Hybrid/Remote Banking Job Trends

Banking
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Banking in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Banking over the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 48 28
Rank change year-on-year +4 -20 +21
Permanent jobs citing Banking 943 1,047 1,786
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.78% 5.23% 7.98%
As % of the General category 8.25% 8.38% 12.08%
Number of salaries quoted 419 826 1,528
10th Percentile £25,087 £60,000 £46,306
25th Percentile £53,250 £80,000 £58,664
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £105,000 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +48.78% -2.65%
75th Percentile £115,000 £142,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £135,000 £148,750 £115,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £90,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% +20.00% -

All General Skills
Work from Home

Banking falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 11,431 12,494 14,784
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 70.12% 62.40% 66.08%
Number of salaries quoted 6,261 7,153 11,602
10th Percentile £28,560 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,971 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.45% - +2.47%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,200 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.00% - -

Banking
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Banking and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Banking job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Banking
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Banking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Banking

Banking
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Banking over the 6 months to 29 October 2025.

Banking salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Banking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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
1 157 (16.65%) Confluence
2 69 (7.32%) Apache
2 69 (7.32%) Apache Airflow
3 16 (1.70%) Tomcat
3 16 (1.70%) WebSphere
3 16 (1.70%) WebSphere Application Server
4 9 (0.95%) SharePoint
5 8 (0.85%) SAS
6 5 (0.53%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
Applications
1 20 (2.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (2.01%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.11%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (1.17%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (0.85%) Adaptiv
3 6 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.32%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.32%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.32%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.32%) SAP PS
5 1 (0.11%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.11%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.11%) ION Anvil
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.11%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 400 (42.42%) AWS
2 298 (31.60%) Azure
3 197 (20.89%) GCP
4 77 (8.17%) Snowflake
5 71 (7.53%) dbt
6 33 (3.50%) SaaS
7 19 (2.01%) Amazon EKS
8 9 (0.95%) GitHub
8 9 (0.95%) Power Platform
8 9 (0.95%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 8 (0.85%) Amazon EC2
9 8 (0.85%) Amazon S3
9 8 (0.85%) Route 53
10 7 (0.74%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (0.64%) Amazon ECR
11 6 (0.64%) AWS CloudFormation
11 6 (0.64%) AWS Lambda
11 6 (0.64%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 6 (0.64%) Serverless
12 5 (0.53%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 135 (14.32%) Broadband
2 22 (2.33%) TCP/IP
3 18 (1.91%) SSL
4 10 (1.06%) Firewall
5 7 (0.74%) VPN
6 4 (0.42%) Cisco ASA
6 4 (0.42%) LAN
6 4 (0.42%) Network Security
6 4 (0.42%) NX-OS
6 4 (0.42%) WAN
6 4 (0.42%) WLAN
7 3 (0.32%) BGP
7 3 (0.32%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (0.21%) RFID
8 2 (0.21%) VLAN
8 2 (0.21%) Wireshark
9 1 (0.11%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.11%) MPLS
9 1 (0.11%) Multicast
9 1 (0.11%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 263 (27.89%) SQL Server
2 74 (7.85%) Data Lake
3 69 (7.32%) Amazon Athena
3 69 (7.32%) Apache Arrow
3 69 (7.32%) Apache Iceberg
3 69 (7.32%) Apache Ignite
3 69 (7.32%) Dremio
4 27 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
5 18 (1.91%) DB2
6 9 (0.95%) Metadata
6 9 (0.95%) Power BI
6 9 (0.95%) Tableau
7 8 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.42%) BigQuery
9 4 (0.42%) DataStage
9 4 (0.42%) QlikView
10 2 (0.21%) Power Query
10 2 (0.21%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.11%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 255 (27.04%) JIRA
2 247 (26.19%) Bitbucket
2 247 (26.19%) Cucumber
2 247 (26.19%) GitLab
2 247 (26.19%) Maven
2 247 (26.19%) Selenium
2 247 (26.19%) SonarQube
2 247 (26.19%) Sonatype Nexus
3 14 (1.48%) TeamCity
4 13 (1.38%) Jenkins
5 10 (1.06%) Git
6 7 (0.74%) ER Studio
7 4 (0.42%) ERwin
7 4 (0.42%) PowerDesigner
8 2 (0.21%) Postman
9 1 (0.11%) NUnit
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.11%) Storybook
9 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 701 (74.34%) Finance
2 281 (29.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 212 (22.48%) Investment Banking
4 153 (16.22%) Social Skills
5 132 (14.00%) Retail
6 98 (10.39%) Front Office
7 94 (9.97%) Corporate Banking
8 82 (8.70%) Games
9 53 (5.62%) Financial Institution
10 37 (3.92%) Analytical Skills
11 36 (3.82%) Law
12 29 (3.08%) Back Office
13 20 (2.12%) Legal
14 14 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
15 13 (1.38%) Billing
16 10 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
17 7 (0.74%) Marketing
18 6 (0.64%) Retail Banking
19 3 (0.32%) Electronics
19 3 (0.32%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 341 (36.16%) Software Engineer
2 220 (23.33%) Senior
3 87 (9.23%) Customer Service Advisor
4 80 (8.48%) Designer
4 80 (8.48%) UX Designer
5 79 (8.38%) Senior Designer
5 79 (8.38%) Senior UX Designer
6 76 (8.06%) Java Engineer
6 76 (8.06%) Senior Software Engineer
7 75 (7.95%) Java Software Engineer
8 72 (7.64%) AWS Engineer
9 71 (7.53%) Python Engineer
10 70 (7.42%) Python Software Engineer
11 69 (7.32%) AWS Software Engineer
11 69 (7.32%) Senior Java Engineer
11 69 (7.32%) Senior Java Software Engineer
12 56 (5.94%) Developer
13 37 (3.92%) Lead
14 32 (3.39%) Architect
15 25 (2.65%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 257 (27.25%) React
2 254 (26.94%) Kafka
2 254 (26.94%) Redux
3 253 (26.83%) CSS
3 253 (26.83%) HTML
4 251 (26.62%) Spring Boot
5 250 (26.51%) Spring
6 247 (26.19%) JPA
7 157 (16.65%) Hibernate
8 96 (10.18%) REST
9 95 (10.07%) RESTful
10 92 (9.76%) CSS3
10 92 (9.76%) HTML5
11 90 (9.54%) Jest
11 90 (9.54%) Sass
12 69 (7.32%) gRPC
12 69 (7.32%) NumPy
12 69 (7.32%) Pandas
12 69 (7.32%) Protocol Buffers
12 69 (7.32%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 260 (27.57%) Product Ownership
2 247 (26.19%) Enterprise Software
3 83 (8.80%) Derivative
4 80 (8.48%) Fixed Income
4 80 (8.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 78 (8.27%) Hedge funds
6 76 (8.06%) Equities
7 69 (7.32%) Pricing Data
8 30 (3.18%) Cloud Native
9 28 (2.97%) Management Information System
10 21 (2.23%) Data Centre
11 20 (2.12%) Public Cloud
12 19 (2.01%) FPGA
13 16 (1.70%) Linux Command Line
14 15 (1.59%) Credit Risk
14 15 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
15 13 (1.38%) Market Risk
15 13 (1.38%) Security Posture
16 10 (1.06%) Distributed Systems
16 10 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 50 (5.30%) Linux
2 25 (2.65%) Windows
3 21 (2.23%) Unix
4 18 (1.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.42%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.11%) AIX
6 1 (0.11%) Solaris
6 1 (0.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 469 (49.73%) Agile
2 369 (39.13%) Software Engineering
3 307 (32.56%) CI/CD
4 276 (29.27%) Microservices
5 275 (29.16%) DevOps
6 269 (28.53%) Test Automation
7 258 (27.36%) Containerisation
8 255 (27.04%) SDLC
9 253 (26.83%) Full-Stack Development
10 249 (26.41%) Front End Development
11 248 (26.30%) Performance Optimisation
12 212 (22.48%) Continuous Improvement
13 192 (20.36%) User Experience
14 167 (17.71%) Clean Code
15 158 (16.76%) TDD
16 134 (14.21%) Problem-Solving
17 124 (13.15%) Stakeholder Management
18 112 (11.88%) Migration
19 111 (11.77%) Mentoring
20 106 (11.24%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 384 (40.72%) Java
2 329 (34.89%) JavaScript
3 282 (29.90%) SQL
4 174 (18.45%) TypeScript
5 146 (15.48%) Python
6 25 (2.65%) C++
7 19 (2.01%) C
7 19 (2.01%) C#
8 12 (1.27%) Go
9 9 (0.95%) Bash
9 9 (0.95%) PowerShell
10 5 (0.53%) Rust
11 4 (0.42%) Kotlin
11 4 (0.42%) R
12 3 (0.32%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.32%) SOQL
13 1 (0.11%) Bicep
13 1 (0.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.11%) LookML
13 1 (0.11%) Scala
Qualifications
1 56 (5.94%) Degree
2 26 (2.76%) ITIL Certification
3 19 (2.01%) AWS Certification
4 15 (1.59%) Master's Degree
4 15 (1.59%) PMI Certification
5 14 (1.48%) CFA
5 14 (1.48%) PMP
6 12 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (1.06%) CISA
8 9 (0.95%) Azure Certification
9 8 (0.85%) CISM
9 8 (0.85%) CRISC
10 6 (0.64%) ACCA
10 6 (0.64%) CIMA
10 6 (0.64%) ISTQB
11 5 (0.53%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.42%) CREST Certified
12 4 (0.42%) OSCE
12 4 (0.42%) OSCP
13 3 (0.32%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 259 (27.47%) QA
2 169 (17.92%) Accessibility
3 24 (2.55%) SLA
4 22 (2.33%) NIST
5 20 (2.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 16 (1.70%) SOC 2
7 15 (1.59%) GDPR
8 14 (1.48%) PMO
9 13 (1.38%) Data Quality
10 11 (1.17%) GRC
11 8 (0.85%) NIST 800
11 8 (0.85%) PCI DSS
11 8 (0.85%) SOC 1
12 4 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.42%) EU AI Act
12 4 (0.42%) GAAP
12 4 (0.42%) IFRS
13 3 (0.32%) EMIR
13 3 (0.32%) ITGC
13 3 (0.32%) SEPA
System Software
1 252 (26.72%) Docker
2 6 (0.64%) Firmware
3 2 (0.21%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 271 (28.74%) Kubernetes
2 31 (3.29%) Terraform
3 19 (2.01%) Ansible
4 11 (1.17%) Grafana
5 8 (0.85%) RSA Archer
6 3 (0.32%) Cilium
7 2 (0.21%) Suricata
8 1 (0.11%) Argo
8 1 (0.11%) Nagios
8 1 (0.11%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 247 (26.19%) Solace
2 135 (14.32%) BT
3 35 (3.71%) ServiceNow
4 32 (3.39%) Microsoft
5 23 (2.44%) Red Hat
6 21 (2.23%) Databricks
6 21 (2.23%) IBM
7 14 (1.48%) Murex
8 13 (1.38%) Salesforce
9 11 (1.17%) BMC
9 11 (1.17%) Remedy
10 8 (0.85%) FIS
11 6 (0.64%) Cisco
11 6 (0.64%) Google
11 6 (0.64%) Oracle
11 6 (0.64%) SAP
12 5 (0.53%) Informatica
13 4 (0.42%) Ariba
13 4 (0.42%) CheckPoint
13 4 (0.42%) Sage