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 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 49 28
Rank change year-on-year -15 -21 +12
Permanent jobs citing Banking 592 1,039 1,650
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.87% 5.53% 8.00%
As % of the General category 6.17% 8.37% 12.29%
Number of salaries quoted 374 821 1,378
10th Percentile £25,087 £50,000 £46,306
25th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £58,664
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £90,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +24.14% +2.49%
75th Percentile £116,875 £122,500 £95,436
90th Percentile £135,000 £147,500 £118,750
UK median annual salary £85,000 £87,283 £75,000
% change year-on-year -2.62% +16.38% -

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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,600 12,414 13,428
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 62.77% 66.01% 65.11%
Number of salaries quoted 6,140 7,236 10,563
10th Percentile £28,560 £35,750 £35,900
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 December 2025.

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 50 (8.45%) Apache Airflow
2 49 (8.28%) Apache
3 16 (2.70%) Tomcat
3 16 (2.70%) WebSphere
3 16 (2.70%) WebSphere Application Server
4 11 (1.86%) SharePoint
5 9 (1.52%) SAS
6 7 (1.18%) Ethereum
7 5 (0.84%) Confluence
8 3 (0.51%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
Applications
1 22 (3.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.17%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 16 (2.70%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.84%) SAP CO
3 5 (0.84%) SAP FI
3 5 (0.84%) SAP FI/CO
4 4 (0.68%) Adaptiv
5 3 (0.51%) SAP PS
6 2 (0.34%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.17%) Actimize
7 1 (0.17%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.17%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.17%) ION Anvil
7 1 (0.17%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 158 (26.69%) AWS
2 57 (9.63%) Snowflake
3 51 (8.61%) dbt
4 50 (8.45%) SaaS
5 45 (7.60%) Azure
6 41 (6.93%) GCP
7 32 (5.41%) Amazon EKS
8 25 (4.22%) GitHub
9 14 (2.36%) Power Platform
10 13 (2.20%) GitHub Actions
11 10 (1.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 9 (1.52%) Amazon EC2
12 9 (1.52%) Amazon S3
12 9 (1.52%) Route 53
13 8 (1.35%) Amazon Kinesis
14 7 (1.18%) GitHub Copilot
15 6 (1.01%) Amazon ECR
15 6 (1.01%) AWS CloudFormation
15 6 (1.01%) AWS Lambda
15 6 (1.01%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 70 (11.82%) Broadband
2 21 (3.55%) TCP/IP
3 18 (3.04%) SSL
4 10 (1.69%) Firewall
5 8 (1.35%) HTTP
6 7 (1.18%) VPN
7 6 (1.01%) CHAP
8 5 (0.84%) LAN
8 5 (0.84%) Network Security
8 5 (0.84%) WAN
9 4 (0.68%) Cisco ASA
9 4 (0.68%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (0.68%) NX-OS
9 4 (0.68%) WLAN
10 3 (0.51%) BGP
10 3 (0.51%) VLAN
11 2 (0.34%) RFID
11 2 (0.34%) Wireshark
12 1 (0.17%) Internet
12 1 (0.17%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (9.63%) Data Lake
2 49 (8.28%) Amazon Athena
2 49 (8.28%) Apache Arrow
2 49 (8.28%) Apache Iceberg
2 49 (8.28%) Apache Ignite
2 49 (8.28%) Dremio
3 23 (3.89%) SQL Server
4 22 (3.72%) PostgreSQL
5 18 (3.04%) DB2
6 14 (2.36%) Power BI
7 13 (2.20%) Tableau
8 9 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
8 9 (1.52%) Metadata
9 8 (1.35%) Flink
10 6 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.68%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.68%) DataStage
11 4 (0.68%) QlikView
12 2 (0.34%) Power Query
12 2 (0.34%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 19 (3.21%) TeamCity
2 15 (2.53%) Jenkins
3 11 (1.86%) JIRA
4 9 (1.52%) Git
5 5 (0.84%) ER Studio
6 4 (0.68%) ERwin
6 4 (0.68%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.34%) Postman
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.17%) Storybook
General
1 412 (69.59%) Finance
2 149 (25.17%) Social Skills
3 101 (17.06%) Investment Banking
4 77 (13.01%) Front Office
5 64 (10.81%) Retail
6 60 (10.14%) Financial Institution
7 48 (8.11%) Games
8 46 (7.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 46 (7.77%) Law
9 40 (6.76%) Back Office
10 26 (4.39%) Analytical Skills
11 17 (2.87%) Organisational Skills
12 14 (2.36%) Marketing
13 12 (2.03%) Legal
14 11 (1.86%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (1.35%) Billing
15 8 (1.35%) Retail Banking
16 5 (0.84%) Public Sector
17 4 (0.68%) Polish Language
18 3 (0.51%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 127 (21.45%) Senior
2 81 (13.68%) Software Engineer
3 63 (10.64%) Senior Software Engineer
4 60 (10.14%) Java Engineer
5 59 (9.97%) Java Software Engineer
6 58 (9.80%) AWS Engineer
7 57 (9.63%) Python Engineer
8 50 (8.45%) Customer Service Advisor
8 50 (8.45%) Python Software Engineer
8 50 (8.45%) Senior Java Engineer
8 50 (8.45%) Senior Java Software Engineer
9 49 (8.28%) AWS Software Engineer
10 38 (6.42%) Developer
11 37 (6.25%) Analyst
12 35 (5.91%) Lead
13 30 (5.07%) Architect
14 20 (3.38%) Auditor
14 20 (3.38%) C++ Developer
15 19 (3.21%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
16 18 (3.04%) Low Latency C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (8.28%) gRPC
1 49 (8.28%) NumPy
1 49 (8.28%) Pandas
1 49 (8.28%) Protocol Buffers
1 49 (8.28%) SciPy
2 17 (2.87%) .NET
3 16 (2.70%) LAPP Stack
3 16 (2.70%) LDAP
3 16 (2.70%) WebSphere MQ
4 15 (2.53%) Kafka
5 13 (2.20%) REST
6 7 (1.18%) CSS
6 7 (1.18%) HTML
6 7 (1.18%) Smart Contracts
6 7 (1.18%) web3js
7 6 (1.01%) React
7 6 (1.01%) RESTful
8 4 (0.68%) Jinja
8 4 (0.68%) WPF
8 4 (0.68%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 60 (10.14%) Fixed Income
1 60 (10.14%) Hedge funds
2 57 (9.63%) Derivative
3 52 (8.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 51 (8.61%) Equities
5 49 (8.28%) Pricing Data
6 34 (5.74%) Cloud Native
7 31 (5.24%) Management Information System
8 30 (5.07%) Public Cloud
9 27 (4.56%) Product Ownership
10 26 (4.39%) Data Centre
11 20 (3.38%) Hybrid Cloud
12 19 (3.21%) Credit Risk
13 18 (3.04%) FPGA
14 16 (2.70%) Linux Command Line
15 13 (2.20%) Distributed Systems
16 11 (1.86%) Market Risk
16 11 (1.86%) Security Posture
17 10 (1.69%) Blockchain
17 10 (1.69%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 48 (8.11%) Linux
2 27 (4.56%) Windows
3 20 (3.38%) Unix
4 17 (2.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.68%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.17%) AIX
6 1 (0.17%) Android
6 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.17%) Solaris
6 1 (0.17%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (19.09%) Agile
2 110 (18.58%) Software Engineering
3 104 (17.57%) Roadmaps
4 92 (15.54%) Problem-Solving
5 83 (14.02%) Asset Management
6 78 (13.18%) Risk Management
7 69 (11.66%) Risk Assessment
8 66 (11.15%) CI/CD
9 65 (10.98%) Customer Service
10 60 (10.14%) Information Security
10 60 (10.14%) Investment Management
11 55 (9.29%) Process Improvement
12 50 (8.45%) Due Diligence
12 50 (8.45%) Stakeholder Management
13 49 (8.28%) ITIL
14 47 (7.94%) Continuous Improvement
14 47 (7.94%) Fintech
15 45 (7.60%) Business Continuity
15 45 (7.60%) Business Continuity Management
15 45 (7.60%) Operations Management
Programming Languages
1 126 (21.28%) Java
2 123 (20.78%) Python
3 61 (10.30%) TypeScript
4 52 (8.78%) JavaScript
5 41 (6.93%) SQL
6 20 (3.38%) C++
6 20 (3.38%) Go
7 18 (3.04%) C
8 13 (2.20%) C#
9 9 (1.52%) Bash
9 9 (1.52%) PowerShell
10 7 (1.18%) Rust
11 4 (0.68%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.34%) R
13 1 (0.17%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.17%) COBOL
13 1 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.17%) Perl
13 1 (0.17%) SOQL
13 1 (0.17%) VBA
Qualifications
1 61 (10.30%) Degree
2 56 (9.46%) CISA
3 52 (8.78%) CISSP
4 50 (8.45%) CRISC
5 21 (3.55%) ITIL Certification
6 20 (3.38%) AWS Certification
7 12 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (1.86%) Master's Degree
9 10 (1.69%) ACCA
9 10 (1.69%) CISM
10 8 (1.35%) Azure Certification
10 8 (1.35%) PMI Certification
11 7 (1.18%) PMP
12 6 (1.01%) CFA
12 6 (1.01%) CGEIT
12 6 (1.01%) CIMA
12 6 (1.01%) FFIEC
12 6 (1.01%) ISTQB
12 6 (1.01%) OSCP
12 6 (1.01%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (11.66%) NIST
2 56 (9.46%) PCI DSS
3 23 (3.89%) SLA
4 22 (3.72%) GDPR
5 21 (3.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (2.53%) SOC 2
7 14 (2.36%) Data Quality
8 13 (2.20%) QA
9 12 (2.03%) GRC
10 11 (1.86%) PMO
11 10 (1.69%) IFRS
12 8 (1.35%) COBIT
13 6 (1.01%) GAAP
14 4 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
14 4 (0.68%) Basel II
14 4 (0.68%) EMIR
14 4 (0.68%) EU AI Act
14 4 (0.68%) NIST 800
14 4 (0.68%) SOC 1
15 3 (0.51%) COREP
System Software
1 8 (1.35%) Docker
2 6 (1.01%) Firmware
3 2 (0.34%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 40 (6.76%) Terraform
2 38 (6.42%) Kubernetes
3 21 (3.55%) Ansible
4 15 (2.53%) Grafana
5 8 (1.35%) Argo
6 4 (0.68%) Cilium
6 4 (0.68%) RSA Archer
7 2 (0.34%) Suricata
8 1 (0.17%) Control-M
8 1 (0.17%) SCCM
8 1 (0.17%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 70 (11.82%) BT
2 38 (6.42%) ServiceNow
3 31 (5.24%) Microsoft
4 22 (3.72%) Red Hat
5 20 (3.38%) IBM
6 18 (3.04%) Databricks
7 16 (2.70%) BMC
7 16 (2.70%) Remedy
8 14 (2.36%) Salesforce
9 7 (1.18%) Informatica
9 7 (1.18%) Murex
10 6 (1.01%) Google
10 6 (1.01%) SAP
11 5 (0.84%) Cisco
11 5 (0.84%) Oracle
12 4 (0.68%) CheckPoint
12 4 (0.68%) FIS
12 4 (0.68%) Fortinet
12 4 (0.68%) Sage
13 3 (0.51%) LexisNexis