Digital Banking Job Trends

Digital Banking
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Digital Banking skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 630 775 675
Rank change year-on-year +145 -100 +80
Permanent jobs citing Digital Banking 40 11 97
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.081% 0.014% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.092% 0.018% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 13 8 92
10th Percentile £72,377 £62,500 £37,679
25th Percentile £100,000 £70,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £120,000 £84,819 £69,447
Median % change year-on-year +41.48% +22.13% +3.20%
75th Percentile £165,000 £103,855 £91,934
90th Percentile - £138,000 £96,539
UK excluding London median annual salary £130,000 £75,000 £65,033
% change year-on-year +73.33% +15.33% +10.23%

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 43,561 62,745 58,381
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 88.66% 80.90% 94.42%
Number of salaries quoted 24,438 36,124 43,818
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% -2.78% +2.86%

Digital Banking
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Digital Banking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Banking 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 15 September 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 15 September 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 +148 37 £120,000 +65.52% 18
UK excluding London +107 21 £130,000 +73.33% 15
London +102 19 £120,000 -29.41% 11
Work from Home +96 16 £120,000 - 7
South East +47 7 £160,000 +33.33% 7
Midlands +53 6 - -
East Midlands +29 6 - -
North of England - 4 £100,000 - 3
Scotland +58 3 - - 4
North West - 3 £100,000 - 1
South West +74 1 £71,991 +59.98% 2
North East - 1 - - 2

Digital Banking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 7 (17.50%) AWS
General
1 40 (100.00%) Banking
2 35 (87.50%) Finance
3 31 (77.50%) Social Skills
4 19 (47.50%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (47.50%) Legal
5 18 (45.00%) Financial Institution
5 18 (45.00%) Law
6 11 (27.50%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (17.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (10.00%) Marketing
8 4 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (10.00%) Telecoms
9 3 (7.50%) Back Office
9 3 (7.50%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (2.50%) Retail
10 1 (2.50%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (17.50%) Software Engineer
2 4 (10.00%) Analyst
2 4 (10.00%) Business Analyst
2 4 (10.00%) Release Engineer
3 3 (7.50%) Head of Operations
3 3 (7.50%) Lead
3 3 (7.50%) Lead Software Engineer
3 3 (7.50%) Senior
3 3 (7.50%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (2.50%) Architect
4 1 (2.50%) Designer
4 1 (2.50%) Risk Manager
4 1 (2.50%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (2.50%) Technology Manager
4 1 (2.50%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (17.50%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 9 (22.50%) Onboarding
2 8 (20.00%) Cloud Native
3 7 (17.50%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (17.50%) Virtual Team
4 5 (12.50%) Product Ownership
5 4 (10.00%) Mobile App
6 3 (7.50%) Management Information System
7 1 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.00%) Android
1 4 (10.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (45.00%) Fintech
2 17 (42.50%) Artificial Intelligence
3 16 (40.00%) Risk Management
4 12 (30.00%) Anti-Money Laundering
4 12 (30.00%) Decision-Making
4 12 (30.00%) Microservices
4 12 (30.00%) Roadmaps
4 12 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (27.50%) Analytics
5 11 (27.50%) Data Analytics
5 11 (27.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 11 (27.50%) Due Diligence
5 11 (27.50%) Regulatory Compliance
6 9 (22.50%) Client Onboarding
7 8 (20.00%) Software Engineering
8 7 (17.50%) Architectural Patterns
8 7 (17.50%) Incident Management
8 7 (17.50%) Secure Coding
9 6 (15.00%) Agile
9 6 (15.00%) Domain Models
Programming Languages
1 7 (17.50%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (10.00%) CCA
1 4 (10.00%) Degree
1 4 (10.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.50%) QA
2 4 (10.00%) PCI DSS
2 4 (10.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (2.50%) GRC