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 in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Investment Banking over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 122 170 436
Rank change year-on-year +48 +266 -177
Permanent jobs citing Investment Banking 629 642 645
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 2.54% 2.06% 0.87%
As % of the General category 3.80% 3.01% 1.25%
Number of salaries quoted 572 510 453
10th Percentile £77,500 £63,750 £57,500
25th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £130,000 £115,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +35.29% -
75th Percentile £148,750 £140,000 £112,500
90th Percentile £165,000 £160,000 £133,500
England median annual salary £125,000 £110,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year +13.64% +33.33% -2.94%

All General Skills
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 common skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 16,537 21,348 51,533
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 66.74% 68.39% 69.24%
Number of salaries quoted 11,503 15,104 23,027
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £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 12 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 12 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 -2 37 £97,500 -11.36% 24
East London +29 12 £150,000 - 9
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
1 367 (58.35%) Apache
2 348 (55.33%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (0.64%) Confluence
4 3 (0.48%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.48%) CMS
4 3 (0.48%) IIS
5 1 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.16%) Documentum
5 1 (0.16%) GemFire
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle Coherence
5 1 (0.16%) SharePoint
Applications
1 27 (4.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (4.13%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (3.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 14 (2.23%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 401 (63.75%) AWS
2 364 (57.87%) dbt
3 328 (52.15%) Snowflake
4 165 (26.23%) GCP
5 28 (4.45%) Azure
6 24 (3.82%) Amazon EC2
6 24 (3.82%) Amazon ECS
6 24 (3.82%) Amazon EKS
7 22 (3.50%) Power Platform
8 9 (1.43%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (0.95%) GitHub
10 4 (0.64%) Firebase
11 3 (0.48%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Purview
12 2 (0.32%) Amazon SageMaker
12 2 (0.32%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (0.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (0.32%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.32%) PowerApps
13 1 (0.16%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.23%) Firewall
2 8 (1.27%) Remote Desktop
2 8 (1.27%) VPN
3 6 (0.95%) Cisco ASA
4 4 (0.64%) Internet
4 4 (0.64%) LAN
4 4 (0.64%) WAN
5 2 (0.32%) DHCP
5 2 (0.32%) DNS
6 1 (0.16%) HTTP
6 1 (0.16%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 365 (58.03%) Apache Arrow
2 364 (57.87%) Dremio
3 348 (55.33%) Amazon Athena
3 348 (55.33%) Apache Ignite
4 347 (55.17%) Data Lake
5 22 (3.50%) Power BI
6 20 (3.18%) Tableau
7 19 (3.02%) Big Data
8 17 (2.70%) SQL Server
9 7 (1.11%) KDB
10 6 (0.95%) Kdb+
11 4 (0.64%) NoSQL
12 3 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.48%) Hadoop
12 3 (0.48%) MongoDB
12 3 (0.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 3 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 2 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
13 2 (0.32%) MySQL
13 2 (0.32%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 12 (1.91%) Git
2 11 (1.75%) GitLab
3 8 (1.27%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.95%) Maven
4 6 (0.95%) TeamCity
5 5 (0.79%) JIRA
6 4 (0.64%) Crashlytics
7 3 (0.48%) FitNesse
7 3 (0.48%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (0.48%) Selenium
7 3 (0.48%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.48%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.16%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.16%) JUnit
General
1 629 (100.00%) Banking
2 500 (79.49%) Finance
3 459 (72.97%) Front Office
4 45 (7.15%) Social Skills
5 18 (2.86%) Financial Institution
6 13 (2.07%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (1.43%) Law
8 7 (1.11%) Legal
9 6 (0.95%) Corporate Banking
9 6 (0.95%) Marketing
10 5 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.48%) Back Office
11 3 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.32%) Advertising
12 2 (0.32%) Mandarin Language
13 1 (0.16%) Games
13 1 (0.16%) General Ledger
13 1 (0.16%) Retail
13 1 (0.16%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 217 (34.50%) Software Engineer
2 192 (30.52%) Developer
3 164 (26.07%) Lead
4 140 (22.26%) Senior
5 138 (21.94%) Java Engineer
6 134 (21.30%) AWS Engineer
6 134 (21.30%) AWS Software Engineer
7 132 (20.99%) Java Software Engineer
8 128 (20.35%) Python Engineer
8 128 (20.35%) Python Software Engineer
9 107 (17.01%) Senior Software Engineer
10 91 (14.47%) Developer/Software Engineer
11 90 (14.31%) Java Developer
12 86 (13.67%) Software Developer
13 82 (13.04%) Architect
14 80 (12.72%) Team Leader
15 79 (12.56%) Lead Developer
16 77 (12.24%) Software Team Leader
17 76 (12.08%) Lead Software Developer
17 76 (12.08%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 347 (55.17%) Pandas
2 346 (55.01%) gRPC
2 346 (55.01%) NumPy
2 346 (55.01%) Protocol Buffers
2 346 (55.01%) SciPy
3 24 (3.82%) PySpark
4 22 (3.50%) AngularJS
5 21 (3.34%) Spring
6 18 (2.86%) .NET
7 16 (2.54%) React
8 14 (2.23%) HTML
8 14 (2.23%) Spring Boot
9 13 (2.07%) FIX Protocol
10 11 (1.75%) ASP.NET
10 11 (1.75%) XML
11 10 (1.59%) Web Services
12 9 (1.43%) .NET Core
12 9 (1.43%) HTML5
12 9 (1.43%) REST
13 8 (1.27%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 413 (65.66%) Fixed Income
2 388 (61.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 387 (61.53%) Equities
4 385 (61.21%) Hedge funds
5 381 (60.57%) Derivative
6 48 (7.63%) Pricing Data
7 35 (5.56%) Product Ownership
8 21 (3.34%) Self-Motivation
9 14 (2.23%) Distributed Systems
10 8 (1.27%) Data Centre
11 7 (1.11%) Equity Derivative
11 7 (1.11%) Onboarding
12 6 (0.95%) Management Information System
12 6 (0.95%) Market Risk
12 6 (0.95%) Public Cloud
13 5 (0.79%) Cloud Native
13 5 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
14 4 (0.64%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 4 (0.64%) Mobile App
14 4 (0.64%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 48 (7.63%) Windows
2 34 (5.41%) Linux
3 19 (3.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 18 (2.86%) Windows Server
5 14 (2.23%) Unix
6 4 (0.64%) Android
6 4 (0.64%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.64%) Windows XP
7 3 (0.48%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.32%) AIX
8 2 (0.32%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 441 (70.11%) Agile
2 422 (67.09%) Asset Management
3 372 (59.14%) Software Engineering
4 304 (48.33%) Investment Management
5 145 (23.05%) Line Management
6 136 (21.62%) Greeks
7 56 (8.90%) Analytics
8 49 (7.79%) Electronic Trading
9 42 (6.68%) Multithreading
10 37 (5.88%) Low Latency
11 32 (5.09%) Microservices
12 30 (4.77%) Migration
13 28 (4.45%) DevOps
14 27 (4.29%) Roadmaps
15 26 (4.13%) Business Strategy
15 26 (4.13%) TDD
16 25 (3.97%) Problem-Solving
17 24 (3.82%) Algorithmic Trading
18 23 (3.66%) Fintech
18 23 (3.66%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 435 (69.16%) Java
2 428 (68.04%) Python
3 375 (59.62%) JavaScript
4 355 (56.44%) TypeScript
5 90 (14.31%) SQL
6 24 (3.82%) C#
7 23 (3.66%) Bash
7 23 (3.66%) Ruby
8 22 (3.50%) Perl
9 19 (3.02%) PowerShell
10 13 (2.07%) Scala
11 11 (1.75%) Korn
12 10 (1.59%) Kotlin
13 5 (0.79%) C++
14 4 (0.64%) Swift
15 3 (0.48%) XAML
16 2 (0.32%) MATLAB
16 2 (0.32%) VBA
17 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
17 1 (0.16%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 27 (4.29%) Degree
2 14 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (0.95%) Master's Degree
4 4 (0.64%) Azure Certification
5 2 (0.32%) MBA
5 2 (0.32%) MCSA
5 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.16%) CCAB
6 1 (0.16%) CFA
6 1 (0.16%) CISA
6 1 (0.16%) CISM
6 1 (0.16%) CISSP
6 1 (0.16%) PhD
6 1 (0.16%) QiCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (21.78%) Data Quality
2 10 (1.59%) QA
3 4 (0.64%) NIST
3 4 (0.64%) SLA
4 1 (0.16%) COBIT
4 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.16%) ITGC
4 1 (0.16%) MiFID
4 1 (0.16%) PMO
System Software
1 19 (3.02%) Docker
2 9 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.27%) XenApp
3 8 (1.27%) XenDesktop
4 6 (0.95%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.32%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.32%) vSphere
6 1 (0.16%) GridGain
6 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 21 (3.34%) Ansible
2 20 (3.18%) Kubernetes
3 16 (2.54%) Puppet
4 11 (1.75%) Red Hat Satellite
4 11 (1.75%) Terraform
5 7 (1.11%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.64%) Control-M
6 4 (0.64%) Grafana
7 2 (0.32%) ZABBIX
8 1 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.16%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.16%) SCCM
8 1 (0.16%) SCOM
8 1 (0.16%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 51 (8.11%) Microsoft
2 41 (6.52%) Bloomberg
3 24 (3.82%) Reuters
4 19 (3.02%) Red Hat
5 16 (2.54%) Citrix
6 15 (2.38%) VMware
7 14 (2.23%) BISAM
8 11 (1.75%) TOWER Software
9 7 (1.11%) Oracle
10 6 (0.95%) Cisco
10 6 (0.95%) Fortinet
10 6 (0.95%) Palo Alto
10 6 (0.95%) ServiceNow
11 5 (0.79%) Sun
12 4 (0.64%) Amplitude
12 4 (0.64%) Splunk
12 4 (0.64%) Sybase
13 3 (0.48%) HP
13 3 (0.48%) Murex
14 2 (0.32%) IBM