Banking Job Trends in the North East

Banking
England > North East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in permanent job vacancies in the North East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Banking over the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 40 58
Rank change year-on-year -59 +18 +31
Permanent jobs citing Banking 22 34 45
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.82% 4.04% 2.50%
As % of the General category 1.91% 7.38% 4.43%
Number of salaries quoted 11 16 15
10th Percentile £25,087 £23,504 £29,950
25th Percentile £36,250 £25,086 £35,092
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £25,087 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +198.96% -40.97% -46.88%
75th Percentile £87,500 - £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 - £76,500
England median annual salary £85,000 £85,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year - -5.56% +19.12%

All General Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,153 461 1,016
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 42.77% 54.75% 56.48%
Number of salaries quoted 724 284 777
10th Percentile £30,000 £24,570 £25,150
25th Percentile £38,772 £26,500 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £44,274
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -9.65% -1.61%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £62,200
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,125
% change year-on-year - +1.62% -9.79%

Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Banking job vacancy trend in the North East

Banking
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Banking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Banking

Banking
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Banking in the North East over the 6 months to 21 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Banking in the North East

Banking
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Banking within the North East region over the 6 months to 21 July 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
Tyne and Wear -48 18 £75,000 +198.96% 2
Durham -20 4 - -
Banking
England

Banking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.64%) GCP
1 3 (13.64%) Serverless
1 3 (13.64%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 13 (59.09%) Broadband
2 3 (13.64%) Network Security
General
1 10 (45.45%) Games
2 9 (40.91%) Finance
3 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (45.45%) Customer Service Advisor
2 3 (13.64%) Accountant
2 3 (13.64%) Architect
2 3 (13.64%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
2 3 (13.64%) Artificial Intelligence Software Developer
2 3 (13.64%) Cloud Architect
2 3 (13.64%) Cloud Security Architect
2 3 (13.64%) Developer
2 3 (13.64%) Security Architect
2 3 (13.64%) Software Developer
3 1 (4.55%) Lead
3 1 (4.55%) Sales Representative
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.64%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (72.73%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (45.45%) Customer Service
3 3 (13.64%) Agile
3 3 (13.64%) AI
3 3 (13.64%) Budgeting
3 3 (13.64%) Cloud Security
3 3 (13.64%) Coaching
3 3 (13.64%) Computer Science
3 3 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (13.64%) Critical Thinking
3 3 (13.64%) Data Security
3 3 (13.64%) DevOps
3 3 (13.64%) ERP
3 3 (13.64%) Event-Driven Architecture
3 3 (13.64%) Microservices
3 3 (13.64%) Roadmaps
3 3 (13.64%) Security Architecture
3 3 (13.64%) Software Delivery
3 3 (13.64%) Software Engineering
3 3 (13.64%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 3 (13.64%) ACCA
1 3 (13.64%) CCSP
1 3 (13.64%) CIMA
1 3 (13.64%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (13.64%) CISM
1 3 (13.64%) CISSP
1 3 (13.64%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (13.64%) NIST
Vendors
1 13 (59.09%) BT
2 3 (13.64%) BMC
2 3 (13.64%) Foundry
2 3 (13.64%) Workday