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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 20 74
Rank change year-on-year -30 +54 -50
Permanent jobs citing Banking 755 1,472 1,268
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.14% 10.35% 3.90%
As % of the General category 7.42% 13.97% 6.31%
Number of salaries quoted 337 927 1,071
10th Percentile £45,000 £25,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £42,125 £62,105
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,500 £74,870 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.56% -6.41% +14.29%
75th Percentile £130,000 £102,500 £122,500
90th Percentile £135,000 £138,750 £143,750
UK median annual salary £87,500 £82,500 £83,577
% change year-on-year +6.06% -1.29% +11.44%

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 10,177 10,534 20,093
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 55.76% 74.07% 61.87%
Number of salaries quoted 6,758 6,457 15,092
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,717
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 May 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 14 (1.85%) SAS
2 8 (1.06%) Confluence
3 6 (0.79%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.66%) Ethereum
5 2 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 27 (3.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 29 (3.84%) Oracle Financials
2 13 (1.72%) Oracle ERP
3 7 (0.93%) Oracle Applications
4 3 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.26%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.26%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.26%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.26%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.13%) Actimize
6 1 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 189 (25.03%) AWS
2 127 (16.82%) SaaS
3 102 (13.51%) GCP
4 75 (9.93%) Azure
5 69 (9.14%) Amazon EKS
6 25 (3.31%) GitHub
7 16 (2.12%) GitHub Copilot
7 16 (2.12%) OCI
8 12 (1.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 11 (1.46%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 11 (1.46%) Microsoft 365
10 10 (1.32%) Azure AI
10 10 (1.32%) Azure Event Grid
10 10 (1.32%) Azure Machine Learning
10 10 (1.32%) Snowflake
11 8 (1.06%) Amazon MSK
11 8 (1.06%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (1.06%) OpenShift
12 7 (0.93%) Amazon Kinesis
12 7 (0.93%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 28 (3.71%) HTTP
2 27 (3.58%) CHAP
2 27 (3.58%) Firewall
2 27 (3.58%) TCP/IP
3 18 (2.38%) Broadband
4 17 (2.25%) LAN
4 17 (2.25%) WAN
5 15 (1.99%) Cisco ASA
6 14 (1.85%) VLAN
7 12 (1.59%) Network Security
8 11 (1.46%) Cisco Firepower
9 10 (1.32%) BGP
10 9 (1.19%) Unified Communications
10 9 (1.19%) WebEx
11 7 (0.93%) VPN
12 4 (0.53%) DHCP
12 4 (0.53%) DNS
12 4 (0.53%) SD-WAN
13 3 (0.40%) Software-Defined Networking
13 3 (0.40%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (3.44%) SQL Server
2 17 (2.25%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
4 7 (0.93%) Flink
4 7 (0.93%) Power BI
5 6 (0.79%) Data Lake
5 6 (0.79%) Looker
5 6 (0.79%) Tableau
6 5 (0.66%) Oracle Database
6 5 (0.66%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.40%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.40%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.40%) SAS EBI
9 2 (0.26%) DB2
10 1 (0.13%) Data Mart
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Exadata
10 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.13%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 48 (6.36%) TeamCity
2 11 (1.46%) JIRA
3 2 (0.26%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.13%) JUnit
4 1 (0.13%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 591 (78.28%) Finance
2 265 (35.10%) Social Skills
3 181 (23.97%) Retail
4 177 (23.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 163 (21.59%) Law
6 142 (18.81%) Financial Institution
7 118 (15.63%) Back Office
8 56 (7.42%) Investment Banking
9 51 (6.75%) Analytical Skills
10 47 (6.23%) Marketing
11 28 (3.71%) Front Office
12 25 (3.31%) Public Sector
13 21 (2.78%) Legal
13 21 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
13 21 (2.78%) Telecoms
14 17 (2.25%) Games
14 17 (2.25%) Influencing Skills
14 17 (2.25%) Organisational Skills
15 16 (2.12%) Polish Language
16 14 (1.85%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 120 (15.89%) Senior
2 101 (13.38%) Software Engineer
3 81 (10.73%) Lead
4 75 (9.93%) Analyst
5 43 (5.70%) Developer
6 42 (5.56%) Senior Software Engineer
7 39 (5.17%) Product Owner
8 37 (4.90%) Product Manager
9 34 (4.50%) Auditor
10 31 (4.11%) Development Engineer
10 31 (4.11%) Software Development Engineer
11 29 (3.84%) Architect
12 26 (3.44%) Internal Auditor
12 26 (3.44%) Lead Software Engineer
12 26 (3.44%) Security Auditor
13 25 (3.31%) Java Engineer
14 24 (3.18%) Consultant
15 21 (2.78%) AWS Engineer
15 21 (2.78%) Business Analyst
16 19 (2.52%) Linux Scripter
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (5.96%) REST
2 23 (3.05%) React
3 21 (2.78%) Kafka
4 18 (2.38%) .NET
5 13 (1.72%) Spring
6 10 (1.32%) RESTful
7 9 (1.19%) XMPP
8 8 (1.06%) Middleware
9 7 (0.93%) AngularJS
9 7 (0.93%) Sass
9 7 (0.93%) Spring Boot
10 6 (0.79%) AWS CDK
10 6 (0.79%) OpenAPI
10 6 (0.79%) Swagger
11 5 (0.66%) Next.js
11 5 (0.66%) Node.js
11 5 (0.66%) Smart Contracts
11 5 (0.66%) web3js
12 4 (0.53%) .NET Core
12 4 (0.53%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 135 (17.88%) Product Ownership
2 114 (15.10%) Cloud Native
3 50 (6.62%) Management Information System
4 43 (5.70%) Public Cloud
5 40 (5.30%) Blog
6 28 (3.71%) Onboarding
7 26 (3.44%) Distributed Systems
8 24 (3.18%) Credit Risk
8 24 (3.18%) Data Centre
9 22 (2.91%) Security Posture
10 19 (2.52%) FPGA
10 19 (2.52%) Hybrid Cloud
11 18 (2.38%) Blockchain
12 16 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
13 14 (1.85%) Hedge funds
14 12 (1.59%) Derivative
15 11 (1.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 11 (1.46%) Market Risk
16 9 (1.19%) Fixed Income
16 9 (1.19%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 41 (5.43%) Linux
2 22 (2.91%) Windows
3 14 (1.85%) Android
3 14 (1.85%) Apple iOS
4 12 (1.59%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.06%) Unix
6 2 (0.26%) AIX
7 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.13%) Solaris
7 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (25.43%) Roadmaps
2 157 (20.79%) Agile
3 148 (19.60%) Software Engineering
4 122 (16.16%) Problem-Solving
5 117 (15.50%) Fintech
6 112 (14.83%) Risk Management
7 102 (13.51%) Test Automation
8 101 (13.38%) Information Security
9 90 (11.92%) Stakeholder Management
10 87 (11.52%) CI/CD
11 83 (10.99%) Risk Assessment
12 78 (10.33%) Product Roadmap
13 74 (9.80%) Mentoring
14 71 (9.40%) DevOps
15 69 (9.14%) Process Improvement
16 67 (8.87%) Cybersecurity
17 65 (8.61%) Microservices
18 60 (7.95%) Product Management
18 60 (7.95%) Technical Leadership
19 59 (7.81%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 163 (21.59%) Java
2 93 (12.32%) Python
3 52 (6.89%) SQL
4 43 (5.70%) Go
5 27 (3.58%) TypeScript
6 24 (3.18%) C
6 24 (3.18%) C++
7 18 (2.38%) JavaScript
8 13 (1.72%) C#
9 8 (1.06%) Rust
10 7 (0.93%) PowerShell
11 6 (0.79%) Bash
12 4 (0.53%) R
13 3 (0.40%) Objective-C
13 3 (0.40%) Perl
13 3 (0.40%) Ruby
14 1 (0.13%) Cypher
14 1 (0.13%) RPG
14 1 (0.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 85 (11.26%) CISSP
2 82 (10.86%) CISA
3 68 (9.01%) Degree
4 54 (7.15%) CRISC
5 33 (4.37%) CISM
6 31 (4.11%) ACCA
7 28 (3.71%) FFIEC
8 27 (3.58%) CGEIT
8 27 (3.58%) SANS
9 23 (3.05%) CIMA
10 18 (2.38%) OSCP
11 16 (2.12%) CREST Certified
12 11 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
12 11 (1.46%) Security Cleared
13 7 (0.93%) Azure Certification
13 7 (0.93%) CompTIA Security+
13 7 (0.93%) PMI Certification
14 6 (0.79%) AWS Certification
14 6 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
14 6 (0.79%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (11.13%) NIST
2 70 (9.27%) PCI DSS
3 34 (4.50%) GDPR
4 30 (3.97%) COBIT
5 25 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 24 (3.18%) SOC 2
7 20 (2.65%) GRC
8 16 (2.12%) COREP
9 14 (1.85%) IFRS
9 14 (1.85%) QA
10 13 (1.72%) FINREP
11 12 (1.59%) EMIR
11 12 (1.59%) MiFID
12 11 (1.46%) Data Quality
13 6 (0.79%) Basel II
13 6 (0.79%) GAAP
13 6 (0.79%) PMO
14 5 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 3 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
15 3 (0.40%) PSD2
System Software
1 18 (2.38%) Virtual Machines
2 15 (1.99%) Docker
3 11 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.79%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.79%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (0.79%) Virtual Servers
4 6 (0.79%) vSphere
5 5 (0.66%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.13%) Firmware
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 95 (12.58%) Terraform
2 83 (10.99%) Kubernetes
3 58 (7.68%) Grafana
4 14 (1.85%) Ansible
5 9 (1.19%) Cisco CUCM
6 8 (1.06%) Istio
7 7 (0.93%) Argo
8 4 (0.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.26%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.13%) Cilium
10 1 (0.13%) Control-M
10 1 (0.13%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 49 (6.49%) Oracle
2 43 (5.70%) Microsoft
3 21 (2.78%) Cisco
4 18 (2.38%) BT
5 14 (1.85%) Palo Alto
6 13 (1.72%) Databricks
6 13 (1.72%) Fortinet
7 12 (1.59%) ServiceNow
8 11 (1.46%) Splunk
8 11 (1.46%) VMware
9 9 (1.19%) CheckPoint
9 9 (1.19%) Google
10 8 (1.06%) Confluent
11 7 (0.93%) SAP
12 6 (0.79%) BMC
12 6 (0.79%) NetApp
12 6 (0.79%) Workday
13 4 (0.53%) Informatica
13 4 (0.53%) Okta
13 4 (0.53%) OneLogin