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 5 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 23 62
Rank change year-on-year -30 +39 -38
Permanent jobs citing Banking 723 1,177 1,396
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.25% 9.15% 4.44%
As % of the General category 7.46% 12.75% 7.20%
Number of salaries quoted 350 922 1,121
10th Percentile £45,000 £25,000 £46,306
25th Percentile £70,000 £45,000 £58,664
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £78,810 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.54% +5.08% +7.14%
75th Percentile £130,000 £103,438 £102,500
90th Percentile £142,500 £140,000 £138,750
UK median annual salary £87,500 £85,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +2.94% +6.25% +6.67%

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 9,692 9,233 19,398
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.01% 71.74% 61.67%
Number of salaries quoted 6,462 6,389 15,058
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,147
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £61,500 £57,370
Median % change year-on-year -4.07% +7.20% -8.21%
75th Percentile £78,800 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,625 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -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

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 5 April 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 19 (2.63%) SAS
2 8 (1.11%) Confluence
3 6 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (0.83%) Ethereum
4 4 (0.55%) Apache
4 4 (0.55%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.55%) Tomcat
4 4 (0.55%) WebSphere
4 4 (0.55%) WebSphere Application Server
5 3 (0.41%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.14%) WebLogic
Applications
1 15 (2.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 17 (2.35%) Oracle Financials
2 8 (1.11%) Remedy ITSM
3 7 (0.97%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.41%) Oracle Applications
5 3 (0.41%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.41%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.41%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.28%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.28%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.14%) Actimize
7 1 (0.14%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.14%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 202 (27.94%) AWS
2 143 (19.78%) SaaS
3 113 (15.63%) GCP
4 80 (11.07%) Amazon EKS
5 79 (10.93%) Azure
6 32 (4.43%) GitHub
7 17 (2.35%) Snowflake
8 15 (2.07%) GitHub Actions
9 13 (1.80%) GitHub Copilot
9 13 (1.80%) Power Platform
10 11 (1.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 10 (1.38%) Amazon Kinesis
11 10 (1.38%) Azure Event Grid
11 10 (1.38%) dbt
11 10 (1.38%) OCI
12 8 (1.11%) Amazon ECS
12 8 (1.11%) Amazon MSK
12 8 (1.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 8 (1.11%) OpenShift
13 7 (0.97%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 27 (3.73%) TCP/IP
2 25 (3.46%) Firewall
3 24 (3.32%) CHAP
4 23 (3.18%) Broadband
5 18 (2.49%) HTTP
6 14 (1.94%) LAN
6 14 (1.94%) WAN
7 13 (1.80%) Cisco ASA
7 13 (1.80%) VLAN
8 12 (1.66%) BGP
9 11 (1.52%) Network Security
10 10 (1.38%) VPN
11 8 (1.11%) Cisco Firepower
12 6 (0.83%) Unified Communications
12 6 (0.83%) WebEx
13 4 (0.55%) Intrusion Detection
13 4 (0.55%) SSL
14 3 (0.41%) SD-WAN
15 2 (0.28%) NX-OS
15 2 (0.28%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (4.15%) SQL Server
2 21 (2.90%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (1.80%) Data Lake
3 13 (1.80%) Power BI
3 13 (1.80%) Tableau
4 10 (1.38%) Flink
5 7 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (0.83%) BigQuery
6 6 (0.83%) DB2
7 5 (0.69%) Metadata
7 5 (0.69%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.55%) Amazon Athena
8 4 (0.55%) Apache Arrow
8 4 (0.55%) Apache Iceberg
8 4 (0.55%) Apache Ignite
8 4 (0.55%) Dremio
8 4 (0.55%) Looker
8 4 (0.55%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.41%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 57 (7.88%) TeamCity
2 11 (1.52%) JIRA
3 9 (1.24%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.41%) ER Studio
4 3 (0.41%) ERwin
4 3 (0.41%) Git
4 3 (0.41%) PowerDesigner
5 1 (0.14%) JUnit
5 1 (0.14%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 555 (76.76%) Finance
2 246 (34.02%) Social Skills
3 203 (28.08%) Retail
4 179 (24.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 171 (23.65%) Law
6 158 (21.85%) Financial Institution
7 130 (17.98%) Back Office
8 57 (7.88%) Investment Banking
9 47 (6.50%) Marketing
10 46 (6.36%) Analytical Skills
11 38 (5.26%) Front Office
12 22 (3.04%) Games
13 21 (2.90%) Public Sector
14 19 (2.63%) Legal
14 19 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
15 18 (2.49%) Telecoms
16 17 (2.35%) Polish Language
17 15 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
18 14 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
19 12 (1.66%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 114 (15.77%) Senior
2 93 (12.86%) Software Engineer
3 74 (10.24%) Analyst
4 67 (9.27%) Lead
5 45 (6.22%) Senior Software Engineer
6 40 (5.53%) Developer
7 37 (5.12%) Auditor
8 35 (4.84%) Product Owner
9 33 (4.56%) Architect
10 30 (4.15%) AWS Engineer
11 28 (3.87%) Java Engineer
12 26 (3.60%) Java Software Engineer
13 23 (3.18%) Business Analyst
13 23 (3.18%) Internal Auditor
13 23 (3.18%) Product Manager
13 23 (3.18%) Security Auditor
14 22 (3.04%) Consultant
14 22 (3.04%) Customer Service Advisor
15 21 (2.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 20 (2.77%) C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (4.29%) REST
2 24 (3.32%) Kafka
3 23 (3.18%) .NET
4 18 (2.49%) React
5 13 (1.80%) RESTful
6 9 (1.24%) Middleware
7 7 (0.97%) CSS
7 7 (0.97%) HTML
7 7 (0.97%) OpenAPI
7 7 (0.97%) Sass
7 7 (0.97%) Swagger
8 6 (0.83%) Smart Contracts
8 6 (0.83%) web3js
8 6 (0.83%) XMPP
9 5 (0.69%) Next.js
9 5 (0.69%) WPF
10 4 (0.55%) .NET Core
10 4 (0.55%) gRPC
10 4 (0.55%) Pandas
10 4 (0.55%) Protocol Buffers
Miscellaneous
1 117 (16.18%) Cloud Native
2 106 (14.66%) Product Ownership
3 53 (7.33%) Management Information System
4 44 (6.09%) Blog
5 35 (4.84%) Public Cloud
6 33 (4.56%) Data Centre
6 33 (4.56%) Distributed Systems
7 26 (3.60%) Credit Risk
8 23 (3.18%) Onboarding
8 23 (3.18%) Security Posture
9 22 (3.04%) Hybrid Cloud
10 20 (2.77%) Hedge funds
11 19 (2.63%) Blockchain
11 19 (2.63%) FPGA
12 15 (2.07%) Derivative
13 14 (1.94%) Fixed Income
13 14 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
14 13 (1.80%) Market Risk
15 11 (1.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 7 (0.97%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 44 (6.09%) Linux
2 25 (3.46%) Windows
3 12 (1.66%) Android
3 12 (1.66%) Apple iOS
4 11 (1.52%) Unix
5 8 (1.11%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.55%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.14%) AIX
7 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (20.75%) Roadmaps
2 143 (19.78%) Agile
3 133 (18.40%) Software Engineering
4 111 (15.35%) Fintech
5 105 (14.52%) CI/CD
6 104 (14.38%) Risk Management
7 103 (14.25%) Problem-Solving
8 100 (13.83%) Stakeholder Management
9 99 (13.69%) Test Automation
10 96 (13.28%) Information Security
11 86 (11.89%) Risk Assessment
12 74 (10.24%) DevOps
13 71 (9.82%) Microservices
14 65 (8.99%) Product Roadmap
15 63 (8.71%) Mentoring
15 63 (8.71%) Process Improvement
16 61 (8.44%) Continuous Improvement
16 61 (8.44%) Cybersecurity
17 57 (7.88%) Analytics
17 57 (7.88%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 157 (21.72%) Java
2 95 (13.14%) Python
3 54 (7.47%) SQL
4 47 (6.50%) Go
5 29 (4.01%) TypeScript
6 24 (3.32%) C++
7 23 (3.18%) C
8 17 (2.35%) JavaScript
9 14 (1.94%) C#
10 9 (1.24%) Rust
11 8 (1.11%) Bash
12 6 (0.83%) PowerShell
13 4 (0.55%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.41%) Objective-C
14 3 (0.41%) Perl
14 3 (0.41%) R
14 3 (0.41%) Ruby
15 1 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.14%) RPG
15 1 (0.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 81 (11.20%) Degree
2 76 (10.51%) CISA
2 76 (10.51%) CISSP
3 52 (7.19%) CRISC
4 25 (3.46%) FFIEC
5 24 (3.32%) ACCA
5 24 (3.32%) CGEIT
5 24 (3.32%) CISM
5 24 (3.32%) SANS
6 19 (2.63%) OSCP
7 18 (2.49%) CIMA
8 17 (2.35%) CREST Certified
9 13 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (1.52%) Azure Certification
11 10 (1.38%) AWS Certification
11 10 (1.38%) Security Cleared
12 7 (0.97%) CompTIA Security+
12 7 (0.97%) OSCE
12 7 (0.97%) PMI Certification
13 6 (0.83%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (10.79%) NIST
2 74 (10.24%) PCI DSS
3 33 (4.56%) GDPR
4 31 (4.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 30 (4.15%) SOC 2
6 24 (3.32%) COBIT
7 22 (3.04%) GRC
8 14 (1.94%) Data Quality
8 14 (1.94%) IFRS
9 11 (1.52%) COREP
9 11 (1.52%) QA
10 10 (1.38%) EMIR
10 10 (1.38%) SLA
11 9 (1.24%) MiFID
12 8 (1.11%) FINREP
12 8 (1.11%) GAAP
13 7 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.83%) Basel II
15 5 (0.69%) PMO
15 5 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (2.07%) Docker
2 14 (1.94%) Virtual Machines
3 11 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.83%) vSphere
5 5 (0.69%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 5 (0.69%) Virtual Servers
5 5 (0.69%) VMware NSX
6 4 (0.55%) Active Directory
7 2 (0.28%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 111 (15.35%) Terraform
2 95 (13.14%) Kubernetes
3 61 (8.44%) Grafana
4 17 (2.35%) Ansible
5 10 (1.38%) Argo
6 8 (1.11%) Istio
7 6 (0.83%) Cisco CUCM
8 4 (0.55%) Cilium
9 2 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.28%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.14%) Control-M
10 1 (0.14%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 39 (5.39%) Microsoft
2 32 (4.43%) Oracle
3 23 (3.18%) BT
4 20 (2.77%) Databricks
5 19 (2.63%) Cisco
6 17 (2.35%) ServiceNow
7 12 (1.66%) Google
8 11 (1.52%) VMware
9 10 (1.38%) Fortinet
9 10 (1.38%) Palo Alto
10 9 (1.24%) BMC
10 9 (1.24%) CheckPoint
10 9 (1.24%) IBM
10 9 (1.24%) Informatica
11 8 (1.11%) Confluent
11 8 (1.11%) Remedy
11 8 (1.11%) Splunk
12 7 (0.97%) Salesforce
12 7 (0.97%) SAP
13 5 (0.69%) NetApp