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 17 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 619 751 657
Rank change year-on-year +132 -94 +83
Permanent jobs citing Digital Banking 57 8 90
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.011% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.014% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 12 6 86
10th Percentile £83,350 £67,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £100,000 £90,200 £56,539
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £120,000 £94,819 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year +26.56% +34.35% +3.54%
75th Percentile £165,000 £115,000 £91,934
90th Percentile - £150,000 £96,539
UK excluding London median annual salary £160,000 £94,637 £69,447
% change year-on-year +69.07% +36.27% +15.75%

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 43,375 57,355 53,052
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 88.80% 82.16% 94.06%
Number of salaries quoted 24,550 30,763 40,597
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,750 £53,500 £53,888
% change year-on-year -12.62% -0.72% +2.64%

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 17 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Digital Banking in the UK

Digital Banking
Top 12 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 17 October 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 53 £120,000 +11.63% 15
UK excluding London +95 30 £160,000 +69.07% 12
London +80 27 £120,000 -29.41% 12
Work from Home +76 15 £120,000 +11.63% 5
South East +35 11 £160,000 +33.33% 8
North of England - 9 £100,000 - 1
North West - 8 £100,000 -
Midlands +58 6 - -
East Midlands - 6 - -
Scotland -2 3 - - 4
North East - 1 - - 1
Channel Islands - 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 6 (10.53%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 14 (24.56%) Adobe Analytics
1 14 (24.56%) Figma
2 7 (12.28%) AWS
Development Applications
1 6 (10.53%) JIRA
General
1 57 (100.00%) Banking
2 36 (63.16%) Finance
3 34 (59.65%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (54.39%) Social Skills
5 26 (45.61%) Influencing Skills
6 19 (33.33%) Financial Institution
6 19 (33.33%) Legal
7 18 (31.58%) Law
8 7 (12.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (7.02%) Marketing
9 4 (7.02%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (7.02%) Telecoms
10 3 (5.26%) Back Office
10 3 (5.26%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (1.75%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 14 (24.56%) Strategy Manager
2 9 (15.79%) Senior
3 7 (12.28%) Software Engineer
4 6 (10.53%) Release Engineer
4 6 (10.53%) Senior Manager
4 6 (10.53%) Senior Strategy Manager
5 4 (7.02%) Analyst
5 4 (7.02%) Business Analyst
5 4 (7.02%) Lead
6 3 (5.26%) Head of Operations
6 3 (5.26%) Lead Software Engineer
6 3 (5.26%) Senior Software Engineer
7 1 (1.75%) Client Services Manager
7 1 (1.75%) Designer
7 1 (1.75%) Lead Project Manager
7 1 (1.75%) Project Manager
7 1 (1.75%) Risk Manager
7 1 (1.75%) Support Specialist
7 1 (1.75%) Technology Manager
7 1 (1.75%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (12.28%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.79%) Onboarding
2 8 (14.04%) Cloud Native
3 7 (12.28%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (12.28%) Virtual Team
4 6 (10.53%) Mobile App
5 4 (7.02%) Product Ownership
6 3 (5.26%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.53%) Android
1 6 (10.53%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (45.61%) Stakeholder Management
2 25 (43.86%) Analytics
3 20 (35.09%) Agile
3 20 (35.09%) Decision-Making
4 19 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
5 18 (31.58%) Fintech
6 17 (29.82%) AI
7 16 (28.07%) Risk Management
7 16 (28.07%) User Experience
8 15 (26.32%) Business Strategy
8 15 (26.32%) Continuous Improvement
8 15 (26.32%) Customer Experience
8 15 (26.32%) Customer-Centricity
8 15 (26.32%) UX Design
9 14 (24.56%) Customer Journey Map
9 14 (24.56%) Design Thinking
9 14 (24.56%) Journey Map
9 14 (24.56%) Problem-Solving
9 14 (24.56%) Storytelling
9 14 (24.56%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.28%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (7.02%) CCA
1 4 (7.02%) Degree
1 4 (7.02%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (26.32%) Accessibility
2 7 (12.28%) QA
3 6 (10.53%) PCI DSS
3 6 (10.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 14 (24.56%) Adobe
1 14 (24.56%) Qualtrics