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 4 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 38 54
Rank change year-on-year -20 +16 -30
Permanent jobs citing Banking 630 989 1,459
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.79% 6.84% 5.12%
As % of the General category 6.49% 9.61% 8.28%
Number of salaries quoted 325 764 1,200
10th Percentile £25,087 £25,313 £46,306
25th Percentile £70,000 £47,231 £58,495
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £80,000 £72,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +11.11% +2.86%
75th Percentile £127,500 £100,000 £96,539
90th Percentile £142,500 £138,750 £125,500
UK median annual salary £90,000 £85,000 £75,669
% change year-on-year +5.88% +12.33% +0.89%

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 9,704 10,289 17,615
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 58.42% 71.12% 61.84%
Number of salaries quoted 6,157 6,115 14,048
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £76,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -8.84%

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 4 March 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 (3.02%) SAS
2 10 (1.59%) Tomcat
2 10 (1.59%) WebSphere
2 10 (1.59%) WebSphere Application Server
3 8 (1.27%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (1.27%) Confluence
4 6 (0.95%) Apache
4 6 (0.95%) Ethereum
5 3 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.32%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
Applications
1 10 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (1.90%) Remedy ITSM
2 7 (1.11%) Oracle Financials
3 6 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.79%) SAP CO
4 5 (0.79%) SAP FI
4 5 (0.79%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.48%) SAP PS
5 3 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.32%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.16%) Actimize
7 1 (0.16%) Adaptiv
7 1 (0.16%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.16%) ION Anvil
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 171 (27.14%) AWS
2 120 (19.05%) SaaS
3 89 (14.13%) GCP
4 69 (10.95%) Amazon EKS
5 50 (7.94%) Azure
6 30 (4.76%) GitHub
7 15 (2.38%) GitHub Actions
8 14 (2.22%) Power Platform
8 14 (2.22%) Snowflake
9 11 (1.75%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 10 (1.59%) Amazon EC2
10 10 (1.59%) Amazon Kinesis
10 10 (1.59%) Amazon S3
10 10 (1.59%) Azure Event Grid
10 10 (1.59%) dbt
10 10 (1.59%) GitHub Copilot
10 10 (1.59%) Route 53
10 10 (1.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 7 (1.11%) Amazon ECS
12 6 (0.95%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 34 (5.40%) Broadband
2 24 (3.81%) TCP/IP
3 21 (3.33%) CHAP
4 19 (3.02%) Firewall
5 12 (1.90%) BGP
5 12 (1.90%) VPN
6 11 (1.75%) Cisco ASA
6 11 (1.75%) HTTP
7 10 (1.59%) LAN
7 10 (1.59%) SSL
7 10 (1.59%) WAN
8 9 (1.43%) VLAN
9 6 (0.95%) Network Security
10 4 (0.63%) Cisco Firepower
10 4 (0.63%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (0.63%) NX-OS
10 4 (0.63%) WLAN
11 2 (0.32%) Unified Communications
11 2 (0.32%) WebEx
12 1 (0.16%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (4.13%) PostgreSQL
1 26 (4.13%) SQL Server
2 15 (2.38%) Data Lake
3 14 (2.22%) Power BI
3 14 (2.22%) Tableau
4 13 (2.06%) DB2
5 10 (1.59%) Amazon RDS
5 10 (1.59%) Flink
6 7 (1.11%) BigQuery
7 6 (0.95%) Amazon Athena
7 6 (0.95%) Apache Arrow
7 6 (0.95%) Apache Iceberg
7 6 (0.95%) Apache Ignite
7 6 (0.95%) Dremio
7 6 (0.95%) Metadata
8 4 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.63%) DataStage
8 4 (0.63%) QlikView
9 3 (0.48%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (0.48%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 52 (8.25%) TeamCity
2 14 (2.22%) Jenkins
3 10 (1.59%) JIRA
4 4 (0.63%) ER Studio
4 4 (0.63%) ERwin
4 4 (0.63%) Git
4 4 (0.63%) PowerDesigner
5 1 (0.16%) JUnit
5 1 (0.16%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 463 (73.49%) Finance
2 201 (31.90%) Social Skills
3 170 (26.98%) Retail
4 146 (23.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 141 (22.38%) Law
6 139 (22.06%) Financial Institution
7 108 (17.14%) Back Office
8 51 (8.10%) Investment Banking
9 33 (5.24%) Front Office
10 29 (4.60%) Marketing
11 27 (4.29%) Analytical Skills
11 27 (4.29%) Games
12 15 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
12 15 (2.38%) Polish Language
12 15 (2.38%) Public Sector
13 11 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (1.75%) Legal
13 11 (1.75%) Telecoms
14 8 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
14 8 (1.27%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 98 (15.56%) Senior
2 76 (12.06%) Software Engineer
3 58 (9.21%) Analyst
4 53 (8.41%) Lead
5 39 (6.19%) Developer
6 38 (6.03%) Senior Software Engineer
7 34 (5.40%) Architect
7 34 (5.40%) Auditor
8 28 (4.44%) Customer Service Advisor
9 26 (4.13%) Java Engineer
9 26 (4.13%) Java Software Engineer
10 25 (3.97%) Product Owner
11 24 (3.81%) AWS Engineer
12 21 (3.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 20 (3.17%) Internal Auditor
13 20 (3.17%) Security Auditor
14 19 (3.02%) C++ Developer
15 18 (2.86%) Linux Developer
15 18 (2.86%) Linux Scripter
15 18 (2.86%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (3.81%) .NET
2 20 (3.17%) REST
3 16 (2.54%) Kafka
4 12 (1.90%) React
4 12 (1.90%) RESTful
5 10 (1.59%) LAPP Stack
5 10 (1.59%) LDAP
5 10 (1.59%) WebSphere MQ
6 8 (1.27%) Middleware
6 8 (1.27%) WPF
7 7 (1.11%) CSS
7 7 (1.11%) HTML
7 7 (1.11%) Sass
8 6 (0.95%) .NET Core
8 6 (0.95%) gRPC
8 6 (0.95%) NumPy
8 6 (0.95%) Protocol Buffers
8 6 (0.95%) SciPy
8 6 (0.95%) Smart Contracts
8 6 (0.95%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 92 (14.60%) Cloud Native
2 79 (12.54%) Product Ownership
3 49 (7.78%) Management Information System
4 39 (6.19%) Blog
5 37 (5.87%) Data Centre
6 30 (4.76%) Public Cloud
7 29 (4.60%) Credit Risk
7 29 (4.60%) Distributed Systems
8 22 (3.49%) Hybrid Cloud
9 21 (3.33%) Hedge funds
10 20 (3.17%) Onboarding
11 19 (3.02%) Security Posture
12 18 (2.86%) Blockchain
12 18 (2.86%) FPGA
13 15 (2.38%) Market Risk
14 14 (2.22%) Fixed Income
15 12 (1.90%) Derivative
15 12 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
16 10 (1.59%) Linux Command Line
17 7 (1.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 42 (6.67%) Linux
2 21 (3.33%) Windows
3 13 (2.06%) Unix
4 11 (1.75%) Android
4 11 (1.75%) Apple iOS
5 10 (1.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.63%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.48%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.16%) AIX
8 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (17.30%) Roadmaps
2 108 (17.14%) Software Engineering
3 104 (16.51%) Agile
4 99 (15.71%) Risk Management
5 93 (14.76%) CI/CD
6 92 (14.60%) Stakeholder Management
7 91 (14.44%) Fintech
8 88 (13.97%) Information Security
9 83 (13.17%) Risk Assessment
10 82 (13.02%) Test Automation
11 80 (12.70%) Problem-Solving
12 62 (9.84%) Microservices
13 59 (9.37%) Cybersecurity
14 58 (9.21%) Process Improvement
15 57 (9.05%) DevOps
16 53 (8.41%) Continuous Improvement
17 51 (8.10%) Clean Code
18 50 (7.94%) Analytics
18 50 (7.94%) Business Continuity
19 49 (7.78%) Due Diligence
Programming Languages
1 134 (21.27%) Java
2 85 (13.49%) Python
3 39 (6.19%) SQL
4 34 (5.40%) Go
5 25 (3.97%) TypeScript
6 20 (3.17%) C++
7 19 (3.02%) C
8 15 (2.38%) C#
9 13 (2.06%) JavaScript
10 6 (0.95%) Rust
11 5 (0.79%) Bash
12 4 (0.63%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.48%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.48%) R
14 1 (0.16%) COBOL
14 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.16%) RPG
14 1 (0.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 75 (11.90%) Degree
2 73 (11.59%) CISA
2 73 (11.59%) CISSP
3 52 (8.25%) CRISC
4 22 (3.49%) FFIEC
5 21 (3.33%) CGEIT
5 21 (3.33%) CISM
5 21 (3.33%) SANS
6 17 (2.70%) ACCA
7 15 (2.38%) OSCP
8 14 (2.22%) AWS Certification
9 13 (2.06%) CREST Certified
10 12 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (1.75%) CIMA
11 11 (1.75%) ITIL Certification
12 10 (1.59%) Security Cleared
13 9 (1.43%) PMI Certification
14 8 (1.27%) Azure Certification
15 7 (1.11%) CompTIA Security+
16 6 (0.95%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (12.38%) NIST
2 74 (11.75%) PCI DSS
3 34 (5.40%) GDPR
4 31 (4.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 30 (4.76%) SOC 2
6 21 (3.33%) COBIT
7 20 (3.17%) GRC
8 17 (2.70%) SLA
9 14 (2.22%) IFRS
10 13 (2.06%) QA
11 8 (1.27%) Data Quality
11 8 (1.27%) GAAP
12 6 (0.95%) Basel II
13 5 (0.79%) COREP
13 5 (0.79%) EMIR
14 4 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
14 4 (0.63%) EU AI Act
14 4 (0.63%) MiFID
14 4 (0.63%) PMO
15 3 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (1.11%) Docker
3 5 (0.79%) VMware NSX
4 4 (0.63%) Firmware
5 3 (0.48%) vSphere
6 2 (0.32%) Active Directory
6 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 92 (14.60%) Terraform
2 78 (12.38%) Kubernetes
3 52 (8.25%) Grafana
4 17 (2.70%) Ansible
5 10 (1.59%) Argo
6 4 (0.63%) Cilium
7 2 (0.32%) Cisco CUCM
7 2 (0.32%) Opsgenie
8 1 (0.16%) Control-M
8 1 (0.16%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 34 (5.40%) BT
2 28 (4.44%) ServiceNow
3 26 (4.13%) Microsoft
4 16 (2.54%) IBM
4 16 (2.54%) Oracle
5 15 (2.38%) Cisco
5 15 (2.38%) Databricks
6 12 (1.90%) BMC
6 12 (1.90%) Remedy
7 11 (1.75%) Google
8 10 (1.59%) Informatica
8 10 (1.59%) Red Hat
9 9 (1.43%) CheckPoint
9 9 (1.43%) Salesforce
10 8 (1.27%) VMware
11 6 (0.95%) Fortinet
11 6 (0.95%) SAP
12 4 (0.63%) Alteryx
12 4 (0.63%) Palo Alto
12 4 (0.63%) Splunk