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 13 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 25 49
Rank change year-on-year -43 +24 -26
Permanent jobs citing Banking 807 1,285 1,184
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.55% 7.73% 4.76%
As % of the General category 5.91% 10.72% 7.76%
Number of salaries quoted 340 680 975
10th Percentile £31,500 £25,000 £62,105
25th Percentile £57,500 £25,313 £82,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £88,750 £82,750 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.25% -24.77% +49.76%
75th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £142,500
90th Percentile £136,250 £135,000 £165,000
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 13,661 11,982 15,253
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.11% 72.12% 61.29%
Number of salaries quoted 8,647 6,626 10,239
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -2.21% -5.92%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

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 13 August 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 11 (1.36%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.50%) Ethereum
3 3 (0.37%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.25%) SAS
Applications
1 32 (3.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 30 (3.72%) Oracle Financials
2 20 (2.48%) Remedy ITSM
3 19 (2.35%) Oracle ERP
4 9 (1.12%) Oracle Applications
5 5 (0.62%) Oracle General Ledger
6 4 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.50%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.25%) FLEXCUBE
7 2 (0.25%) Temenos T24
8 1 (0.12%) Actimize
8 1 (0.12%) Finacle
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 238 (29.49%) AWS
2 108 (13.38%) GCP
3 104 (12.89%) SaaS
4 83 (10.29%) Azure
5 54 (6.69%) Amazon EKS
6 28 (3.47%) Snowflake
7 18 (2.23%) Amazon Bedrock
7 18 (2.23%) Anthropic Claude
7 18 (2.23%) Microsoft 365
7 18 (2.23%) OCI
8 16 (1.98%) GitHub
9 14 (1.73%) Power Platform
10 13 (1.61%) GitHub Copilot
11 11 (1.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 10 (1.24%) Azure AI
12 10 (1.24%) Azure Machine Learning
12 10 (1.24%) Datadog
12 10 (1.24%) Serverless
13 8 (0.99%) Amazon MSK
13 8 (0.99%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 40 (4.96%) Broadband
2 31 (3.84%) HTTP
3 25 (3.10%) Firewall
4 22 (2.73%) TCP/IP
5 19 (2.35%) LAN
5 19 (2.35%) WAN
6 12 (1.49%) Cisco Firepower
7 11 (1.36%) Cisco ASA
7 11 (1.36%) Network Security
7 11 (1.36%) VLAN
8 10 (1.24%) Unified Communications
8 10 (1.24%) WebEx
9 8 (0.99%) CHAP
10 6 (0.74%) SD-WAN
10 6 (0.74%) Software-Defined Networking
11 5 (0.62%) BGP
11 5 (0.62%) VPN
12 4 (0.50%) DHCP
12 4 (0.50%) DNS
12 4 (0.50%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (3.10%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.73%) Azure SQL Database
2 14 (1.73%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (1.36%) Power BI
5 9 (1.12%) Data Lake
6 8 (0.99%) Looker
7 6 (0.74%) DynamoDB
7 6 (0.74%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.62%) Oracle Database
8 5 (0.62%) Tableau
9 3 (0.37%) Delta Lake
9 3 (0.37%) Metadata
9 3 (0.37%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.25%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.25%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.25%) SAS EBI
10 2 (0.25%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 45 (5.58%) TeamCity
2 18 (2.23%) Claude Code
3 8 (0.99%) Git
4 5 (0.62%) JIRA
4 5 (0.62%) JUnit
5 3 (0.37%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.12%) GitLab
6 1 (0.12%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.12%) Karma Test Runner
6 1 (0.12%) Maven
6 1 (0.12%) SonarQube
General
1 653 (80.92%) Finance
2 309 (38.29%) Social Skills
3 164 (20.32%) Retail
4 153 (18.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 136 (16.85%) Law
6 100 (12.39%) Financial Institution
7 96 (11.90%) Back Office
8 68 (8.43%) Analytical Skills
9 67 (8.30%) Investment Banking
10 61 (7.56%) Legal
11 48 (5.95%) Presentation Skills
12 45 (5.58%) Marketing
13 35 (4.34%) Front Office
14 23 (2.85%) Public Sector
15 22 (2.73%) Telecoms
16 19 (2.35%) Games
17 14 (1.73%) Polish Language
18 11 (1.36%) German Language
18 11 (1.36%) Italian Language
19 10 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 124 (15.37%) Senior
2 111 (13.75%) Software Engineer
3 97 (12.02%) Lead
4 58 (7.19%) Analyst
5 51 (6.32%) Developer
5 51 (6.32%) Senior Manager
6 45 (5.58%) Architect
7 44 (5.45%) Engineering Manager
8 42 (5.20%) Software Engineering Manager
8 42 (5.20%) Software Manager
9 39 (4.83%) Product Manager
10 37 (4.58%) Lead Software Engineer
11 34 (4.21%) Development Engineer
11 34 (4.21%) Software Development Engineer
12 27 (3.35%) IT Manager
12 27 (3.35%) Product Owner
12 27 (3.35%) Senior Software Engineer
13 24 (2.97%) Data Scientist
14 20 (2.48%) Digital Product Manager
14 20 (2.48%) Senior Digital Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (6.44%) REST
2 29 (3.59%) Spring
3 28 (3.47%) LangChain
3 28 (3.47%) LangGraph
4 24 (2.97%) React
5 14 (1.73%) AngularJS
6 12 (1.49%) Kafka
6 12 (1.49%) Node.js
6 12 (1.49%) RESTful
6 12 (1.49%) scikit-learn
7 11 (1.36%) PyTorch
7 11 (1.36%) Spring Boot
7 11 (1.36%) TensorFlow
8 10 (1.24%) FIX Protocol
8 10 (1.24%) XMPP
9 9 (1.12%) OpenAPI
9 9 (1.12%) Swagger
10 8 (0.99%) AWS CDK
11 7 (0.87%) .NET
12 6 (0.74%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 153 (18.96%) Product Ownership
2 115 (14.25%) Cloud Native
3 55 (6.82%) Public Cloud
4 37 (4.58%) Web Conferencing
5 35 (4.34%) Management Information System
6 32 (3.97%) Podcast
7 27 (3.35%) AI Agents
8 25 (3.10%) Hedge funds
9 22 (2.73%) Fixed Income
9 22 (2.73%) Onboarding
10 21 (2.60%) Blog
11 17 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
12 16 (1.98%) Derivative
12 16 (1.98%) Security Posture
13 15 (1.86%) Distributed Architecture
14 13 (1.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 13 (1.61%) FPGA
15 12 (1.49%) Credit Risk
16 11 (1.36%) Distributed Systems
17 10 (1.24%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 44 (5.45%) Linux
2 24 (2.97%) Windows
3 15 (1.86%) Android
3 15 (1.86%) Apple iOS
4 13 (1.61%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.99%) Unix
6 1 (0.12%) AIX
6 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.12%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (29.12%) Roadmaps
2 191 (23.67%) Software Engineering
3 135 (16.73%) Problem-Solving
4 123 (15.24%) Agile
5 115 (14.25%) Fintech
6 107 (13.26%) AI
7 101 (12.52%) CI/CD
7 101 (12.52%) Test Automation
8 88 (10.90%) Product Roadmap
9 85 (10.53%) Technical Leadership
10 82 (10.16%) Continuous Improvement
11 75 (9.29%) Coaching
12 73 (9.05%) DevOps
12 73 (9.05%) Mentoring
13 70 (8.67%) Machine Learning
14 66 (8.18%) Risk Management
15 62 (7.68%) Analytics
15 62 (7.68%) ITIL
16 61 (7.56%) Microservices
17 57 (7.06%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 160 (19.83%) Java
2 107 (13.26%) Python
3 64 (7.93%) SQL
4 27 (3.35%) Go
5 26 (3.22%) C++
6 24 (2.97%) JavaScript
6 24 (2.97%) TypeScript
7 17 (2.11%) C
8 15 (1.86%) PowerShell
9 9 (1.12%) R
10 8 (0.99%) C#
10 8 (0.99%) Rust
11 5 (0.62%) Bash
11 5 (0.62%) VBA
12 4 (0.50%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.37%) Objective-C
13 3 (0.37%) Perl
13 3 (0.37%) Ruby
14 2 (0.25%) Bicep
15 1 (0.12%) Cypher
Qualifications
1 40 (4.96%) Degree
2 26 (3.22%) ACCA
3 24 (2.97%) CIMA
3 24 (2.97%) CISSP
4 22 (2.73%) CISM
5 18 (2.23%) CISA
6 12 (1.49%) CREST Certified
6 12 (1.49%) OSCP
7 10 (1.24%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (1.12%) Azure Certification
8 9 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (1.12%) CRISC
9 8 (0.99%) CGEIT
9 8 (0.99%) FFIEC
9 8 (0.99%) SANS
10 7 (0.87%) ISACA
11 6 (0.74%) CCNP
11 6 (0.74%) Security Cleared
12 5 (0.62%) AWS Certification
13 4 (0.50%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (5.70%) QA
2 28 (3.47%) NIST
3 26 (3.22%) GDPR
4 23 (2.85%) Data Quality
5 20 (2.48%) COBIT
6 19 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 17 (2.11%) PCI DSS
8 16 (1.98%) FINREP
9 15 (1.86%) Accessibility
10 14 (1.73%) COREP
11 11 (1.36%) EMIR
11 11 (1.36%) GRC
11 11 (1.36%) MiFID
12 10 (1.24%) SOC 2
13 7 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
13 7 (0.87%) SOC 1
14 5 (0.62%) EU AI Act
14 5 (0.62%) IFRS
15 4 (0.50%) PMO
16 3 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 20 (2.48%) Virtual Machines
2 15 (1.86%) Docker
3 9 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.99%) Active Directory
5 7 (0.87%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 7 (0.87%) Virtual Servers
5 7 (0.87%) vSphere
6 4 (0.50%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 85 (10.53%) Terraform
2 70 (8.67%) Kubernetes
3 62 (7.68%) Grafana
4 23 (2.85%) Ansible
5 10 (1.24%) Cisco CUCM
6 8 (0.99%) Istio
7 4 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.37%) Norton AntiVirus
9 1 (0.12%) Argo
9 1 (0.12%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.12%) Opsgenie
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Flashback
9 1 (0.12%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 53 (6.57%) Microsoft
1 53 (6.57%) Oracle
2 40 (4.96%) BT
3 36 (4.46%) ServiceNow
4 30 (3.72%) Databricks
5 23 (2.85%) BMC
6 20 (2.48%) Cisco
6 20 (2.48%) Remedy
7 18 (2.23%) Palo Alto
8 16 (1.98%) Fortinet
9 14 (1.73%) Splunk
9 14 (1.73%) VMware
10 11 (1.36%) FIS
11 9 (1.12%) SunGard
12 8 (0.99%) Confluent
12 8 (0.99%) Dynatrace
13 7 (0.87%) CheckPoint
13 7 (0.87%) NetApp
14 6 (0.74%) Google
14 6 (0.74%) Workday