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 30 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 21 73
Rank change year-on-year -39 +52 -49
Permanent jobs citing Banking 732 1,412 1,282
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.81% 9.54% 3.86%
As % of the General category 6.66% 12.72% 6.29%
Number of salaries quoted 312 807 1,045
10th Percentile £45,000 £25,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £67,500 £25,313 £63,353
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £74,870 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.89% -11.92% +21.43%
75th Percentile £130,000 £105,000 £122,500
90th Percentile £132,250 £135,000 £148,750
UK median annual salary £85,000 £78,810 £85,000
% change year-on-year +7.85% -7.28% +13.33%

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 10,983 11,100 20,383
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.23% 74.99% 61.40%
Number of salaries quoted 7,252 6,112 15,110
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £43,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,063 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 30 May 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 12 (1.64%) SAS
2 6 (0.82%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.68%) Confluence
4 4 (0.55%) Ethereum
5 2 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 28 (3.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 35 (4.78%) Oracle Financials
2 17 (2.32%) Oracle ERP
3 9 (1.23%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.27%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.14%) Actimize
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.14%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 210 (28.69%) AWS
2 136 (18.58%) SaaS
3 115 (15.71%) GCP
4 73 (9.97%) Amazon EKS
5 72 (9.84%) Azure
6 19 (2.60%) OCI
7 17 (2.32%) GitHub
8 12 (1.64%) GitHub Copilot
8 12 (1.64%) Microsoft 365
9 10 (1.37%) Azure AI
9 10 (1.37%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 10 (1.37%) Azure Machine Learning
9 10 (1.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 10 (1.37%) dbt
9 10 (1.37%) Snowflake
10 9 (1.23%) Azure Event Grid
11 8 (1.09%) Amazon MSK
11 8 (1.09%) OpenShift
12 7 (0.96%) Figma
13 6 (0.82%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 29 (3.96%) HTTP
2 28 (3.83%) TCP/IP
3 25 (3.42%) Firewall
4 21 (2.87%) CHAP
5 19 (2.60%) Broadband
6 16 (2.19%) LAN
6 16 (2.19%) WAN
7 15 (2.05%) Cisco ASA
8 13 (1.78%) VLAN
9 11 (1.50%) Cisco Firepower
10 10 (1.37%) Network Security
11 9 (1.23%) BGP
11 9 (1.23%) Unified Communications
11 9 (1.23%) WebEx
12 6 (0.82%) VPN
13 4 (0.55%) DHCP
13 4 (0.55%) DNS
14 3 (0.41%) SD-WAN
14 3 (0.41%) Software-Defined Networking
14 3 (0.41%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (3.28%) SQL Server
2 19 (2.60%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (1.50%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (1.23%) Looker
5 7 (0.96%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.82%) Power BI
6 6 (0.82%) Tableau
7 5 (0.68%) Oracle Database
7 5 (0.68%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.55%) BigQuery
8 4 (0.55%) Flink
9 3 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.41%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (0.41%) SAS EBI
10 2 (0.27%) DB2
11 1 (0.14%) Data Mart
11 1 (0.14%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.14%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 55 (7.51%) TeamCity
2 9 (1.23%) JIRA
3 4 (0.55%) JUnit
4 1 (0.14%) Git
4 1 (0.14%) GitLab
4 1 (0.14%) IntelliJ
4 1 (0.14%) Karma Test Runner
4 1 (0.14%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 581 (79.37%) Finance
2 270 (36.89%) Social Skills
3 196 (26.78%) Retail
4 195 (26.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 176 (24.04%) Law
6 145 (19.81%) Financial Institution
7 124 (16.94%) Back Office
8 57 (7.79%) Investment Banking
9 53 (7.24%) Analytical Skills
10 47 (6.42%) Marketing
11 24 (3.28%) Front Office
12 22 (3.01%) Legal
12 22 (3.01%) Presentation Skills
12 22 (3.01%) Public Sector
13 20 (2.73%) Telecoms
14 19 (2.60%) Games
14 19 (2.60%) Polish Language
15 14 (1.91%) Italian Language
16 13 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
17 12 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 123 (16.80%) Senior
2 114 (15.57%) Software Engineer
3 88 (12.02%) Lead
4 66 (9.02%) Analyst
5 51 (6.97%) Developer
6 46 (6.28%) Product Manager
7 40 (5.46%) Senior Software Engineer
8 38 (5.19%) Product Owner
9 34 (4.64%) Lead Software Engineer
10 32 (4.37%) Development Engineer
10 32 (4.37%) Senior Manager
10 32 (4.37%) Software Development Engineer
11 30 (4.10%) Software Manager
12 29 (3.96%) Engineering Manager
13 28 (3.83%) Architect
14 27 (3.69%) Java Engineer
14 27 (3.69%) Software Engineering Manager
15 25 (3.42%) Auditor
16 23 (3.14%) Consultant
17 20 (2.73%) Internal Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (6.97%) REST
2 26 (3.55%) React
3 20 (2.73%) Spring
4 18 (2.46%) Kafka
5 15 (2.05%) .NET
6 10 (1.37%) AngularJS
6 10 (1.37%) RESTful
7 9 (1.23%) Middleware
7 9 (1.23%) Spring Boot
7 9 (1.23%) XMPP
8 8 (1.09%) AWS CDK
9 7 (0.96%) OpenAPI
9 7 (0.96%) Sass
9 7 (0.96%) Swagger
10 5 (0.68%) Next.js
10 5 (0.68%) Node.js
11 4 (0.55%) PyTorch
11 4 (0.55%) Smart Contracts
11 4 (0.55%) TensorFlow
11 4 (0.55%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 153 (20.90%) Product Ownership
2 125 (17.08%) Cloud Native
3 45 (6.15%) Management Information System
3 45 (6.15%) Public Cloud
4 44 (6.01%) Blog
5 28 (3.83%) Distributed Systems
6 26 (3.55%) Onboarding
7 20 (2.73%) Data Centre
7 20 (2.73%) FPGA
7 20 (2.73%) Security Posture
8 19 (2.60%) Credit Risk
9 16 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
10 15 (2.05%) Hybrid Cloud
11 14 (1.91%) Blockchain
12 12 (1.64%) Derivative
12 12 (1.64%) Hedge funds
13 11 (1.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 10 (1.37%) Distributed Architecture
15 9 (1.23%) FlexPod
15 9 (1.23%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 44 (6.01%) Linux
2 23 (3.14%) Windows
3 16 (2.19%) Android
3 16 (2.19%) Apple iOS
4 12 (1.64%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.09%) Unix
6 2 (0.27%) AIX
7 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.14%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (23.77%) Software Engineering
2 173 (23.63%) Roadmaps
3 153 (20.90%) Agile
4 131 (17.90%) Fintech
5 128 (17.49%) Problem-Solving
6 114 (15.57%) Test Automation
7 99 (13.52%) CI/CD
8 86 (11.75%) Product Roadmap
9 77 (10.52%) Mentoring
10 75 (10.25%) DevOps
11 73 (9.97%) Microservices
12 71 (9.70%) Stakeholder Management
13 70 (9.56%) Technical Leadership
14 69 (9.43%) Risk Management
15 65 (8.88%) Disruptive Innovation
16 61 (8.33%) Analytics
16 61 (8.33%) Clean Code
16 61 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
17 58 (7.92%) AI
17 58 (7.92%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 181 (24.73%) Java
2 96 (13.11%) Python
3 49 (6.69%) SQL
4 41 (5.60%) Go
5 29 (3.96%) TypeScript
6 25 (3.42%) C
6 25 (3.42%) C++
7 20 (2.73%) JavaScript
8 13 (1.78%) C#
9 8 (1.09%) PowerShell
10 7 (0.96%) Rust
11 5 (0.68%) Bash
12 4 (0.55%) R
13 3 (0.41%) Objective-C
13 3 (0.41%) Perl
13 3 (0.41%) Ruby
14 1 (0.14%) Cypher
14 1 (0.14%) Google Apps Script
14 1 (0.14%) RPG
Qualifications
1 65 (8.88%) Degree
2 34 (4.64%) CISSP
3 31 (4.23%) CISA
4 29 (3.96%) ACCA
5 28 (3.83%) CISM
6 24 (3.28%) CIMA
7 22 (3.01%) FFIEC
8 21 (2.87%) CGEIT
8 21 (2.87%) SANS
9 17 (2.32%) CREST Certified
9 17 (2.32%) OSCP
10 10 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (1.37%) Security Cleared
11 9 (1.23%) CRISC
12 7 (0.96%) Azure Certification
13 6 (0.82%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (0.82%) CompTIA Security+
13 6 (0.82%) PMI Certification
13 6 (0.82%) SC Cleared
14 5 (0.68%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (4.92%) NIST
2 28 (3.83%) GDPR
3 27 (3.69%) COBIT
4 25 (3.42%) PCI DSS
5 22 (3.01%) SOC 2
6 21 (2.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 16 (2.19%) GRC
8 14 (1.91%) COREP
8 14 (1.91%) FINREP
8 14 (1.91%) QA
9 12 (1.64%) Data Quality
10 11 (1.50%) EMIR
10 11 (1.50%) MiFID
11 9 (1.23%) IFRS
12 7 (0.96%) PMO
13 5 (0.68%) Accessibility
13 5 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.55%) GAAP
15 3 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
15 3 (0.41%) PSD2
System Software
1 18 (2.46%) Virtual Machines
2 16 (2.19%) Docker
3 12 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.09%) Active Directory
5 6 (0.82%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 6 (0.82%) Virtual Servers
5 6 (0.82%) vSphere
6 5 (0.68%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.14%) Firmware
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 103 (14.07%) Terraform
2 89 (12.16%) Kubernetes
3 66 (9.02%) Grafana
4 12 (1.64%) Ansible
5 9 (1.23%) Cisco CUCM
6 8 (1.09%) Istio
7 4 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.55%) Argo
8 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.27%) Norton AntiVirus
8 2 (0.27%) Opsgenie
9 1 (0.14%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 56 (7.65%) Oracle
2 46 (6.28%) Microsoft
3 21 (2.87%) Cisco
4 19 (2.60%) BT
5 14 (1.91%) Palo Alto
6 13 (1.78%) Fortinet
6 13 (1.78%) ServiceNow
6 13 (1.78%) VMware
7 11 (1.50%) Splunk
8 10 (1.37%) Databricks
8 10 (1.37%) Google
9 9 (1.23%) CheckPoint
10 8 (1.09%) Confluent
11 6 (0.82%) NetApp
11 6 (0.82%) SAP
11 6 (0.82%) Workday
12 5 (0.68%) BMC
13 4 (0.55%) Okta
13 4 (0.55%) OneLogin
14 3 (0.41%) Informatica