49,809 79,437
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.21% 89.64% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,592 34,469 55,846
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £649
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,564 1,687 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.70 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.51
% change year-on-year +8.91% +70.69% -2.36%

Investment Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Investment Management in the UK

Investment Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Investment Management.

Daily rate trend for Investment Management in the UK

Investment Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Investment Management over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Investment Management in the UK

Investment Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Investment Management.

Hourly rate trend for Investment Management in the UK

Investment Management
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Investment Management within the UK over the 6 months to 9 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +122 464 £725 +7.41% 159
London +88 453 £725 +7.41% 136
Work from Home +128 260 £763 +12.96% 36
UK excluding London +8 11 £425 -10.53% 32
North of England +29 8 £425 +141.48% 5
North West +17 8 £425 +141.48% 3
Scotland +13 2 £600 +26.32% 10
Midlands +22 1 £550 - 4
West Midlands - 1 £550 - 3

Investment Management
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
1 197 (42.00%) Apache Airflow
2 184 (39.23%) Apache
3 4 (0.85%) Confluence
4 3 (0.64%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.21%) Jupyter
Applications
1 8 (1.71%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (1.71%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 18 (3.84%) Aladdin
2 11 (2.35%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (1.92%) Markit EDM
3 9 (1.92%) SimCorp Dimension
4 7 (1.49%) SAP FI
5 6 (1.28%) thinkFolio
6 1 (0.21%) Bloomberg AIM
6 1 (0.21%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.21%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.21%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 278 (59.28%) AWS
2 161 (34.33%) GCP
3 133 (28.36%) dbt
4 122 (26.01%) Azure
5 105 (22.39%) Snowflake
6 17 (3.62%) Power Platform
7 10 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (0.85%) Asana
9 4 (0.85%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (0.85%) Slack
10 3 (0.64%) Azure Stack
10 3 (0.64%) Dagster
11 2 (0.43%) Amazon ECS
11 2 (0.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (0.43%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.43%) GitHub
12 1 (0.21%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 1 (0.21%) Azure Monitor
12 1 (0.21%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.92%) Firewall
2 8 (1.71%) Network Security
3 5 (1.07%) DHCP
3 5 (1.07%) DNS
4 4 (0.85%) BGP
4 4 (0.85%) OSPF
4 4 (0.85%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.85%) VPN
5 3 (0.64%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (0.64%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (0.64%) HTTP
5 3 (0.64%) MPLS
5 3 (0.64%) SD-WAN
5 3 (0.64%) SNMP
5 3 (0.64%) WAN
5 3 (0.64%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.21%) EIGRP
6 1 (0.21%) IGRP
6 1 (0.21%) RIP
6 1 (0.21%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 176 (37.53%) Apache Ignite
2 130 (27.72%) Dremio
3 127 (27.08%) Apache Arrow
4 122 (26.01%) Amazon Athena
5 116 (24.73%) Data Lake
6 65 (13.86%) PostgreSQL
7 27 (5.76%) Big Data
8 17 (3.62%) Power BI
9 10 (2.13%) Tableau
10 8 (1.71%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (1.07%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (0.85%) NoSQL
13 3 (0.64%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
14 2 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
14 2 (0.43%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 1 (0.21%) BusinessObjects
15 1 (0.21%) Data Mining
15 1 (0.21%) DBAmp
15 1 (0.21%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 50 (10.66%) Cypress.io
2 14 (2.99%) JIRA
3 5 (1.07%) Git
4 3 (0.64%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.43%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.43%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.43%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (0.43%) webpack
6 1 (0.21%) Selenium
6 1 (0.21%) TestDirector
6 1 (0.21%) Zephyr
General
1 388 (82.73%) Finance
2 296 (63.11%) Front Office
3 231 (49.25%) Banking
4 122 (26.01%) Investment Banking
5 43 (9.17%) Social Skills
6 35 (7.46%) Back Office
7 13 (2.77%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (0.64%) Financial Institution
9 3 (0.64%) Law
9 3 (0.64%) Legal
10 2 (0.43%) Billing
10 2 (0.43%) Retail
11 1 (0.21%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.21%) Marketing
11 1 (0.21%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.21%) Private Banking
11 1 (0.21%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 171 (36.46%) Software Engineer
2 156 (33.26%) Developer
3 128 (27.29%) Developer/Software Engineer
4 122 (26.01%) Python Engineer
5 114 (24.31%) Python Software Engineer
6 109 (23.24%) Analyst
7 95 (20.26%) Python Developer
8 80 (17.06%) React Developer
9 79 (16.84%) Senior
10 69 (14.71%) AWS Engineer
11 57 (12.15%) Business Analyst
12 53 (11.30%) Financial Analyst
13 50 (10.66%) AWS Software Engineer
13 50 (10.66%) Finance Manager
14 45 (9.59%) Senior Software Engineer
15 39 (8.32%) Full Stack Developer
16 38 (8.10%) Full Stack Engineer
16 38 (8.10%) Full Stack Software Engineer
17 37 (7.89%) Java Software Engineer
17 37 (7.89%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 194 (41.36%) gRPC
2 193 (41.15%) Protocol Buffers
3 114 (24.31%) React
4 112 (23.88%) Redux
5 108 (23.03%) Pandas
6 105 (22.39%) NumPy
7 103 (21.96%) SciPy
8 72 (15.35%) Material-UI
9 27 (5.76%) Node.js
10 21 (4.48%) .NET
11 17 (3.62%) AngularJS
12 15 (3.20%) .NET Core
12 15 (3.20%) Vue
13 8 (1.71%) WPF
14 6 (1.28%) GraphQL
14 6 (1.28%) PySpark
15 5 (1.07%) ASP.NET
15 5 (1.07%) ASP.NET Core
16 4 (0.85%) RESTful
17 3 (0.64%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 275 (58.64%) Hedge funds
2 263 (56.08%) Fixed Income
3 201 (42.86%) Equities
4 189 (40.30%) Derivative
5 152 (32.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 43 (9.17%) Product Ownership
7 21 (4.48%) Clustering
8 16 (3.41%) Pricing Data
9 12 (2.56%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.07%) Video Conferencing
11 4 (0.85%) Onboarding
12 3 (0.64%) DTCC
13 2 (0.43%) Analytical Mindset
13 2 (0.43%) Legacy Applications
13 2 (0.43%) Private Cloud
13 2 (0.43%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 2 (0.43%) Virtual Team
14 1 (0.21%) CSOC
14 1 (0.21%) Greenfield Project
14 1 (0.21%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.35%) Windows
2 4 (0.85%) Linux
3 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.21%) Unix
3 1 (0.21%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.21%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 377 (80.38%) Asset Management
2 271 (57.78%) Agile
3 217 (46.27%) Software Engineering
4 101 (21.54%) Full Stack Development
5 94 (20.04%) Artificial Intelligence
5 94 (20.04%) Machine Learning
6 65 (13.86%) Automated Trading
7 61 (13.01%) Fintech
8 52 (11.09%) Analytics
9 49 (10.45%) DevOps
10 40 (8.53%) Greeks
11 32 (6.82%) Mentoring
12 29 (6.18%) Performance Attribution
13 28 (5.97%) Line Management
14 24 (5.12%) Portfolio Management
15 23 (4.90%) Migration
15 23 (4.90%) Stakeholder Management
15 23 (4.90%) Wealth Management
16 22 (4.69%) Product Management
16 22 (4.69%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 298 (63.54%) Python
2 203 (43.28%) TypeScript
3 156 (33.26%) JavaScript
4 119 (25.37%) Java
5 108 (23.03%) SQL
6 56 (11.94%) C#
7 19 (4.05%) Go
8 11 (2.35%) R
9 6 (1.28%) Ruby
9 6 (1.28%) Scala
10 5 (1.07%) Kotlin
10 5 (1.07%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.85%) VBA
12 3 (0.64%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.43%) C++
14 1 (0.21%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.21%) Perl
14 1 (0.21%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 13 (2.77%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (2.13%) CCNP
3 7 (1.49%) CCNA
4 6 (1.28%) Degree
5 3 (0.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (0.64%) CCDP
5 3 (0.64%) CFA
5 3 (0.64%) CISSP
6 2 (0.43%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.43%) CCSK
6 2 (0.43%) CIMA
6 2 (0.43%) CISM
6 2 (0.43%) PMP
7 1 (0.21%) ISEB
7 1 (0.21%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.21%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (11.73%) Data Quality
2 23 (4.90%) QA
3 5 (1.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 4 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.43%) GDPR
5 2 (0.43%) NIST
6 1 (0.21%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.21%) EMIR
6 1 (0.21%) FATCA
6 1 (0.21%) MiFID
System Software
1 7 (1.49%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.64%) Docker
3 2 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.21%) Firmware
4 1 (0.21%) XenApp
4 1 (0.21%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 21 (4.48%) Terraform
2 19 (4.05%) Kubernetes
3 18 (3.84%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.85%) CASB
4 4 (0.85%) Control-M
5 3 (0.64%) Kibana
5 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.21%) SCCM
Vendors
1 68 (14.50%) Google
2 39 (8.32%) Bloomberg
3 18 (3.84%) Palo Alto
4 16 (3.41%) Microsoft
5 12 (2.56%) BISAM
5 12 (2.56%) SAP
6 11 (2.35%) Cisco
7 10 (2.13%) Arista
8 9 (1.92%) SimCorp
9 7 (1.49%) Charles River
9 7 (1.49%) CheckPoint
9 7 (1.49%) F5
9 7 (1.49%) Fortinet
9 7 (1.49%) Riverbed
9 7 (1.49%) Zscaler
10 5 (1.07%) Databricks
11 4 (0.85%) Oracle
12 3 (0.64%) Aruba
12 3 (0.64%) Infoblox
12 3 (0.64%) Splunk