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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 22 62
Rank change year-on-year -27 +40 -38
Permanent jobs citing Banking 738 1,178 1,391
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.29% 9.17% 4.42%
As % of the General category 7.53% 12.78% 7.16%
Number of salaries quoted 355 920 1,118
10th Percentile £46,950 £25,000 £46,306
25th Percentile £70,000 £45,000 £58,664
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £78,155 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.55% +4.21% +7.14%
75th Percentile £130,000 £102,500 £102,500
90th Percentile £142,500 £140,000 £138,750
UK median annual salary £90,000 £85,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% +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 9,806 9,220 19,419
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.96% 71.77% 61.69%
Number of salaries quoted 6,543 6,385 15,031
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £41,471 £44,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% +7.02% -8.80%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £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 8 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 (2.57%) SAS
2 8 (1.08%) Confluence
3 6 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (0.81%) Ethereum
4 4 (0.54%) Apache
4 4 (0.54%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.54%) Tomcat
4 4 (0.54%) WebSphere
4 4 (0.54%) WebSphere Application Server
5 3 (0.41%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.14%) WebLogic
Applications
1 17 (2.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 19 (2.57%) Oracle Financials
2 7 (0.95%) Oracle ERP
2 7 (0.95%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.41%) Oracle Applications
4 3 (0.41%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.41%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.41%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.27%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.27%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.14%) Actimize
6 1 (0.14%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.14%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 204 (27.64%) AWS
2 141 (19.11%) SaaS
3 114 (15.45%) GCP
4 82 (11.11%) Azure
5 80 (10.84%) Amazon EKS
6 32 (4.34%) GitHub
7 20 (2.71%) Snowflake
8 15 (2.03%) GitHub Actions
9 14 (1.90%) GitHub Copilot
10 12 (1.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 12 (1.63%) Power Platform
11 11 (1.49%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 10 (1.36%) Amazon Kinesis
12 10 (1.36%) Azure AI
12 10 (1.36%) Azure Event Grid
12 10 (1.36%) Azure Machine Learning
12 10 (1.36%) dbt
12 10 (1.36%) OCI
13 8 (1.08%) Amazon MSK
13 8 (1.08%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 29 (3.93%) TCP/IP
2 26 (3.52%) Firewall
3 25 (3.39%) CHAP
4 22 (2.98%) Broadband
5 20 (2.71%) HTTP
6 14 (1.90%) LAN
6 14 (1.90%) WAN
7 13 (1.76%) Cisco ASA
7 13 (1.76%) VLAN
8 12 (1.63%) BGP
8 12 (1.63%) Network Security
9 10 (1.36%) VPN
10 8 (1.08%) Cisco Firepower
11 6 (0.81%) Unified Communications
11 6 (0.81%) WebEx
12 4 (0.54%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (0.54%) SSL
13 3 (0.41%) DHCP
13 3 (0.41%) DNS
13 3 (0.41%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (4.47%) SQL Server
2 21 (2.85%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (1.63%) Data Lake
3 12 (1.63%) Power BI
3 12 (1.63%) Tableau
4 10 (1.36%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (1.36%) Flink
5 7 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (0.81%) DB2
7 5 (0.68%) BigQuery
7 5 (0.68%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.54%) Amazon Athena
8 4 (0.54%) Apache Arrow
8 4 (0.54%) Apache Iceberg
8 4 (0.54%) Apache Ignite
8 4 (0.54%) Dremio
8 4 (0.54%) Looker
8 4 (0.54%) Metadata
8 4 (0.54%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.41%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 57 (7.72%) TeamCity
2 11 (1.49%) JIRA
3 9 (1.22%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.41%) Git
5 2 (0.27%) ER Studio
5 2 (0.27%) ERwin
5 2 (0.27%) PowerDesigner
6 1 (0.14%) JUnit
6 1 (0.14%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 571 (77.37%) Finance
2 249 (33.74%) Social Skills
3 200 (27.10%) Retail
4 181 (24.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 171 (23.17%) Law
6 158 (21.41%) Financial Institution
7 130 (17.62%) Back Office
8 59 (7.99%) Investment Banking
9 47 (6.37%) Analytical Skills
10 45 (6.10%) Marketing
11 39 (5.28%) Front Office
12 21 (2.85%) Games
12 21 (2.85%) Public Sector
13 20 (2.71%) Legal
14 19 (2.57%) Presentation Skills
15 18 (2.44%) Telecoms
16 17 (2.30%) Polish Language
17 15 (2.03%) Influencing Skills
18 14 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
19 12 (1.63%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 117 (15.85%) Senior
2 96 (13.01%) Software Engineer
3 76 (10.30%) Analyst
4 68 (9.21%) Lead
5 46 (6.23%) Senior Software Engineer
6 41 (5.56%) Developer
7 38 (5.15%) Auditor
8 37 (5.01%) Product Owner
9 33 (4.47%) Architect
10 30 (4.07%) AWS Engineer
11 29 (3.93%) Java Engineer
12 26 (3.52%) Java Software Engineer
13 25 (3.39%) Product Manager
14 24 (3.25%) Business Analyst
14 24 (3.25%) Internal Auditor
14 24 (3.25%) Security Auditor
15 22 (2.98%) Consultant
15 22 (2.98%) Development Engineer
15 22 (2.98%) Software Development Engineer
16 21 (2.85%) C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (4.61%) REST
2 24 (3.25%) Kafka
3 21 (2.85%) .NET
4 19 (2.57%) React
5 13 (1.76%) RESTful
6 9 (1.22%) Middleware
7 7 (0.95%) OpenAPI
7 7 (0.95%) Sass
7 7 (0.95%) Swagger
8 6 (0.81%) Smart Contracts
8 6 (0.81%) Spring
8 6 (0.81%) web3js
8 6 (0.81%) XMPP
9 5 (0.68%) CSS
9 5 (0.68%) HTML
9 5 (0.68%) Next.js
10 4 (0.54%) .NET Core
10 4 (0.54%) gRPC
10 4 (0.54%) LAPP Stack
10 4 (0.54%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 118 (15.99%) Cloud Native
2 113 (15.31%) Product Ownership
3 53 (7.18%) Management Information System
4 43 (5.83%) Blog
5 38 (5.15%) Public Cloud
6 33 (4.47%) Data Centre
6 33 (4.47%) Distributed Systems
7 25 (3.39%) Credit Risk
8 24 (3.25%) Onboarding
9 23 (3.12%) Security Posture
10 22 (2.98%) Hybrid Cloud
11 20 (2.71%) FPGA
11 20 (2.71%) Hedge funds
12 19 (2.57%) Blockchain
13 16 (2.17%) Derivative
14 15 (2.03%) Fixed Income
15 13 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
16 12 (1.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 12 (1.63%) Market Risk
17 8 (1.08%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 46 (6.23%) Linux
2 26 (3.52%) Windows
3 12 (1.63%) Android
3 12 (1.63%) Apple iOS
4 11 (1.49%) Unix
5 9 (1.22%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.54%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.14%) AIX
7 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (21.68%) Roadmaps
2 151 (20.46%) Agile
3 138 (18.70%) Software Engineering
4 111 (15.04%) Fintech
5 106 (14.36%) CI/CD
5 106 (14.36%) Problem-Solving
5 106 (14.36%) Risk Management
6 102 (13.82%) Test Automation
7 100 (13.55%) Stakeholder Management
8 97 (13.14%) Information Security
9 87 (11.79%) Risk Assessment
10 75 (10.16%) DevOps
11 72 (9.76%) Microservices
12 69 (9.35%) Product Roadmap
13 65 (8.81%) Mentoring
14 64 (8.67%) Process Improvement
15 62 (8.40%) Continuous Improvement
15 62 (8.40%) Cybersecurity
16 58 (7.86%) Analytics
17 57 (7.72%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 163 (22.09%) Java
2 95 (12.87%) Python
3 57 (7.72%) SQL
4 47 (6.37%) Go
5 29 (3.93%) TypeScript
6 25 (3.39%) C++
7 24 (3.25%) C
8 17 (2.30%) JavaScript
9 13 (1.76%) C#
10 9 (1.22%) Rust
11 8 (1.08%) Bash
12 6 (0.81%) PowerShell
13 4 (0.54%) 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 78 (10.57%) CISSP
1 78 (10.57%) Degree
2 77 (10.43%) CISA
3 52 (7.05%) CRISC
4 26 (3.52%) CISM
4 26 (3.52%) FFIEC
5 25 (3.39%) ACCA
5 25 (3.39%) CGEIT
5 25 (3.39%) SANS
6 19 (2.57%) CIMA
6 19 (2.57%) OSCP
7 17 (2.30%) CREST Certified
8 12 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (1.49%) Azure Certification
10 10 (1.36%) AWS Certification
10 10 (1.36%) Security Cleared
11 7 (0.95%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (0.95%) OSCE
11 7 (0.95%) PMI Certification
12 6 (0.81%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (10.84%) NIST
2 74 (10.03%) PCI DSS
3 34 (4.61%) GDPR
4 32 (4.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 30 (4.07%) SOC 2
6 25 (3.39%) COBIT
7 22 (2.98%) GRC
8 14 (1.90%) IFRS
9 13 (1.76%) Data Quality
10 12 (1.63%) COREP
10 12 (1.63%) EMIR
11 11 (1.49%) MiFID
12 10 (1.36%) QA
12 10 (1.36%) SLA
13 9 (1.22%) FINREP
14 8 (1.08%) GAAP
15 7 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
16 6 (0.81%) Basel II
17 5 (0.68%) PMO
17 5 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 18 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
2 15 (2.03%) Docker
3 11 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.81%) vSphere
5 5 (0.68%) Active Directory
5 5 (0.68%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 5 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
5 5 (0.68%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.27%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 111 (15.04%) Terraform
2 96 (13.01%) Kubernetes
3 61 (8.27%) Grafana
4 17 (2.30%) Ansible
5 10 (1.36%) Argo
6 8 (1.08%) Istio
7 6 (0.81%) Cisco CUCM
8 4 (0.54%) Cilium
9 3 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.27%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.14%) Control-M
11 1 (0.14%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 42 (5.69%) Microsoft
2 34 (4.61%) Oracle
3 23 (3.12%) Databricks
4 22 (2.98%) BT
5 19 (2.57%) Cisco
6 16 (2.17%) ServiceNow
7 11 (1.49%) Google
7 11 (1.49%) VMware
8 10 (1.36%) Fortinet
8 10 (1.36%) Palo Alto
9 9 (1.22%) CheckPoint
10 8 (1.08%) BMC
10 8 (1.08%) Confluent
10 8 (1.08%) IBM
10 8 (1.08%) Informatica
10 8 (1.08%) Splunk
11 7 (0.95%) Remedy
11 7 (0.95%) SAP
12 5 (0.68%) NetApp
12 5 (0.68%) Red Hat