Investment Banking Jobs in London

Investment Banking
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Investment Banking in permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 134 198 420
Rank change year-on-year +64 +222 -170
Permanent jobs citing Investment Banking 567 630 635
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 2.39% 1.89% 0.90%
As % of the General category 3.53% 2.75% 1.31%
Number of salaries quoted 477 535 459
10th Percentile £73,750 £63,750 £56,250
25th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £120,000 £115,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +35.29% -
75th Percentile £148,750 £140,625 £110,000
90th Percentile £165,000 £160,000 £130,000
England median annual salary £115,000 £110,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +33.33% -2.94%

All General Skills
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 London with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 16,063 22,875 48,490
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 67.76% 68.78% 68.63%
Number of salaries quoted 11,357 15,805 22,590
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,875 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £54,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,500 £73,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.08% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £119,250 £120,000 £112,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

Investment Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Investment Banking in London

Investment Banking
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Investment Banking in London

Investment Banking
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for Investment Banking in London

Investment Banking
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Investment Banking within the London region over the 6 months to 23 May 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
Central London +6 37 £97,500 -11.36% 11
East London +34 13 £150,000 - 4
Investment Banking
England

Investment Banking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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
1 266 (46.91%) Apache
2 257 (45.33%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (0.71%) Confluence
4 3 (0.53%) IIS
4 3 (0.53%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.35%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.35%) CMS
6 1 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.18%) GemFire
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Coherence
6 1 (0.18%) WebSphere
Applications
1 57 (10.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 56 (9.88%) Microsoft Office
3 52 (9.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 14 (2.47%) Aladdin
2 2 (0.35%) Adaptiv
3 1 (0.18%) Oracle FAH
3 1 (0.18%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 304 (53.62%) AWS
2 263 (46.38%) dbt
3 236 (41.62%) Snowflake
4 120 (21.16%) GCP
5 27 (4.76%) Azure
6 11 (1.94%) Power Platform
7 9 (1.59%) GitHub
7 9 (1.59%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (0.71%) Firebase
9 3 (0.53%) Amazon SageMaker
9 3 (0.53%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (0.35%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (0.35%) SaaS
11 1 (0.18%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.18%) NuGet
11 1 (0.18%) PaaS
11 1 (0.18%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.18%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.94%) Firewall
2 7 (1.23%) VPN
3 6 (1.06%) Cisco ASA
4 4 (0.71%) Internet
4 4 (0.71%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (0.35%) DHCP
5 2 (0.35%) DNS
5 2 (0.35%) HTTP
5 2 (0.35%) LAN
5 2 (0.35%) WAN
6 1 (0.18%) IPv4
6 1 (0.18%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 264 (46.56%) Apache Arrow
2 263 (46.38%) Dremio
3 257 (45.33%) Amazon Athena
3 257 (45.33%) Apache Ignite
4 245 (43.21%) Data Lake
5 17 (3.00%) SQL Server
6 11 (1.94%) Power BI
7 10 (1.76%) Tableau
8 8 (1.41%) Big Data
8 8 (1.41%) KDB
9 6 (1.06%) Kdb+
10 4 (0.71%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.53%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.35%) Hadoop
12 2 (0.35%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.35%) Qlik Sense
12 2 (0.35%) Relational Database
12 2 (0.35%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 15 (2.65%) Git
2 10 (1.76%) GitLab
3 6 (1.06%) Maven
3 6 (1.06%) TeamCity
4 5 (0.88%) JIRA
5 4 (0.71%) Crashlytics
5 4 (0.71%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.53%) FitNesse
6 3 (0.53%) Octopus Deploy
6 3 (0.53%) Selenium
6 3 (0.53%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.53%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.18%) JUnit
General
1 567 (100.00%) Banking
2 430 (75.84%) Finance
3 366 (64.55%) Front Office
4 51 (8.99%) Social Skills
5 22 (3.88%) Financial Institution
6 13 (2.29%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (1.41%) Corporate Banking
7 8 (1.41%) Law
8 7 (1.23%) Legal
9 6 (1.06%) Marketing
10 5 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.35%) Advertising
12 2 (0.35%) Back Office
12 2 (0.35%) Mandarin Language
12 2 (0.35%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.18%) Automotive
13 1 (0.18%) Games
13 1 (0.18%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.18%) Retail
Job Titles
1 174 (30.69%) Developer
2 170 (29.98%) Software Engineer
3 127 (22.40%) Lead
4 113 (19.93%) Senior
5 111 (19.58%) Java Engineer
6 102 (17.99%) Java Software Engineer
7 96 (16.93%) Python Engineer
7 96 (16.93%) Python Software Engineer
8 95 (16.75%) AWS Engineer
8 95 (16.75%) AWS Software Engineer
9 93 (16.40%) Analyst
10 83 (14.64%) Java Developer
10 83 (14.64%) Senior Software Engineer
11 70 (12.35%) Developer/Software Engineer
12 63 (11.11%) Software Developer
13 60 (10.58%) Architect
14 55 (9.70%) Lead Developer
14 55 (9.70%) Team Leader
15 54 (9.52%) Senior Java Engineer
15 54 (9.52%) Senior Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 256 (45.15%) Pandas
2 255 (44.97%) gRPC
2 255 (44.97%) NumPy
2 255 (44.97%) Protocol Buffers
2 255 (44.97%) SciPy
3 22 (3.88%) Spring
4 21 (3.70%) AngularJS
5 17 (3.00%) React
6 14 (2.47%) FIX Protocol
6 14 (2.47%) Spring Boot
7 13 (2.29%) .NET
8 11 (1.94%) HTML
8 11 (1.94%) Web Services
9 10 (1.76%) RESTful
10 9 (1.59%) .NET Core
10 9 (1.59%) HTML5
11 8 (1.41%) ASP.NET
11 8 (1.41%) XML
12 7 (1.23%) ASP.NET Web API
12 7 (1.23%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 313 (55.20%) Fixed Income
2 286 (50.44%) Hedge funds
3 285 (50.26%) Equities
4 283 (49.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 281 (49.56%) Derivative
6 51 (8.99%) Self-Motivation
7 36 (6.35%) Pricing Data
8 25 (4.41%) Product Ownership
9 15 (2.65%) Distributed Systems
10 9 (1.59%) Public Cloud
11 8 (1.41%) Data Centre
12 7 (1.23%) Management Information System
12 7 (1.23%) Onboarding
13 6 (1.06%) Equity Derivative
14 5 (0.88%) Cloud Native
14 5 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
14 5 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
15 4 (0.71%) Market Risk
15 4 (0.71%) Mobile App
15 4 (0.71%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 39 (6.88%) Windows
2 33 (5.82%) Linux
3 17 (3.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 15 (2.65%) Windows Server
5 11 (1.94%) Unix
6 4 (0.71%) Android
6 4 (0.71%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.53%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.35%) Windows XP
9 1 (0.18%) AIX
9 1 (0.18%) CentOS
9 1 (0.18%) Debian
9 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 355 (62.61%) Asset Management
2 342 (60.32%) Agile
3 287 (50.62%) Software Engineering
4 246 (43.39%) Investment Management
5 104 (18.34%) Greeks
6 97 (17.11%) Line Management
7 56 (9.88%) Business Strategy
8 51 (8.99%) Electronic Trading
9 50 (8.82%) Benchmarking
9 50 (8.82%) Business Forecasting
9 50 (8.82%) Competitor Analysis
9 50 (8.82%) Creative Thinking
9 50 (8.82%) Planning and Forecasting
10 45 (7.94%) Analytics
11 41 (7.23%) Multithreading
12 37 (6.53%) Low Latency
13 33 (5.82%) Microservices
14 30 (5.29%) DevOps
15 29 (5.11%) Roadmaps
16 26 (4.59%) Algorithmic Trading
Programming Languages
1 349 (61.55%) Java
2 326 (57.50%) Python
3 280 (49.38%) JavaScript
4 263 (46.38%) TypeScript
5 51 (8.99%) SQL
6 23 (4.06%) Ruby
7 21 (3.70%) Bash
8 20 (3.53%) C#
8 20 (3.53%) Perl
9 18 (3.17%) PowerShell
10 14 (2.47%) Kotlin
10 14 (2.47%) Scala
11 10 (1.76%) Korn
12 4 (0.71%) C++
12 4 (0.71%) Swift
13 3 (0.53%) MATLAB
13 3 (0.53%) XAML
14 2 (0.35%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.35%) VBA
15 1 (0.18%) Formula Language
Qualifications
1 22 (3.88%) Degree
2 14 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (0.71%) Azure Certification
3 4 (0.71%) Master's Degree
4 2 (0.35%) MCSA
4 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.18%) CCAB
5 1 (0.18%) CISA
5 1 (0.18%) CISM
5 1 (0.18%) CISSP
5 1 (0.18%) MBA
5 1 (0.18%) QiCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (18.52%) Data Quality
2 10 (1.76%) QA
3 3 (0.53%) SLA
4 2 (0.35%) NIST
5 1 (0.18%) COBIT
5 1 (0.18%) COREP
5 1 (0.18%) IFRS
5 1 (0.18%) IFRS 17
5 1 (0.18%) IFRS 9
5 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.18%) ITGC
5 1 (0.18%) MiFID
5 1 (0.18%) PMO
5 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 17 (3.00%) Docker
2 11 (1.94%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.71%) XenApp
4 4 (0.71%) XenDesktop
5 2 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.35%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.35%) vSphere
6 1 (0.18%) GridGain
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 23 (4.06%) Kubernetes
2 20 (3.53%) Ansible
3 15 (2.65%) Puppet
4 10 (1.76%) Red Hat Satellite
5 8 (1.41%) Terraform
6 7 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.06%) Control-M
8 4 (0.71%) Grafana
9 2 (0.35%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 2 (0.35%) SafeCom
10 1 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.18%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.18%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.18%) SCCM
10 1 (0.18%) SCOM
10 1 (0.18%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.18%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 80 (14.11%) Microsoft
2 18 (3.17%) Red Hat
3 16 (2.82%) Bloomberg
4 14 (2.47%) BISAM
5 13 (2.29%) Citrix
6 11 (1.94%) TOWER Software
6 11 (1.94%) VMware
7 9 (1.59%) Oracle
8 7 (1.23%) Sun
9 6 (1.06%) Cisco
9 6 (1.06%) Fortinet
9 6 (1.06%) Palo Alto
9 6 (1.06%) ServiceNow
10 4 (0.71%) Amplitude
10 4 (0.71%) Splunk
11 3 (0.53%) IBM
11 3 (0.53%) Sybase
12 2 (0.35%) Cognos
12 2 (0.35%) HP
12 2 (0.35%) SolarWinds