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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 49 27
Rank change year-on-year -17 -22 +13
Permanent jobs citing Banking 574 987 1,598
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.77% 5.54% 7.94%
As % of the General category 6.06% 8.25% 12.27%
Number of salaries quoted 359 764 1,327
10th Percentile £25,087 £47,650 £46,306
25th Percentile £66,250 £70,097 £58,664
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £90,000 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +27.52% -0.23%
75th Percentile £118,750 £122,500 £96,539
90th Percentile £135,000 £147,500 £118,750
UK median annual salary £85,000 £85,253 £75,000
% change year-on-year -0.30% +13.67% -

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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,473 11,964 13,022
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 62.18% 67.10% 64.74%
Number of salaries quoted 6,101 6,996 10,185
10th Percentile £28,750 £36,000 £35,750
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 14 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 46 (8.01%) Apache Airflow
2 45 (7.84%) Apache
3 16 (2.79%) Tomcat
3 16 (2.79%) WebSphere
3 16 (2.79%) WebSphere Application Server
4 10 (1.74%) SAS
4 10 (1.74%) SharePoint
5 7 (1.22%) Confluence
5 7 (1.22%) Ethereum
6 3 (0.52%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
Applications
1 19 (3.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.26%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 16 (2.79%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.87%) SAP CO
3 5 (0.87%) SAP FI
3 5 (0.87%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.52%) SAP PS
5 2 (0.35%) Adaptiv
5 2 (0.35%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.17%) Actimize
6 1 (0.17%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.17%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.17%) ION Anvil
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.17%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 156 (27.18%) AWS
2 56 (9.76%) SaaS
3 53 (9.23%) Snowflake
4 47 (8.19%) dbt
5 44 (7.67%) Azure
6 41 (7.14%) GCP
7 35 (6.10%) Amazon EKS
8 27 (4.70%) GitHub
9 15 (2.61%) GitHub Actions
10 12 (2.09%) Power Platform
11 10 (1.74%) Amazon Kinesis
11 10 (1.74%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 9 (1.57%) Amazon EC2
12 9 (1.57%) Amazon S3
12 9 (1.57%) Route 53
13 7 (1.22%) GitHub Copilot
14 6 (1.05%) Amazon ECR
14 6 (1.05%) AWS CloudFormation
14 6 (1.05%) AWS Lambda
14 6 (1.05%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 63 (10.98%) Broadband
2 21 (3.66%) TCP/IP
3 18 (3.14%) SSL
4 10 (1.74%) Firewall
5 8 (1.39%) HTTP
6 7 (1.22%) CHAP
6 7 (1.22%) VPN
7 5 (0.87%) LAN
7 5 (0.87%) Network Security
7 5 (0.87%) WAN
8 4 (0.70%) Cisco ASA
8 4 (0.70%) Intrusion Detection
8 4 (0.70%) NX-OS
8 4 (0.70%) WLAN
9 3 (0.52%) BGP
9 3 (0.52%) VLAN
10 2 (0.35%) RFID
10 2 (0.35%) Wireshark
11 1 (0.17%) Internet
11 1 (0.17%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (9.23%) Data Lake
2 45 (7.84%) Amazon Athena
2 45 (7.84%) Apache Arrow
2 45 (7.84%) Apache Iceberg
2 45 (7.84%) Apache Ignite
2 45 (7.84%) Dremio
3 23 (4.01%) SQL Server
4 20 (3.48%) PostgreSQL
5 18 (3.14%) DB2
6 12 (2.09%) Power BI
6 12 (2.09%) Tableau
7 10 (1.74%) Flink
8 9 (1.57%) Amazon RDS
8 9 (1.57%) Metadata
9 6 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.70%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.70%) DataStage
10 4 (0.70%) QlikView
11 2 (0.35%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 20 (3.48%) TeamCity
2 15 (2.61%) Jenkins
3 12 (2.09%) JIRA
4 8 (1.39%) Git
5 5 (0.87%) ER Studio
6 4 (0.70%) ERwin
6 4 (0.70%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.35%) Postman
8 1 (0.17%) Storybook
General
1 401 (69.86%) Finance
2 140 (24.39%) Social Skills
3 97 (16.90%) Investment Banking
4 72 (12.54%) Front Office
5 70 (12.20%) Retail
6 62 (10.80%) Financial Institution
7 52 (9.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 49 (8.54%) Law
9 45 (7.84%) Back Office
10 42 (7.32%) Games
11 20 (3.48%) Analytical Skills
12 17 (2.96%) Organisational Skills
13 16 (2.79%) Marketing
14 8 (1.39%) Billing
14 8 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (1.39%) Retail Banking
15 7 (1.22%) Legal
16 5 (0.87%) Public Sector
17 4 (0.70%) General Ledger
17 4 (0.70%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 119 (20.73%) Senior
2 77 (13.41%) Software Engineer
3 59 (10.28%) Senior Software Engineer
4 57 (9.93%) Java Engineer
5 56 (9.76%) Java Software Engineer
6 55 (9.58%) AWS Engineer
7 53 (9.23%) Python Engineer
8 46 (8.01%) Python Software Engineer
8 46 (8.01%) Senior Java Engineer
8 46 (8.01%) Senior Java Software Engineer
9 45 (7.84%) AWS Software Engineer
10 44 (7.67%) Customer Service Advisor
11 39 (6.79%) Analyst
12 36 (6.27%) Lead
13 35 (6.10%) Developer
14 29 (5.05%) Architect
15 21 (3.66%) Auditor
16 19 (3.31%) C++ Developer
17 18 (3.14%) Linux Developer
17 18 (3.14%) Linux Scripter
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (7.84%) gRPC
1 45 (7.84%) NumPy
1 45 (7.84%) Pandas
1 45 (7.84%) Protocol Buffers
1 45 (7.84%) SciPy
2 17 (2.96%) Kafka
3 16 (2.79%) .NET
3 16 (2.79%) LAPP Stack
3 16 (2.79%) LDAP
3 16 (2.79%) WebSphere MQ
4 13 (2.26%) REST
5 7 (1.22%) CSS
5 7 (1.22%) HTML
5 7 (1.22%) React
5 7 (1.22%) Smart Contracts
5 7 (1.22%) web3js
6 6 (1.05%) RESTful
7 4 (0.70%) .NET Core
7 4 (0.70%) WPF
8 3 (0.52%) Jinja
Miscellaneous
1 56 (9.76%) Hedge funds
2 55 (9.58%) Derivative
3 54 (9.41%) Fixed Income
4 45 (7.84%) Equities
4 45 (7.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 45 (7.84%) Pricing Data
5 36 (6.27%) Cloud Native
6 33 (5.75%) Management Information System
7 30 (5.23%) Public Cloud
8 29 (5.05%) Product Ownership
9 25 (4.36%) Data Centre
10 19 (3.31%) Credit Risk
10 19 (3.31%) Hybrid Cloud
11 18 (3.14%) FPGA
12 16 (2.79%) Linux Command Line
13 15 (2.61%) Distributed Systems
14 11 (1.92%) Blockchain
14 11 (1.92%) Security Posture
15 10 (1.74%) Blog
15 10 (1.74%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 48 (8.36%) Linux
2 28 (4.88%) Windows
3 20 (3.48%) Unix
4 17 (2.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.70%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.35%) Android
6 2 (0.35%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.17%) AIX
7 1 (0.17%) Solaris
7 1 (0.17%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (18.82%) Agile
2 107 (18.64%) Software Engineering
3 98 (17.07%) Roadmaps
4 82 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 78 (13.59%) Asset Management
6 70 (12.20%) Risk Management
7 68 (11.85%) Risk Assessment
8 67 (11.67%) CI/CD
9 63 (10.98%) Information Security
10 59 (10.28%) Customer Service
11 56 (9.76%) Investment Management
11 56 (9.76%) Process Improvement
12 49 (8.54%) Stakeholder Management
13 47 (8.19%) Due Diligence
14 46 (8.01%) ITIL
15 45 (7.84%) Business Continuity
15 45 (7.84%) Business Continuity Management
15 45 (7.84%) Operations Management
15 45 (7.84%) Supply Chain Management
16 43 (7.49%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 126 (21.95%) Java
2 119 (20.73%) Python
3 57 (9.93%) TypeScript
4 47 (8.19%) JavaScript
5 41 (7.14%) SQL
6 23 (4.01%) Go
7 20 (3.48%) C++
8 19 (3.31%) C
9 13 (2.26%) C#
10 9 (1.57%) Bash
10 9 (1.57%) PowerShell
11 7 (1.22%) Rust
12 4 (0.70%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.35%) R
14 1 (0.17%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.17%) COBOL
14 1 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.17%) Perl
14 1 (0.17%) SOQL
14 1 (0.17%) VBA
Qualifications
1 61 (10.63%) Degree
2 58 (10.10%) CISA
3 54 (9.41%) CISSP
4 51 (8.89%) CRISC
5 20 (3.48%) AWS Certification
6 19 (3.31%) ITIL Certification
7 11 (1.92%) CISM
7 11 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (1.92%) Master's Degree
8 10 (1.74%) ACCA
9 8 (1.39%) Azure Certification
10 7 (1.22%) CGEIT
10 7 (1.22%) FFIEC
10 7 (1.22%) SANS
11 6 (1.05%) CIMA
11 6 (1.05%) ISTQB
11 6 (1.05%) OSCP
12 4 (0.70%) OSCE
12 4 (0.70%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (12.37%) NIST
2 58 (10.10%) PCI DSS
3 23 (4.01%) SLA
4 22 (3.83%) GDPR
4 22 (3.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 17 (2.96%) SOC 2
6 14 (2.44%) Data Quality
6 14 (2.44%) QA
7 13 (2.26%) GRC
8 10 (1.74%) IFRS
8 10 (1.74%) PMO
9 9 (1.57%) COBIT
10 6 (1.05%) Basel II
10 6 (1.05%) GAAP
11 4 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.70%) EMIR
11 4 (0.70%) EU AI Act
11 4 (0.70%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.70%) SOC 1
12 3 (0.52%) COREP
System Software
1 10 (1.74%) Docker
2 6 (1.05%) Firmware
3 3 (0.52%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 45 (7.84%) Terraform
2 41 (7.14%) Kubernetes
3 20 (3.48%) Ansible
4 16 (2.79%) Grafana
5 10 (1.74%) Argo
6 4 (0.70%) Cilium
6 4 (0.70%) RSA Archer
7 2 (0.35%) Suricata
8 1 (0.17%) Control-M
8 1 (0.17%) SCCM
8 1 (0.17%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 63 (10.98%) BT
2 39 (6.79%) ServiceNow
3 28 (4.88%) Microsoft
4 21 (3.66%) Red Hat
5 20 (3.48%) IBM
6 17 (2.96%) Databricks
7 16 (2.79%) BMC
7 16 (2.79%) Remedy
8 13 (2.26%) Salesforce
9 7 (1.22%) Google
9 7 (1.22%) Informatica
10 5 (0.87%) Cisco
10 5 (0.87%) Oracle
10 5 (0.87%) SAP
11 4 (0.70%) CheckPoint
11 4 (0.70%) Fortinet
11 4 (0.70%) Sage
12 3 (0.52%) Ariba
12 3 (0.52%) Murex
12 3 (0.52%) Sitecore