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 26 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 21 63
Rank change year-on-year -39 +42 -39
Permanent jobs citing Banking 784 1,478 1,332
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.85% 9.45% 3.94%
As % of the General category 6.57% 12.74% 6.47%
Number of salaries quoted 328 861 1,101
10th Percentile £31,500 £25,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £54,375 £25,313 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £75,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -16.67% +24.14%
75th Percentile £125,625 £111,250 £142,500
90th Percentile £130,000 £135,000 £148,750
UK median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% +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 11,939 11,605 20,591
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 58.59% 74.19% 60.87%
Number of salaries quoted 7,834 6,425 15,049
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £31,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £79,250 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 26 June 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 9 (1.15%) SAS
2 7 (0.89%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.51%) Ethereum
4 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 29 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 34 (4.34%) Oracle Financials
2 20 (2.55%) Oracle ERP
3 10 (1.28%) Remedy ITSM
4 9 (1.15%) Oracle Applications
5 5 (0.64%) Oracle General Ledger
6 4 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.51%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.13%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.13%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 218 (27.81%) AWS
2 135 (17.22%) SaaS
3 115 (14.67%) GCP
4 78 (9.95%) Azure
5 71 (9.06%) Amazon EKS
6 19 (2.42%) OCI
7 13 (1.66%) Microsoft 365
8 11 (1.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 11 (1.40%) Power Platform
9 10 (1.28%) Azure AI
9 10 (1.28%) Azure Machine Learning
9 10 (1.28%) dbt
9 10 (1.28%) Snowflake
10 9 (1.15%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 9 (1.15%) GitHub
10 9 (1.15%) GitHub Copilot
11 8 (1.02%) Amazon MSK
11 8 (1.02%) Azure Event Grid
11 8 (1.02%) Figma
11 8 (1.02%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 29 (3.70%) HTTP
2 28 (3.57%) TCP/IP
3 23 (2.93%) Firewall
4 21 (2.68%) Broadband
5 17 (2.17%) CHAP
6 16 (2.04%) LAN
6 16 (2.04%) WAN
7 13 (1.66%) VLAN
8 12 (1.53%) Cisco ASA
9 11 (1.40%) Cisco Firepower
10 10 (1.28%) Network Security
11 9 (1.15%) Unified Communications
11 9 (1.15%) WebEx
12 8 (1.02%) BGP
13 6 (0.77%) VPN
14 4 (0.51%) DHCP
14 4 (0.51%) DNS
14 4 (0.51%) SD-WAN
14 4 (0.51%) Software-Defined Networking
15 3 (0.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (3.32%) SQL Server
2 20 (2.55%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (1.66%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (1.15%) Data Lake
4 9 (1.15%) Looker
5 8 (1.02%) Power BI
6 6 (0.77%) Tableau
7 5 (0.64%) Oracle Database
7 5 (0.64%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.51%) BigQuery
8 4 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.38%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (0.38%) SAS EBI
10 2 (0.26%) Db2
10 2 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.26%) Metadata
11 1 (0.13%) Data Mart
11 1 (0.13%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 57 (7.27%) TeamCity
2 4 (0.51%) JIRA
2 4 (0.51%) JUnit
3 2 (0.26%) Git
4 1 (0.13%) GitLab
4 1 (0.13%) IntelliJ
4 1 (0.13%) Karma Test Runner
4 1 (0.13%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 650 (82.91%) Finance
2 310 (39.54%) Social Skills
3 193 (24.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 191 (24.36%) Retail
5 168 (21.43%) Law
6 141 (17.98%) Financial Institution
7 124 (15.82%) Back Office
8 60 (7.65%) Investment Banking
9 58 (7.40%) Legal
10 57 (7.27%) Analytical Skills
11 53 (6.76%) Presentation Skills
12 42 (5.36%) Marketing
13 24 (3.06%) Front Office
14 22 (2.81%) Public Sector
15 20 (2.55%) Polish Language
16 19 (2.42%) Telecoms
17 17 (2.17%) Games
18 14 (1.79%) Italian Language
19 12 (1.53%) Organisational Skills
20 10 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 126 (16.07%) Senior
2 115 (14.67%) Software Engineer
3 89 (11.35%) Lead
4 61 (7.78%) Analyst
5 56 (7.14%) Developer
6 50 (6.38%) Product Manager
7 44 (5.61%) Senior Manager
8 39 (4.97%) Product Owner
9 38 (4.85%) Engineering Manager
9 38 (4.85%) Lead Software Engineer
10 37 (4.72%) Senior Software Engineer
10 37 (4.72%) Software Manager
11 36 (4.59%) Software Engineering Manager
12 32 (4.08%) Development Engineer
12 32 (4.08%) Software Development Engineer
13 25 (3.19%) Architect
13 25 (3.19%) Java Engineer
14 24 (3.06%) Consultant
15 20 (2.55%) Auditor
15 20 (2.55%) Senior Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (6.89%) REST
2 24 (3.06%) React
2 24 (3.06%) Spring
3 15 (1.91%) .NET
4 14 (1.79%) Kafka
5 12 (1.53%) AngularJS
6 10 (1.28%) RESTful
7 9 (1.15%) PyTorch
7 9 (1.15%) Spring Boot
7 9 (1.15%) TensorFlow
7 9 (1.15%) XMPP
8 8 (1.02%) AWS CDK
8 8 (1.02%) LangChain
8 8 (1.02%) LangGraph
8 8 (1.02%) Middleware
9 7 (0.89%) Node.js
9 7 (0.89%) OpenAPI
9 7 (0.89%) Swagger
10 5 (0.64%) .NET Core
10 5 (0.64%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 165 (21.05%) Product Ownership
2 133 (16.96%) Cloud Native
3 49 (6.25%) Public Cloud
4 45 (5.74%) Management Information System
5 41 (5.23%) Blog
6 39 (4.97%) Web Conferencing
7 32 (4.08%) Podcast
8 23 (2.93%) Onboarding
9 21 (2.68%) Distributed Systems
9 21 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
10 20 (2.55%) Security Posture
11 18 (2.30%) FPGA
12 16 (2.04%) Data Centre
13 15 (1.91%) Credit Risk
14 13 (1.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 13 (1.66%) Hybrid Cloud
15 12 (1.53%) Blockchain
15 12 (1.53%) Derivative
15 12 (1.53%) Fixed Income
16 11 (1.40%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 43 (5.48%) Linux
2 23 (2.93%) Windows
3 12 (1.53%) Android
3 12 (1.53%) Apple iOS
3 12 (1.53%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.15%) Unix
5 2 (0.26%) AIX
6 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.13%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (25.26%) Roadmaps
2 186 (23.72%) Software Engineering
3 141 (17.98%) Agile
4 136 (17.35%) Problem-Solving
5 130 (16.58%) Fintech
6 118 (15.05%) Test Automation
7 103 (13.14%) CI/CD
8 88 (11.22%) Product Roadmap
9 78 (9.95%) Coaching
9 78 (9.95%) Technical Leadership
10 77 (9.82%) Risk Management
11 76 (9.69%) Continuous Improvement
12 75 (9.57%) Microservices
13 72 (9.18%) DevOps
14 71 (9.06%) Mentoring
15 69 (8.80%) AI
16 66 (8.42%) Analytics
17 63 (8.04%) Clean Code
18 62 (7.91%) Deployment Automation
18 62 (7.91%) Disruptive Innovation
Programming Languages
1 176 (22.45%) Java
2 99 (12.63%) Python
3 56 (7.14%) SQL
4 30 (3.83%) Go
5 23 (2.93%) C++
5 23 (2.93%) JavaScript
5 23 (2.93%) TypeScript
6 22 (2.81%) C
7 14 (1.79%) C#
8 8 (1.02%) PowerShell
9 7 (0.89%) R
9 7 (0.89%) Rust
10 4 (0.51%) Bash
11 3 (0.38%) Objective-C
11 3 (0.38%) Perl
11 3 (0.38%) Ruby
11 3 (0.38%) VBA
12 1 (0.13%) Cypher
12 1 (0.13%) Google Apps Script
12 1 (0.13%) RPG
Qualifications
1 64 (8.16%) Degree
2 37 (4.72%) CISSP
3 31 (3.95%) CISA
3 31 (3.95%) CISM
4 28 (3.57%) ACCA
5 24 (3.06%) CIMA
6 18 (2.30%) FFIEC
7 17 (2.17%) CGEIT
7 17 (2.17%) SANS
8 16 (2.04%) CREST Certified
8 16 (2.04%) OSCP
9 13 (1.66%) CRISC
10 11 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (1.28%) Security Cleared
12 8 (1.02%) Azure Certification
13 7 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
13 7 (0.89%) ISACA
14 6 (0.77%) CompTIA Security+
15 5 (0.64%) AWS Certification
15 5 (0.64%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (5.87%) QA
2 38 (4.85%) NIST
3 30 (3.83%) PCI DSS
4 29 (3.70%) GDPR
4 29 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 27 (3.44%) COBIT
6 24 (3.06%) SOC 2
7 16 (2.04%) GRC
8 14 (1.79%) COREP
8 14 (1.79%) Data Quality
8 14 (1.79%) FINREP
9 11 (1.40%) EMIR
9 11 (1.40%) MiFID
10 8 (1.02%) IFRS
11 7 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (0.89%) SOC 1
12 6 (0.77%) Accessibility
12 6 (0.77%) PMO
13 4 (0.51%) GAAP
13 4 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 18 (2.30%) Virtual Machines
2 12 (1.53%) Docker
3 10 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.02%) Active Directory
5 6 (0.77%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 6 (0.77%) Virtual Servers
5 6 (0.77%) vSphere
6 4 (0.51%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 96 (12.24%) Terraform
2 85 (10.84%) Kubernetes
3 69 (8.80%) Grafana
4 14 (1.79%) Ansible
5 9 (1.15%) Cisco CUCM
6 8 (1.02%) Istio
7 4 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.38%) Norton AntiVirus
9 2 (0.26%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.13%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 59 (7.53%) Oracle
2 50 (6.38%) Microsoft
3 22 (2.81%) ServiceNow
4 21 (2.68%) BT
5 19 (2.42%) Cisco
6 15 (1.91%) Palo Alto
7 14 (1.79%) Splunk
8 13 (1.66%) BMC
8 13 (1.66%) Fortinet
8 13 (1.66%) VMware
9 11 (1.40%) Databricks
10 10 (1.28%) Remedy
11 8 (1.02%) Confluent
12 7 (0.89%) CheckPoint
13 6 (0.77%) NetApp
13 6 (0.77%) SAP
13 6 (0.77%) Workday
14 5 (0.64%) Google
15 4 (0.51%) Okta
15 4 (0.51%) OneLogin