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 18 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 39 43
Rank change year-on-year -23 +4 -15
Permanent jobs citing Banking 932 1,046 1,194
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.83% 6.41% 5.09%
As % of the General category 6.27% 8.92% 8.11%
Number of salaries quoted 378 485 948
10th Percentile £31,500 £25,087 £62,105
25th Percentile £62,500 £35,000 £82,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £92,500 £85,000 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.82% -22.73% +51.72%
75th Percentile £130,000 £115,000 £142,500
90th Percentile £142,500 £135,000 £148,750
UK median annual salary £80,000 £85,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% -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 general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 14,856 11,730 14,717
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.03% 71.91% 62.75%
Number of salaries quoted 9,136 6,378 8,467
10th Percentile £32,069 £29,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £39,377 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,688 £56,000
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.13% -6.67%

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 18 September 2026.

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 13 (1.39%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.43%) Ethereum
3 3 (0.32%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.32%) CMS
3 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.11%) Confluence
4 1 (0.11%) SAS
Applications
1 27 (2.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 28 (3.00%) Oracle Financials
2 22 (2.36%) Oracle ERP
3 20 (2.15%) Remedy ITSM
4 9 (0.97%) Oracle Applications
5 8 (0.86%) Oracle General Ledger
6 7 (0.75%) Oracle EBS
6 7 (0.75%) Oracle EBS R12
7 5 (0.54%) Actimize
8 3 (0.32%) Temenos T24
9 2 (0.21%) FLEXCUBE
9 2 (0.21%) Sage 50
10 1 (0.11%) Finacle
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Assets
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 295 (31.65%) AWS
2 142 (15.24%) GCP
3 125 (13.41%) SaaS
4 79 (8.48%) Azure
5 68 (7.30%) Amazon EKS
6 45 (4.83%) Snowflake
7 36 (3.86%) Amazon Bedrock
8 34 (3.65%) Anthropic Claude
9 21 (2.25%) GitHub
10 17 (1.82%) Microsoft 365
10 17 (1.82%) OCI
11 16 (1.72%) GitHub Copilot
11 16 (1.72%) Power Platform
12 14 (1.50%) Serverless
13 12 (1.29%) Datadog
14 11 (1.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 10 (1.07%) Azure AI
15 10 (1.07%) Azure Machine Learning
16 9 (0.97%) Azure DevOps
17 8 (0.86%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 58 (6.22%) Broadband
2 33 (3.54%) HTTP
3 23 (2.47%) Firewall
4 21 (2.25%) TCP/IP
5 19 (2.04%) LAN
6 18 (1.93%) WAN
7 14 (1.50%) Network Security
8 13 (1.39%) VLAN
9 10 (1.07%) BGP
9 10 (1.07%) OSPF
10 7 (0.75%) Cisco Nexus
10 7 (0.75%) DHCP
10 7 (0.75%) DNS
10 7 (0.75%) Structured Cabling
11 6 (0.64%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (0.64%) Cisco Firepower
11 6 (0.64%) MPLS
11 6 (0.64%) Unified Communications
11 6 (0.64%) WebEx
12 5 (0.54%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (2.58%) PostgreSQL
2 22 (2.36%) SQL Server
3 21 (2.25%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (1.50%) Azure SQL Database
5 13 (1.39%) Power BI
6 11 (1.18%) Data Lake
7 9 (0.97%) DynamoDB
8 8 (0.86%) Relational Database
9 7 (0.75%) Looker
9 7 (0.75%) Metadata
10 6 (0.64%) Tableau
11 4 (0.43%) Amazon Athena
11 4 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.32%) Delta Lake
12 3 (0.32%) MongoDB
12 3 (0.32%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.21%) Elasticsearch
13 2 (0.21%) NoSQL
13 2 (0.21%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 70 (7.51%) TeamCity
2 34 (3.65%) Claude Code
3 12 (1.29%) Git
4 9 (0.97%) JUnit
5 5 (0.54%) JIRA
6 4 (0.43%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.32%) Android Studio
8 1 (0.11%) GitLab
8 1 (0.11%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.11%) Karma Test Runner
8 1 (0.11%) Maven
8 1 (0.11%) SonarQube
General
1 714 (76.61%) Finance
2 346 (37.12%) Social Skills
3 211 (22.64%) Retail
4 197 (21.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 181 (19.42%) Law
6 120 (12.88%) Financial Institution
7 118 (12.66%) Back Office
8 70 (7.51%) Legal
9 64 (6.87%) Analytical Skills
9 64 (6.87%) Investment Banking
10 45 (4.83%) Front Office
10 45 (4.83%) Marketing
11 39 (4.18%) Presentation Skills
12 23 (2.47%) Public Sector
12 23 (2.47%) Telecoms
13 18 (1.93%) Games
14 15 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
14 15 (1.61%) Polish Language
15 13 (1.39%) French Language
15 13 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 147 (15.77%) Senior
2 143 (15.34%) Software Engineer
3 127 (13.63%) Lead
4 73 (7.83%) Architect
5 54 (5.79%) Senior Manager
6 53 (5.69%) Analyst
7 51 (5.47%) Developer
8 49 (5.26%) Engineering Manager
9 47 (5.04%) Lead Software Engineer
9 47 (5.04%) Software Engineering Manager
9 47 (5.04%) Software Manager
10 39 (4.18%) Java Engineer
11 37 (3.97%) Product Manager
12 35 (3.76%) Development Engineer
12 35 (3.76%) Software Development Engineer
13 34 (3.65%) Enterprise Architect
13 34 (3.65%) Finance Manager
13 34 (3.65%) Product Owner
14 31 (3.33%) IT Manager
15 29 (3.11%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (11.80%) Terraform
2 52 (5.58%) REST
3 41 (4.40%) LangChain
3 41 (4.40%) LangGraph
4 34 (3.65%) Spring
5 23 (2.47%) React
6 18 (1.93%) RESTful
7 16 (1.72%) AngularJS
7 16 (1.72%) scikit-learn
8 15 (1.61%) OpenAPI
8 15 (1.61%) PyTorch
8 15 (1.61%) Swagger
8 15 (1.61%) TensorFlow
9 13 (1.39%) Spring Boot
10 12 (1.29%) Node.js
11 10 (1.07%) FIX Protocol
12 8 (0.86%) AWS CDK
13 7 (0.75%) Oracle Fusion
14 6 (0.64%) NumPy
14 6 (0.64%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 193 (20.71%) Product Ownership
2 138 (14.81%) Cloud Native
3 60 (6.44%) Public Cloud
4 45 (4.83%) Web Conferencing
5 44 (4.72%) AI Agents
6 43 (4.61%) Hedge funds
7 41 (4.40%) Podcast
8 31 (3.33%) Blog
9 27 (2.90%) Management Information System
10 23 (2.47%) Fixed Income
11 20 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
12 19 (2.04%) Derivative
12 19 (2.04%) Onboarding
13 18 (1.93%) Distributed Architecture
13 18 (1.93%) Security Posture
14 15 (1.61%) Social Media
15 14 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
16 13 (1.39%) Credit Risk
16 13 (1.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 12 (1.29%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 36 (3.86%) Linux
2 19 (2.04%) Android
2 19 (2.04%) Apple iOS
2 19 (2.04%) Windows
3 7 (0.75%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.64%) Unix
5 3 (0.32%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.11%) AIX
6 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (27.58%) Roadmaps
2 237 (25.43%) Software Engineering
3 140 (15.02%) AI
3 140 (15.02%) CI/CD
4 139 (14.91%) Fintech
5 137 (14.70%) Problem-Solving
6 126 (13.52%) Test Automation
7 102 (10.94%) Agile
8 100 (10.73%) Continuous Improvement
9 97 (10.41%) Technical Leadership
10 95 (10.19%) Mentoring
11 94 (10.09%) Machine Learning
12 93 (9.98%) Coaching
13 89 (9.55%) Product Roadmap
14 85 (9.12%) Disruptive Innovation
15 82 (8.80%) Deployment Automation
16 78 (8.37%) DevOps
16 78 (8.37%) Microservices
17 74 (7.94%) Clean Code
18 73 (7.83%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 209 (22.42%) Java
2 113 (12.12%) Python
3 71 (7.62%) SQL
4 24 (2.58%) TypeScript
5 23 (2.47%) JavaScript
6 22 (2.36%) Go
7 21 (2.25%) C++
8 14 (1.50%) PowerShell
9 12 (1.29%) C
10 11 (1.18%) Kotlin
10 11 (1.18%) R
11 8 (0.86%) Bash
12 7 (0.75%) Rust
13 5 (0.54%) C#
13 5 (0.54%) VBA
14 4 (0.43%) Bicep
15 2 (0.21%) Objective-C
15 2 (0.21%) Perl
15 2 (0.21%) Ruby
16 1 (0.11%) Scala
Qualifications
1 30 (3.22%) Degree
2 19 (2.04%) CISSP
3 18 (1.93%) ACCA
4 17 (1.82%) CISM
5 14 (1.50%) CIMA
6 13 (1.39%) CISA
7 10 (1.07%) CREST Certified
7 10 (1.07%) OSCP
8 9 (0.97%) CRISC
9 8 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (0.75%) Azure Certification
10 7 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (0.75%) ISACA
10 7 (0.75%) Security Cleared
11 6 (0.64%) AWS Certification
12 5 (0.54%) CCNP
12 5 (0.54%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.43%) AAT
13 4 (0.43%) CEH
13 4 (0.43%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (5.47%) QA
2 23 (2.47%) NIST
3 22 (2.36%) Data Quality
3 22 (2.36%) GDPR
4 19 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (2.04%) PCI DSS
5 18 (1.93%) Accessibility
6 16 (1.72%) COBIT
7 12 (1.29%) FINREP
7 12 (1.29%) GRC
7 12 (1.29%) MiFID
8 11 (1.18%) EMIR
8 11 (1.18%) SOC 2
9 9 (0.97%) COREP
10 8 (0.86%) SOC 1
11 7 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
12 5 (0.54%) EU AI Act
13 4 (0.43%) PMO
14 3 (0.32%) Basel III
14 3 (0.32%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 13 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
2 11 (1.18%) Docker
3 6 (0.64%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (0.32%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.32%) vSphere
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 93 (9.98%) Kubernetes
2 86 (9.23%) Grafana
3 23 (2.47%) Ansible
4 6 (0.64%) Cisco CUCM
4 6 (0.64%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.32%) Norton AntiVirus
6 1 (0.11%) Argo
6 1 (0.11%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Flashback
6 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 58 (6.22%) BT
2 51 (5.47%) Oracle
3 49 (5.26%) Databricks
4 45 (4.83%) Microsoft
5 37 (3.97%) ServiceNow
6 23 (2.47%) BMC
7 20 (2.15%) Remedy
8 18 (1.93%) Cisco
9 12 (1.29%) Fortinet
9 12 (1.29%) Google
10 11 (1.18%) FIS
10 11 (1.18%) Palo Alto
10 11 (1.18%) Splunk
11 9 (0.97%) Dynatrace
11 9 (0.97%) SunGard
11 9 (0.97%) VMware
12 6 (0.64%) Xero
13 5 (0.54%) CheckPoint
14 4 (0.43%) Sage
14 4 (0.43%) SAP