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 18 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 654 621 874
Rank change year-on-year -33 +253 -120
Permanent jobs citing Digital Banking 73 34 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.080% 0.077% 0.013%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.082% 0.016%
Number of salaries quoted 54 20 11
10th Percentile £89,500 £69,549 £55,000
25th Percentile - £82,500 £66,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £95,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +26.67% +12.09%
75th Percentile £113,750 £121,250 £95,967
90th Percentile £128,750 £165,000 £125,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £100,000 £95,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% +31.03% +21.80%

All Process & 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 67,556 41,227 82,428
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.64% 93.27% 84.88%
Number of salaries quoted 43,655 22,384 59,687
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% +7.27% -9.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,475 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.05% +4.95% -9.09%

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 18 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Digital Banking in the UK

Digital Banking
Top 6 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 18 May 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 -19 71 £100,000 +5.26% 19
London +18 41 £107,500 +13.16% 14
North West +38 30 £100,000 - 2
North of England -10 30 £100,000 - 2
UK excluding London -42 30 £100,000 +5.26% 5
Work from Home +48 9 - - 4

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:

Cloud Services
1 15 (20.55%) AWS
2 12 (16.44%) Azure
3 11 (15.07%) SaaS
4 10 (13.70%) Figma
5 4 (5.48%) GitHub
6 2 (2.74%) Adobe Analytics
General
1 73 (100.00%) Banking
2 43 (58.90%) Finance
3 12 (16.44%) Financial Institution
3 12 (16.44%) Retail Banking
4 11 (15.07%) Retail
5 9 (12.33%) Back Office
5 9 (12.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (12.33%) Law
6 7 (9.59%) Polish Language
7 6 (8.22%) Marketing
8 5 (6.85%) Legal
8 5 (6.85%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (5.48%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (5.48%) Social Skills
10 2 (2.74%) Analytical Skills
11 1 (1.37%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 15 (20.55%) Lead
2 14 (19.18%) Android Engineer
2 14 (19.18%) Principal Engineer
3 12 (16.44%) AWS Developer
3 12 (16.44%) Azure Developer
3 12 (16.44%) Cloud Developer
3 12 (16.44%) Developer
4 11 (15.07%) Senior
5 8 (10.96%) Designer
5 8 (10.96%) Product Designer
6 6 (8.22%) AWS Engineer
6 6 (8.22%) Azure Engineer
6 6 (8.22%) Cloud Engineer
6 6 (8.22%) Platform Manager
6 6 (8.22%) Senior Cloud Engineer
6 6 (8.22%) Senior Developer
7 4 (5.48%) Digital Developer
8 3 (4.11%) Engineering Manager
8 3 (4.11%) Senior Manager
9 2 (2.74%) Strategy Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (19.18%) Android Jetpack
1 14 (19.18%) Jetpack Compose
Miscellaneous
1 14 (19.18%) Mobile Banking
2 8 (10.96%) Onboarding
2 8 (10.96%) Product Ownership
3 3 (4.11%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.37%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 15 (20.55%) Android
2 1 (1.37%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (42.47%) Fintech
2 27 (36.99%) AI
3 26 (35.62%) CI/CD
4 24 (32.88%) Agile
5 22 (30.14%) Technology Transformation
6 19 (26.03%) Roadmaps
7 14 (19.18%) Android Development
7 14 (19.18%) Product Management
7 14 (19.18%) TDD
8 12 (16.44%) DevOps
8 12 (16.44%) Platform Engineering
9 9 (12.33%) User Experience
9 9 (12.33%) UX Design
10 7 (9.59%) Iconography
10 7 (9.59%) Prototyping
11 6 (8.22%) B2B
11 6 (8.22%) Decision-Making
11 6 (8.22%) Line Management
11 6 (8.22%) Thought Leadership
12 5 (6.85%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 15 (20.55%) Java
1 15 (20.55%) Kotlin
2 3 (4.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (9.59%) Degree
2 1 (1.37%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.48%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.74%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 6 (8.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (2.74%) Adobe
1 2 (2.74%) Qualtrics
2 1 (1.37%) Intel