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

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 163 42
Rank change year-on-year +142 -121 +61
Permanent jobs citing Banking 1,203 279 979
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 9.12% 1.48% 6.89%
As % of the General category 14.07% 2.75% 10.23%
Number of salaries quoted 562 104 609
10th Percentile - £29,250 £39,294
25th Percentile £23,504 £40,438 £48,091
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £65,864 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -61.91% +7.10% +9.03%
75th Percentile £49,784 £75,600 £77,715
90th Percentile £97,528 £98,474 £87,419
England median annual salary £70,000 £90,000 £75,554
% change year-on-year -22.22% +19.12% +0.74%

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 8,549 10,145 9,572
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 64.79% 53.93% 67.40%
Number of salaries quoted 3,873 6,997 4,978
10th Percentile £25,084 £26,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £30,500 £34,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £51,634
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -8.01% +3.27%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,100 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

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 12 July 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 12 July 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 +130 578 £23,504 -57.27% 75
North East +56 344 £25,087 -57.12% 3
Yorkshire +93 281 £25,625 -63.91% 46
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 70 (5.82%) Confluence
2 7 (0.58%) SAS
3 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.083%) Apache
5 1 (0.083%) CMS
5 1 (0.083%) GemFire
5 1 (0.083%) OpenStack
Applications
1 13 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.083%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.083%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.083%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 174 (14.46%) Azure
2 150 (12.47%) AWS
3 114 (9.48%) GCP
4 18 (1.50%) GitHub
5 13 (1.08%) SaaS
6 12 (1.00%) Azure Machine Learning
7 11 (0.91%) Cloud Composer
8 8 (0.67%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 6 (0.50%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (0.50%) Power Platform
10 5 (0.42%) Apigee
11 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Purview
12 2 (0.17%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (0.17%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (0.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (0.17%) Dynamics 365
13 1 (0.083%) AWS Lambda
13 1 (0.083%) Miro
13 1 (0.083%) PaaS
13 1 (0.083%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 797 (66.25%) Broadband
2 5 (0.42%) DNS
2 5 (0.42%) Internet
3 4 (0.33%) DHCP
3 4 (0.33%) DKIM
3 4 (0.33%) DMARC
3 4 (0.33%) DNSSEC
3 4 (0.33%) NAS
3 4 (0.33%) Network Security
3 4 (0.33%) SAN
3 4 (0.33%) SMTP
3 4 (0.33%) VSAN
4 1 (0.083%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (9.98%) SQL Server
2 23 (1.91%) NoSQL
3 15 (1.25%) Big Data
3 15 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (1.00%) MongoDB
5 11 (0.91%) BigQuery
6 10 (0.83%) Cloud Spanner
7 8 (0.67%) Data Lake
7 8 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (0.50%) Power BI
9 4 (0.33%) Biml
9 4 (0.33%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.25%) Data Hub
10 3 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.17%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 1 (0.083%) Apache Cassandra
12 1 (0.083%) CouchDB
Development Applications
1 152 (12.64%) JIRA
2 126 (10.47%) SonarQube
3 120 (9.98%) Sonatype Nexus
4 118 (9.81%) Cucumber
4 118 (9.81%) Maven
5 115 (9.56%) GitLab
5 115 (9.56%) Selenium
6 112 (9.31%) Bitbucket
7 37 (3.08%) Git
8 24 (2.00%) Jenkins
9 8 (0.67%) Oracle Forms
10 5 (0.42%) JUnit
11 4 (0.33%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.25%) ER Studio
12 3 (0.25%) IBM UrbanCode
13 1 (0.083%) Android Studio
13 1 (0.083%) Gradle
General
1 530 (44.06%) Games
2 373 (31.01%) Finance
3 118 (9.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 92 (7.65%) Social Skills
5 82 (6.82%) Retail
6 81 (6.73%) Investment Banking
7 72 (5.99%) Corporate Banking
8 31 (2.58%) Analytical Skills
9 22 (1.83%) Billing
10 11 (0.91%) Retail Banking
11 8 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (0.42%) Legal
13 4 (0.33%) Marketing
13 4 (0.33%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.33%) Private Banking
14 2 (0.17%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.17%) Law
14 2 (0.17%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.083%) Back Office
15 1 (0.083%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 550 (45.72%) Customer Service Advisor
2 154 (12.80%) Software Engineer
3 49 (4.07%) Lead
4 41 (3.41%) Senior
5 38 (3.16%) Architect
6 32 (2.66%) Customer Service Representative
7 29 (2.41%) Analyst
8 28 (2.33%) Sales Representative
9 23 (1.91%) Solutions Architect
10 21 (1.75%) Senior Software Engineer
11 14 (1.16%) Cloud Engineer
12 10 (0.83%) Cloud Security Engineer
12 10 (0.83%) Data Manager
12 10 (0.83%) Security Engineer
13 9 (0.75%) Senior Manager
13 9 (0.75%) Software Manager
14 8 (0.67%) Data Architect
14 8 (0.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 8 (0.67%) Lead Software Engineer
14 8 (0.67%) Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 137 (11.39%) Spring Boot
2 133 (11.06%) React
2 133 (11.06%) Spring
3 121 (10.06%) Kafka
4 114 (9.48%) HTML
5 113 (9.39%) CSS
5 113 (9.39%) Redux
6 112 (9.31%) JPA
7 91 (7.56%) RESTful
8 72 (5.99%) CSS3
8 72 (5.99%) HTML5
8 72 (5.99%) Jest
8 72 (5.99%) REST
8 72 (5.99%) Sass
9 45 (3.74%) Hibernate
10 36 (2.99%) Software Packaging
11 25 (2.08%) Node.js
12 10 (0.83%) Playwright
13 9 (0.75%) Middleware
14 8 (0.67%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 166 (13.80%) Product Ownership
2 113 (9.39%) Enterprise Software
3 27 (2.24%) Public Cloud
4 25 (2.08%) Management Information System
5 24 (2.00%) Cloud Native
6 19 (1.58%) Algorithms
7 17 (1.41%) Distributed Systems
8 16 (1.33%) Mainframe
9 12 (1.00%) Private Cloud
10 9 (0.75%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (0.75%) Virtual Team
11 8 (0.67%) Security Posture
11 8 (0.67%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (0.50%) Credit Risk
13 5 (0.42%) Market Risk
14 4 (0.33%) Analytical Mindset
14 4 (0.33%) Cyber Threat
14 4 (0.33%) Data Centre
14 4 (0.33%) Hackathon
15 3 (0.25%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.58%) Windows
2 18 (1.50%) Linux
3 8 (0.67%) zOS
4 7 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.50%) Unix
6 2 (0.17%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 601 (49.96%) Customer Service
2 581 (48.30%) Problem-Solving
3 225 (18.70%) Software Engineering
4 212 (17.62%) Agile
5 186 (15.46%) DevOps
6 165 (13.72%) Microservices
7 162 (13.47%) CI/CD
8 156 (12.97%) Test Automation
9 138 (11.47%) Containerisation
10 135 (11.22%) Mentoring
11 124 (10.31%) SDLC
12 117 (9.73%) Full-Stack Development
13 116 (9.64%) Performance Optimisation
14 112 (9.31%) Front End Development
15 91 (7.56%) Continuous Improvement
16 81 (6.73%) Migration
17 78 (6.48%) Strategic Thinking
18 75 (6.23%) User Experience
19 74 (6.15%) Artificial Intelligence
20 73 (6.07%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 178 (14.80%) Java
2 154 (12.80%) SQL
3 139 (11.55%) JavaScript
4 92 (7.65%) TypeScript
5 36 (2.99%) Python
6 10 (0.83%) C#
6 10 (0.83%) R
7 9 (0.75%) Go
8 5 (0.42%) Groovy
9 4 (0.33%) PL/SQL
9 4 (0.33%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.17%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.17%) JCL
10 2 (0.17%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.17%) SOQL
11 1 (0.083%) Bash
11 1 (0.083%) PHP
11 1 (0.083%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.083%) VB
11 1 (0.083%) VBA
Qualifications
1 58 (4.82%) Degree
2 6 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (0.42%) Azure Certification
4 4 (0.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 3 (0.25%) CISSP
5 3 (0.25%) CRISC
5 3 (0.25%) Master's Degree
5 3 (0.25%) OCP
5 3 (0.25%) Oracle Certification
6 2 (0.17%) A+ Certification
6 2 (0.17%) CBAP
6 2 (0.17%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.17%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.17%) MOS
7 1 (0.083%) CCSP
7 1 (0.083%) CEH
7 1 (0.083%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.083%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.083%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.083%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (9.64%) QA
2 76 (6.32%) Accessibility
3 9 (0.75%) Data Quality
3 9 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 7 (0.58%) GDPR
5 5 (0.42%) COBIT
5 5 (0.42%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.33%) Basel II
6 4 (0.33%) Basel III
6 4 (0.33%) Dodd-Frank
6 4 (0.33%) IFRS
6 4 (0.33%) IFRS 9
6 4 (0.33%) ITGC
7 3 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.17%) NIST
8 2 (0.17%) SLA
9 1 (0.083%) PERC
System Software
1 157 (13.05%) Docker
2 7 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.33%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.17%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.083%) NFS
5 1 (0.083%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 168 (13.97%) Kubernetes
2 32 (2.66%) Terraform
3 9 (0.75%) Ansible
4 8 (0.67%) Istio
5 7 (0.58%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.25%) Argo
6 3 (0.25%) Grafana
6 3 (0.25%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.083%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.083%) SCOM
7 1 (0.083%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 1 (0.083%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 797 (66.25%) BT
2 113 (9.39%) Solace
3 35 (2.91%) Google
4 32 (2.66%) Microsoft
5 16 (1.33%) IBM
6 14 (1.16%) Oracle
7 6 (0.50%) Cisco
8 4 (0.33%) IronPort
8 4 (0.33%) ServiceNow
8 4 (0.33%) Sun
8 4 (0.33%) Veritas
8 4 (0.33%) VMware
9 3 (0.25%) Adobe
9 3 (0.25%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.25%) Dynatrace
10 2 (0.17%) Bloomberg
10 2 (0.17%) Concur
10 2 (0.17%) Dell
10 2 (0.17%) HP
10 2 (0.17%) Salesforce