Banking Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Banking
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in permanent job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Banking over the 6 months leading up to 10 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 150 184
Rank change year-on-year -13 +34 -19
Permanent jobs citing Banking 28 35 17
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.42% 0.97% 0.33%
As % of the General category 0.96% 1.31% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 19 10 13
10th Percentile £28,500 £43,125 £44,600
25th Percentile £35,000 £58,938 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £110,000 £84,000
Median % change year-on-year -51.82% +30.95% +24.44%
75th Percentile £55,000 £165,000 £93,750
90th Percentile - - £113,750
South East median annual salary £53,000 £77,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -31.61% +10.71% +7.69%

All General Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 2,922 2,666 2,522
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 43.76% 73.69% 48.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,926 969 1,331
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,450 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,750 £48,000 £49,881
Median % change year-on-year +7.81% -3.77% -4.99%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £81,500 £77,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £46,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% -4.76%

Banking
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Banking job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Banking
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Banking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Banking

Banking
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Banking in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 10 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Banking in the Thames Valley

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Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Banking within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 10 August 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
Berkshire +20 12 £47,500 -70.31% 1
Oxfordshire -16 11 £55,000 -4.35% 3
Buckinghamshire -20 5 £92,500 +38.06% 7
Banking
South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Applications
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.57%) SAP CO
1 1 (3.57%) SAP FI
1 1 (3.57%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (3.57%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (14.29%) GitHub
2 1 (3.57%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.71%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) Power BI
General
1 11 (39.29%) Finance
2 9 (32.14%) Retail
3 4 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 4 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 4 (14.29%) Social Skills
4 3 (10.71%) Games
5 1 (3.57%) Back Office
5 1 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Marketing
5 1 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (25.00%) Account Manager
2 4 (14.29%) Analyst
2 4 (14.29%) Graduate
2 4 (14.29%) Senior
2 4 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
3 3 (10.71%) Architect
3 3 (10.71%) EPoS Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) EPoS Field Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) EPoS Field Service Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) Field Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) Field Service Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) Graduate Software Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) Security Architect
3 3 (10.71%) Software Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Junior
4 2 (7.14%) Junior Penetration Tester
4 2 (7.14%) Junior Tester
4 2 (7.14%) Penetration Tester
4 2 (7.14%) Tester
5 1 (3.57%) Facilities Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 3 (10.71%) Clustering
2 3 (10.71%) EPoS
3 2 (7.14%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.57%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.29%) Linux
2 3 (10.71%) Debian
2 3 (10.71%) Gentoo
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (28.57%) AI
2 5 (17.86%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (17.86%) Mentoring
3 4 (14.29%) Accounts Payable
3 4 (14.29%) Cash Management
3 4 (14.29%) Open Source
3 4 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (14.29%) Process Improvement
3 4 (14.29%) Risk Management
3 4 (14.29%) Web Development
4 3 (10.71%) Asset Management
4 3 (10.71%) Computer Science
4 3 (10.71%) Configuration Management
4 3 (10.71%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (10.71%) IT Asset Management
4 3 (10.71%) Network Segmentation
4 3 (10.71%) RBAC
4 3 (10.71%) SIEM
4 3 (10.71%) Software Engineering
4 3 (10.71%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.29%) Bash
1 4 (14.29%) Python
1 4 (14.29%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 5 (17.86%) Security Cleared
2 4 (14.29%) Degree
3 3 (10.71%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (10.71%) DV Cleared
4 2 (7.14%) CHECK Team Leader
4 2 (7.14%) CHECK Team Member
4 2 (7.14%) CREST Certified
4 2 (7.14%) Cyber Scheme
4 2 (7.14%) OSCP
5 1 (3.57%) ACCA
5 1 (3.57%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.14%) NCSC
1 2 (7.14%) QA
2 1 (3.57%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (10.71%) Docker
1 3 (10.71%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (10.71%) Ansible
1 3 (10.71%) Podman
Vendors
1 1 (3.57%) SAP
1 1 (3.57%) Xero