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 23 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 22 57
Rank change year-on-year -47 +35 -34
Permanent jobs citing Banking 790 1,411 1,208
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.64% 8.56% 4.20%
As % of the General category 6.12% 11.81% 6.87%
Number of salaries quoted 333 803 997
10th Percentile £31,500 £25,000 £55,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £25,313 £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £78,810 £107,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.03% -26.69% +52.29%
75th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £142,500
90th Percentile £136,000 £135,000 £165,000
UK median annual salary £82,500 £83,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -0.60% -7.78% +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 12,910 11,945 17,594
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.56% 72.45% 61.21%
Number of salaries quoted 8,325 6,687 12,401
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £42,202
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £79,250 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,697
% change year-on-year - +4.37% -12.17%

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 23 July 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 (1.14%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.63%) SAS
3 4 (0.51%) Ethereum
4 3 (0.38%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 29 (3.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 33 (4.18%) Oracle Financials
2 19 (2.41%) Oracle ERP
3 16 (2.03%) Remedy ITSM
4 9 (1.14%) Oracle Applications
5 5 (0.63%) 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%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.13%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 230 (29.11%) AWS
2 127 (16.08%) SaaS
3 115 (14.56%) GCP
4 80 (10.13%) Azure
5 65 (8.23%) Amazon EKS
6 19 (2.41%) Snowflake
7 18 (2.28%) OCI
8 15 (1.90%) Microsoft 365
9 14 (1.77%) Power Platform
10 11 (1.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 10 (1.27%) Azure AI
11 10 (1.27%) Azure Machine Learning
12 9 (1.14%) Amazon Bedrock
12 9 (1.14%) Anthropic Claude
12 9 (1.14%) GitHub
13 8 (1.01%) Amazon MSK
13 8 (1.01%) dbt
13 8 (1.01%) GitHub Copilot
13 8 (1.01%) OpenShift
14 6 (0.76%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 30 (3.80%) HTTP
2 27 (3.42%) TCP/IP
3 26 (3.29%) Broadband
4 22 (2.78%) Firewall
5 17 (2.15%) LAN
5 17 (2.15%) WAN
6 11 (1.39%) CHAP
6 11 (1.39%) Cisco Firepower
6 11 (1.39%) VLAN
7 10 (1.27%) Cisco ASA
7 10 (1.27%) Network Security
8 9 (1.14%) Unified Communications
8 9 (1.14%) WebEx
9 7 (0.89%) VPN
10 6 (0.76%) BGP
10 6 (0.76%) SD-WAN
10 6 (0.76%) Software-Defined Networking
11 4 (0.51%) DHCP
11 4 (0.51%) DNS
12 3 (0.38%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (3.16%) SQL Server
2 15 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (1.77%) Azure SQL Database
4 11 (1.39%) Power BI
5 10 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (1.14%) Data Lake
6 9 (1.14%) Looker
7 6 (0.76%) Tableau
8 5 (0.63%) Oracle Database
9 4 (0.51%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.38%) Delta Lake
10 3 (0.38%) Metadata
10 3 (0.38%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (0.38%) SAS EBI
11 2 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.25%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.25%) Db2
11 2 (0.25%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.25%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 53 (6.71%) TeamCity
2 9 (1.14%) Claude Code
3 7 (0.89%) Git
4 5 (0.63%) JUnit
5 4 (0.51%) JIRA
6 2 (0.25%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.13%) GitLab
7 1 (0.13%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.13%) Karma Test Runner
7 1 (0.13%) Maven
7 1 (0.13%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.13%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 656 (83.04%) Finance
2 311 (39.37%) Social Skills
3 184 (23.29%) Retail
4 181 (22.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 157 (19.87%) Law
6 125 (15.82%) Financial Institution
7 116 (14.68%) Back Office
8 67 (8.48%) Investment Banking
9 64 (8.10%) Analytical Skills
10 59 (7.47%) Legal
11 53 (6.71%) Presentation Skills
12 41 (5.19%) Marketing
13 31 (3.92%) Front Office
14 20 (2.53%) Games
15 19 (2.41%) Public Sector
16 18 (2.28%) Polish Language
16 18 (2.28%) Telecoms
17 14 (1.77%) Italian Language
18 11 (1.39%) German Language
18 11 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 124 (15.70%) Senior
2 114 (14.43%) Software Engineer
3 97 (12.28%) Lead
4 64 (8.10%) Analyst
5 51 (6.46%) Developer
6 49 (6.20%) Senior Manager
7 45 (5.70%) Product Manager
8 42 (5.32%) Engineering Manager
9 41 (5.19%) Software Manager
10 40 (5.06%) Software Engineering Manager
11 39 (4.94%) Lead Software Engineer
12 34 (4.30%) Architect
13 33 (4.18%) Development Engineer
13 33 (4.18%) Software Development Engineer
14 31 (3.92%) Senior Software Engineer
15 29 (3.67%) Product Owner
16 24 (3.04%) Consultant
17 23 (2.91%) Data Scientist
18 22 (2.78%) Java Engineer
19 20 (2.53%) Digital Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (6.84%) REST
2 26 (3.29%) Spring
3 23 (2.91%) React
4 19 (2.41%) LangChain
4 19 (2.41%) LangGraph
5 13 (1.65%) Kafka
6 12 (1.52%) AngularJS
7 11 (1.39%) PyTorch
7 11 (1.39%) RESTful
7 11 (1.39%) scikit-learn
7 11 (1.39%) TensorFlow
8 10 (1.27%) .NET
9 9 (1.14%) FIX Protocol
9 9 (1.14%) OpenAPI
9 9 (1.14%) Spring Boot
9 9 (1.14%) Swagger
9 9 (1.14%) XMPP
10 8 (1.01%) AWS CDK
11 7 (0.89%) Node.js
12 5 (0.63%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 160 (20.25%) Product Ownership
2 127 (16.08%) Cloud Native
3 52 (6.58%) Public Cloud
4 39 (4.94%) Web Conferencing
5 38 (4.81%) Management Information System
6 33 (4.18%) Blog
7 32 (4.05%) Podcast
8 21 (2.66%) Fixed Income
8 21 (2.66%) Onboarding
9 20 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
10 18 (2.28%) Distributed Systems
11 17 (2.15%) Credit Risk
12 16 (2.03%) Derivative
12 16 (2.03%) FPGA
12 16 (2.03%) Hedge funds
12 16 (2.03%) Security Posture
13 14 (1.77%) AI Agents
14 13 (1.65%) Distributed Architecture
14 13 (1.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 12 (1.52%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 46 (5.82%) Linux
2 23 (2.91%) Windows
3 13 (1.65%) Android
3 13 (1.65%) Apple iOS
4 12 (1.52%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.14%) Unix
6 2 (0.25%) AIX
7 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.13%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 224 (28.35%) Roadmaps
2 191 (24.18%) Software Engineering
3 141 (17.85%) Problem-Solving
4 126 (15.95%) Agile
5 122 (15.44%) Fintech
6 112 (14.18%) Test Automation
7 105 (13.29%) CI/CD
8 92 (11.65%) Product Roadmap
9 89 (11.27%) AI
10 84 (10.63%) Technical Leadership
11 83 (10.51%) Continuous Improvement
12 78 (9.87%) Coaching
13 72 (9.11%) DevOps
14 71 (8.99%) Mentoring
14 71 (8.99%) Risk Management
15 67 (8.48%) Microservices
16 64 (8.10%) Analytics
17 63 (7.97%) Deployment Automation
18 61 (7.72%) Clean Code
19 60 (7.59%) Disruptive Innovation
Programming Languages
1 171 (21.65%) Java
2 104 (13.16%) Python
3 58 (7.34%) SQL
4 30 (3.80%) Go
5 28 (3.54%) C++
6 23 (2.91%) JavaScript
7 21 (2.66%) TypeScript
8 20 (2.53%) C
9 13 (1.65%) C#
10 11 (1.39%) PowerShell
11 10 (1.27%) R
12 8 (1.01%) Rust
13 5 (0.63%) VBA
14 4 (0.51%) Bash
15 3 (0.38%) Objective-C
15 3 (0.38%) Perl
15 3 (0.38%) Ruby
16 1 (0.13%) Google Apps Script
16 1 (0.13%) RPG
16 1 (0.13%) Scala
Qualifications
1 54 (6.84%) Degree
2 30 (3.80%) CISSP
3 28 (3.54%) ACCA
4 25 (3.16%) CIMA
4 25 (3.16%) CISM
5 24 (3.04%) CISA
6 13 (1.65%) CREST Certified
6 13 (1.65%) OSCP
7 12 (1.52%) CRISC
8 11 (1.39%) CGEIT
8 11 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (1.39%) FFIEC
8 11 (1.39%) SANS
9 9 (1.14%) Azure Certification
9 9 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (0.89%) ISACA
10 7 (0.89%) Security Cleared
11 6 (0.76%) CCNP
12 5 (0.63%) AWS Certification
12 5 (0.63%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (5.82%) QA
2 32 (4.05%) NIST
3 25 (3.16%) GDPR
3 25 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (3.16%) PCI DSS
4 22 (2.78%) COBIT
5 20 (2.53%) Data Quality
5 20 (2.53%) SOC 2
6 15 (1.90%) FINREP
7 14 (1.77%) COREP
8 13 (1.65%) GRC
9 12 (1.52%) Accessibility
10 11 (1.39%) EMIR
10 11 (1.39%) MiFID
11 7 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (0.89%) IFRS
11 7 (0.89%) SOC 1
12 5 (0.63%) PMO
13 4 (0.51%) EU AI Act
13 4 (0.51%) GAAP
System Software
1 18 (2.28%) Virtual Machines
2 13 (1.65%) Docker
3 8 (1.01%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.76%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (0.76%) Virtual Servers
4 6 (0.76%) vSphere
5 4 (0.51%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 92 (11.65%) Terraform
2 80 (10.13%) Kubernetes
3 68 (8.61%) Grafana
4 19 (2.41%) Ansible
5 9 (1.14%) Cisco CUCM
6 8 (1.01%) Istio
7 4 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.38%) Norton AntiVirus
9 2 (0.25%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.13%) Argo
10 1 (0.13%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Flashback
10 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 56 (7.09%) Oracle
2 52 (6.58%) Microsoft
3 29 (3.67%) ServiceNow
4 26 (3.29%) BT
5 21 (2.66%) Databricks
6 19 (2.41%) BMC
7 18 (2.28%) Cisco
8 17 (2.15%) Palo Alto
9 16 (2.03%) Remedy
10 15 (1.90%) Fortinet
11 13 (1.65%) Splunk
11 13 (1.65%) VMware
12 9 (1.14%) FIS
13 8 (1.01%) Confluent
13 8 (1.01%) SunGard
14 7 (0.89%) CheckPoint
15 6 (0.76%) NetApp
15 6 (0.76%) SAP
15 6 (0.76%) Workday
16 5 (0.63%) Dynatrace