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 9 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 177 241
Rank change year-on-year +145 +64 -31
Permanent jobs citing Banking 630 80 136
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 4.65% 1.19% 0.87%
As % of the General category 9.81% 1.79% 1.52%
Number of salaries quoted 23 24 92
10th Percentile £52,600 £40,566 £23,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £46,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £123,125 £88,125 £72,762
90th Percentile £136,000 £97,500 £100,000
England median annual salary £90,000 £85,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% +6.67%

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 general skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 6,422 4,478 8,941
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 47.44% 66.76% 57.20%
Number of salaries quoted 3,649 1,964 5,982
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.26% +14.74% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,375 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -13.93%

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 9 April 2026.

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 9 April 2026. 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 +68 331 £121,250 +73.21% 1
Kent +34 151 £90,000 +5.88%
Thames Valley +48 79 £53,000 -15.20% 12
Buckinghamshire +10 47 £65,000 -24.24% 3
Middlesex +33 34 - - 2
Berkshire +28 25 £53,000 - 8
Hampshire -18 23 £70,000 - 5
Isle of Wight - 8 - -
Oxfordshire -3 7 £67,500 +8.00% 1
East Sussex - 4 £122,500 - 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 6 (0.95%) Confluence
2 4 (0.63%) SAS
3 3 (0.48%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.32%) Apache
4 2 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.32%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 570 (90.48%) Cloud Computing
2 8 (1.27%) Azure
3 6 (0.95%) AWS
4 5 (0.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 4 (0.63%) Azure AI
5 4 (0.63%) Azure Machine Learning
5 4 (0.63%) Snowflake
6 3 (0.48%) Adobe Analytics
6 3 (0.48%) Figma
6 3 (0.48%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.32%) Amazon S3
7 2 (0.32%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.32%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (0.32%) Azure Service Bus
7 2 (0.32%) Azure Service Fabric
7 2 (0.32%) GCP
7 2 (0.32%) OpenShift
7 2 (0.32%) PaaS
8 1 (0.16%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 570 (90.48%) Internet
2 4 (0.63%) BGP
2 4 (0.63%) Cisco ASA
2 4 (0.63%) Firewall
3 2 (0.32%) SDH
3 2 (0.32%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.43%) SQL Server
2 4 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (0.63%) Tableau
3 2 (0.32%) Apache Hive
3 2 (0.32%) Impala
3 2 (0.32%) Oracle Database
3 2 (0.32%) Parquet
3 2 (0.32%) Spark SQL
4 1 (0.16%) Base SAS
4 1 (0.16%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.16%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.16%) Metadata
4 1 (0.16%) Power BI
4 1 (0.16%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.16%) SAS Data Integration Studio
Development Applications
1 6 (0.95%) JIRA
2 4 (0.63%) Git
3 2 (0.32%) IBM UrbanCode
General
1 584 (92.70%) Social Skills
2 577 (91.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 38 (6.03%) Finance
4 14 (2.22%) Retail
5 10 (1.59%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (1.59%) Public Sector
6 8 (1.27%) Telecoms
7 7 (1.11%) Marketing
8 6 (0.95%) Legal
9 5 (0.79%) Games
10 3 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.32%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.32%) Law
12 1 (0.16%) Automotive
12 1 (0.16%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.16%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.16%) Multimedia
12 1 (0.16%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.16%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 469 (74.44%) Lecturer
2 10 (1.59%) Analyst
3 9 (1.43%) Senior
4 5 (0.79%) Delivery Manager
4 5 (0.79%) Head of AI
5 4 (0.63%) Architect
5 4 (0.63%) Head of Finance
5 4 (0.63%) Network Engineer
5 4 (0.63%) Product Delivery Manager
5 4 (0.63%) Product Manager
5 4 (0.63%) Security Architect
5 4 (0.63%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (0.48%) Banking Analyst
6 3 (0.48%) Data Analyst
6 3 (0.48%) Junior
6 3 (0.48%) Junior Penetration Tester
6 3 (0.48%) Junior Tester
6 3 (0.48%) Senior Manager
6 3 (0.48%) Senior Strategy Manager
6 3 (0.48%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.63%) .NET
2 3 (0.48%) REST
3 2 (0.32%) ASP.NET
3 2 (0.32%) OAuth
3 2 (0.32%) OAuth2
3 2 (0.32%) OpenID
3 2 (0.32%) PySpark
3 2 (0.32%) SOAP
3 2 (0.32%) WCF
3 2 (0.32%) Web Services
4 1 (0.16%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.16%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.16%) Blazor
4 1 (0.16%) HEVC
4 1 (0.16%) Kafka
4 1 (0.16%) Middleware
4 1 (0.16%) Pandas
4 1 (0.16%) Vue
4 1 (0.16%) WinForms
4 1 (0.16%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 570 (90.48%) IoT
2 7 (1.11%) Data Centre
3 6 (0.95%) Security Posture
4 3 (0.48%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (0.32%) Driving Licence
5 2 (0.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (0.32%) Low-Code
5 2 (0.32%) Management Information System
5 2 (0.32%) Onboarding
5 2 (0.32%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.16%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.16%) CCTV
6 1 (0.16%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.16%) FMCG
6 1 (0.16%) Hedge funds
6 1 (0.16%) IBM Mainframe
6 1 (0.16%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.16%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.16%) Taxonomies
6 1 (0.16%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 588 (93.33%) Cybersecurity
2 582 (92.38%) AI
3 575 (91.27%) Machine Learning
4 573 (90.95%) User Experience
5 570 (90.48%) Web Development
6 13 (2.06%) Agile
7 11 (1.75%) Migration
8 9 (1.43%) Asset Management
8 9 (1.43%) Business Strategy
8 9 (1.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (1.43%) Risk Management
8 9 (1.43%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (1.27%) Business Intelligence
9 8 (1.27%) Data Engineering
9 8 (1.27%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (1.11%) Data Governance
10 7 (1.11%) Data Management
10 7 (1.11%) Roadmaps
11 6 (0.95%) Analytics
11 6 (0.95%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (2.22%) SQL
2 4 (0.63%) Python
3 2 (0.32%) Delphi
3 2 (0.32%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.32%) VB
3 2 (0.32%) VB6
4 1 (0.16%) C#
4 1 (0.16%) PROC SQL
4 1 (0.16%) R
4 1 (0.16%) SAS Macro
4 1 (0.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 581 (92.22%) Degree
2 571 (90.63%) Master's Degree
3 570 (90.48%) PhD
3 570 (90.48%) Postgraduate
4 12 (1.90%) Security Cleared
5 5 (0.79%) DV Cleared
6 4 (0.63%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (0.63%) SC Cleared
7 3 (0.48%) CHECK Team Leader
7 3 (0.48%) CHECK Team Member
7 3 (0.48%) OSCP
8 2 (0.32%) CISSP
9 1 (0.16%) CESG Certified Professional
9 1 (0.16%) CISA
9 1 (0.16%) CISM
9 1 (0.16%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.16%) CRISC
9 1 (0.16%) Cyber Scheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (0.95%) Data Quality
2 5 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.48%) Accessibility
3 3 (0.48%) GDPR
3 3 (0.48%) GRC
3 3 (0.48%) NIST
4 2 (0.32%) NCSC
4 2 (0.32%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.32%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.16%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.16%) ITGC
5 1 (0.16%) QA
5 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (0.63%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.16%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.16%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (1.11%) Microsoft
2 6 (0.95%) Databricks
3 4 (0.63%) CheckPoint
3 4 (0.63%) Cisco
3 4 (0.63%) VMware
4 3 (0.48%) Adobe
4 3 (0.48%) Oracle
4 3 (0.48%) Qualtrics
5 2 (0.32%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.16%) Blue Prism
6 1 (0.16%) Cloudera
6 1 (0.16%) IBM
6 1 (0.16%) Pega
6 1 (0.16%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.16%) SAP
6 1 (0.16%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.16%) Teradata