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 17 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 22 60
Rank change year-on-year -47 +38 -38
Permanent jobs citing Banking 799 1,429 1,253
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.73% 8.67% 4.07%
As % of the General category 6.26% 11.97% 6.64%
Number of salaries quoted 334 813 1,033
10th Percentile £31,500 £25,000 £53,350
25th Percentile £56,250 £25,313 £76,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £78,810 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.20% -24.94% +48.75%
75th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £142,500
90th Percentile £131,750 £135,000 £160,000
UK median annual salary £82,500 £82,500 £90,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +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 12,760 11,938 18,884
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.58% 72.40% 61.35%
Number of salaries quoted 8,265 6,688 13,493
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £79,207 £80,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £98,750 £107,500 £98,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

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

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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 17 July 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 7 (0.88%) SharePoint
2 6 (0.75%) SAS
3 4 (0.50%) Ethereum
4 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 29 (3.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 34 (4.26%) Oracle Financials
2 20 (2.50%) Oracle ERP
3 14 (1.75%) Remedy ITSM
4 9 (1.13%) Oracle Applications
5 5 (0.63%) Oracle General Ledger
6 4 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.50%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.13%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.13%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 235 (29.41%) AWS
2 137 (17.15%) SaaS
3 121 (15.14%) GCP
4 80 (10.01%) Azure
5 71 (8.89%) Amazon EKS
6 19 (2.38%) OCI
7 16 (2.00%) Snowflake
8 13 (1.63%) Microsoft 365
9 11 (1.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 11 (1.38%) Power Platform
10 10 (1.25%) Azure AI
10 10 (1.25%) Azure Machine Learning
11 9 (1.13%) dbt
11 9 (1.13%) GitHub
12 8 (1.00%) Amazon MSK
12 8 (1.00%) GitHub Copilot
12 8 (1.00%) OpenShift
13 7 (0.88%) Figma
14 6 (0.75%) Amazon ECS
14 6 (0.75%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 30 (3.75%) HTTP
2 28 (3.50%) TCP/IP
3 25 (3.13%) Broadband
4 22 (2.75%) Firewall
5 18 (2.25%) LAN
5 18 (2.25%) WAN
6 13 (1.63%) CHAP
6 13 (1.63%) VLAN
7 11 (1.38%) Cisco Firepower
7 11 (1.38%) Network Security
8 10 (1.25%) Cisco ASA
9 9 (1.13%) Unified Communications
9 9 (1.13%) WebEx
10 8 (1.00%) BGP
10 8 (1.00%) VPN
11 6 (0.75%) SD-WAN
11 6 (0.75%) Software-Defined Networking
12 4 (0.50%) DHCP
12 4 (0.50%) DNS
12 4 (0.50%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (3.13%) SQL Server
2 19 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (1.63%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (1.13%) Data Lake
4 9 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (1.13%) Looker
5 8 (1.00%) Power BI
6 5 (0.63%) Oracle Database
6 5 (0.63%) Tableau
7 4 (0.50%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.38%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.38%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.38%) SAS EBI
9 2 (0.25%) Db2
9 2 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.13%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.13%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.13%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 58 (7.26%) TeamCity
2 6 (0.75%) Claude Code
2 6 (0.75%) Git
3 5 (0.63%) JUnit
4 4 (0.50%) JIRA
5 1 (0.13%) GitLab
5 1 (0.13%) IntelliJ
5 1 (0.13%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.13%) Karma Test Runner
5 1 (0.13%) Maven
5 1 (0.13%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.13%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 666 (83.35%) Finance
2 314 (39.30%) Social Skills
3 195 (24.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 194 (24.28%) Retail
5 171 (21.40%) Law
6 138 (17.27%) Financial Institution
7 126 (15.77%) Back Office
8 67 (8.39%) Investment Banking
9 63 (7.88%) Analytical Skills
10 60 (7.51%) Legal
11 53 (6.63%) Presentation Skills
12 42 (5.26%) Marketing
13 29 (3.63%) Front Office
14 20 (2.50%) Polish Language
14 20 (2.50%) Public Sector
15 19 (2.38%) Games
15 19 (2.38%) Telecoms
16 14 (1.75%) Italian Language
17 12 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
18 11 (1.38%) German Language
Job Titles
1 125 (15.64%) Senior
2 119 (14.89%) Software Engineer
3 98 (12.27%) Lead
4 65 (8.14%) Analyst
5 51 (6.38%) Developer
6 48 (6.01%) Senior Manager
7 47 (5.88%) Product Manager
8 42 (5.26%) Engineering Manager
9 41 (5.13%) Software Manager
10 40 (5.01%) Lead Software Engineer
10 40 (5.01%) Software Engineering Manager
11 33 (4.13%) Architect
11 33 (4.13%) Development Engineer
11 33 (4.13%) Senior Software Engineer
11 33 (4.13%) Software Development Engineer
12 32 (4.01%) Product Owner
13 24 (3.00%) Consultant
13 24 (3.00%) Java Engineer
14 23 (2.88%) Data Scientist
15 20 (2.50%) Digital Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (6.88%) REST
2 26 (3.25%) Spring
3 24 (3.00%) React
4 16 (2.00%) LangChain
4 16 (2.00%) LangGraph
5 13 (1.63%) Kafka
5 13 (1.63%) RESTful
6 12 (1.50%) AngularJS
7 11 (1.38%) .NET
7 11 (1.38%) PyTorch
7 11 (1.38%) scikit-learn
7 11 (1.38%) TensorFlow
8 10 (1.25%) OpenAPI
8 10 (1.25%) Swagger
9 9 (1.13%) Spring Boot
9 9 (1.13%) XMPP
10 8 (1.00%) AWS CDK
10 8 (1.00%) FIX Protocol
11 7 (0.88%) Node.js
12 6 (0.75%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 167 (20.90%) Product Ownership
2 134 (16.77%) Cloud Native
3 52 (6.51%) Public Cloud
4 41 (5.13%) Management Information System
5 40 (5.01%) Blog
6 39 (4.88%) Web Conferencing
7 32 (4.01%) Podcast
8 22 (2.75%) Onboarding
9 21 (2.63%) Distributed Systems
9 21 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
10 20 (2.50%) Fixed Income
11 18 (2.25%) Credit Risk
12 16 (2.00%) Derivative
12 16 (2.00%) FPGA
12 16 (2.00%) Security Posture
13 14 (1.75%) Data Centre
14 13 (1.63%) Distributed Architecture
14 13 (1.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 13 (1.63%) Hedge funds
15 12 (1.50%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 46 (5.76%) Linux
2 23 (2.88%) Windows
3 12 (1.50%) Android
3 12 (1.50%) Apple iOS
3 12 (1.50%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.13%) Unix
5 2 (0.25%) AIX
6 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.13%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 219 (27.41%) Roadmaps
2 197 (24.66%) Software Engineering
3 141 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
4 131 (16.40%) Fintech
5 128 (16.02%) Agile
6 117 (14.64%) Test Automation
7 110 (13.77%) CI/CD
8 94 (11.76%) Product Roadmap
9 85 (10.64%) Technical Leadership
10 83 (10.39%) Continuous Improvement
11 82 (10.26%) AI
12 79 (9.89%) Coaching
13 73 (9.14%) DevOps
14 72 (9.01%) Mentoring
14 72 (9.01%) Microservices
15 71 (8.89%) Risk Management
16 67 (8.39%) Deployment Automation
17 66 (8.26%) Analytics
17 66 (8.26%) Clean Code
18 65 (8.14%) Disruptive Innovation
Programming Languages
1 179 (22.40%) Java
2 106 (13.27%) Python
3 59 (7.38%) SQL
4 31 (3.88%) Go
5 27 (3.38%) C++
6 23 (2.88%) JavaScript
7 22 (2.75%) TypeScript
8 20 (2.50%) C
9 13 (1.63%) C#
10 10 (1.25%) PowerShell
11 9 (1.13%) R
12 8 (1.00%) Rust
13 5 (0.63%) VBA
14 4 (0.50%) Bash
15 3 (0.38%) Objective-C
15 3 (0.38%) Perl
15 3 (0.38%) Ruby
16 1 (0.13%) Google Apps Script
16 1 (0.13%) Kotlin
16 1 (0.13%) RPG
Qualifications
1 56 (7.01%) Degree
2 33 (4.13%) CISSP
3 28 (3.50%) ACCA
4 27 (3.38%) CISA
4 27 (3.38%) CISM
5 25 (3.13%) CIMA
6 13 (1.63%) CGEIT
6 13 (1.63%) CREST Certified
6 13 (1.63%) CRISC
6 13 (1.63%) FFIEC
6 13 (1.63%) OSCP
6 13 (1.63%) SANS
7 11 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (1.00%) Azure Certification
10 7 (0.88%) ISACA
11 6 (0.75%) CCNP
11 6 (0.75%) CompTIA Security+
11 6 (0.75%) Security Cleared
12 5 (0.63%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (5.76%) QA
2 34 (4.26%) NIST
3 28 (3.50%) PCI DSS
4 27 (3.38%) GDPR
4 27 (3.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 24 (3.00%) COBIT
5 24 (3.00%) SOC 2
6 19 (2.38%) Data Quality
7 15 (1.88%) FINREP
8 14 (1.75%) COREP
8 14 (1.75%) GRC
9 11 (1.38%) EMIR
9 11 (1.38%) MiFID
10 7 (0.88%) Accessibility
10 7 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
10 7 (0.88%) IFRS
10 7 (0.88%) SOC 1
11 5 (0.63%) PMO
12 4 (0.50%) EU AI Act
12 4 (0.50%) GAAP
System Software
1 18 (2.25%) Virtual Machines
2 12 (1.50%) Docker
3 8 (1.00%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.75%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
4 6 (0.75%) vSphere
5 4 (0.50%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 99 (12.39%) Terraform
2 85 (10.64%) Kubernetes
3 72 (9.01%) Grafana
4 18 (2.25%) Ansible
5 9 (1.13%) Cisco CUCM
6 8 (1.00%) Istio
7 4 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.38%) Norton AntiVirus
9 2 (0.25%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.13%) Argo
10 1 (0.13%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Flashback
10 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 59 (7.38%) Oracle
2 48 (6.01%) Microsoft
3 27 (3.38%) ServiceNow
4 25 (3.13%) BT
5 19 (2.38%) Cisco
6 17 (2.13%) BMC
6 17 (2.13%) Databricks
6 17 (2.13%) Palo Alto
7 15 (1.88%) Fortinet
8 14 (1.75%) Remedy
9 13 (1.63%) Splunk
9 13 (1.63%) VMware
10 8 (1.00%) Confluent
10 8 (1.00%) FIS
11 7 (0.88%) CheckPoint
11 7 (0.88%) SunGard
12 6 (0.75%) NetApp
12 6 (0.75%) SAP
12 6 (0.75%) Workday
13 5 (0.63%) Okta