Banking Analyst Job Trends

Banking Analyst
UK

The median Banking Analyst salary in the UK is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 632 673 606
Rank change year-on-year +41 -67 +336
Permanent jobs requiring a Banking Analyst 17 38 107
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.028% 0.071% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% 0.076% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 10 23 100
10th Percentile £53,750 £50,000 £49,939
25th Percentile £55,313 £56,875 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £86,750 - £112,750
UK excluding London median annual salary - - £21,328

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 54,710 49,797 52,819
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.74% 92.91% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 33,899 25,819 40,678
10th Percentile £28,560 £33,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,325
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -5.18%

Banking Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Banking Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Banking Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Banking Analyst
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Banking Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Banking Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Banking Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Banking Analyst over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Banking Analyst in the UK

Banking Analyst
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Banking Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 15 January 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
England +47 15 £67,500 -3.57% 4
London +49 13 £67,500 -3.57% 3
UK excluding London +31 2 - - 3
South East - 2 - - 2
Work from Home +63 1 - - 2

Banking Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 15 January 2026, Banking Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Banking Analyst in the job title.

1 12 (70.59%) SQL
2 9 (52.94%) Python
3 8 (47.06%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (41.18%) Agile
4 7 (41.18%) FIX Protocol
4 7 (41.18%) Java
4 7 (41.18%) Linux
4 7 (41.18%) Project Management
4 7 (41.18%) Roadmaps
4 7 (41.18%) Scrum
5 6 (35.29%) Data Analysis
6 5 (29.41%) AWS
6 5 (29.41%) Process Improvement
6 5 (29.41%) QA
6 5 (29.41%) Relational Database
6 5 (29.41%) Windows
7 4 (23.53%) .NET
7 4 (23.53%) AI
7 4 (23.53%) Asset Management
7 4 (23.53%) Business Strategy
7 4 (23.53%) CSS
7 4 (23.53%) Data Architecture
7 4 (23.53%) Data Science
7 4 (23.53%) HTML
7 4 (23.53%) ISEB
7 4 (23.53%) ISTQB
7 4 (23.53%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 4 (23.53%) JavaScript
7 4 (23.53%) JIRA
7 4 (23.53%) Kanban

Banking Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 3 (17.65%) Confluence
2 2 (11.76%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (11.76%) MS Visio
4 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (29.41%) AWS
2 3 (17.65%) OpenShift
2 3 (17.65%) Power Platform
2 3 (17.65%) Smartsheet
3 1 (5.88%) ClickUp
3 1 (5.88%) Datadog
3 1 (5.88%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (17.65%) Multicast
2 1 (5.88%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (29.41%) Relational Database
2 3 (17.65%) Power BI
2 3 (17.65%) Tableau
3 1 (5.88%) Metadata
3 1 (5.88%) SAS EBI
3 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (23.53%) JIRA
1 4 (23.53%) Selenium
2 2 (11.76%) Cypress.io
3 1 (5.88%) Git
General
1 17 (100.00%) Banking
2 16 (94.12%) Finance
3 10 (58.82%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (52.94%) Social Skills
5 5 (29.41%) Back Office
6 4 (23.53%) Legal
7 3 (17.65%) Games
7 3 (17.65%) Telecoms
8 2 (11.76%) Retail Banking
9 1 (5.88%) Front Office
9 1 (5.88%) Investment Banking
9 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (5.88%) Private Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (41.18%) FIX Protocol
2 4 (23.53%) .NET
2 4 (23.53%) CSS
2 4 (23.53%) HTML
2 4 (23.53%) Playwright
2 4 (23.53%) React
3 2 (11.76%) GraphQL
3 2 (11.76%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (41.18%) Equities
1 7 (41.18%) Fixed Income
2 4 (23.53%) Derivative
2 4 (23.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (17.65%) Distributed Computing
3 3 (17.65%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (11.76%) Credit Risk
5 1 (5.88%) Algorithms
5 1 (5.88%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 7 (41.18%) Linux
2 5 (29.41%) Windows
3 1 (5.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (41.18%) Agile
2 7 (41.18%) Project Management
2 7 (41.18%) Roadmaps
2 7 (41.18%) Scrum
3 6 (35.29%) Data Analysis
4 5 (29.41%) Process Improvement
5 4 (23.53%) AI
5 4 (23.53%) Asset Management
5 4 (23.53%) Business Strategy
5 4 (23.53%) Data Architecture
5 4 (23.53%) Data Science
5 4 (23.53%) Kanban
5 4 (23.53%) Model Validation
5 4 (23.53%) Regression Testing
5 4 (23.53%) Test Automation
5 4 (23.53%) Test Scripting
5 4 (23.53%) User Stories
6 3 (17.65%) Containerisation
6 3 (17.65%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 12 (70.59%) SQL
2 9 (52.94%) Python
3 7 (41.18%) Java
4 4 (23.53%) JavaScript
4 4 (23.53%) TypeScript
5 3 (17.65%) C++
6 2 (11.76%) R
7 1 (5.88%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) ISEB
1 4 (23.53%) ISTQB
1 4 (23.53%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 2 (11.76%) Degree
3 1 (5.88%) PMI Certification
3 1 (5.88%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (29.41%) QA
2 2 (11.76%) Data Quality
3 1 (5.88%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft