Banking Job Trends in the South East

Banking
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Banking over the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 220 183
Rank change year-on-year +189 -37 +9
Permanent jobs citing Banking 614 88 83
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 5.92% 0.93% 1.15%
As % of the General category 10.36% 1.54% 1.90%
Number of salaries quoted 21 25 49
10th Percentile £43,750 £44,190 £41,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £102,500 £87,500 £66,778
90th Percentile £127,500 £95,250 £73,750
England median annual salary £87,500 £87,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year - +12.90% +3.33%

All General Skills
South 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 common skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,927 5,718 4,372
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 57.19% 60.61% 60.66%
Number of salaries quoted 3,159 2,405 2,772
10th Percentile £27,250 £31,175 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £42,500 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £51,972
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +5.83% -5.51%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,450
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -4.00%

Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Banking job vacancy trend in the South East

Banking
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Banking

Banking
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Banking in the South East over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Banking in the South East

Banking
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Banking within the South East region over the 6 months to 20 December 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
Surrey +85 330 £77,500 -29.55% 2
Kent +67 150 £106,250 +18.06% 3
Thames Valley +53 73 £65,000 +4.00% 9
Buckinghamshire +38 48 £65,000 -24.24% 5
Middlesex +10 36 - - 1
Berkshire +18 19 - - 2
Hampshire +28 15 £75,000 +50.00% 2
Isle of Wight - 8 - -
Oxfordshire +15 6 - - 2
West Sussex -4 2 £75,000 +23.90% 1
Banking
England

Banking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (0.65%) Confluence
2 2 (0.33%) SAS
3 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.16%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 570 (92.83%) Cloud Computing
2 7 (1.14%) Azure
3 5 (0.81%) Adobe Analytics
3 5 (0.81%) Figma
4 3 (0.49%) AWS
4 3 (0.49%) Power Platform
5 2 (0.33%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (0.33%) SaaS
6 1 (0.16%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (0.16%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (0.16%) Azure Service Fabric
6 1 (0.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.16%) GCP
6 1 (0.16%) GitHub
6 1 (0.16%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (0.16%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 570 (92.83%) Internet
2 2 (0.33%) BGP
2 2 (0.33%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (0.33%) Firewall
2 2 (0.33%) SDH
2 2 (0.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.16%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (0.81%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.49%) Tableau
3 2 (0.33%) Power BI
4 1 (0.16%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.16%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 4 (0.65%) JIRA
2 2 (0.33%) Postman
3 1 (0.16%) Appium
3 1 (0.16%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.16%) Git
3 1 (0.16%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.16%) REST Assured
3 1 (0.16%) Selenium
General
1 581 (94.63%) Social Skills
2 571 (93.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 26 (4.23%) Finance
4 13 (2.12%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (1.30%) Retail
6 7 (1.14%) Telecoms
7 6 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (0.98%) Public Sector
8 5 (0.81%) Marketing
9 2 (0.33%) Games
9 2 (0.33%) Legal
10 1 (0.16%) Advertising
10 1 (0.16%) Agriculture
10 1 (0.16%) Automotive
10 1 (0.16%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.16%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.16%) International Banking
10 1 (0.16%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.16%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.16%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 469 (76.38%) Lecturer
2 7 (1.14%) Analyst
2 7 (1.14%) Senior
3 5 (0.81%) Strategy Manager
4 4 (0.65%) Head of Engineering
4 4 (0.65%) Senior Manager
5 3 (0.49%) Data Analyst
5 3 (0.49%) Developer
5 3 (0.49%) Senior Strategy Manager
5 3 (0.49%) Service Manager
6 2 (0.33%) Banking Analyst
6 2 (0.33%) Blazor Developer
6 2 (0.33%) Business Manager
6 2 (0.33%) C# .NET Developer
6 2 (0.33%) Junior Penetration Tester
6 2 (0.33%) Junior Tester
6 2 (0.33%) Security Architect
6 2 (0.33%) Service Development Manager
6 2 (0.33%) Telecoms Technician
6 2 (0.33%) Test Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.81%) .NET
2 4 (0.65%) REST
3 3 (0.49%) Blazor
3 3 (0.49%) WinForms
3 3 (0.49%) WPF
4 2 (0.33%) OAuth
4 2 (0.33%) OAuth2
4 2 (0.33%) OpenID
5 1 (0.16%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.16%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.16%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.16%) Kafka
5 1 (0.16%) Middleware
5 1 (0.16%) React
5 1 (0.16%) SAML
5 1 (0.16%) SOAP
5 1 (0.16%) Vue
5 1 (0.16%) WCF
5 1 (0.16%) Web Services
5 1 (0.16%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 570 (92.83%) IoT
2 5 (0.81%) Data Centre
3 4 (0.65%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (0.65%) Security Posture
4 3 (0.49%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (0.33%) Driving Licence
5 2 (0.33%) Mobile App
5 2 (0.33%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.16%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.16%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.16%) FMCG
6 1 (0.16%) IBM Mainframe
6 1 (0.16%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.16%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.16%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.16%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.16%) Smart Meter
6 1 (0.16%) Taxonomies
6 1 (0.16%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 579 (94.30%) Cybersecurity
2 575 (93.65%) User Experience
3 574 (93.49%) AI
4 573 (93.32%) Machine Learning
5 570 (92.83%) Web Development
6 14 (2.28%) Agile
7 13 (2.12%) Stakeholder Management
8 11 (1.79%) Continuous Improvement
9 10 (1.63%) Decision-Making
10 9 (1.47%) Business Strategy
10 9 (1.47%) Problem-Solving
11 8 (1.30%) Analytics
11 8 (1.30%) Business Intelligence
12 7 (1.14%) Customer Experience
12 7 (1.14%) Data Management
12 7 (1.14%) Migration
12 7 (1.14%) Strategic Thinking
12 7 (1.14%) Visualisation
13 5 (0.81%) CI/CD
13 5 (0.81%) Journey Map
Programming Languages
1 9 (1.47%) SQL
2 4 (0.65%) Python
3 3 (0.49%) C#
4 2 (0.33%) R
5 1 (0.16%) Delphi
5 1 (0.16%) Java
5 1 (0.16%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.16%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.16%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.16%) VB
5 1 (0.16%) VB6
5 1 (0.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 579 (94.30%) Degree
2 571 (93.00%) Master's Degree
3 570 (92.83%) PhD
3 570 (92.83%) Postgraduate
4 6 (0.98%) Security Cleared
5 5 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.33%) CHECK Team Leader
6 2 (0.33%) CHECK Team Member
6 2 (0.33%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.33%) OSCP
6 2 (0.33%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.16%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.16%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (0.81%) Accessibility
2 4 (0.65%) Data Quality
3 3 (0.49%) GDPR
4 2 (0.33%) GRC
4 2 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.33%) QA
5 1 (0.16%) PMO
5 1 (0.16%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (0.49%) Docker
2 2 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.33%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.16%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (0.65%) Terraform
2 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (0.81%) Adobe
1 5 (0.81%) Qualtrics
2 2 (0.33%) CheckPoint
2 2 (0.33%) Cisco
2 2 (0.33%) Databricks
2 2 (0.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (0.33%) VMware
3 1 (0.16%) Blue Prism
3 1 (0.16%) IBM
3 1 (0.16%) Pega
3 1 (0.16%) Planview
3 1 (0.16%) SAP
3 1 (0.16%) ServiceNow