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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 23 66
Rank change year-on-year -27 +43 -42
Permanent jobs citing Banking 749 1,210 1,329
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.19% 9.07% 4.11%
As % of the General category 7.45% 12.63% 6.63%
Number of salaries quoted 344 931 1,079
10th Percentile £45,375 £25,000 £46,306
25th Percentile £70,000 £44,145 £58,664
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% - +7.76%
75th Percentile £130,000 £102,500 £112,500
90th Percentile £147,000 £140,000 £142,500
UK median annual salary £90,000 £83,956 £80,000
% change year-on-year +7.20% +4.94% +7.02%

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 10,051 9,577 20,049
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.27% 71.77% 61.97%
Number of salaries quoted 6,673 6,514 15,093
10th Percentile £30,987 £30,075 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,385
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -11.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.98% +11.43% -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 21 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 14 (1.87%) SAS
2 8 (1.07%) Confluence
3 6 (0.80%) Ethereum
4 5 (0.67%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.13%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 21 (2.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 23 (3.07%) Oracle Financials
2 9 (1.20%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (0.80%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (0.67%) Oracle Applications
5 3 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.40%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.40%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.40%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.27%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.27%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.13%) Actimize
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.13%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 200 (26.70%) AWS
2 146 (19.49%) SaaS
3 112 (14.95%) GCP
4 80 (10.68%) Amazon EKS
5 78 (10.41%) Azure
6 31 (4.14%) GitHub
7 17 (2.27%) GitHub Copilot
8 13 (1.74%) GitHub Actions
8 13 (1.74%) OCI
9 12 (1.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 11 (1.47%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 11 (1.47%) Snowflake
11 10 (1.34%) Amazon Kinesis
11 10 (1.34%) Azure AI
11 10 (1.34%) Azure Event Grid
11 10 (1.34%) Azure Machine Learning
12 9 (1.20%) Microsoft 365
12 9 (1.20%) Power Platform
13 8 (1.07%) Amazon MSK
13 8 (1.07%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 27 (3.60%) Firewall
1 27 (3.60%) TCP/IP
2 26 (3.47%) CHAP
3 25 (3.34%) HTTP
4 20 (2.67%) Broadband
5 15 (2.00%) LAN
5 15 (2.00%) WAN
6 14 (1.87%) Cisco ASA
6 14 (1.87%) VLAN
7 13 (1.74%) Network Security
8 11 (1.47%) BGP
9 10 (1.34%) Cisco Firepower
10 8 (1.07%) Unified Communications
10 8 (1.07%) VPN
10 8 (1.07%) WebEx
11 4 (0.53%) DHCP
11 4 (0.53%) DNS
12 3 (0.40%) Intrusion Detection
12 3 (0.40%) SD-WAN
13 2 (0.27%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (4.27%) SQL Server
2 18 (2.40%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (1.34%) Azure SQL Database
3 10 (1.34%) Flink
4 9 (1.20%) Power BI
5 8 (1.07%) Tableau
6 6 (0.80%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.80%) Looker
7 5 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (0.67%) Oracle Database
7 5 (0.67%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.40%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.40%) DB2
8 3 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.40%) SAS EBI
9 2 (0.27%) Metadata
10 1 (0.13%) Data Mart
10 1 (0.13%) Neo4j
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Exadata
10 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 57 (7.61%) TeamCity
2 11 (1.47%) JIRA
3 5 (0.67%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.13%) Git
4 1 (0.13%) JUnit
4 1 (0.13%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 588 (78.50%) Finance
2 262 (34.98%) Social Skills
3 203 (27.10%) Retail
4 194 (25.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 179 (23.90%) Law
6 160 (21.36%) Financial Institution
7 134 (17.89%) Back Office
8 52 (6.94%) Investment Banking
9 50 (6.68%) Marketing
10 48 (6.41%) Analytical Skills
11 36 (4.81%) Front Office
12 24 (3.20%) Public Sector
13 23 (3.07%) Legal
14 21 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
15 20 (2.67%) Telecoms
16 19 (2.54%) Games
17 18 (2.40%) Influencing Skills
17 18 (2.40%) Polish Language
18 16 (2.14%) Organisational Skills
19 14 (1.87%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 121 (16.15%) Senior
2 99 (13.22%) Software Engineer
3 77 (10.28%) Analyst
4 72 (9.61%) Lead
5 46 (6.14%) Senior Software Engineer
6 39 (5.21%) Product Owner
7 37 (4.94%) Developer
8 36 (4.81%) Auditor
9 31 (4.14%) Architect
10 28 (3.74%) Product Manager
11 27 (3.60%) Development Engineer
11 27 (3.60%) Java Engineer
11 27 (3.60%) Software Development Engineer
12 25 (3.34%) AWS Engineer
12 25 (3.34%) Business Analyst
12 25 (3.34%) Consultant
12 25 (3.34%) Internal Auditor
12 25 (3.34%) Security Auditor
13 23 (3.07%) Java Software Engineer
14 22 (2.94%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (5.34%) REST
2 24 (3.20%) Kafka
3 19 (2.54%) .NET
3 19 (2.54%) React
4 12 (1.60%) RESTful
5 9 (1.20%) Spring
6 8 (1.07%) Middleware
6 8 (1.07%) XMPP
7 7 (0.93%) OpenAPI
7 7 (0.93%) Sass
7 7 (0.93%) Swagger
8 6 (0.80%) Smart Contracts
8 6 (0.80%) web3js
9 5 (0.67%) Next.js
10 4 (0.53%) ADO
10 4 (0.53%) AngularJS
10 4 (0.53%) CSS
10 4 (0.53%) Node.js
10 4 (0.53%) Spring Boot
10 4 (0.53%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 125 (16.69%) Cloud Native
1 125 (16.69%) Product Ownership
2 51 (6.81%) Management Information System
3 43 (5.74%) Blog
4 41 (5.47%) Public Cloud
5 31 (4.14%) Distributed Systems
6 28 (3.74%) Data Centre
6 28 (3.74%) Onboarding
7 24 (3.20%) Credit Risk
8 23 (3.07%) Security Posture
9 21 (2.80%) Hybrid Cloud
10 19 (2.54%) Blockchain
11 18 (2.40%) FPGA
12 16 (2.14%) Hedge funds
12 16 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
13 13 (1.74%) Derivative
14 12 (1.60%) Fixed Income
15 11 (1.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 11 (1.47%) Market Risk
16 8 (1.07%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 40 (5.34%) Linux
2 24 (3.20%) Windows
3 14 (1.87%) Android
3 14 (1.87%) Apple iOS
4 11 (1.47%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.20%) Unix
6 2 (0.27%) AIX
6 2 (0.27%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.13%) Solaris
7 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (22.83%) Roadmaps
2 153 (20.43%) Agile
3 143 (19.09%) Software Engineering
4 118 (15.75%) Problem-Solving
5 114 (15.22%) Fintech
6 112 (14.95%) Risk Management
7 106 (14.15%) Test Automation
8 103 (13.75%) CI/CD
9 102 (13.62%) Information Security
10 94 (12.55%) Stakeholder Management
11 85 (11.35%) Risk Assessment
12 76 (10.15%) Product Roadmap
13 75 (10.01%) DevOps
14 74 (9.88%) Microservices
15 70 (9.35%) Mentoring
16 69 (9.21%) Process Improvement
17 67 (8.95%) Cybersecurity
18 65 (8.68%) Continuous Improvement
19 58 (7.74%) Clean Code
20 57 (7.61%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 164 (21.90%) Java
2 88 (11.75%) Python
3 52 (6.94%) SQL
4 47 (6.28%) Go
5 26 (3.47%) TypeScript
6 23 (3.07%) C++
7 22 (2.94%) C
8 15 (2.00%) JavaScript
9 12 (1.60%) C#
10 9 (1.20%) Rust
11 8 (1.07%) Bash
12 7 (0.93%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.40%) Objective-C
13 3 (0.40%) Perl
13 3 (0.40%) R
13 3 (0.40%) Ruby
14 2 (0.27%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.13%) Cypher
15 1 (0.13%) RPG
15 1 (0.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 83 (11.08%) CISSP
2 81 (10.81%) CISA
3 74 (9.88%) Degree
4 54 (7.21%) CRISC
5 31 (4.14%) CISM
6 28 (3.74%) ACCA
7 27 (3.60%) FFIEC
8 26 (3.47%) CGEIT
8 26 (3.47%) SANS
9 20 (2.67%) CIMA
10 19 (2.54%) OSCP
11 17 (2.27%) CREST Certified
12 10 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
12 10 (1.34%) Security Cleared
13 8 (1.07%) Azure Certification
14 7 (0.93%) CompTIA Security+
14 7 (0.93%) PMI Certification
15 6 (0.80%) AWS Certification
15 6 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
15 6 (0.80%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (11.21%) NIST
2 74 (9.88%) PCI DSS
3 34 (4.54%) GDPR
4 31 (4.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 29 (3.87%) COBIT
5 29 (3.87%) SOC 2
6 21 (2.80%) GRC
7 15 (2.00%) COREP
8 14 (1.87%) EMIR
8 14 (1.87%) IFRS
9 13 (1.74%) MiFID
10 12 (1.60%) Data Quality
10 12 (1.60%) FINREP
11 11 (1.47%) QA
12 6 (0.80%) Basel II
12 6 (0.80%) GAAP
13 5 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
13 5 (0.67%) PMO
13 5 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.53%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (2.40%) Virtual Machines
2 14 (1.87%) Docker
3 11 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.80%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.80%) vSphere
5 5 (0.67%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 5 (0.67%) Virtual Servers
5 5 (0.67%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.13%) Firmware
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 107 (14.29%) Terraform
2 96 (12.82%) Kubernetes
3 64 (8.54%) Grafana
4 15 (2.00%) Ansible
5 10 (1.34%) Argo
6 8 (1.07%) Cisco CUCM
6 8 (1.07%) Istio
7 4 (0.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.40%) Cilium
9 2 (0.27%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.13%) Control-M
10 1 (0.13%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Flashback
10 1 (0.13%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 45 (6.01%) Microsoft
2 43 (5.74%) Oracle
3 20 (2.67%) BT
3 20 (2.67%) Cisco
4 16 (2.14%) Databricks
5 15 (2.00%) ServiceNow
6 12 (1.60%) Palo Alto
7 11 (1.47%) Fortinet
7 11 (1.47%) VMware
8 10 (1.34%) Splunk
9 9 (1.20%) Google
10 8 (1.07%) CheckPoint
10 8 (1.07%) Confluent
10 8 (1.07%) SAP
11 7 (0.93%) BMC
12 6 (0.80%) Informatica
12 6 (0.80%) Remedy
13 5 (0.67%) NetApp
13 5 (0.67%) Salesforce
14 4 (0.53%) Workday