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

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 102 42
Rank change year-on-year +83 -60 +92
Permanent jobs citing Banking 913 433 1,207
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 8.33% 2.51% 6.93%
As % of the General category 12.01% 4.49% 9.77%
Number of salaries quoted 519 295 672
10th Percentile - £38,750 £39,766
25th Percentile £23,504 £56,219 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,625 £70,576 £61,180
Median % change year-on-year -63.69% +15.36% +11.24%
75th Percentile £76,840 £87,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,474 £100,000 £90,773
England median annual salary £72,500 £83,577 £75,000
% change year-on-year -13.25% +11.44% -

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 7,603 9,640 12,359
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 69.40% 55.79% 71.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3,827 7,324 5,221
10th Percentile £25,250 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.38% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,249
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.86% +0.42%

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 1 May 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 1 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
North West +82 458 £25,000 -64.29% 111
Yorkshire +40 286 £60,743 -13.93% 43
North East +70 169 £25,087 -55.79% 12
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 33 (3.61%) Confluence
2 20 (2.19%) SAS
3 8 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.33%) CICS
4 3 (0.33%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.11%) Apache
5 1 (0.11%) CMS
5 1 (0.11%) GemFire
5 1 (0.11%) Mule
5 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
Applications
1 18 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.11%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 108 (11.83%) GCP
2 75 (8.21%) Azure
3 39 (4.27%) AWS
4 25 (2.74%) GitHub
5 19 (2.08%) SaaS
6 12 (1.31%) Azure Machine Learning
6 12 (1.31%) Cloud Composer
7 11 (1.20%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 8 (0.88%) Apigee
8 8 (0.88%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (0.88%) Microsoft Purview
8 8 (0.88%) Power Platform
9 4 (0.44%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.22%) AWS KMS
10 2 (0.22%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (0.22%) Collibra
10 2 (0.22%) dbt
10 2 (0.22%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.22%) Serverless
11 1 (0.11%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 515 (56.41%) Broadband
2 8 (0.88%) DKIM
2 8 (0.88%) DMARC
2 8 (0.88%) DNSSEC
2 8 (0.88%) Internet
2 8 (0.88%) SMTP
3 7 (0.77%) VPN
4 5 (0.55%) DHCP
4 5 (0.55%) DNS
4 5 (0.55%) Firewall
4 5 (0.55%) NAS
4 5 (0.55%) Network Security
4 5 (0.55%) SAN
4 5 (0.55%) VSAN
5 4 (0.44%) HTTP
5 4 (0.44%) LAN
5 4 (0.44%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.44%) WAN
6 3 (0.33%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (3.29%) NoSQL
2 28 (3.07%) Big Data
3 16 (1.75%) BigQuery
4 14 (1.53%) MongoDB
4 14 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (1.42%) Cloud Spanner
5 13 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (0.99%) SQL Server
7 8 (0.88%) Data Lake
7 8 (0.88%) Power BI
8 4 (0.44%) Biml
8 4 (0.44%) DB2
8 4 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (0.44%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 4 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (0.44%) Tableau
9 3 (0.33%) Data Hub
9 3 (0.33%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 46 (5.04%) Git
2 41 (4.49%) JIRA
3 36 (3.94%) Jenkins
4 20 (2.19%) SonarQube
5 11 (1.20%) Oracle Forms
5 11 (1.20%) Sonatype Nexus
6 9 (0.99%) Maven
7 8 (0.88%) JUnit
8 6 (0.66%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.55%) Spinnaker
10 4 (0.44%) IBM UrbanCode
10 4 (0.44%) Selenium
10 4 (0.44%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.33%) GitLab
12 2 (0.22%) Gradle
12 2 (0.22%) Postman
12 2 (0.22%) SoapUI
12 2 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
13 1 (0.11%) TestNG
General
1 359 (39.32%) Finance
2 304 (33.30%) Games
3 122 (13.36%) Social Skills
4 44 (4.82%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (3.72%) Legal
6 18 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
7 15 (1.64%) Billing
7 15 (1.64%) Retail
8 13 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
8 13 (1.42%) Retail Banking
9 10 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (0.66%) Financial Institution
11 5 (0.55%) Investment Banking
12 4 (0.44%) Marketing
12 4 (0.44%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.44%) Wholesale Banking
13 3 (0.33%) Law
14 2 (0.22%) Back Office
14 2 (0.22%) Retail Finance
15 1 (0.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 321 (35.16%) Customer Service Advisor
2 70 (7.67%) Lead
3 68 (7.45%) Analyst
4 61 (6.68%) Software Engineer
5 59 (6.46%) Senior
6 39 (4.27%) Architect
7 27 (2.96%) Senior Software Engineer
8 26 (2.85%) Solutions Architect
9 24 (2.63%) Sales Representative
10 18 (1.97%) Data Analyst
10 18 (1.97%) Graduate
10 18 (1.97%) Senior Analyst
11 16 (1.75%) Customer Service Representative
12 15 (1.64%) Cloud Engineer
13 13 (1.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 12 (1.31%) Data Manager
15 11 (1.20%) Lead Architect
16 10 (1.10%) Lead Software Engineer
16 10 (1.10%) Operations Analyst
16 10 (1.10%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (3.94%) Software Packaging
2 34 (3.72%) Spring Boot
3 32 (3.50%) Spring
4 31 (3.40%) Node.js
5 23 (2.52%) React
6 21 (2.30%) RESTful
7 15 (1.64%) Kafka
8 12 (1.31%) Middleware
9 10 (1.10%) .NET
9 10 (1.10%) Playwright
10 7 (0.77%) Hibernate
10 7 (0.77%) JWT
10 7 (0.77%) OAuth
10 7 (0.77%) OAuth2
10 7 (0.77%) XML
11 6 (0.66%) Express.js
11 6 (0.66%) HTML
11 6 (0.66%) SOAP
12 4 (0.44%) Flask
12 4 (0.44%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 72 (7.89%) Product Ownership
2 31 (3.40%) Cloud Native
3 30 (3.29%) Algorithms
4 28 (3.07%) Public Cloud
5 25 (2.74%) Management Information System
6 23 (2.52%) Distributed Systems
7 22 (2.41%) Credit Risk
8 19 (2.08%) Mainframe
9 18 (1.97%) Learning Management System
10 14 (1.53%) Private Cloud
11 11 (1.20%) Hackathon
12 10 (1.10%) Hybrid Cloud
13 9 (0.99%) Market Risk
13 9 (0.99%) Mobile App
13 9 (0.99%) Virtual Team
14 7 (0.77%) Onboarding
14 7 (0.77%) Security Posture
14 7 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
15 6 (0.66%) Cyber Threat
16 4 (0.44%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 33 (3.61%) Windows
2 28 (3.07%) Linux
3 15 (1.64%) Unix
4 13 (1.42%) zOS
5 7 (0.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.55%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.33%) Android
8 2 (0.22%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.22%) CoreOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 371 (40.64%) Customer Service
2 368 (40.31%) Problem-Solving
3 153 (16.76%) Agile
4 145 (15.88%) Software Engineering
5 114 (12.49%) DevOps
6 88 (9.64%) Artificial Intelligence
7 86 (9.42%) Analytics
8 82 (8.98%) Fintech
9 72 (7.89%) Mathematics
9 72 (7.89%) Microservices
10 70 (7.67%) Mentoring
11 67 (7.34%) CI/CD
12 56 (6.13%) Test Automation
13 53 (5.81%) Line Management
14 52 (5.70%) Cybersecurity
15 51 (5.59%) Roadmaps
16 50 (5.48%) Continuous Improvement
17 47 (5.15%) Coaching
17 47 (5.15%) Containerisation
18 46 (5.04%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 94 (10.30%) SQL
2 87 (9.53%) Java
3 71 (7.78%) Python
4 38 (4.16%) JavaScript
5 22 (2.41%) TypeScript
6 19 (2.08%) C#
7 10 (1.10%) Go
7 10 (1.10%) R
8 8 (0.88%) Bash
8 8 (0.88%) Kotlin
9 6 (0.66%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.55%) Groovy
10 5 (0.55%) JCL
11 4 (0.44%) C
11 4 (0.44%) Jython
11 4 (0.44%) Perl
11 4 (0.44%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.33%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.22%) COBOL
13 2 (0.22%) PHP
Qualifications
1 99 (10.84%) Degree
2 21 (2.30%) Master's Degree
3 18 (1.97%) PhD
4 7 (0.77%) PMP
5 5 (0.55%) AAT
5 5 (0.55%) Azure Certification
5 5 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (0.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 3 (0.33%) CRISC
6 3 (0.33%) OCP
6 3 (0.33%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (0.22%) CBAP
7 2 (0.22%) CISSP
7 2 (0.22%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.11%) CCSP
8 1 (0.11%) CISA
8 1 (0.11%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.11%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.11%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (1.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 9 (0.99%) Data Quality
3 8 (0.88%) Basel III
3 8 (0.88%) GDPR
3 8 (0.88%) IFRS
3 8 (0.88%) IFRS 9
3 8 (0.88%) PCI DSS
4 7 (0.77%) Basel II
4 7 (0.77%) Dodd-Frank
5 5 (0.55%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.44%) COBIT
6 4 (0.44%) ITGC
7 3 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.22%) QA
8 2 (0.22%) SLA
9 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.11%) NIST
System Software
1 68 (7.45%) Docker
2 12 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.55%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.22%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.22%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.11%) NFS
Systems Management
1 81 (8.87%) Kubernetes
2 41 (4.49%) Terraform
3 12 (1.31%) Ansible
3 12 (1.31%) Istio
4 10 (1.10%) Progress Chef
5 4 (0.44%) CA Endevor
6 3 (0.33%) Argo
6 3 (0.33%) Grafana
6 3 (0.33%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.22%) MAINVIEW
7 2 (0.22%) Puppet
8 1 (0.11%) CA Service Virtualization
8 1 (0.11%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 515 (56.41%) BT
2 52 (5.70%) Google
3 47 (5.15%) Microsoft
4 25 (2.74%) IBM
5 18 (1.97%) Oracle
6 14 (1.53%) ServiceNow
7 12 (1.31%) Cisco
8 9 (0.99%) VMware
9 8 (0.88%) IronPort
9 8 (0.88%) Veritas
10 7 (0.77%) Dynatrace
11 3 (0.33%) Adobe
11 3 (0.33%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.33%) BMC
11 3 (0.33%) Citrix
11 3 (0.33%) Concur
11 3 (0.33%) Remedy
12 2 (0.22%) Broadcom
12 2 (0.22%) Splunk
12 2 (0.22%) Sun