Investment Banking Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Investment Banking
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Investment Banking in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Investment Banking over the 6 months leading up to 8 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 638 432 295
Rank change year-on-year -206 -137 +251
Permanent jobs citing Investment Banking 14 122 407
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.017% 0.36% 0.73%
As % of the General category 0.039% 0.54% 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 12
10th Percentile - £54,000 £55,750
25th Percentile £76,250 £61,875 £75,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £72,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.90% -14.71% +28.79%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,313 £91,563
90th Percentile - £97,125 £97,375
UK median annual salary £105,000 £110,000 £115,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +9.00%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 35,565 22,455 29,251
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 43.47% 65.57% 52.68%
Number of salaries quoted 22,071 10,955 14,622
10th Percentile £28,875 £26,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -2.53%
75th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

Investment Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Investment Banking job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Investment Banking
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Investment Banking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Investment Banking

Investment Banking
Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 September 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
North West -90 10 - - 5
North of England -131 10 - - 7
Midlands -44 9 £77,500 +47.62% 14
West Midlands -36 8 - - 13
Scotland -15 3 - - 19
East Midlands -38 1 £77,500 +47.62% 1
Investment Banking
UK

Investment Banking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Db2
General
1 14 (100.00%) Banking
2 3 (21.43%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (64.29%) Java Engineer
2 8 (57.14%) Full-Stack Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Java Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Senior
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Java Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Java Software Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Junior
4 1 (7.14%) Junior Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (64.29%) AngularJS
1 9 (64.29%) React
1 9 (64.29%) REST
1 9 (64.29%) Spring
1 9 (64.29%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) Mentoring
1 10 (71.43%) Observability
1 10 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (64.29%) Architectural Patterns
2 9 (64.29%) Design Patterns
2 9 (64.29%) Full-Stack Development
2 9 (64.29%) Secure Coding
2 9 (64.29%) Test Automation
3 2 (14.29%) Business Strategy
3 2 (14.29%) Decision-Making
3 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (14.29%) Wealth Management
4 1 (7.14%) Cloud Security
4 1 (7.14%) Code Quality
4 1 (7.14%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (7.14%) Cyber Resilience
4 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (7.14%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (7.14%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 12 (85.71%) Java
2 1 (7.14%) C
2 1 (7.14%) C++
2 1 (7.14%) Python
2 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) ACCA
1 1 (7.14%) CIMA
1 1 (7.14%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) Cisco
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle
1 1 (7.14%) Sybase