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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 24 19
Rank change year-on-year +6 -5 +22
Permanent jobs citing Banking 1,361 1,799 3,751
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 10.53% 7.61% 10.95%
As % of the General category 13.77% 11.24% 15.93%
Number of salaries quoted 686 1,398 2,672
10th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £51,250
25th Percentile £74,902 £71,250 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £90,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £122,500 £122,500 £112,500
90th Percentile £144,375 £148,750 £138,073
England median annual salary £71,991 £85,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -15.30% +13.33% -

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 9,883 16,012 23,542
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 76.43% 67.74% 68.71%
Number of salaries quoted 5,527 11,382 16,269
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £42,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £50,000 £54,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -5.41% +5.71%
75th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £125,000 £118,750 £120,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -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 12 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 12 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 -1 141 £85,000 +3.03% 100
South London +74 125 £72,500 -7.35% 3
West London +74 97 £50,000 -37.50% 11
North London - 77 £95,000 -
East London +12 46 £83,000 -44.67% 14
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
1 134 (9.85%) Apache Airflow
2 113 (8.30%) Apache
3 18 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (1.25%) Confluence
5 12 (0.88%) Apache Spark
6 10 (0.73%) SAS
7 9 (0.66%) SharePoint
8 4 (0.29%) WordPress
9 3 (0.22%) nginx
9 3 (0.22%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.22%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.15%) CMS
11 1 (0.073%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.073%) Camunda
11 1 (0.073%) JBoss
11 1 (0.073%) Mule
11 1 (0.073%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.073%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.073%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 351 (25.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 47 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (2.28%) Microsoft Excel
4 16 (1.18%) Maya
5 12 (0.88%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.51%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.073%) Stata
Business Applications
1 11 (0.81%) Fidessa
1 11 (0.81%) Postilion
2 8 (0.59%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.51%) Orchestrade
3 7 (0.51%) SAP IBP
3 7 (0.51%) Temenos T24
4 5 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.22%) SimCorp Dimension
6 2 (0.15%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
7 1 (0.073%) Distributed Ledger
7 1 (0.073%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.073%) Finacle
7 1 (0.073%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.073%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.073%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.073%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.073%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.073%) SAP FSCM
Cloud Services
1 370 (27.19%) AWS
2 229 (16.83%) Azure
3 185 (13.59%) GCP
4 131 (9.63%) dbt
5 122 (8.96%) Snowflake
6 68 (5.00%) Amazon EC2
7 65 (4.78%) Amazon ECS
8 54 (3.97%) Dagster
9 49 (3.60%) Amazon EKS
9 49 (3.60%) Serverless
10 45 (3.31%) Amazon S3
11 36 (2.65%) AWS Lambda
12 30 (2.20%) Cloud Computing
12 30 (2.20%) Microsoft 365
12 30 (2.20%) SaaS
13 28 (2.06%) AWS CloudFormation
13 28 (2.06%) Power Platform
14 20 (1.47%) Amazon SQS
15 15 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
16 14 (1.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 52 (3.82%) Firewall
2 42 (3.09%) TCP/IP
3 33 (2.42%) VPN
4 31 (2.28%) Network Security
5 28 (2.06%) LAN
6 27 (1.98%) DNS
7 22 (1.62%) WAN
8 19 (1.40%) DHCP
9 18 (1.32%) BGP
9 18 (1.32%) OSPF
10 15 (1.10%) Multicast
11 13 (0.96%) MPLS
12 11 (0.81%) ATM
13 9 (0.66%) IPsec
14 8 (0.59%) Ethernet VPN
14 8 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
15 7 (0.51%) FIX Connectivity
15 7 (0.51%) NetScaler
15 7 (0.51%) Wireshark
16 6 (0.44%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 135 (9.92%) Amazon Athena
2 129 (9.48%) Apache Iceberg
2 129 (9.48%) Dremio
3 116 (8.52%) Data Lake
4 108 (7.94%) Apache Arrow
5 75 (5.51%) Apache Ignite
6 49 (3.60%) SQL Server
7 29 (2.13%) Amazon RDS
7 29 (2.13%) Amazon Redshift
8 26 (1.91%) Metadata
8 26 (1.91%) NoSQL
9 25 (1.84%) Power BI
10 24 (1.76%) PostgreSQL
10 24 (1.76%) Relational Database
11 21 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
11 21 (1.54%) DynamoDB
12 13 (0.96%) Big Data
12 13 (0.96%) Hadoop
13 11 (0.81%) Oracle Reports
13 11 (0.81%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 69 (5.07%) Git
2 47 (3.45%) JIRA
3 35 (2.57%) Jenkins
4 28 (2.06%) GitLab
5 13 (0.96%) TeamCity
6 12 (0.88%) CircleCI
7 11 (0.81%) Maven
7 11 (0.81%) SonarQube
8 10 (0.73%) Octopus Deploy
8 10 (0.73%) webpack
9 9 (0.66%) Gradle
9 9 (0.66%) JUnit
10 7 (0.51%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 7 (0.51%) Burp Suite
10 7 (0.51%) Selenium
10 7 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
11 6 (0.44%) Artifactory
11 6 (0.44%) Grunt
11 6 (0.44%) Jasmine
11 6 (0.44%) Mocha
General
1 1,093 (80.31%) Finance
2 611 (44.89%) Social Skills
3 498 (36.59%) Analytical Skills
4 427 (31.37%) Financial Institution
5 421 (30.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 362 (26.60%) French Language
7 354 (26.01%) German Language
8 259 (19.03%) Investment Banking
9 255 (18.74%) Front Office
10 68 (5.00%) Retail Banking
11 43 (3.16%) Telecoms
12 32 (2.35%) Retail
13 28 (2.06%) Law
14 24 (1.76%) Marketing
15 23 (1.69%) Games
16 18 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
17 16 (1.18%) Legal
18 13 (0.96%) Manufacturing
18 13 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
19 12 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 463 (34.02%) Analyst
2 347 (25.50%) Credit Analyst
2 347 (25.50%) Research Analyst
3 265 (19.47%) Senior
4 195 (14.33%) Developer
5 184 (13.52%) Software Engineer
6 144 (10.58%) AWS Engineer
7 124 (9.11%) Python Engineer
8 112 (8.23%) AWS Software Engineer
9 101 (7.42%) Java Engineer
10 90 (6.61%) Architect
11 87 (6.39%) Java Software Engineer
12 82 (6.02%) Senior Software Engineer
13 81 (5.95%) Lead
14 77 (5.66%) Python Software Engineer
15 57 (4.19%) Developer/Software Engineer
15 57 (4.19%) Senior Java Engineer
16 55 (4.04%) Senior Java Software Engineer
17 47 (3.45%) Java Developer
17 47 (3.45%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (7.35%) NumPy
2 99 (7.27%) SciPy
3 96 (7.05%) Pandas
4 94 (6.91%) PySpark
5 85 (6.25%) gRPC
6 75 (5.51%) Protocol Buffers
7 70 (5.14%) React
8 46 (3.38%) .NET
9 44 (3.23%) Kafka
10 39 (2.87%) FIX Protocol
10 39 (2.87%) Node.js
11 38 (2.79%) Redux
11 38 (2.79%) RESTful
12 36 (2.65%) Spring Boot
13 35 (2.57%) Spring
14 34 (2.50%) AngularJS
15 27 (1.98%) Middleware
16 25 (1.84%) REST
17 24 (1.76%) CSS
17 24 (1.76%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 518 (38.06%) Fixed Income
2 355 (26.08%) Credit Risk
3 180 (13.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 160 (11.76%) Equities
5 145 (10.65%) Derivative
6 121 (8.89%) Hedge funds
7 57 (4.19%) Cloud Native
8 42 (3.09%) Pricing Data
9 39 (2.87%) Product Ownership
10 31 (2.28%) Algorithms
11 28 (2.06%) Greenfield Project
12 23 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
13 22 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
13 22 (1.62%) Management Information System
14 21 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
14 21 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
15 18 (1.32%) Blockchain
15 18 (1.32%) Onboarding
16 14 (1.03%) FPGA
16 14 (1.03%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 116 (8.52%) Linux
2 79 (5.80%) Windows
3 42 (3.09%) Unix
4 39 (2.87%) Windows Server
5 16 (1.18%) CentOS
5 16 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 13 (0.96%) Windows 10
6 13 (0.96%) Windows Server 2016
6 13 (0.96%) zOS
7 10 (0.73%) Rocky
7 10 (0.73%) Windows Server 2019
8 9 (0.66%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (0.37%) Android
10 4 (0.29%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.15%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.15%) Solaris
12 1 (0.073%) Debian
12 1 (0.073%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 587 (43.13%) Asset Management
2 443 (32.55%) Agile
3 442 (32.48%) Risk Management
4 391 (28.73%) Decision-Making
5 376 (27.63%) Business Strategy
6 372 (27.33%) Portfolio Management
7 360 (26.45%) Risk Assessment
8 349 (25.64%) Financial Modelling
9 348 (25.57%) Credit Risk Analysis
10 251 (18.44%) Software Engineering
11 170 (12.49%) Problem-Solving
12 146 (10.73%) DevOps
13 131 (9.63%) CI/CD
14 125 (9.18%) Analytics
15 106 (7.79%) Fintech
15 106 (7.79%) Stakeholder Management
16 105 (7.71%) Investment Management
17 101 (7.42%) Migration
18 90 (6.61%) Microservices
19 88 (6.47%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 352 (25.86%) Python
2 287 (21.09%) Java
3 207 (15.21%) SQL
4 178 (13.08%) JavaScript
5 125 (9.18%) TypeScript
6 60 (4.41%) C#
7 56 (4.11%) Bash
8 48 (3.53%) C++
9 46 (3.38%) PowerShell
10 29 (2.13%) Go
11 16 (1.18%) C
12 14 (1.03%) T-SQL
13 10 (0.73%) PL/SQL
14 9 (0.66%) Perl
14 9 (0.66%) Rust
15 7 (0.51%) Kotlin
15 7 (0.51%) Scala
16 4 (0.29%) COBOL
16 4 (0.29%) Groovy
16 4 (0.29%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 464 (34.09%) Degree
2 366 (26.89%) Master's Degree
3 348 (25.57%) CFA
4 46 (3.38%) Azure Certification
5 44 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
6 30 (2.20%) AWS Certification
6 30 (2.20%) CISSP
7 29 (2.13%) CCNP
8 24 (1.76%) CISA
9 23 (1.69%) CCNA
10 19 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
11 17 (1.25%) PMI Certification
12 16 (1.18%) CCIE
13 14 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
14 11 (0.81%) PMP
15 10 (0.73%) GCIA
15 10 (0.73%) GCIH
16 9 (0.66%) CISM
16 9 (0.66%) MCSE
16 9 (0.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (2.79%) QA
2 22 (1.62%) ITGC
3 21 (1.54%) SLA
4 15 (1.10%) GDPR
4 15 (1.10%) NIST
5 11 (0.81%) Data Quality
5 11 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.51%) GRC
6 7 (0.51%) NIST 800
6 7 (0.51%) SOC 2
7 6 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (0.37%) HIPAA
8 5 (0.37%) ISO 20022
9 4 (0.29%) COREP
9 4 (0.29%) MiFID
9 4 (0.29%) SOC 1
10 3 (0.22%) COBIT
11 2 (0.15%) Basel III
11 2 (0.15%) EMIR
11 2 (0.15%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 89 (6.54%) Docker
2 35 (2.57%) Active Directory
3 33 (2.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (1.69%) Hyper-V
5 15 (1.10%) VMware ESXi
6 12 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.37%) Apache Flume
8 4 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.29%) vSphere
9 3 (0.22%) Firmware
10 1 (0.073%) KVM
10 1 (0.073%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 107 (7.86%) Kubernetes
2 74 (5.44%) Terraform
3 45 (3.31%) Ansible
4 30 (2.20%) SCCM
5 23 (1.69%) Nagios
6 22 (1.62%) Grafana
7 15 (1.10%) Prometheus
8 14 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
9 11 (0.81%) SCOM
10 10 (0.73%) NetBackup
11 8 (0.59%) Istio
11 8 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
12 7 (0.51%) Puppet
13 6 (0.44%) Progress Chef
14 5 (0.37%) HP Fortify
14 5 (0.37%) Oozie
15 4 (0.29%) RSA Archer
15 4 (0.29%) vCenter Server
16 3 (0.22%) FortiGate
16 3 (0.22%) ITRS Geneos
Vendors
1 369 (27.11%) Bloomberg
2 107 (7.86%) Microsoft
3 49 (3.60%) Oracle
4 47 (3.45%) VMware
5 38 (2.79%) Cisco
6 37 (2.72%) SolarWinds
7 25 (1.84%) Red Hat
8 24 (1.76%) CheckPoint
9 23 (1.69%) Fortinet
10 20 (1.47%) Arista
10 20 (1.47%) Databricks
11 18 (1.32%) IBM
11 18 (1.32%) ServiceNow
12 17 (1.25%) Reuters
13 14 (1.03%) Google
13 14 (1.03%) Veeam
14 13 (0.96%) SAP
14 13 (0.96%) Trayport
15 12 (0.88%) F5
15 12 (0.88%) Splunk