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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 23 63
Rank change year-on-year -26 +40 -39
Permanent jobs citing Banking 738 1,184 1,385
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.28% 9.16% 4.36%
As % of the General category 7.53% 12.75% 7.08%
Number of salaries quoted 349 928 1,105
10th Percentile £48,000 £25,000 £46,306
25th Percentile £70,000 £45,000 £57,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £75,780 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.36% +1.04% +7.14%
75th Percentile £130,000 £102,500 £102,500
90th Percentile £144,000 £140,000 £138,750
UK median annual salary £90,000 £83,577 £80,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +4.47% +6.67%

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 general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 9,799 9,285 19,564
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.89% 71.83% 61.64%
Number of salaries quoted 6,515 6,414 15,129
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £41,856 £44,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,743 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.22% +6.57% -8.80%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -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 9 April 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 19 (2.57%) SAS
2 8 (1.08%) Confluence
3 6 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (0.81%) Ethereum
4 4 (0.54%) Apache
4 4 (0.54%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.54%) Tomcat
4 4 (0.54%) WebSphere
4 4 (0.54%) WebSphere Application Server
5 3 (0.41%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.14%) WebLogic
Applications
1 16 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 19 (2.57%) Oracle Financials
2 7 (0.95%) Oracle ERP
2 7 (0.95%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.41%) Oracle Applications
4 3 (0.41%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.41%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.41%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.27%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.27%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.14%) Actimize
6 1 (0.14%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.14%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 204 (27.64%) AWS
2 142 (19.24%) SaaS
3 113 (15.31%) GCP
4 80 (10.84%) Amazon EKS
4 80 (10.84%) Azure
5 32 (4.34%) GitHub
6 17 (2.30%) Snowflake
7 15 (2.03%) GitHub Actions
7 15 (2.03%) GitHub Copilot
8 12 (1.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 11 (1.49%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 10 (1.36%) Amazon Kinesis
10 10 (1.36%) Azure AI
10 10 (1.36%) Azure Event Grid
10 10 (1.36%) Azure Machine Learning
10 10 (1.36%) dbt
10 10 (1.36%) OCI
10 10 (1.36%) Power Platform
11 8 (1.08%) Amazon ECS
11 8 (1.08%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 29 (3.93%) TCP/IP
2 26 (3.52%) Firewall
3 25 (3.39%) CHAP
4 21 (2.85%) HTTP
5 20 (2.71%) Broadband
6 14 (1.90%) LAN
6 14 (1.90%) WAN
7 13 (1.76%) Cisco ASA
7 13 (1.76%) VLAN
8 12 (1.63%) BGP
8 12 (1.63%) Network Security
9 10 (1.36%) VPN
10 8 (1.08%) Cisco Firepower
11 6 (0.81%) Unified Communications
11 6 (0.81%) WebEx
12 4 (0.54%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (0.54%) SSL
13 3 (0.41%) DHCP
13 3 (0.41%) DNS
13 3 (0.41%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (4.34%) SQL Server
2 21 (2.85%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (1.49%) Data Lake
4 10 (1.36%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (1.36%) Flink
4 10 (1.36%) Power BI
4 10 (1.36%) Tableau
5 7 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (0.81%) DB2
7 5 (0.68%) Looker
7 5 (0.68%) Oracle Database
7 5 (0.68%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.54%) Amazon Athena
8 4 (0.54%) Apache Arrow
8 4 (0.54%) Apache Iceberg
8 4 (0.54%) Apache Ignite
8 4 (0.54%) BigQuery
8 4 (0.54%) Dremio
9 3 (0.41%) Metadata
9 3 (0.41%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 57 (7.72%) TeamCity
2 11 (1.49%) JIRA
3 8 (1.08%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.41%) Git
5 1 (0.14%) ER Studio
5 1 (0.14%) ERwin
5 1 (0.14%) JUnit
5 1 (0.14%) PowerDesigner
5 1 (0.14%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 573 (77.64%) Finance
2 250 (33.88%) Social Skills
3 201 (27.24%) Retail
4 185 (25.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 174 (23.58%) Law
6 160 (21.68%) Financial Institution
7 130 (17.62%) Back Office
8 59 (7.99%) Investment Banking
9 49 (6.64%) Analytical Skills
10 46 (6.23%) Marketing
11 40 (5.42%) Front Office
12 22 (2.98%) Public Sector
13 21 (2.85%) Legal
14 19 (2.57%) Games
14 19 (2.57%) Presentation Skills
15 18 (2.44%) Telecoms
16 17 (2.30%) Polish Language
17 16 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
18 14 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
19 12 (1.63%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 119 (16.12%) Senior
2 97 (13.14%) Software Engineer
3 78 (10.57%) Analyst
4 68 (9.21%) Lead
5 47 (6.37%) Senior Software Engineer
6 39 (5.28%) Developer
7 37 (5.01%) Auditor
7 37 (5.01%) Product Owner
8 31 (4.20%) Architect
9 30 (4.07%) AWS Engineer
10 29 (3.93%) Java Engineer
11 26 (3.52%) Java Software Engineer
12 25 (3.39%) Business Analyst
12 25 (3.39%) Product Manager
13 24 (3.25%) Internal Auditor
13 24 (3.25%) Security Auditor
14 23 (3.12%) Consultant
14 23 (3.12%) Development Engineer
14 23 (3.12%) Software Development Engineer
15 21 (2.85%) C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (4.74%) REST
2 24 (3.25%) Kafka
3 21 (2.85%) .NET
4 19 (2.57%) React
5 13 (1.76%) RESTful
6 9 (1.22%) Middleware
7 7 (0.95%) OpenAPI
7 7 (0.95%) Sass
7 7 (0.95%) Spring
7 7 (0.95%) Swagger
8 6 (0.81%) Smart Contracts
8 6 (0.81%) web3js
8 6 (0.81%) XMPP
9 5 (0.68%) CSS
9 5 (0.68%) HTML
9 5 (0.68%) Next.js
10 4 (0.54%) .NET Core
10 4 (0.54%) gRPC
10 4 (0.54%) LAPP Stack
10 4 (0.54%) Protocol Buffers
Miscellaneous
1 118 (15.99%) Cloud Native
2 114 (15.45%) Product Ownership
3 52 (7.05%) Management Information System
4 44 (5.96%) Blog
5 39 (5.28%) Public Cloud
6 33 (4.47%) Distributed Systems
7 32 (4.34%) Data Centre
8 24 (3.25%) Credit Risk
8 24 (3.25%) Onboarding
9 23 (3.12%) Security Posture
10 21 (2.85%) Hybrid Cloud
11 20 (2.71%) FPGA
11 20 (2.71%) Hedge funds
12 19 (2.57%) Blockchain
13 16 (2.17%) Derivative
14 15 (2.03%) Fixed Income
15 13 (1.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 13 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
16 11 (1.49%) Market Risk
17 8 (1.08%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 47 (6.37%) Linux
2 27 (3.66%) Windows
3 13 (1.76%) Unix
4 12 (1.63%) Android
4 12 (1.63%) Apple iOS
5 10 (1.36%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.54%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.14%) AIX
7 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (21.82%) Roadmaps
2 151 (20.46%) Agile
3 140 (18.97%) Software Engineering
4 112 (15.18%) Fintech
5 107 (14.50%) Problem-Solving
6 106 (14.36%) Risk Management
7 105 (14.23%) CI/CD
8 102 (13.82%) Test Automation
9 98 (13.28%) Stakeholder Management
10 97 (13.14%) Information Security
11 86 (11.65%) Risk Assessment
12 74 (10.03%) DevOps
13 72 (9.76%) Microservices
14 69 (9.35%) Product Roadmap
15 66 (8.94%) Mentoring
16 65 (8.81%) Process Improvement
17 63 (8.54%) Continuous Improvement
18 61 (8.27%) Cybersecurity
19 57 (7.72%) Clean Code
20 56 (7.59%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 165 (22.36%) Java
2 94 (12.74%) Python
3 58 (7.86%) SQL
4 47 (6.37%) Go
5 29 (3.93%) TypeScript
6 25 (3.39%) C++
7 24 (3.25%) C
8 17 (2.30%) JavaScript
9 13 (1.76%) C#
10 9 (1.22%) Rust
11 8 (1.08%) Bash
12 6 (0.81%) PowerShell
13 4 (0.54%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.41%) Objective-C
14 3 (0.41%) Perl
14 3 (0.41%) R
14 3 (0.41%) Ruby
15 1 (0.14%) Cypher
15 1 (0.14%) RPG
15 1 (0.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 79 (10.70%) Degree
2 78 (10.57%) CISA
2 78 (10.57%) CISSP
3 52 (7.05%) CRISC
4 26 (3.52%) ACCA
4 26 (3.52%) CISM
4 26 (3.52%) FFIEC
5 25 (3.39%) CGEIT
5 25 (3.39%) SANS
6 19 (2.57%) CIMA
6 19 (2.57%) OSCP
7 17 (2.30%) CREST Certified
8 11 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (1.36%) AWS Certification
9 10 (1.36%) Azure Certification
9 10 (1.36%) Security Cleared
10 7 (0.95%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (0.95%) OSCE
10 7 (0.95%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.81%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (10.84%) NIST
2 74 (10.03%) PCI DSS
3 34 (4.61%) GDPR
4 32 (4.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 30 (4.07%) SOC 2
6 25 (3.39%) COBIT
7 22 (2.98%) GRC
8 14 (1.90%) IFRS
9 13 (1.76%) COREP
9 13 (1.76%) EMIR
10 12 (1.63%) Data Quality
10 12 (1.63%) MiFID
11 10 (1.36%) FINREP
11 10 (1.36%) QA
11 10 (1.36%) SLA
12 7 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
12 7 (0.95%) GAAP
13 6 (0.81%) Basel II
14 5 (0.68%) PMO
14 5 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 18 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
2 15 (2.03%) Docker
3 11 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.81%) vSphere
5 5 (0.68%) Active Directory
5 5 (0.68%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 5 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
5 5 (0.68%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.27%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 110 (14.91%) Terraform
2 96 (13.01%) Kubernetes
3 61 (8.27%) Grafana
4 16 (2.17%) Ansible
5 10 (1.36%) Argo
6 8 (1.08%) Istio
7 6 (0.81%) Cisco CUCM
8 4 (0.54%) Cilium
9 3 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.27%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.14%) Control-M
11 1 (0.14%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 42 (5.69%) Microsoft
2 36 (4.88%) Oracle
3 22 (2.98%) Databricks
4 20 (2.71%) BT
5 19 (2.57%) Cisco
6 16 (2.17%) ServiceNow
7 11 (1.49%) VMware
8 10 (1.36%) Fortinet
8 10 (1.36%) Google
8 10 (1.36%) Palo Alto
9 9 (1.22%) CheckPoint
10 8 (1.08%) BMC
10 8 (1.08%) Confluent
10 8 (1.08%) SAP
10 8 (1.08%) Splunk
11 7 (0.95%) IBM
11 7 (0.95%) Informatica
11 7 (0.95%) Remedy
12 5 (0.68%) NetApp
12 5 (0.68%) Salesforce