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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 179 431
Rank change year-on-year +50 +252 -174
Permanent jobs citing Investment Banking 582 639 650
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 2.41% 2.00% 0.89%
As % of the General category 3.59% 2.92% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 507 523 462
10th Percentile £77,500 £63,750 £57,050
25th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £120,000 £115,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +35.29% -
75th Percentile £148,750 £140,000 £111,540
90th Percentile £165,000 £160,000 £133,625
England median annual salary £117,500 £110,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year +6.82% +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 16,222 21,862 50,527
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 67.14% 68.50% 69.02%
Number of salaries quoted 11,382 15,350 22,828
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,500 £74,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.73% +5.71% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £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 1 June 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 1 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +3 35 £110,000 - 16
East London +34 13 £150,000 - 3
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
1 297 (51.03%) Apache
2 282 (48.45%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (0.69%) Confluence
4 3 (0.52%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.52%) CMS
4 3 (0.52%) IIS
5 1 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.17%) GemFire
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Coherence
5 1 (0.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 41 (7.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (6.87%) Microsoft Office
3 36 (6.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 14 (2.41%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 334 (57.39%) AWS
2 294 (50.52%) dbt
3 262 (45.02%) Snowflake
4 126 (21.65%) GCP
5 28 (4.81%) Azure
6 17 (2.92%) Power Platform
7 8 (1.37%) GitHub
7 8 (1.37%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (0.69%) Firebase
9 3 (0.52%) Amazon SageMaker
9 3 (0.52%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (0.34%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.17%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.17%) IaaS
11 1 (0.17%) NuGet
11 1 (0.17%) OpenShift
11 1 (0.17%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.17%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.23%) Firewall
2 7 (1.20%) VPN
3 6 (1.03%) Cisco ASA
3 6 (1.03%) Remote Desktop
4 4 (0.69%) Internet
4 4 (0.69%) LAN
4 4 (0.69%) WAN
5 2 (0.34%) DHCP
5 2 (0.34%) DNS
6 1 (0.17%) HTTP
6 1 (0.17%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 295 (50.69%) Apache Arrow
2 294 (50.52%) Dremio
3 282 (48.45%) Amazon Athena
3 282 (48.45%) Apache Ignite
4 277 (47.59%) Data Lake
5 17 (2.92%) Power BI
5 17 (2.92%) SQL Server
6 16 (2.75%) Tableau
7 15 (2.58%) Big Data
8 8 (1.37%) KDB
9 6 (1.03%) Kdb+
10 4 (0.69%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.52%) Hadoop
11 3 (0.52%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.34%) MySQL
12 2 (0.34%) Qlik Sense
12 2 (0.34%) Sybase ASE
13 1 (0.17%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 14 (2.41%) Git
2 11 (1.89%) GitLab
3 6 (1.03%) Jenkins
3 6 (1.03%) Maven
3 6 (1.03%) TeamCity
4 5 (0.86%) JIRA
5 4 (0.69%) Crashlytics
6 3 (0.52%) FitNesse
6 3 (0.52%) Octopus Deploy
6 3 (0.52%) Selenium
6 3 (0.52%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.52%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.17%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.17%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.17%) JUnit
General
1 582 (100.00%) Banking
2 444 (76.29%) Finance
3 396 (68.04%) Front Office
4 48 (8.25%) Social Skills
5 20 (3.44%) Financial Institution
6 14 (2.41%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (1.72%) Law
8 7 (1.20%) Corporate Banking
8 7 (1.20%) Legal
9 6 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.03%) Marketing
10 3 (0.52%) Back Office
10 3 (0.52%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.34%) Advertising
11 2 (0.34%) Mandarin Language
12 1 (0.17%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.17%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.17%) Retail
12 1 (0.17%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 185 (31.79%) Software Engineer
2 177 (30.41%) Developer
3 136 (23.37%) Lead
4 125 (21.48%) Senior
5 121 (20.79%) Java Engineer
6 113 (19.42%) Java Software Engineer
7 107 (18.38%) Python Engineer
7 107 (18.38%) Python Software Engineer
8 106 (18.21%) AWS Engineer
8 106 (18.21%) AWS Software Engineer
9 94 (16.15%) Senior Software Engineer
10 85 (14.60%) Java Developer
11 76 (13.06%) Analyst
12 73 (12.54%) Developer/Software Engineer
13 66 (11.34%) Software Developer
14 63 (10.82%) Architect
15 62 (10.65%) Senior Java Engineer
15 62 (10.65%) Senior Java Software Engineer
16 60 (10.31%) Team Leader
17 59 (10.14%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 281 (48.28%) Pandas
2 280 (48.11%) gRPC
2 280 (48.11%) NumPy
2 280 (48.11%) Protocol Buffers
2 280 (48.11%) SciPy
3 22 (3.78%) Spring
4 21 (3.61%) AngularJS
5 17 (2.92%) React
6 14 (2.41%) .NET
6 14 (2.41%) FIX Protocol
6 14 (2.41%) Spring Boot
7 10 (1.72%) HTML
7 10 (1.72%) Web Services
8 9 (1.55%) .NET Core
8 9 (1.55%) RESTful
9 8 (1.37%) ASP.NET
9 8 (1.37%) HTML5
9 8 (1.37%) XML
10 7 (1.20%) .NET Framework
10 7 (1.20%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 346 (59.45%) Fixed Income
2 318 (54.64%) Equities
3 317 (54.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 316 (54.30%) Hedge funds
5 313 (53.78%) Derivative
6 42 (7.22%) Pricing Data
7 35 (6.01%) Self-Motivation
8 31 (5.33%) Product Ownership
9 14 (2.41%) Distributed Systems
10 8 (1.37%) Data Centre
10 8 (1.37%) Public Cloud
11 7 (1.20%) Onboarding
12 6 (1.03%) Equity Derivative
12 6 (1.03%) Management Information System
13 5 (0.86%) Cloud Native
13 5 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
14 4 (0.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 4 (0.69%) Hybrid Cloud
14 4 (0.69%) Tandem
14 4 (0.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 44 (7.56%) Windows
2 34 (5.84%) Linux
3 18 (3.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 18 (3.09%) Windows Server
4 12 (2.06%) Unix
5 4 (0.69%) Android
5 4 (0.69%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.69%) Windows XP
6 3 (0.52%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.34%) AIX
8 1 (0.17%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 374 (64.26%) Agile
2 369 (63.40%) Asset Management
3 313 (53.78%) Software Engineering
4 272 (46.74%) Investment Management
5 116 (19.93%) Greeks
6 105 (18.04%) Line Management
7 52 (8.93%) Electronic Trading
8 50 (8.59%) Analytics
9 42 (7.22%) Multithreading
10 40 (6.87%) Business Strategy
11 38 (6.53%) Low Latency
12 34 (5.84%) Benchmarking
12 34 (5.84%) Business Forecasting
12 34 (5.84%) Competitor Analysis
12 34 (5.84%) Creative Thinking
12 34 (5.84%) Planning and Forecasting
13 33 (5.67%) Microservices
14 31 (5.33%) DevOps
15 28 (4.81%) Algorithmic Trading
15 28 (4.81%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 374 (64.26%) Java
2 359 (61.68%) Python
3 305 (52.41%) JavaScript
4 288 (49.48%) TypeScript
5 58 (9.97%) SQL
6 23 (3.95%) Ruby
7 22 (3.78%) Bash
8 21 (3.61%) C#
9 20 (3.44%) Perl
10 19 (3.26%) PowerShell
11 13 (2.23%) Kotlin
11 13 (2.23%) Scala
12 11 (1.89%) Korn
13 5 (0.86%) C++
14 4 (0.69%) Swift
15 3 (0.52%) MATLAB
15 3 (0.52%) XAML
16 2 (0.34%) VBA
17 1 (0.17%) PL/SQL
17 1 (0.17%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 24 (4.12%) Degree
2 14 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (1.03%) Master's Degree
4 4 (0.69%) Azure Certification
5 2 (0.34%) MBA
5 2 (0.34%) MCSA
5 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.17%) CCAB
6 1 (0.17%) CFA
6 1 (0.17%) CISA
6 1 (0.17%) CISM
6 1 (0.17%) CISSP
6 1 (0.17%) PhD
6 1 (0.17%) QiCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (20.10%) Data Quality
2 10 (1.72%) QA
3 4 (0.69%) NIST
4 1 (0.17%) COBIT
4 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.17%) ITGC
4 1 (0.17%) MiFID
4 1 (0.17%) PMO
4 1 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.17%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (3.09%) Docker
2 8 (1.37%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.03%) XenApp
4 6 (1.03%) XenDesktop
5 2 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.34%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.34%) vSphere
6 1 (0.17%) GridGain
6 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 22 (3.78%) Kubernetes
2 20 (3.44%) Ansible
3 15 (2.58%) Puppet
4 11 (1.89%) Red Hat Satellite
5 9 (1.55%) Terraform
6 7 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.69%) Control-M
7 4 (0.69%) Grafana
8 1 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.17%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.17%) SCCM
8 1 (0.17%) SCOM
8 1 (0.17%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.17%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 64 (11.00%) Microsoft
2 18 (3.09%) Red Hat
3 16 (2.75%) Bloomberg
4 14 (2.41%) BISAM
4 14 (2.41%) Citrix
5 13 (2.23%) VMware
6 11 (1.89%) TOWER Software
7 7 (1.20%) Oracle
7 7 (1.20%) Sun
8 6 (1.03%) Cisco
8 6 (1.03%) Fortinet
8 6 (1.03%) Palo Alto
8 6 (1.03%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.69%) Amplitude
9 4 (0.69%) Splunk
9 4 (0.69%) Sybase
10 3 (0.52%) HP
10 3 (0.52%) Murex
11 2 (0.34%) Cognos
11 2 (0.34%) IBM