Banking Jobs in the North of England

Banking
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in permanent job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Banking over the 6 months leading up to 2 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 82 40
Rank change year-on-year +60 -42 +108
Permanent jobs citing Banking 768 476 1,264
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 7.68% 2.91% 6.99%
As % of the General category 11.37% 5.14% 9.84%
Number of salaries quoted 421 319 718
10th Percentile - £42,375 £40,000
25th Percentile £23,504 £57,988 £51,833
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £70,576 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -39.78% +14.76% +11.82%
75th Percentile £90,822 £87,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,474 £100,000 £97,290
England median annual salary £78,810 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -1.49% +6.67% -

All General Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 6,755 9,253 12,846
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 67.54% 56.63% 71.07%
Number of salaries quoted 3,653 7,063 5,416
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,250 £29,250
25th Percentile £38,890 £33,857 £37,885
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.38% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,389 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,080 £77,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,836 £52,500 £61,000
% change year-on-year +10.16% -13.93% +1.67%

Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Banking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Banking in the North of England

Banking
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Banking in the North of England.

Salary trend for Banking in the North of England

Banking
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Banking in the North of England over the 6 months to 2 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Banking in the North of England

Banking
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Banking within the North of England region over the 6 months to 2 April 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
North West +75 400 £25,313 -64.13% 81
Yorkshire +29 275 £69,018 -2.21% 60
North East +66 93 £23,504 -63.42% 22
Banking
England

Banking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 32 (4.17%) Confluence
2 20 (2.60%) SAS
3 8 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.39%) CICS
4 3 (0.39%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.13%) Apache
5 1 (0.13%) CMS
5 1 (0.13%) GemFire
5 1 (0.13%) Mule
5 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
Applications
1 24 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.13%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 107 (13.93%) GCP
2 73 (9.51%) Azure
3 38 (4.95%) AWS
4 25 (3.26%) GitHub
5 19 (2.47%) SaaS
6 12 (1.56%) Azure Machine Learning
6 12 (1.56%) Cloud Composer
7 11 (1.43%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 8 (1.04%) Apigee
8 8 (1.04%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (1.04%) Microsoft Purview
8 8 (1.04%) Power Platform
9 4 (0.52%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.26%) AWS KMS
10 2 (0.26%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (0.26%) Collibra
10 2 (0.26%) dbt
10 2 (0.26%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.26%) Serverless
11 1 (0.13%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 370 (48.18%) Broadband
2 8 (1.04%) DKIM
2 8 (1.04%) DMARC
2 8 (1.04%) DNSSEC
2 8 (1.04%) Internet
2 8 (1.04%) SMTP
3 7 (0.91%) VPN
4 5 (0.65%) DHCP
4 5 (0.65%) DNS
4 5 (0.65%) Firewall
4 5 (0.65%) NAS
4 5 (0.65%) Network Security
4 5 (0.65%) SAN
4 5 (0.65%) VSAN
5 4 (0.52%) HTTP
5 4 (0.52%) LAN
5 4 (0.52%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.52%) WAN
6 3 (0.39%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (3.91%) NoSQL
2 27 (3.52%) Big Data
3 16 (2.08%) BigQuery
4 14 (1.82%) MongoDB
5 13 (1.69%) Cloud Spanner
5 13 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (1.17%) SQL Server
7 8 (1.04%) Data Lake
7 8 (1.04%) Power BI
8 4 (0.52%) Biml
8 4 (0.52%) DB2
8 4 (0.52%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (0.52%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 4 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (0.52%) Tableau
9 3 (0.39%) Data Hub
9 3 (0.39%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 46 (5.99%) Git
2 40 (5.21%) JIRA
3 36 (4.69%) Jenkins
4 20 (2.60%) SonarQube
5 11 (1.43%) Oracle Forms
5 11 (1.43%) Sonatype Nexus
6 9 (1.17%) Maven
7 8 (1.04%) JUnit
8 6 (0.78%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.65%) Spinnaker
10 4 (0.52%) IBM UrbanCode
10 4 (0.52%) Selenium
10 4 (0.52%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.39%) GitLab
12 2 (0.26%) Gradle
12 2 (0.26%) Postman
12 2 (0.26%) SoapUI
12 2 (0.26%) Visual Studio Code
13 1 (0.13%) TestNG
General
1 363 (47.27%) Finance
2 207 (26.95%) Games
3 124 (16.15%) Social Skills
4 46 (5.99%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (4.56%) Legal
6 14 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
6 14 (1.82%) Retail
7 13 (1.69%) Billing
7 13 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
7 13 (1.69%) Retail Banking
8 10 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (0.78%) Financial Institution
11 5 (0.65%) Investment Banking
12 4 (0.52%) Wholesale Banking
13 3 (0.39%) Law
13 3 (0.39%) Marketing
14 2 (0.26%) Back Office
14 2 (0.26%) Retail Finance
15 1 (0.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 223 (29.04%) Customer Service Advisor
2 73 (9.51%) Analyst
3 65 (8.46%) Lead
4 61 (7.94%) Senior
5 60 (7.81%) Software Engineer
6 36 (4.69%) Architect
7 27 (3.52%) Senior Software Engineer
8 26 (3.39%) Solutions Architect
9 20 (2.60%) Senior Analyst
10 18 (2.34%) Data Analyst
10 18 (2.34%) Graduate
10 18 (2.34%) Sales Representative
11 15 (1.95%) Cloud Engineer
11 15 (1.95%) Operations Analyst
12 13 (1.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 12 (1.56%) Data Manager
14 11 (1.43%) Service Analyst
15 10 (1.30%) Customer Service Representative
15 10 (1.30%) Security Engineer
15 10 (1.30%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (4.69%) Software Packaging
2 33 (4.30%) Spring Boot
3 31 (4.04%) Node.js
3 31 (4.04%) Spring
4 22 (2.86%) React
5 21 (2.73%) RESTful
6 14 (1.82%) Kafka
7 12 (1.56%) Middleware
8 10 (1.30%) .NET
8 10 (1.30%) Playwright
9 8 (1.04%) XML
10 7 (0.91%) Hibernate
10 7 (0.91%) JWT
10 7 (0.91%) OAuth
10 7 (0.91%) OAuth2
11 6 (0.78%) Express.js
11 6 (0.78%) HTML
11 6 (0.78%) SOAP
12 4 (0.52%) PyTorch
12 4 (0.52%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 72 (9.38%) Product Ownership
2 30 (3.91%) Algorithms
2 30 (3.91%) Cloud Native
3 28 (3.65%) Public Cloud
4 25 (3.26%) Management Information System
5 23 (2.99%) Distributed Systems
6 22 (2.86%) Credit Risk
7 19 (2.47%) Mainframe
8 18 (2.34%) Learning Management System
9 14 (1.82%) Private Cloud
10 11 (1.43%) Hackathon
11 10 (1.30%) Hybrid Cloud
12 9 (1.17%) Market Risk
12 9 (1.17%) Mobile App
12 9 (1.17%) Virtual Team
13 7 (0.91%) Onboarding
13 7 (0.91%) Security Posture
13 7 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
14 6 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
14 6 (0.78%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 32 (4.17%) Windows
2 28 (3.65%) Linux
3 15 (1.95%) Unix
4 13 (1.69%) zOS
5 7 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.65%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.52%) Android
8 3 (0.39%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.26%) CoreOS
10 1 (0.13%) Windows Phone
10 1 (0.13%) Windows Phone 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 281 (36.59%) Problem-Solving
2 271 (35.29%) Customer Service
3 155 (20.18%) Agile
4 144 (18.75%) Software Engineering
5 112 (14.58%) DevOps
6 92 (11.98%) Artificial Intelligence
7 84 (10.94%) Analytics
8 81 (10.55%) Fintech
9 72 (9.38%) Mathematics
10 71 (9.24%) Microservices
11 67 (8.72%) CI/CD
11 67 (8.72%) Mentoring
12 56 (7.29%) Test Automation
13 52 (6.77%) Cybersecurity
13 52 (6.77%) Line Management
14 49 (6.38%) Continuous Improvement
14 49 (6.38%) Roadmaps
15 48 (6.25%) Decision-Making
16 46 (5.99%) Containerisation
17 45 (5.86%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 90 (11.72%) SQL
2 87 (11.33%) Java
3 69 (8.98%) Python
4 38 (4.95%) JavaScript
5 22 (2.86%) TypeScript
6 19 (2.47%) C#
7 10 (1.30%) Go
7 10 (1.30%) R
8 8 (1.04%) Bash
8 8 (1.04%) Kotlin
9 6 (0.78%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.65%) Groovy
10 5 (0.65%) JCL
11 4 (0.52%) C
11 4 (0.52%) Jython
11 4 (0.52%) Perl
11 4 (0.52%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.39%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.26%) COBOL
13 2 (0.26%) PHP
Qualifications
1 99 (12.89%) Degree
2 21 (2.73%) Master's Degree
3 18 (2.34%) PhD
4 7 (0.91%) PMP
5 5 (0.65%) AAT
5 5 (0.65%) Azure Certification
5 5 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (0.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 4 (0.52%) CBAP
7 3 (0.39%) CRISC
7 3 (0.39%) OCP
7 3 (0.39%) Oracle Certification
8 2 (0.26%) CISSP
8 2 (0.26%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.13%) CEH
9 1 (0.13%) CISA
9 1 (0.13%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.13%) CISM
9 1 (0.13%) MOS
9 1 (0.13%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (1.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 9 (1.17%) Data Quality
3 8 (1.04%) Basel III
3 8 (1.04%) GDPR
3 8 (1.04%) IFRS
3 8 (1.04%) IFRS 9
3 8 (1.04%) PCI DSS
4 7 (0.91%) Basel II
4 7 (0.91%) Dodd-Frank
5 5 (0.65%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.52%) COBIT
6 4 (0.52%) ITGC
7 3 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.39%) QA
8 2 (0.26%) SLA
9 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.13%) NIST
System Software
1 67 (8.72%) Docker
2 12 (1.56%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.65%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.26%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.26%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.13%) NFS
Systems Management
1 80 (10.42%) Kubernetes
2 41 (5.34%) Terraform
3 12 (1.56%) Ansible
3 12 (1.56%) Istio
4 10 (1.30%) Progress Chef
5 4 (0.52%) CA Endevor
6 3 (0.39%) Argo
6 3 (0.39%) Grafana
6 3 (0.39%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.26%) MAINVIEW
7 2 (0.26%) Puppet
8 1 (0.13%) CA Service Virtualization
8 1 (0.13%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 370 (48.18%) BT
2 53 (6.90%) Microsoft
3 52 (6.77%) Google
4 25 (3.26%) IBM
5 17 (2.21%) Oracle
6 14 (1.82%) ServiceNow
7 12 (1.56%) Cisco
8 9 (1.17%) VMware
9 8 (1.04%) IronPort
9 8 (1.04%) Veritas
10 7 (0.91%) Dynatrace
11 3 (0.39%) Adobe
11 3 (0.39%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.39%) BMC
11 3 (0.39%) Citrix
11 3 (0.39%) Concur
11 3 (0.39%) Remedy
12 2 (0.26%) Broadcom
12 2 (0.26%) Splunk
13 1 (0.13%) Brocade