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

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 35 58
Rank change year-on-year -27 +23 -34
Permanent jobs citing Banking 639 1,059 1,451
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.81% 7.63% 4.85%
As % of the General category 6.60% 10.69% 7.89%
Number of salaries quoted 321 840 1,189
10th Percentile £42,000 £25,000 £46,306
25th Percentile £70,000 £45,000 £58,664
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £79,648 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.00% +6.20% +7.14%
75th Percentile £127,500 £102,410 £97,290
90th Percentile £142,500 £140,000 £132,500
UK median annual salary £90,000 £85,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year +5.88% +9.68% +3.33%

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 9,676 9,906 18,396
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.70% 71.33% 61.53%
Number of salaries quoted 6,152 6,243 14,681
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,875
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £83,000 £75,772
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%

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 12 March 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 (2.97%) SAS
2 8 (1.25%) Confluence
2 8 (1.25%) Tomcat
2 8 (1.25%) WebSphere
2 8 (1.25%) WebSphere Application Server
3 7 (1.10%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.78%) Apache
4 5 (0.78%) Ethereum
5 3 (0.47%) Oracle Workflow
5 3 (0.47%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
Applications
1 11 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (1.56%) Remedy ITSM
2 9 (1.41%) Oracle Financials
3 6 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.78%) SAP CO
4 5 (0.78%) SAP FI
4 5 (0.78%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.47%) SAP PS
5 3 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.31%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.16%) Actimize
7 1 (0.16%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.16%) ION Anvil
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 171 (26.76%) AWS
2 128 (20.03%) SaaS
3 91 (14.24%) GCP
4 69 (10.80%) Amazon EKS
5 54 (8.45%) Azure
6 30 (4.69%) GitHub
7 15 (2.35%) GitHub Actions
8 14 (2.19%) Power Platform
9 13 (2.03%) Snowflake
10 11 (1.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 10 (1.56%) Amazon Kinesis
11 10 (1.56%) Azure Event Grid
11 10 (1.56%) GitHub Copilot
12 9 (1.41%) dbt
13 8 (1.25%) Amazon EC2
13 8 (1.25%) Amazon S3
13 8 (1.25%) Route 53
13 8 (1.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 7 (1.10%) Amazon ECS
15 6 (0.94%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 26 (4.07%) Broadband
1 26 (4.07%) TCP/IP
2 23 (3.60%) CHAP
3 21 (3.29%) Firewall
4 12 (1.88%) BGP
4 12 (1.88%) Cisco ASA
4 12 (1.88%) VPN
5 11 (1.72%) HTTP
5 11 (1.72%) LAN
5 11 (1.72%) WAN
6 10 (1.56%) VLAN
7 8 (1.25%) SSL
8 6 (0.94%) Network Security
9 5 (0.78%) Cisco Firepower
10 4 (0.63%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (0.63%) NX-OS
10 4 (0.63%) WLAN
11 3 (0.47%) Unified Communications
11 3 (0.47%) WebEx
12 1 (0.16%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (3.91%) SQL Server
2 24 (3.76%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (2.19%) Data Lake
3 14 (2.19%) Power BI
3 14 (2.19%) Tableau
4 11 (1.72%) DB2
5 10 (1.56%) Flink
6 8 (1.25%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (1.10%) BigQuery
8 6 (0.94%) Metadata
9 5 (0.78%) Amazon Athena
9 5 (0.78%) Apache Arrow
9 5 (0.78%) Apache Iceberg
9 5 (0.78%) Apache Ignite
9 5 (0.78%) Dremio
10 4 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.63%) DataStage
10 4 (0.63%) QlikView
10 4 (0.63%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 52 (8.14%) TeamCity
2 12 (1.88%) Jenkins
3 10 (1.56%) JIRA
4 4 (0.63%) ER Studio
4 4 (0.63%) ERwin
4 4 (0.63%) Git
4 4 (0.63%) PowerDesigner
5 1 (0.16%) JUnit
5 1 (0.16%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 476 (74.49%) Finance
2 213 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 180 (28.17%) Retail
4 156 (24.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 149 (23.32%) Law
6 147 (23.00%) Financial Institution
7 115 (18.00%) Back Office
8 51 (7.98%) Investment Banking
9 36 (5.63%) Marketing
10 35 (5.48%) Analytical Skills
10 35 (5.48%) Front Office
11 25 (3.91%) Games
12 18 (2.82%) Public Sector
13 16 (2.50%) Polish Language
14 15 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
15 13 (2.03%) Legal
16 12 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
16 12 (1.88%) Telecoms
17 10 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
18 8 (1.25%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 98 (15.34%) Senior
2 76 (11.89%) Software Engineer
3 63 (9.86%) Analyst
4 52 (8.14%) Lead
5 41 (6.42%) Developer
6 37 (5.79%) Senior Software Engineer
7 36 (5.63%) Auditor
8 33 (5.16%) Architect
9 27 (4.23%) Product Owner
10 26 (4.07%) Java Engineer
10 26 (4.07%) Java Software Engineer
11 25 (3.91%) AWS Engineer
11 25 (3.91%) Customer Service Advisor
12 22 (3.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 22 (3.44%) Internal Auditor
12 22 (3.44%) Security Auditor
13 20 (3.13%) C++ Developer
14 19 (2.97%) Linux Developer
14 19 (2.97%) Linux Scripter
14 19 (2.97%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (3.76%) .NET
2 21 (3.29%) REST
3 18 (2.82%) Kafka
4 13 (2.03%) React
4 13 (2.03%) RESTful
5 8 (1.25%) LAPP Stack
5 8 (1.25%) LDAP
5 8 (1.25%) Middleware
5 8 (1.25%) WebSphere MQ
5 8 (1.25%) WPF
6 7 (1.10%) CSS
6 7 (1.10%) HTML
6 7 (1.10%) OpenAPI
6 7 (1.10%) Sass
6 7 (1.10%) Swagger
7 6 (0.94%) .NET Core
8 5 (0.78%) Next.js
8 5 (0.78%) Protocol Buffers
8 5 (0.78%) Smart Contracts
8 5 (0.78%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 99 (15.49%) Cloud Native
2 83 (12.99%) Product Ownership
3 50 (7.82%) Management Information System
4 40 (6.26%) Blog
5 35 (5.48%) Data Centre
6 30 (4.69%) Distributed Systems
7 28 (4.38%) Credit Risk
7 28 (4.38%) Public Cloud
8 21 (3.29%) Hybrid Cloud
9 20 (3.13%) Onboarding
10 19 (2.97%) FPGA
10 19 (2.97%) Hedge funds
10 19 (2.97%) Security Posture
11 18 (2.82%) Blockchain
12 15 (2.35%) Market Risk
13 14 (2.19%) Fixed Income
14 13 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
15 11 (1.72%) Derivative
16 8 (1.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 8 (1.25%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 42 (6.57%) Linux
2 22 (3.44%) Windows
3 12 (1.88%) Unix
4 11 (1.72%) Android
4 11 (1.72%) Apple iOS
5 8 (1.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.78%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.63%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.16%) AIX
8 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (18.15%) Agile
2 115 (18.00%) Roadmaps
3 108 (16.90%) Software Engineering
4 101 (15.81%) Risk Management
5 97 (15.18%) Fintech
5 97 (15.18%) Stakeholder Management
6 93 (14.55%) CI/CD
7 90 (14.08%) Information Security
8 85 (13.30%) Problem-Solving
8 85 (13.30%) Risk Assessment
9 83 (12.99%) Test Automation
10 62 (9.70%) DevOps
10 62 (9.70%) Microservices
11 60 (9.39%) Cybersecurity
12 57 (8.92%) Process Improvement
13 56 (8.76%) Continuous Improvement
14 53 (8.29%) Analytics
15 52 (8.14%) Business Continuity
16 51 (7.98%) Clean Code
16 51 (7.98%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 135 (21.13%) Java
2 85 (13.30%) Python
3 39 (6.10%) SQL
4 35 (5.48%) Go
5 24 (3.76%) TypeScript
6 21 (3.29%) C++
7 20 (3.13%) C
8 14 (2.19%) C#
9 13 (2.03%) JavaScript
10 5 (0.78%) Bash
10 5 (0.78%) Rust
11 4 (0.63%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.47%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.47%) R
13 1 (0.16%) COBOL
13 1 (0.16%) Cypher
13 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.16%) RPG
13 1 (0.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 75 (11.74%) CISA
1 75 (11.74%) CISSP
2 74 (11.58%) Degree
3 52 (8.14%) CRISC
4 24 (3.76%) FFIEC
5 23 (3.60%) CGEIT
5 23 (3.60%) CISM
5 23 (3.60%) SANS
6 20 (3.13%) ACCA
7 15 (2.35%) OSCP
8 14 (2.19%) CIMA
9 13 (2.03%) CREST Certified
10 12 (1.88%) AWS Certification
10 12 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (1.56%) Security Cleared
12 9 (1.41%) Azure Certification
13 8 (1.25%) ITIL Certification
13 8 (1.25%) PMI Certification
14 7 (1.10%) CompTIA Security+
15 6 (0.94%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (12.05%) NIST
2 74 (11.58%) PCI DSS
3 32 (5.01%) GDPR
4 31 (4.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 30 (4.69%) SOC 2
6 23 (3.60%) COBIT
7 22 (3.44%) GRC
8 15 (2.35%) IFRS
8 15 (2.35%) SLA
9 11 (1.72%) QA
10 10 (1.56%) Data Quality
11 9 (1.41%) GAAP
12 7 (1.10%) COREP
13 6 (0.94%) Basel II
14 5 (0.78%) EMIR
15 4 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
15 4 (0.63%) EU AI Act
15 4 (0.63%) FINREP
15 4 (0.63%) MiFID
15 4 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (1.41%) Docker
1 9 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (0.78%) VMware NSX
3 4 (0.63%) Firmware
3 4 (0.63%) vSphere
4 3 (0.47%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (0.47%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 96 (15.02%) Terraform
2 81 (12.68%) Kubernetes
3 53 (8.29%) Grafana
4 16 (2.50%) Ansible
5 10 (1.56%) Argo
6 4 (0.63%) Cilium
7 3 (0.47%) Cisco CUCM
8 2 (0.31%) Istio
8 2 (0.31%) Opsgenie
9 1 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.16%) Control-M
9 1 (0.16%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 28 (4.38%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.07%) BT
3 24 (3.76%) ServiceNow
4 19 (2.97%) Oracle
5 16 (2.50%) Cisco
6 15 (2.35%) Databricks
7 14 (2.19%) IBM
8 12 (1.88%) Google
9 10 (1.56%) BMC
9 10 (1.56%) Informatica
9 10 (1.56%) Remedy
10 9 (1.41%) CheckPoint
10 9 (1.41%) VMware
11 8 (1.25%) Red Hat
12 7 (1.10%) Fortinet
12 7 (1.10%) Salesforce
12 7 (1.10%) SAP
13 5 (0.78%) Palo Alto
13 5 (0.78%) Splunk
14 4 (0.63%) Alteryx