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

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 112 42
Rank change year-on-year +94 -70 +81
Permanent jobs citing Banking 1,068 412 1,183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 9.25% 2.36% 6.88%
As % of the General category 13.11% 4.24% 9.78%
Number of salaries quoted 537 269 656
10th Percentile - £38,591 £38,999
25th Percentile £23,504 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,625 £70,576 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year -63.69% +17.14% +9.54%
75th Percentile £76,840 £87,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,474 £100,000 £90,450
England median annual salary £72,500 £85,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -14.71% +13.33% -

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 8,147 9,723 12,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.53% 55.58% 70.34%
Number of salaries quoted 3,937 7,358 5,154
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £47,500 £52,180
Median % change year-on-year +5.38% -8.97% +4.36%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -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 11 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 11 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 +96 580 £25,000 -64.29% 113
Yorkshire +47 294 £59,738 -15.36% 41
North East +70 194 £25,087 -55.79% 9
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 73 (6.84%) Confluence
2 20 (1.87%) SAS
3 8 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.28%) CICS
4 3 (0.28%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.094%) Apache
5 1 (0.094%) CMS
5 1 (0.094%) GemFire
5 1 (0.094%) Mule
5 1 (0.094%) OpenStack
Applications
1 19 (1.78%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.094%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.094%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 187 (17.51%) Azure
2 151 (14.14%) AWS
3 148 (13.86%) GCP
4 25 (2.34%) GitHub
5 19 (1.78%) SaaS
6 12 (1.12%) Azure Machine Learning
6 12 (1.12%) Cloud Composer
7 11 (1.03%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 10 (0.94%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (0.75%) Apigee
9 8 (0.75%) Microsoft Purview
9 8 (0.75%) Power Platform
10 4 (0.37%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.19%) AWS KMS
11 2 (0.19%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (0.19%) Collibra
11 2 (0.19%) dbt
11 2 (0.19%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (0.19%) Serverless
12 1 (0.094%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 548 (51.31%) Broadband
2 8 (0.75%) DKIM
2 8 (0.75%) DMARC
2 8 (0.75%) DNSSEC
2 8 (0.75%) Internet
2 8 (0.75%) SMTP
3 7 (0.66%) VPN
4 5 (0.47%) DHCP
4 5 (0.47%) DNS
4 5 (0.47%) Firewall
4 5 (0.47%) NAS
4 5 (0.47%) Network Security
4 5 (0.47%) SAN
4 5 (0.47%) VSAN
5 4 (0.37%) HTTP
5 4 (0.37%) LAN
5 4 (0.37%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.37%) WAN
6 3 (0.28%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (11.33%) SQL Server
2 30 (2.81%) NoSQL
3 28 (2.62%) Big Data
4 16 (1.50%) BigQuery
5 14 (1.31%) MongoDB
5 14 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
6 13 (1.22%) Cloud Spanner
6 13 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (0.75%) Data Lake
7 8 (0.75%) Power BI
8 4 (0.37%) Biml
8 4 (0.37%) DB2
8 4 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (0.37%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 4 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (0.37%) Tableau
9 3 (0.28%) Data Hub
9 3 (0.28%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 153 (14.33%) JIRA
2 132 (12.36%) SonarQube
3 123 (11.52%) Sonatype Nexus
4 121 (11.33%) Maven
5 118 (11.05%) Cucumber
6 116 (10.86%) Selenium
7 115 (10.77%) GitLab
8 112 (10.49%) Bitbucket
9 47 (4.40%) Git
10 36 (3.37%) Jenkins
11 11 (1.03%) Oracle Forms
12 8 (0.75%) JUnit
13 5 (0.47%) Spinnaker
14 4 (0.37%) IBM UrbanCode
14 4 (0.37%) Visual Studio
15 2 (0.19%) Gradle
15 2 (0.19%) Postman
15 2 (0.19%) SoapUI
15 2 (0.19%) Visual Studio Code
16 1 (0.094%) TestNG
General
1 478 (44.76%) Finance
2 332 (31.09%) Games
3 128 (11.99%) Social Skills
4 123 (11.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 88 (8.24%) Retail
6 77 (7.21%) Investment Banking
7 72 (6.74%) Corporate Banking
8 45 (4.21%) Analytical Skills
9 34 (3.18%) Legal
10 18 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
11 16 (1.50%) Billing
12 13 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
12 13 (1.22%) Retail Banking
13 6 (0.56%) Financial Institution
14 4 (0.37%) Law
14 4 (0.37%) Marketing
14 4 (0.37%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.37%) Wholesale Banking
15 2 (0.19%) Back Office
15 2 (0.19%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 349 (32.68%) Customer Service Advisor
2 173 (16.20%) Software Engineer
3 73 (6.84%) Analyst
4 72 (6.74%) Lead
5 59 (5.52%) Senior
6 39 (3.65%) Architect
7 27 (2.53%) Senior Software Engineer
8 26 (2.43%) Solutions Architect
9 24 (2.25%) Sales Representative
10 18 (1.69%) Data Analyst
10 18 (1.69%) Graduate
10 18 (1.69%) Senior Analyst
11 16 (1.50%) Customer Service Representative
12 15 (1.40%) Cloud Engineer
13 14 (1.31%) Data Manager
14 13 (1.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 11 (1.03%) Lead Architect
15 11 (1.03%) Operations Analyst
16 10 (0.94%) Lead Software Engineer
16 10 (0.94%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 146 (13.67%) Spring Boot
2 144 (13.48%) Spring
3 135 (12.64%) React
4 127 (11.89%) Kafka
5 118 (11.05%) HTML
6 113 (10.58%) CSS
6 113 (10.58%) Redux
7 112 (10.49%) JPA
8 93 (8.71%) RESTful
9 72 (6.74%) CSS3
9 72 (6.74%) HTML5
9 72 (6.74%) Jest
9 72 (6.74%) REST
9 72 (6.74%) Sass
10 47 (4.40%) Hibernate
11 36 (3.37%) Software Packaging
12 31 (2.90%) Node.js
13 12 (1.12%) Middleware
14 10 (0.94%) .NET
14 10 (0.94%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 184 (17.23%) Product Ownership
2 113 (10.58%) Enterprise Software
3 32 (3.00%) Cloud Native
4 30 (2.81%) Algorithms
5 29 (2.72%) Public Cloud
6 25 (2.34%) Management Information System
7 23 (2.15%) Distributed Systems
8 22 (2.06%) Credit Risk
9 19 (1.78%) Mainframe
10 18 (1.69%) Learning Management System
11 14 (1.31%) Private Cloud
12 11 (1.03%) Hackathon
13 10 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
14 9 (0.84%) Market Risk
14 9 (0.84%) Virtual Team
15 8 (0.75%) Mobile App
16 7 (0.66%) Onboarding
16 7 (0.66%) Security Posture
16 7 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
17 6 (0.56%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 36 (3.37%) Windows
2 28 (2.62%) Linux
3 15 (1.40%) Unix
4 13 (1.22%) zOS
5 7 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.47%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.37%) Android
8 2 (0.19%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.19%) CoreOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 400 (37.45%) Customer Service
2 397 (37.17%) Problem-Solving
3 266 (24.91%) Agile
4 257 (24.06%) Software Engineering
5 226 (21.16%) DevOps
6 185 (17.32%) Microservices
7 179 (16.76%) CI/CD
8 168 (15.73%) Test Automation
9 159 (14.89%) Containerisation
10 145 (13.58%) Mentoring
11 133 (12.45%) SDLC
12 117 (10.96%) Full-Stack Development
12 117 (10.96%) Performance Optimisation
13 112 (10.49%) Front End Development
14 91 (8.52%) Continuous Improvement
15 88 (8.24%) Artificial Intelligence
16 86 (8.05%) Analytics
17 83 (7.77%) Migration
18 82 (7.68%) Fintech
19 81 (7.58%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 206 (19.29%) SQL
2 200 (18.73%) Java
3 152 (14.23%) JavaScript
4 94 (8.80%) TypeScript
5 71 (6.65%) Python
6 19 (1.78%) C#
7 10 (0.94%) Go
7 10 (0.94%) R
8 9 (0.84%) Kotlin
9 8 (0.75%) Bash
10 6 (0.56%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.47%) Groovy
11 5 (0.47%) JCL
12 4 (0.37%) C
12 4 (0.37%) Jython
12 4 (0.37%) Perl
12 4 (0.37%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.28%) PowerShell
14 2 (0.19%) COBOL
14 2 (0.19%) PHP
Qualifications
1 99 (9.27%) Degree
2 21 (1.97%) Master's Degree
3 18 (1.69%) PhD
4 7 (0.66%) PMP
5 5 (0.47%) AAT
5 5 (0.47%) Azure Certification
5 5 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (0.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 3 (0.28%) CRISC
6 3 (0.28%) OCP
6 3 (0.28%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (0.19%) A+ Certification
7 2 (0.19%) CBAP
7 2 (0.19%) CISSP
7 2 (0.19%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.19%) MOS
7 2 (0.19%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.094%) CEH
8 1 (0.094%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.094%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (10.86%) QA
2 77 (7.21%) Accessibility
3 13 (1.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 11 (1.03%) Data Quality
5 9 (0.84%) GDPR
6 8 (0.75%) Basel III
6 8 (0.75%) IFRS
6 8 (0.75%) IFRS 9
6 8 (0.75%) PCI DSS
7 7 (0.66%) Basel II
7 7 (0.66%) Dodd-Frank
8 4 (0.37%) COBIT
8 4 (0.37%) ITGC
9 3 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.28%) SLA
10 1 (0.094%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.094%) NIST
10 1 (0.094%) PERC
System Software
1 180 (16.85%) Docker
2 12 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.47%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.19%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.19%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.094%) NFS
Systems Management
1 193 (18.07%) Kubernetes
2 41 (3.84%) Terraform
3 12 (1.12%) Ansible
3 12 (1.12%) Istio
4 10 (0.94%) Progress Chef
5 4 (0.37%) CA Endevor
6 3 (0.28%) Argo
6 3 (0.28%) Grafana
6 3 (0.28%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.19%) MAINVIEW
7 2 (0.19%) Puppet
8 1 (0.094%) CA Service Virtualization
8 1 (0.094%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 548 (51.31%) BT
2 113 (10.58%) Solace
3 52 (4.87%) Google
4 48 (4.49%) Microsoft
5 25 (2.34%) IBM
6 18 (1.69%) Oracle
7 14 (1.31%) ServiceNow
8 12 (1.12%) Cisco
9 9 (0.84%) VMware
10 8 (0.75%) IronPort
10 8 (0.75%) Veritas
11 7 (0.66%) Dynatrace
12 3 (0.28%) Adobe
12 3 (0.28%) Atlassian
12 3 (0.28%) BMC
12 3 (0.28%) Citrix
12 3 (0.28%) Concur
12 3 (0.28%) Remedy
12 3 (0.28%) Sun
13 2 (0.19%) Splunk