Digital Banking Job Trends

Digital Banking
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Digital Banking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 602 719 653
Rank change year-on-year +117 -66 +78
Permanent jobs citing Digital Banking 64 23 84
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.034% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.041% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 12 9 80
10th Percentile £83,350 £81,000 £53,000
25th Percentile £100,000 £90,801 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £115,000 £107,500 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year +6.98% +52.32% +2.55%
75th Percentile £125,000 £116,250 £91,934
90th Percentile £140,000 £132,000 £97,885
UK excluding London median annual salary £100,000 £94,819 £70,576
% change year-on-year +5.46% +34.35% +17.63%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Digital Banking falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 44,012 56,127 49,891
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.78% 82.46% 93.88%
Number of salaries quoted 26,595 29,580 38,351
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,500 £45,000 £43,871
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,625 £54,383 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.26% +3.59% -

Digital Banking
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Digital Banking job vacancy trend in the UK

Digital Banking
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Digital Banking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Digital Banking

Digital Banking
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Digital Banking over the 6 months to 7 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Digital Banking in the UK

Digital Banking
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Banking within the UK over the 6 months to 7 November 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
England +141 59 £115,000 +6.98% 53
London +80 35 £120,000 +11.63% 28
UK excluding London +71 30 £100,000 +5.46% 39
Work from Home +69 13 £120,000 +11.63% 16
North of England +25 10 £100,000 - 9
North West +31 9 £100,000 - 9
South East +27 9 £160,000 +39.13% 21
Midlands +55 6 - -
East Midlands - 5 - -
Scotland -1 4 - - 2
West Midlands +46 1 - -
Channel Islands - 1 - - 1
North East - 1 - -

Digital 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 9 (14.06%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 17 (26.56%) Adobe Analytics
1 17 (26.56%) Figma
2 9 (14.06%) AWS
3 1 (1.56%) Azure
3 1 (1.56%) GCP
Development Applications
1 9 (14.06%) JIRA
General
1 64 (100.00%) Banking
2 40 (62.50%) Finance
3 33 (51.56%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (43.75%) Influencing Skills
4 28 (43.75%) Social Skills
5 19 (29.69%) Legal
6 17 (26.56%) Financial Institution
7 16 (25.00%) Law
8 7 (10.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (7.81%) Retail
10 3 (4.69%) Back Office
10 3 (4.69%) Corporate Banking
11 2 (3.13%) Marketing
12 1 (1.56%) Games
12 1 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (1.56%) Retail Banking
12 1 (1.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (28.13%) Senior
2 17 (26.56%) Strategy Manager
3 9 (14.06%) Senior Manager
3 9 (14.06%) Senior Strategy Manager
4 7 (10.94%) Software Engineer
5 6 (9.38%) Release Engineer
6 5 (7.81%) Digital Product Owner
6 5 (7.81%) Product Owner
6 5 (7.81%) Senior Product Owner
7 4 (6.25%) Analyst
7 4 (6.25%) Business Analyst
7 4 (6.25%) Lead
8 3 (4.69%) Head of Operations
8 3 (4.69%) Lead Software Engineer
8 3 (4.69%) Senior Software Engineer
9 2 (3.13%) Head of Digital
10 1 (1.56%) Designer
10 1 (1.56%) Lead Project Manager
10 1 (1.56%) Technology Manager
10 1 (1.56%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (12.50%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.06%) Onboarding
1 9 (14.06%) Product Ownership
2 8 (12.50%) Cloud Native
3 7 (10.94%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (10.94%) Virtual Team
4 6 (9.38%) Mobile App
5 3 (4.69%) Management Information System
6 2 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.56%) Digital Currency
7 1 (1.56%) Digital Wallet
7 1 (1.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.38%) Android
1 6 (9.38%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (45.31%) Stakeholder Management
2 28 (43.75%) Agile
3 27 (42.19%) Analytics
4 23 (35.94%) Customer Experience
4 23 (35.94%) Customer-Centricity
5 20 (31.25%) User Experience
6 19 (29.69%) Strategic Thinking
7 18 (28.13%) Business Strategy
7 18 (28.13%) Continuous Improvement
7 18 (28.13%) Decision-Making
7 18 (28.13%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (28.13%) UX Design
8 17 (26.56%) Creative Problem-Solving
8 17 (26.56%) Customer Journey Map
8 17 (26.56%) Design Thinking
8 17 (26.56%) Matrix Organization
8 17 (26.56%) Prototyping
8 17 (26.56%) Storytelling
8 17 (26.56%) Visualisation
8 17 (26.56%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.94%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (6.25%) CCA
2 2 (3.13%) Degree
3 1 (1.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (1.56%) AWS Certification
3 1 (1.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (1.56%) CCSP
3 1 (1.56%) CISA
3 1 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.56%) CISSP
3 1 (1.56%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (28.13%) Accessibility
2 7 (10.94%) PCI DSS
2 7 (10.94%) QA
3 6 (9.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.56%) GDPR
4 1 (1.56%) NIST
4 1 (1.56%) SEPA
Vendors
1 17 (26.56%) Adobe
1 17 (26.56%) Qualtrics
2 1 (1.56%) Google