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 24 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 595 674 699
Rank change year-on-year +79 +25 +39
Permanent jobs citing Digital Banking 62 33 59
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.099% 0.062% 0.090%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.068% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 26 12 57
10th Percentile - £83,250 £55,000
25th Percentile £100,000 £91,875 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £106,250 £101,250 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year +4.94% +43.46% +1.62%
75th Percentile £113,750 £116,875 £91,934
90th Percentile £140,000 £122,125 £125,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £100,000 £95,000 £70,576
% change year-on-year +5.26% +34.61% +17.63%

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 50,274 48,415 58,346
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.40% 91.16% 89.08%
Number of salaries quoted 29,681 23,366 44,999
10th Percentile £28,571 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £75,246 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 24 January 2026.

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 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 +93 60 £106,250 +4.94% 83
London +80 35 £107,500 -4.44% 9
UK excluding London +30 28 £100,000 +5.26% 81
North of England +32 20 £100,000 - 17
North West +38 19 £100,000 - 7
South East +16 5 - - 21
Work from Home +72 4 - - 2
West Midlands +37 1 - - 2
Midlands +16 1 - - 13
Scotland -8 1 - - 2
Channel Islands - 1 - -
North East - 1 - - 2

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 (14.52%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 22 (35.48%) Figma
2 19 (30.65%) Adobe Analytics
3 6 (9.68%) SaaS
4 2 (3.23%) AWS
5 1 (1.61%) Azure
5 1 (1.61%) GCP
Development Applications
1 9 (14.52%) JIRA
General
1 62 (100.00%) Banking
2 33 (53.23%) Finance
3 23 (37.10%) Influencing Skills
4 21 (33.87%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (14.52%) Retail
6 6 (9.68%) Financial Institution
6 6 (9.68%) Legal
6 6 (9.68%) Social Skills
7 4 (6.45%) Back Office
7 4 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (6.45%) Law
8 3 (4.84%) Polish Language
9 2 (3.23%) Marketing
10 1 (1.61%) Games
10 1 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.61%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 19 (30.65%) Strategy Manager
2 15 (24.19%) Senior
3 9 (14.52%) Senior Manager
3 9 (14.52%) Senior Strategy Manager
4 8 (12.90%) Lead
5 7 (11.29%) Android Engineer
5 7 (11.29%) Principal Engineer
6 5 (8.06%) Digital Product Owner
6 5 (8.06%) Product Owner
6 5 (8.06%) Senior Product Owner
7 3 (4.84%) Designer
7 3 (4.84%) Head of Digital
7 3 (4.84%) Product Designer
7 3 (4.84%) Release Engineer
8 2 (3.23%) Programme Director
9 1 (1.61%) Auditor
9 1 (1.61%) Lead Project Manager
9 1 (1.61%) Product Consultant
9 1 (1.61%) Senior Auditor
9 1 (1.61%) Technology Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (11.29%) Android Jetpack
1 7 (11.29%) Jetpack Compose
2 1 (1.61%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.52%) Product Ownership
2 7 (11.29%) Mobile Banking
3 6 (9.68%) Onboarding
4 3 (4.84%) Mobile App
4 3 (4.84%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.61%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.61%) Digital Currency
5 1 (1.61%) Digital Wallet
5 1 (1.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.61%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 10 (16.13%) Android
2 3 (4.84%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (58.06%) Agile
2 25 (40.32%) Customer Experience
3 24 (38.71%) Customer-Centricity
4 23 (37.10%) User Experience
5 22 (35.48%) Business Strategy
5 22 (35.48%) Continuous Improvement
5 22 (35.48%) Prototyping
5 22 (35.48%) Stakeholder Management
5 22 (35.48%) UX Design
6 21 (33.87%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (32.26%) Analytics
7 20 (32.26%) Strategic Thinking
8 19 (30.65%) Creative Problem-Solving
8 19 (30.65%) Customer Journey Map
8 19 (30.65%) Design Thinking
8 19 (30.65%) Journey Map
8 19 (30.65%) Matrix Organization
8 19 (30.65%) Storytelling
8 19 (30.65%) Visualisation
8 19 (30.65%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 7 (11.29%) Java
1 7 (11.29%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 4 (6.45%) Degree
2 1 (1.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (1.61%) AWS Certification
2 1 (1.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 1 (1.61%) CCSP
2 1 (1.61%) CISA
2 1 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (1.61%) CISSP
2 1 (1.61%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (32.26%) Accessibility
2 4 (6.45%) PCI DSS
2 4 (6.45%) QA
3 3 (4.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.61%) GDPR
4 1 (1.61%) NIST
4 1 (1.61%) SEPA
Vendors
1 19 (30.65%) Adobe
1 19 (30.65%) Qualtrics
2 1 (1.61%) Google