Hybrid/Remote International Banking Contract Job Trends

International Banking
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term International Banking in remote or hybrid contract work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited International Banking over the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 312 298 362
Rank change year-on-year -14 +64 +140
Contract jobs citing International Banking 4 9 4
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.040% 0.082% 0.024%
As % of the General category 0.065% 0.13% 0.042%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 3
10th Percentile - - £584
25th Percentile £726 - £673
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £776 £482 £843
Median % change year-on-year +60.94% -42.84% +16.32%
75th Percentile £838 £571 £876
90th Percentile - £619 £883
UK median daily rate £624 £600 £525
% change year-on-year +4.05% +14.29% -25.00%

All General Skills
Work from Home

International Banking falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring general skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 6,154 6,708 9,595
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 61.75% 61.29% 58.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,939 4,138 6,417
10th Percentile £325 £313 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £627 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 246 136 278
10th Percentile £15.74 £19.15 £14.45
25th Percentile £20.50 £22.00 £20.31
Median hourly rate £42.50 £33.52 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.79% -16.20% -27.27%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £27.39 £30.48
% change year-on-year -16.01% -10.14% +21.90%

International Banking
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing International Banking and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

International Banking job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

International Banking
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing International Banking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing International Banking

International Banking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Multicast
1 2 (50.00%) NetScaler
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) GCC
1 2 (50.00%) GDB
General
1 4 (100.00%) Banking
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) C++ Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Citrix Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Senior
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Citrix Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) C++ Quantitative Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 2 (50.00%) FIX Protocol
1 2 (50.00%) Middleware
1 2 (50.00%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Distributed Architecture
1 2 (50.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
1 2 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Application Packaging
1 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 2 (50.00%) Desktop Virtualisation
1 2 (50.00%) Electronic Trading
1 2 (50.00%) High Availability
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
1 2 (50.00%) Low Latency
1 2 (50.00%) Multithreading
1 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C++
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CCA
1 2 (50.00%) Citrix Certification
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) MCSE
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Citrix
1 2 (50.00%) Solace