Banking Job Trends 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 9 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 21 17
Rank change year-on-year -10 -4 +5
Permanent jobs citing Banking 1,442 1,208 1,942
As % of all permanent jobs in London 5.86% 10.10% 10.18%
As % of the General category 11.13% 13.35% 14.69%
Number of salaries quoted 702 656 1,507
10th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £62,500
25th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £95,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £120,000 £125,000 £136,250
90th Percentile £140,000 £135,000 £148,750
England median annual salary £85,000 £85,000 £94,637
% change year-on-year - -10.18% +25.07%

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 general skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 12,953 9,046 13,219
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 52.63% 75.63% 69.30%
Number of salaries quoted 8,120 5,460 7,943
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £74,625 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% -0.50% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £114,438 £125,000 £122,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £56,509
% change year-on-year - -2.67% -5.82%

Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Banking job vacancy trend in London

Banking
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Banking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Banking

Banking
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Banking in London over the 6 months to 9 September 2026.

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 9 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
Central London 0 144 £100,000 +23.08% 187
East London -11 19 £91,250 +1.39% 6
West London -14 12 £26,000 -20.00% 61
South London -5 1 £85,000 +45.92% 6
Banking
England

Banking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 30 (2.08%) Apache Spark
2 23 (1.60%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.11%) Confluence
3 16 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.28%) Ethereum
6 2 (0.14%) Apache Pulsar
6 2 (0.14%) SAS
6 2 (0.14%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.069%) CMS
7 1 (0.069%) MTS
7 1 (0.069%) nginx
7 1 (0.069%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.069%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.069%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.069%) TPMS
Applications
1 38 (2.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 17 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.14%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.069%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.069%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.069%) Trello
Business Applications
1 40 (2.77%) Oracle ERP
2 32 (2.22%) Oracle Financials
3 20 (1.39%) Remedy ITSM
4 15 (1.04%) FLEXCUBE
5 10 (0.69%) Elite 3E
5 10 (0.69%) Oracle Applications
5 10 (0.69%) Oracle General Ledger
6 8 (0.55%) Carpe Diem
6 8 (0.55%) Fidessa
6 8 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
6 8 (0.55%) Oracle EBS R12
7 7 (0.49%) Distributed Ledger
7 7 (0.49%) Temenos T24
8 4 (0.28%) Actimize
9 3 (0.21%) Oracle Assets
9 3 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
10 2 (0.14%) Bloomberg TOMS
10 2 (0.14%) Eikon
10 2 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
10 2 (0.14%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 414 (28.71%) AWS
2 230 (15.95%) Azure
3 187 (12.97%) GCP
4 147 (10.19%) SaaS
5 61 (4.23%) Snowflake
6 59 (4.09%) GitHub
7 53 (3.68%) Datadog
8 46 (3.19%) Power Platform
9 45 (3.12%) Microsoft 365
10 43 (2.98%) Amazon EKS
11 42 (2.91%) Serverless
12 41 (2.84%) Anthropic Claude
13 40 (2.77%) Amazon Bedrock
13 40 (2.77%) Amazon S3
14 37 (2.57%) AWS CloudFormation
15 34 (2.36%) AWS Lambda
16 26 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
16 26 (1.80%) PaaS
17 24 (1.66%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 24 (1.66%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 46 (3.19%) Firewall
2 44 (3.05%) DNS
3 43 (2.98%) TCP/IP
4 40 (2.77%) HTTP
5 35 (2.43%) DHCP
6 32 (2.22%) VPN
7 25 (1.73%) Network Security
8 18 (1.25%) VLAN
9 17 (1.18%) SAN
10 16 (1.11%) LAN
10 16 (1.11%) Multicast
10 16 (1.11%) Wi-Fi
11 11 (0.76%) WAN
12 8 (0.55%) BGP
12 8 (0.55%) FIX Connectivity
12 8 (0.55%) Internet
13 7 (0.49%) CHAP
13 7 (0.49%) OSPF
13 7 (0.49%) SD-WAN
13 7 (0.49%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (3.81%) SQL Server
2 43 (2.98%) Power BI
3 38 (2.64%) NoSQL
4 36 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
5 26 (1.80%) Amazon Redshift
6 21 (1.46%) PostgreSQL
7 17 (1.18%) Relational Database
8 14 (0.97%) Tableau
9 13 (0.90%) Data Lake
9 13 (0.90%) Oracle Database
10 12 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
10 12 (0.83%) MySQL
11 11 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
11 11 (0.76%) DynamoDB
11 11 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
11 11 (0.76%) MongoDB
12 8 (0.55%) Delta Lake
13 7 (0.49%) Big Data
13 7 (0.49%) Looker
14 6 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 55 (3.81%) GitLab
2 47 (3.26%) JIRA
3 41 (2.84%) Claude Code
4 39 (2.70%) Git
4 39 (2.70%) Jenkins
5 38 (2.64%) TeamCity
6 17 (1.18%) Cucumber
7 16 (1.11%) Chocolatey
7 16 (1.11%) CircleCI
8 6 (0.42%) Appium
8 6 (0.42%) Cypress.io
8 6 (0.42%) GCC
9 5 (0.35%) Selenium
10 4 (0.28%) Burp Suite
10 4 (0.28%) Gatling
10 4 (0.28%) JMeter
10 4 (0.28%) JUnit
10 4 (0.28%) Newman
10 4 (0.28%) Postman
10 4 (0.28%) REST Assured
General
1 1,146 (79.47%) Finance
2 554 (38.42%) Social Skills
3 261 (18.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 252 (17.48%) Law
5 198 (13.73%) Financial Institution
6 187 (12.97%) Retail
7 175 (12.14%) Analytical Skills
8 158 (10.96%) Investment Banking
9 93 (6.45%) Marketing
10 91 (6.31%) Back Office
11 80 (5.55%) Front Office
12 74 (5.13%) Legal
13 51 (3.54%) Presentation Skills
14 46 (3.19%) Influencing Skills
15 35 (2.43%) Organisational Skills
16 31 (2.15%) Retail Banking
17 28 (1.94%) Telecoms
18 21 (1.46%) Local Government
19 15 (1.04%) Public Sector
20 14 (0.97%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 286 (19.83%) Senior
2 211 (14.63%) Lead
3 156 (10.82%) Software Engineer
4 100 (6.93%) Analyst
5 98 (6.80%) Architect
6 85 (5.89%) Developer
7 54 (3.74%) Lead Software Engineer
8 51 (3.54%) Engineering Manager
9 50 (3.47%) Senior Manager
10 49 (3.40%) Senior Software Engineer
11 47 (3.26%) Software Engineering Manager
11 47 (3.26%) Software Manager
12 42 (2.91%) Consultant
12 42 (2.91%) Java Engineer
13 40 (2.77%) Data Scientist
13 40 (2.77%) Product Owner
14 39 (2.70%) Cloud Engineer
15 37 (2.57%) Development Engineer
15 37 (2.57%) Software Development Engineer
16 36 (2.50%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 142 (9.85%) Terraform
2 84 (5.83%) REST
3 65 (4.51%) Kafka
4 59 (4.09%) Spring
5 54 (3.74%) LangChain
6 53 (3.68%) LangGraph
7 38 (2.64%) RESTful
8 36 (2.50%) FIX Protocol
9 33 (2.29%) Spring Boot
10 28 (1.94%) scikit-learn
11 27 (1.87%) React
12 24 (1.66%) PyTorch
13 23 (1.60%) TensorFlow
14 22 (1.53%) SpaCy
15 19 (1.32%) .NET
15 19 (1.32%) FastAPI
16 18 (1.25%) OpenAPI
16 18 (1.25%) Swagger
17 15 (1.04%) gRPC
18 13 (0.90%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 196 (13.59%) Product Ownership
2 190 (13.18%) Cloud Native
3 86 (5.96%) Public Cloud
4 73 (5.06%) AI Agents
5 61 (4.23%) Distributed Systems
6 56 (3.88%) Management Information System
6 56 (3.88%) Onboarding
7 55 (3.81%) Derivative
8 52 (3.61%) Fixed Income
9 51 (3.54%) Hedge funds
10 41 (2.84%) e-Learning
10 41 (2.84%) Security Posture
11 38 (2.64%) Equities
12 36 (2.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 32 (2.22%) Mobile Banking
14 23 (1.60%) Algorithms
14 23 (1.60%) Virtual Team
15 22 (1.53%) Cyber Threat
16 21 (1.46%) Data Centre
16 21 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 98 (6.80%) Linux
2 61 (4.23%) Windows
3 34 (2.36%) Unix
4 20 (1.39%) Android
5 18 (1.25%) CentOS
6 14 (0.97%) Apple iOS
6 14 (0.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 13 (0.90%) Windows Server
8 11 (0.76%) AIX
8 11 (0.76%) Rocky
9 10 (0.69%) Oracle Linux
10 6 (0.42%) Windows 10
11 5 (0.35%) Solaris
11 5 (0.35%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.069%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.069%) VMS
12 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 325 (22.54%) Software Engineering
2 318 (22.05%) Roadmaps
3 303 (21.01%) AI
4 250 (17.34%) Agile
5 239 (16.57%) CI/CD
6 228 (15.81%) Problem-Solving
7 186 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
8 185 (12.83%) Fintech
9 178 (12.34%) Stakeholder Management
10 176 (12.21%) Analytics
11 169 (11.72%) DevOps
12 166 (11.51%) Machine Learning
13 152 (10.54%) Mentoring
14 151 (10.47%) Risk Management
15 148 (10.26%) ITIL
16 143 (9.92%) Technical Leadership
17 141 (9.78%) Test Automation
18 131 (9.08%) Microservices
19 125 (8.67%) Product Roadmap
20 116 (8.04%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 262 (18.17%) Python
2 219 (15.19%) Java
3 172 (11.93%) SQL
4 57 (3.95%) Go
5 48 (3.33%) C++
5 48 (3.33%) JavaScript
6 45 (3.12%) Bash
7 40 (2.77%) PowerShell
8 35 (2.43%) C#
9 31 (2.15%) TypeScript
10 18 (1.25%) Kotlin
11 17 (1.18%) RPG
12 15 (1.04%) C
13 14 (0.97%) Perl
14 12 (0.83%) Shell Script
15 11 (0.76%) Korn
15 11 (0.76%) PL/SQL
15 11 (0.76%) Ruby
16 9 (0.62%) COBOL
17 8 (0.55%) VBA
Qualifications
1 161 (11.17%) Degree
2 60 (4.16%) CISSP
3 54 (3.74%) Master's Degree
4 50 (3.47%) CISM
5 44 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
6 41 (2.84%) Cisco Certification
7 35 (2.43%) AWS Certification
8 34 (2.36%) PhD
9 29 (2.01%) Azure Certification
10 24 (1.66%) CCNP
11 23 (1.60%) CRISC
12 21 (1.46%) CISA
13 17 (1.18%) ACCA
14 16 (1.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 15 (1.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 15 (1.04%) CIMA
16 14 (0.97%) CCSP
16 14 (0.97%) PMI Certification
17 12 (0.83%) PMP
18 10 (0.69%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (6.03%) QA
2 54 (3.74%) NIST
3 50 (3.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 42 (2.91%) GDPR
5 39 (2.70%) Data Quality
6 37 (2.57%) GRC
7 30 (2.08%) SLA
8 24 (1.66%) COBIT
9 23 (1.60%) PCI DSS
10 21 (1.46%) SOC 2
11 19 (1.32%) ISO 20022
12 17 (1.18%) PMO
13 15 (1.04%) Accessibility
13 15 (1.04%) MiFID
13 15 (1.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 14 (0.97%) FINREP
15 12 (0.83%) EMIR
16 11 (0.76%) COREP
17 9 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
17 9 (0.62%) NIST 800
System Software
1 62 (4.30%) Docker
2 44 (3.05%) Active Directory
3 25 (1.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.18%) Virtual Desktop
4 17 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (0.76%) Oracle RAC
6 4 (0.28%) vSphere
7 3 (0.21%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.14%) ProxySG
8 2 (0.14%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.069%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.069%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 136 (9.43%) Kubernetes
2 54 (3.74%) Grafana
3 38 (2.64%) Ansible
4 25 (1.73%) Nagios
5 22 (1.53%) Microsoft Intune
6 20 (1.39%) SCCM
7 17 (1.18%) Prometheus
8 10 (0.69%) Data Guard
8 10 (0.69%) Oracle RMAN
9 9 (0.62%) Cilium
10 7 (0.49%) Istio
11 5 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.28%) Norton AntiVirus
13 3 (0.21%) Argo
13 3 (0.21%) ITRS Geneos
14 2 (0.14%) FortiGate
14 2 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
15 1 (0.069%) Forefront Identity Manager
15 1 (0.069%) Jamf Pro
15 1 (0.069%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 109 (7.56%) Microsoft
2 103 (7.14%) Oracle
3 53 (3.68%) Databricks
4 48 (3.33%) Google
5 43 (2.98%) ServiceNow
6 37 (2.57%) VMware
7 31 (2.15%) Dynatrace
8 30 (2.08%) IBM
9 26 (1.80%) Bloomberg
10 24 (1.66%) Red Hat
11 20 (1.39%) BMC
11 20 (1.39%) Remedy
11 20 (1.39%) Tenable
12 19 (1.32%) AppDynamics
13 18 (1.25%) Cisco
14 16 (1.11%) Splunk
15 13 (0.90%) Reuters
16 12 (0.83%) Citrix
16 12 (0.83%) FIS
16 12 (0.83%) Palo Alto