Banking Job Trends

Banking
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Banking over the 6 months leading up to 24 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 58 47
Rank change year-on-year +46 -11 -10
Permanent jobs citing Banking 5,596 2,311 3,329
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 8.95% 4.35% 5.08%
As % of the General category 15.50% 6.49% 8.24%
Number of salaries quoted 773 1,201 2,486
10th Percentile £49,000 £43,650 £46,306
25th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £57,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £85,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +13.33% -
75th Percentile £121,000 £110,000 £96,539
90th Percentile £136,250 £128,750 £123,937
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £66,367 £70,576
% change year-on-year -2.06% -5.96% +8.58%

All General Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 36,099 35,614 40,381
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 57.73% 67.06% 61.65%
Number of salaries quoted 19,523 16,057 29,892
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -11.53%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £96,539
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -4.76%

Banking
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Banking job vacancy trend in the UK

Banking
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Banking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Banking

Banking
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Banking over the 6 months to 24 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Banking in the UK

Banking
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Banking within the UK over the 6 months to 24 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 +50 5,463 £90,000 +5.88% 699
UK excluding London +102 4,009 £65,000 -2.06% 583
North of England +57 1,734 £67,500 +3.16% 113
North West +78 1,558 £79,000 +11.27% 52
London +4 1,527 £97,500 +8.33% 242
Midlands +179 1,117 £67,500 +20.00% 74
West Midlands +164 956 £75,000 +36.36% 31
South East +183 619 £66,250 +6.00% 223
Work from Home -6 601 £90,000 +5.57% 276
East of England +114 369 £52,500 +56.87% 66
East Midlands +92 172 £62,500 +30.21% 41
Yorkshire +5 168 £25,087 -65.15% 46
South West -18 83 £25,087 -62.20% 54
Scotland -69 52 £72,250 +3.21% 32
Wales +39 39 £25,087 -40.27% 21
Channel Islands - 9 - -
North East -13 8 £25,087 -47.19% 15

Banking
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 50 (0.89%) Confluence
2 27 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
3 26 (0.46%) Apache
4 22 (0.39%) SAS
5 17 (0.30%) SharePoint
5 17 (0.30%) WebSphere
6 16 (0.29%) Tomcat
6 16 (0.29%) WebSphere Application Server
7 13 (0.23%) Apache Spark
8 7 (0.13%) Ethereum
9 6 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
9 6 (0.11%) Mule
10 4 (0.071%) IIS
11 3 (0.054%) OpenStack
11 3 (0.054%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.036%) CMS
12 2 (0.036%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.036%) WebLogic
13 1 (0.018%) CICS
Applications
1 41 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 26 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
4 17 (0.30%) Maya
4 17 (0.30%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.018%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 20 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
2 13 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
4 8 (0.14%) SAP CO
4 8 (0.14%) SAP FI
4 8 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
5 7 (0.13%) Fidessa
5 7 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
5 7 (0.13%) SAP IBP
6 6 (0.11%) Oracle Financials
7 5 (0.089%) Oracle ERP
8 4 (0.071%) Oracle General Ledger
9 3 (0.054%) Loan IQ
9 3 (0.054%) Oracle Assets
9 3 (0.054%) SAP PS
9 3 (0.054%) Temenos T24
10 2 (0.036%) Adaptiv
10 2 (0.036%) Oracle Receivables
10 2 (0.036%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 4,097 (73.21%) Cloud Computing
2 334 (5.97%) AWS
3 224 (4.00%) Azure
4 135 (2.41%) GCP
5 127 (2.27%) SaaS
6 57 (1.02%) Amazon EKS
7 55 (0.98%) Snowflake
8 52 (0.93%) Power Platform
9 51 (0.91%) GitHub
10 34 (0.61%) dbt
11 31 (0.55%) Microsoft 365
12 26 (0.46%) Figma
13 22 (0.39%) Azure AI
14 21 (0.38%) Amazon EC2
14 21 (0.38%) Amazon SageMaker
14 21 (0.38%) Vertex AI
15 20 (0.36%) Amazon S3
15 20 (0.36%) AWS CloudFormation
15 20 (0.36%) GitHub Actions
16 19 (0.34%) Adobe Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 4,045 (72.28%) Internet
2 44 (0.79%) Broadband
3 41 (0.73%) Firewall
4 34 (0.61%) TCP/IP
5 24 (0.43%) Multicast
6 21 (0.38%) VPN
7 20 (0.36%) DNS
7 20 (0.36%) SSL
8 17 (0.30%) CHAP
8 17 (0.30%) DHCP
8 17 (0.30%) Network Security
9 16 (0.29%) LAN
10 15 (0.27%) VLAN
10 15 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
11 14 (0.25%) HTTP
12 13 (0.23%) BGP
12 13 (0.23%) WAN
13 10 (0.18%) Cisco ASA
14 9 (0.16%) SAN
15 6 (0.11%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (1.52%) SQL Server
2 65 (1.16%) Data Lake
3 62 (1.11%) Tableau
4 49 (0.88%) Power BI
5 46 (0.82%) Metadata
6 43 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
7 35 (0.63%) DB2
8 31 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
9 26 (0.46%) Big Data
10 23 (0.41%) Amazon Athena
10 23 (0.41%) Apache Arrow
10 23 (0.41%) Apache Iceberg
10 23 (0.41%) Apache Ignite
10 23 (0.41%) Dremio
11 21 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
12 19 (0.34%) Relational Database
13 12 (0.21%) NoSQL
14 10 (0.18%) Flink
15 8 (0.14%) SAP BW
16 7 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 74 (1.32%) JIRA
2 52 (0.93%) TeamCity
3 48 (0.86%) Jenkins
4 35 (0.63%) Git
5 23 (0.41%) GitLab
6 19 (0.34%) Selenium
7 17 (0.30%) Cucumber
8 12 (0.21%) Bitbucket
9 8 (0.14%) Chocolatey
10 6 (0.11%) CircleCI
11 5 (0.089%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.089%) ER Studio
11 5 (0.089%) ERwin
12 4 (0.071%) PowerDesigner
13 3 (0.054%) webpack
14 2 (0.036%) JConsole
14 2 (0.036%) Postman
14 2 (0.036%) REST Assured
14 2 (0.036%) VisualVM
15 1 (0.018%) Appium
General
1 4,551 (81.33%) Social Skills
2 4,240 (75.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,116 (19.94%) Finance
4 254 (4.54%) Analytical Skills
5 250 (4.47%) Retail
6 242 (4.32%) Financial Institution
7 174 (3.11%) Investment Banking
8 137 (2.45%) Law
9 93 (1.66%) Marketing
10 92 (1.64%) Front Office
11 86 (1.54%) Legal
12 85 (1.52%) Back Office
13 63 (1.13%) Games
14 47 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
14 47 (0.84%) Retail Banking
15 36 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
15 36 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
16 32 (0.57%) Telecoms
17 27 (0.48%) Pharmaceutical
18 25 (0.45%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3,159 (56.45%) Lecturer
2 268 (4.79%) Senior
3 189 (3.38%) Analyst
4 166 (2.97%) Lead
5 162 (2.89%) Developer
6 151 (2.70%) Architect
7 105 (1.88%) Software Engineer
8 71 (1.27%) Solutions Architect
9 64 (1.14%) Senior Software Engineer
10 60 (1.07%) Business Analyst
11 53 (0.95%) Java Developer
12 49 (0.88%) Java Engineer
13 48 (0.86%) Data Analyst
14 47 (0.84%) AWS Engineer
15 45 (0.80%) Python Engineer
16 44 (0.79%) Java Software Engineer
16 44 (0.79%) Senior Manager
17 39 (0.70%) Consultant
18 37 (0.66%) Python Software Engineer
19 36 (0.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (1.05%) React
2 56 (1.00%) REST
3 52 (0.93%) .NET
4 49 (0.88%) Middleware
5 39 (0.70%) Kafka
6 38 (0.68%) RESTful
7 31 (0.55%) gRPC
8 30 (0.54%) FIX Protocol
8 30 (0.54%) HTML
9 29 (0.52%) CSS
10 24 (0.43%) NumPy
10 24 (0.43%) Pandas
11 23 (0.41%) Protocol Buffers
11 23 (0.41%) SciPy
12 22 (0.39%) WebSockets
13 18 (0.32%) LDAP
14 17 (0.30%) WebSphere MQ
15 16 (0.29%) LAPP Stack
16 14 (0.25%) Elastic Stack
16 14 (0.25%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 4,069 (72.71%) IoT
2 98 (1.75%) Product Ownership
3 84 (1.50%) Cloud Native
4 78 (1.39%) Management Information System
5 69 (1.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 64 (1.14%) Derivative
7 62 (1.11%) Fixed Income
7 62 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
8 60 (1.07%) Equities
9 49 (0.88%) Data Centre
10 43 (0.77%) Onboarding
11 42 (0.75%) Public Cloud
12 41 (0.73%) Distributed Systems
13 40 (0.71%) Hedge funds
14 38 (0.68%) Credit Risk
15 34 (0.61%) Blockchain
16 30 (0.54%) Enterprise Software
17 29 (0.52%) Hybrid Cloud
18 28 (0.50%) Algorithms
19 27 (0.48%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 111 (1.98%) Linux
2 80 (1.43%) Windows
3 34 (0.61%) Unix
4 22 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 18 (0.32%) Android
6 15 (0.27%) Windows Server
7 11 (0.20%) Apple iOS
7 11 (0.20%) Mac OS
8 10 (0.18%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.054%) AIX
9 3 (0.054%) Solaris
9 3 (0.054%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.054%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.054%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.036%) CentOS
11 1 (0.018%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,222 (75.45%) Cybersecurity
2 4,215 (75.32%) AI
3 4,119 (73.61%) User Experience
4 4,107 (73.39%) Machine Learning
5 4,064 (72.62%) Web Development
6 380 (6.79%) Agile
7 317 (5.66%) Problem-Solving
8 217 (3.88%) Analytics
9 215 (3.84%) Risk Management
9 215 (3.84%) Roadmaps
10 199 (3.56%) Software Engineering
11 192 (3.43%) Continuous Improvement
12 179 (3.20%) Stakeholder Management
13 170 (3.04%) CI/CD
14 158 (2.82%) DevOps
15 154 (2.75%) Asset Management
16 150 (2.68%) Migration
17 132 (2.36%) Microservices
18 131 (2.34%) Fintech
19 128 (2.29%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 249 (4.45%) Python
2 247 (4.41%) Java
3 150 (2.68%) SQL
4 79 (1.41%) TypeScript
5 70 (1.25%) JavaScript
6 46 (0.82%) C++
7 43 (0.77%) C#
8 39 (0.70%) Go
9 38 (0.68%) PowerShell
10 18 (0.32%) Bash
10 18 (0.32%) C
11 12 (0.21%) VBA
12 11 (0.20%) Kotlin
13 8 (0.14%) RPG
14 7 (0.13%) Apex Code
14 7 (0.13%) R
14 7 (0.13%) Rust
15 5 (0.089%) ANSI SQL
16 4 (0.071%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 4 (0.071%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 4,317 (77.14%) Degree
2 4,135 (73.89%) Master's Degree
3 4,058 (72.52%) PhD
4 4,044 (72.27%) Postgraduate
5 116 (2.07%) CISSP
6 84 (1.50%) CISA
7 81 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
8 65 (1.16%) CRISC
9 60 (1.07%) AWS Certification
10 53 (0.95%) CISM
11 47 (0.84%) Azure Certification
12 31 (0.55%) Numerate Degree
13 29 (0.52%) PMI Certification
14 22 (0.39%) HND
15 21 (0.38%) ACCA
15 21 (0.38%) FFIEC
15 21 (0.38%) ITIL Certification
16 19 (0.34%) SANS
17 18 (0.32%) Security Cleared
18 17 (0.30%) CGEIT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (1.79%) NIST
2 97 (1.73%) QA
3 84 (1.50%) PCI DSS
4 73 (1.30%) GDPR
5 70 (1.25%) Data Quality
6 48 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 35 (0.63%) PSD2
7 35 (0.63%) SLA
8 30 (0.54%) Accessibility
9 29 (0.52%) SOC 2
10 28 (0.50%) GRC
11 26 (0.46%) EU AI Act
12 23 (0.41%) HIPAA
13 22 (0.39%) COBIT
14 21 (0.38%) ISO 20022
14 21 (0.38%) SEPA
14 21 (0.38%) Solvency II
15 16 (0.29%) IFRS
16 11 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 19770
16 11 (0.20%) TARGET2
System Software
1 47 (0.84%) Docker
2 31 (0.55%) Active Directory
3 19 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.071%) BitLocker
5 4 (0.071%) Firmware
5 4 (0.071%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.054%) KVM
6 3 (0.054%) QEMU
7 2 (0.036%) vSphere
8 1 (0.018%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 100 (1.79%) Kubernetes
2 97 (1.73%) Terraform
3 41 (0.73%) Grafana
4 34 (0.61%) Ansible
5 16 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
6 14 (0.25%) SCCM
7 11 (0.20%) Argo
8 9 (0.16%) Nagios
8 9 (0.16%) Prometheus
9 7 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.071%) Cilium
10 4 (0.071%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.054%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 3 (0.054%) Control-M
12 2 (0.036%) logstash
12 2 (0.036%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.036%) Suricata
13 1 (0.018%) CSIRT
13 1 (0.018%) RSA Archer
13 1 (0.018%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 123 (2.20%) Microsoft
2 61 (1.09%) ServiceNow
3 48 (0.86%) Google
4 44 (0.79%) BT
5 40 (0.71%) Oracle
6 36 (0.64%) Bloomberg
6 36 (0.64%) Salesforce
7 32 (0.57%) Alteryx
8 30 (0.54%) IBM
9 24 (0.43%) Cisco
9 24 (0.43%) VMware
10 23 (0.41%) Red Hat
11 22 (0.39%) Databricks
12 20 (0.36%) Remedy
13 19 (0.34%) Adobe
13 19 (0.34%) BMC
13 19 (0.34%) Qualtrics
13 19 (0.34%) SAP
14 14 (0.25%) Software AG
15 13 (0.23%) Informatica