Banking Jobs in London

Banking
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in permanent job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Banking over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 23 19
Rank change year-on-year +2 -4 +25
Permanent jobs citing Banking 1,347 1,902 3,431
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 10.54% 7.92% 10.66%
As % of the General category 13.72% 11.75% 15.53%
Number of salaries quoted 649 1,490 2,470
10th Percentile £51,000 £55,000 £51,715
25th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £92,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% +8.82% +6.25%
75th Percentile £122,500 £122,500 £115,000
90th Percentile £140,000 £148,750 £138,750
England median annual salary £71,991 £86,600 £75,000
% change year-on-year -16.87% +15.47% -

All General Skills
London

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 9,816 16,183 22,087
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 76.81% 67.35% 68.63%
Number of salaries quoted 5,261 11,370 15,468
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,500 £50,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,037 £73,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.09% -4.71% +5.00%
75th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £125,000 £120,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £55,565 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.84% -12.50% -

Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Banking in London

Banking
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Banking in London

Banking
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Banking in London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Banking in London

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 Banking within the London region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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 +1 147 £90,000 +5.88% 83
South London +62 86 £72,500 -42.00% 6
West London +60 73 £50,000 -37.50% 4
North London - 60 £75,000 -
East London -1 41 £85,000 -43.33% 5
Banking
England

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
1 105 (7.80%) Apache Airflow
2 89 (6.61%) Apache
3 18 (1.34%) Confluence
4 16 (1.19%) Apache Spark
5 13 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.67%) SharePoint
7 7 (0.52%) SAS
8 5 (0.37%) nginx
9 3 (0.22%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.22%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.15%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.15%) Traefik
11 1 (0.074%) Camunda
11 1 (0.074%) CMS
11 1 (0.074%) JBoss
11 1 (0.074%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.074%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 257 (19.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 47 (3.49%) Microsoft Office
3 34 (2.52%) Microsoft Excel
4 16 (1.19%) Maya
5 8 (0.59%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.45%) Chatbot
6 6 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.074%) Stata
7 1 (0.074%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 8 (0.59%) Fidessa
1 8 (0.59%) Postilion
1 8 (0.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.52%) Orchestrade
2 7 (0.52%) SAP IBP
2 7 (0.52%) Temenos T24
3 5 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.30%) Adaptiv
4 4 (0.30%) SimCorp Dimension
5 3 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.15%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
7 1 (0.074%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.074%) Oracle FAH
7 1 (0.074%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.074%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.074%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.074%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.074%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 359 (26.65%) AWS
2 238 (17.67%) Azure
3 161 (11.95%) GCP
4 98 (7.28%) dbt
5 97 (7.20%) Snowflake
6 35 (2.60%) Serverless
7 32 (2.38%) Amazon EKS
8 31 (2.30%) Amazon S3
8 31 (2.30%) Cloud Computing
9 30 (2.23%) Amazon EC2
9 30 (2.23%) SaaS
10 26 (1.93%) Microsoft 365
10 26 (1.93%) Power Platform
11 25 (1.86%) Amazon ECS
12 22 (1.63%) AWS Lambda
12 22 (1.63%) Dagster
13 15 (1.11%) Azure DevOps
13 15 (1.11%) GitHub
14 14 (1.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 14 (1.04%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 51 (3.79%) TCP/IP
2 48 (3.56%) Firewall
3 42 (3.12%) VPN
4 33 (2.45%) LAN
5 27 (2.00%) WAN
6 26 (1.93%) DNS
6 26 (1.93%) Network Security
7 22 (1.63%) BGP
7 22 (1.63%) OSPF
8 19 (1.41%) DHCP
9 16 (1.19%) MPLS
9 16 (1.19%) Multicast
10 9 (0.67%) IPsec
10 9 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
11 8 (0.59%) ATM
12 7 (0.52%) EIGRP
12 7 (0.52%) HSRP
12 7 (0.52%) SNMP
12 7 (0.52%) VRRP
12 7 (0.52%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (7.65%) Amazon Athena
2 100 (7.42%) Apache Iceberg
3 96 (7.13%) Dremio
4 88 (6.53%) Data Lake
5 84 (6.24%) Apache Arrow
6 51 (3.79%) Apache Ignite
7 48 (3.56%) SQL Server
8 44 (3.27%) NoSQL
9 35 (2.60%) Relational Database
10 33 (2.45%) PostgreSQL
11 25 (1.86%) Metadata
12 24 (1.78%) Power BI
13 23 (1.71%) Data Warehouse
14 16 (1.19%) DynamoDB
14 16 (1.19%) Tableau
15 14 (1.04%) Amazon Redshift
15 14 (1.04%) Big Data
16 13 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
16 13 (0.97%) KDB
17 12 (0.89%) Redis
Development Applications
1 79 (5.86%) Git
2 49 (3.64%) JIRA
3 39 (2.90%) Jenkins
4 28 (2.08%) GitLab
5 15 (1.11%) CircleCI
6 13 (0.97%) Maven
7 11 (0.82%) JUnit
7 11 (0.82%) TeamCity
8 10 (0.74%) SonarQube
8 10 (0.74%) webpack
9 9 (0.67%) Gradle
10 8 (0.59%) Octopus Deploy
10 8 (0.59%) Vite
11 7 (0.52%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 7 (0.52%) Burp Suite
11 7 (0.52%) Sonatype Nexus
12 6 (0.45%) Artifactory
12 6 (0.45%) Grunt
12 6 (0.45%) Jasmine
12 6 (0.45%) Mocha
General
1 1,072 (79.58%) Finance
2 562 (41.72%) Social Skills
3 442 (32.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 433 (32.15%) Analytical Skills
5 325 (24.13%) Financial Institution
6 266 (19.75%) French Language
7 258 (19.15%) German Language
8 253 (18.78%) Investment Banking
9 236 (17.52%) Front Office
10 142 (10.54%) Law
11 65 (4.83%) Retail Banking
12 41 (3.04%) Retail
12 41 (3.04%) Telecoms
13 29 (2.15%) Marketing
14 24 (1.78%) Games
15 18 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
16 17 (1.26%) Legal
17 14 (1.04%) Back Office
18 13 (0.97%) Manufacturing
19 11 (0.82%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 360 (26.73%) Analyst
2 278 (20.64%) Senior
3 254 (18.86%) Software Engineer
4 253 (18.78%) Credit Analyst
5 251 (18.63%) Research Analyst
6 214 (15.89%) Developer
7 152 (11.28%) Lead
8 116 (8.61%) Python Engineer
9 115 (8.54%) Java Engineer
10 112 (8.31%) AWS Engineer
11 102 (7.57%) Java Software Engineer
12 98 (7.28%) Senior Software Engineer
13 97 (7.20%) Python Software Engineer
14 96 (7.13%) AWS Software Engineer
15 83 (6.16%) Architect
16 64 (4.75%) Developer/Software Engineer
17 62 (4.60%) Lead Software Engineer
18 61 (4.53%) Senior Java Engineer
19 57 (4.23%) Senior Java Software Engineer
20 53 (3.93%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (6.16%) React
2 73 (5.42%) Kafka
3 69 (5.12%) PySpark
4 67 (4.97%) NumPy
5 66 (4.90%) SciPy
6 65 (4.83%) gRPC
6 65 (4.83%) Pandas
6 65 (4.83%) RESTful
7 53 (3.93%) Protocol Buffers
8 52 (3.86%) .NET
9 46 (3.41%) FIX Protocol
10 40 (2.97%) Spring
11 39 (2.90%) Redux
12 33 (2.45%) Node.js
13 30 (2.23%) Middleware
14 27 (2.00%) REST
15 26 (1.93%) Spring Boot
16 25 (1.86%) AngularJS
16 25 (1.86%) CSS
17 24 (1.78%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 397 (29.47%) Fixed Income
2 263 (19.52%) Credit Risk
3 165 (12.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 145 (10.76%) Equities
5 141 (10.47%) Derivative
6 116 (8.61%) Cloud Native
7 97 (7.20%) Hedge funds
8 48 (3.56%) Algorithms
9 47 (3.49%) Distributed Systems
10 41 (3.04%) Pricing Data
11 38 (2.82%) Product Ownership
12 35 (2.60%) Greenfield Project
13 32 (2.38%) Management Information System
14 31 (2.30%) Mobile App
15 27 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
16 26 (1.93%) Enterprise Software
17 25 (1.86%) Public Cloud
18 22 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
19 19 (1.41%) Blockchain
20 17 (1.26%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 120 (8.91%) Linux
2 72 (5.35%) Windows
3 48 (3.56%) Unix
4 42 (3.12%) Windows Server
5 17 (1.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 15 (1.11%) Windows Server 2016
7 13 (0.97%) CentOS
8 12 (0.89%) Windows Server 2019
9 11 (0.82%) Windows Server 2012
10 10 (0.74%) Rocky
10 10 (0.74%) zOS
11 9 (0.67%) Windows 10
12 4 (0.30%) Android
13 3 (0.22%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.15%) Apple iOS
15 1 (0.074%) Debian
15 1 (0.074%) Solaris
15 1 (0.074%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 488 (36.23%) Agile
2 443 (32.89%) Asset Management
3 376 (27.91%) Risk Management
4 318 (23.61%) Decision-Making
5 311 (23.09%) Software Engineering
6 278 (20.64%) Business Strategy
7 273 (20.27%) Portfolio Management
8 272 (20.19%) Risk Assessment
9 253 (18.78%) Financial Modelling
10 252 (18.71%) Credit Risk Analysis
11 225 (16.70%) Problem-Solving
12 185 (13.73%) CI/CD
13 139 (10.32%) DevOps
14 137 (10.17%) Analytics
14 137 (10.17%) SDLC
15 125 (9.28%) Artificial Intelligence
16 122 (9.06%) Microservices
17 107 (7.94%) Fintech
18 104 (7.72%) Stakeholder Management
19 101 (7.50%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 378 (28.06%) Python
2 318 (23.61%) Java
3 228 (16.93%) SQL
4 137 (10.17%) JavaScript
5 120 (8.91%) TypeScript
6 67 (4.97%) C#
7 65 (4.83%) C++
8 59 (4.38%) Bash
9 54 (4.01%) Go
10 47 (3.49%) PowerShell
11 23 (1.71%) C
12 22 (1.63%) Kotlin
13 14 (1.04%) T-SQL
14 13 (0.97%) Scala
15 12 (0.89%) PL/SQL
16 11 (0.82%) Rust
17 8 (0.59%) Perl
18 7 (0.52%) Groovy
18 7 (0.52%) Shell Script
19 4 (0.30%) Lua
Qualifications
1 382 (28.36%) Degree
2 279 (20.71%) Master's Degree
3 260 (19.30%) CFA
4 55 (4.08%) Cisco Certification
5 50 (3.71%) Azure Certification
6 36 (2.67%) AWS Certification
7 32 (2.38%) CCNA
8 31 (2.30%) CISSP
9 30 (2.23%) CCNP
10 26 (1.93%) PMI Certification
11 25 (1.86%) CISA
12 24 (1.78%) Microsoft Certification
13 19 (1.41%) PMP
14 15 (1.11%) CISM
15 13 (0.97%) CCIE
16 12 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
17 10 (0.74%) GCIA
17 10 (0.74%) GCIH
17 10 (0.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 9 (0.67%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (2.82%) QA
2 25 (1.86%) SLA
3 24 (1.78%) NIST
4 20 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (1.48%) ITGC
5 16 (1.19%) GDPR
6 14 (1.04%) Data Quality
7 11 (0.82%) SOC 2
8 9 (0.67%) GRC
8 9 (0.67%) NIST 800
9 6 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (0.45%) SOC 1
10 5 (0.37%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.37%) ISO 20022
11 4 (0.30%) Accessibility
11 4 (0.30%) COREP
11 4 (0.30%) MiFID
11 4 (0.30%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.30%) PMO
12 3 (0.22%) COBIT
System Software
1 69 (5.12%) Docker
2 36 (2.67%) Active Directory
3 33 (2.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.56%) Hyper-V
5 11 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (0.82%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (0.37%) Apache Flume
7 3 (0.22%) Firmware
7 3 (0.22%) vSphere
8 1 (0.074%) KVM
8 1 (0.074%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 118 (8.76%) Kubernetes
2 82 (6.09%) Terraform
3 42 (3.12%) Ansible
4 31 (2.30%) SCCM
5 27 (2.00%) Nagios
6 26 (1.93%) Grafana
7 20 (1.48%) Prometheus
8 16 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
9 13 (0.97%) SCOM
10 12 (0.89%) NetBackup
11 9 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
12 8 (0.59%) Istio
13 6 (0.45%) Mesos
13 6 (0.45%) RSA Archer
14 5 (0.37%) HP Fortify
14 5 (0.37%) Oozie
14 5 (0.37%) Progress Chef
15 4 (0.30%) Puppet
15 4 (0.30%) vCenter Server
16 3 (0.22%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 272 (20.19%) Bloomberg
2 104 (7.72%) Microsoft
3 57 (4.23%) Oracle
4 44 (3.27%) VMware
5 42 (3.12%) SolarWinds
6 35 (2.60%) Cisco
7 28 (2.08%) Databricks
8 23 (1.71%) Red Hat
8 23 (1.71%) ServiceNow
9 21 (1.56%) Fortinet
10 17 (1.26%) CheckPoint
11 16 (1.19%) Veeam
12 15 (1.11%) IBM
13 14 (1.04%) Reuters
13 14 (1.04%) SAP
14 13 (0.97%) Refinitiv
15 12 (0.89%) Arista
15 12 (0.89%) Splunk
15 12 (0.89%) Trayport
16 10 (0.74%) Murex