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

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 38 43
Rank change year-on-year -24 +5 -16
Permanent jobs citing Banking 941 1,053 1,190
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.87% 6.48% 5.10%
As % of the General category 6.35% 9.02% 8.15%
Number of salaries quoted 384 489 945
10th Percentile £31,500 £25,087 £62,263
25th Percentile £62,500 £30,000 £82,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £85,000 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -22.73% +54.93%
75th Percentile £130,000 £115,000 £142,500
90th Percentile £142,500 £135,000 £148,750
UK median annual salary £81,250 £85,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -4.41% -5.56% +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 14,812 11,680 14,610
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.95% 71.90% 62.60%
Number of salaries quoted 9,119 6,362 8,449
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,233 £39,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £55,655
% change year-on-year +1.85% -2.97% -7.24%

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 17 September 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 13 (1.38%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.43%) Ethereum
3 3 (0.32%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.32%) CMS
3 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.11%) Confluence
4 1 (0.11%) SAS
Applications
1 27 (2.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 28 (2.98%) Oracle Financials
2 22 (2.34%) Oracle ERP
3 20 (2.13%) Remedy ITSM
4 9 (0.96%) Oracle Applications
5 8 (0.85%) Oracle General Ledger
6 7 (0.74%) Oracle EBS
6 7 (0.74%) Oracle EBS R12
7 5 (0.53%) Actimize
8 3 (0.32%) Temenos T24
9 2 (0.21%) FLEXCUBE
9 2 (0.21%) Sage 50
10 1 (0.11%) Finacle
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Assets
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 299 (31.77%) AWS
2 144 (15.30%) GCP
3 124 (13.18%) SaaS
4 83 (8.82%) Azure
5 67 (7.12%) Amazon EKS
6 45 (4.78%) Snowflake
7 36 (3.83%) Amazon Bedrock
8 34 (3.61%) Anthropic Claude
9 21 (2.23%) GitHub
10 18 (1.91%) OCI
11 17 (1.81%) Microsoft 365
12 16 (1.70%) GitHub Copilot
12 16 (1.70%) Power Platform
13 14 (1.49%) Serverless
14 12 (1.28%) Datadog
15 11 (1.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 10 (1.06%) Azure AI
16 10 (1.06%) Azure Machine Learning
17 9 (0.96%) Azure DevOps
18 8 (0.85%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 57 (6.06%) Broadband
2 34 (3.61%) HTTP
3 23 (2.44%) Firewall
4 21 (2.23%) TCP/IP
5 19 (2.02%) LAN
5 19 (2.02%) WAN
6 15 (1.59%) Network Security
7 13 (1.38%) VLAN
8 10 (1.06%) BGP
8 10 (1.06%) OSPF
9 7 (0.74%) Cisco Nexus
9 7 (0.74%) DHCP
9 7 (0.74%) DNS
9 7 (0.74%) Structured Cabling
10 6 (0.64%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (0.64%) Cisco Firepower
10 6 (0.64%) MPLS
10 6 (0.64%) SD-WAN
10 6 (0.64%) Software-Defined Networking
10 6 (0.64%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (2.55%) PostgreSQL
2 22 (2.34%) SQL Server
3 21 (2.23%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (1.49%) Azure SQL Database
5 13 (1.38%) Power BI
6 11 (1.17%) Data Lake
7 9 (0.96%) DynamoDB
8 8 (0.85%) Relational Database
9 7 (0.74%) Looker
9 7 (0.74%) Metadata
10 6 (0.64%) Tableau
11 4 (0.43%) Amazon Athena
11 4 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.32%) Delta Lake
12 3 (0.32%) MongoDB
12 3 (0.32%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.21%) Elasticsearch
13 2 (0.21%) NoSQL
13 2 (0.21%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 69 (7.33%) TeamCity
2 34 (3.61%) Claude Code
3 12 (1.28%) Git
4 9 (0.96%) JUnit
5 5 (0.53%) JIRA
6 4 (0.43%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.32%) Android Studio
8 1 (0.11%) GitLab
8 1 (0.11%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.11%) Karma Test Runner
8 1 (0.11%) Maven
8 1 (0.11%) SonarQube
General
1 722 (76.73%) Finance
2 353 (37.51%) Social Skills
3 208 (22.10%) Retail
4 196 (20.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 180 (19.13%) Law
6 120 (12.75%) Financial Institution
7 117 (12.43%) Back Office
8 72 (7.65%) Legal
9 66 (7.01%) Investment Banking
10 65 (6.91%) Analytical Skills
11 47 (4.99%) Front Office
12 44 (4.68%) Marketing
13 39 (4.14%) Presentation Skills
14 23 (2.44%) Telecoms
15 22 (2.34%) Public Sector
16 17 (1.81%) Games
17 15 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
17 15 (1.59%) Polish Language
18 13 (1.38%) French Language
18 13 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 148 (15.73%) Senior
2 144 (15.30%) Software Engineer
3 130 (13.82%) Lead
4 75 (7.97%) Architect
5 54 (5.74%) Analyst
5 54 (5.74%) Senior Manager
6 51 (5.42%) Developer
7 49 (5.21%) Engineering Manager
8 47 (4.99%) Lead Software Engineer
8 47 (4.99%) Software Engineering Manager
8 47 (4.99%) Software Manager
9 39 (4.14%) Java Engineer
10 37 (3.93%) Development Engineer
10 37 (3.93%) Product Manager
10 37 (3.93%) Software Development Engineer
11 35 (3.72%) Product Owner
12 34 (3.61%) Enterprise Architect
12 34 (3.61%) Finance Manager
13 31 (3.29%) IT Manager
14 28 (2.98%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (11.69%) Terraform
2 53 (5.63%) REST
3 41 (4.36%) LangChain
3 41 (4.36%) LangGraph
4 34 (3.61%) Spring
5 24 (2.55%) React
6 18 (1.91%) RESTful
7 16 (1.70%) AngularJS
7 16 (1.70%) scikit-learn
8 15 (1.59%) OpenAPI
8 15 (1.59%) PyTorch
8 15 (1.59%) Swagger
8 15 (1.59%) TensorFlow
9 13 (1.38%) Node.js
9 13 (1.38%) Spring Boot
10 10 (1.06%) FIX Protocol
11 8 (0.85%) AWS CDK
12 7 (0.74%) Oracle Fusion
13 6 (0.64%) NumPy
13 6 (0.64%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 194 (20.62%) Product Ownership
2 138 (14.67%) Cloud Native
3 62 (6.59%) Public Cloud
4 45 (4.78%) Web Conferencing
5 44 (4.68%) AI Agents
6 43 (4.57%) Hedge funds
7 41 (4.36%) Podcast
8 31 (3.29%) Blog
8 31 (3.29%) Management Information System
9 24 (2.55%) Fixed Income
10 20 (2.13%) Derivative
10 20 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
11 19 (2.02%) Onboarding
11 19 (2.02%) Security Posture
12 18 (1.91%) Distributed Architecture
13 15 (1.59%) Social Media
14 14 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
15 13 (1.38%) Credit Risk
15 13 (1.38%) Data Centre
15 13 (1.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 37 (3.93%) Linux
2 20 (2.13%) Windows
3 19 (2.02%) Android
3 19 (2.02%) Apple iOS
4 7 (0.74%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.64%) Unix
6 3 (0.32%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.11%) AIX
7 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 261 (27.74%) Roadmaps
2 238 (25.29%) Software Engineering
3 141 (14.98%) AI
4 140 (14.88%) CI/CD
4 140 (14.88%) Fintech
5 137 (14.56%) Problem-Solving
6 127 (13.50%) Test Automation
7 106 (11.26%) Agile
8 99 (10.52%) Continuous Improvement
8 99 (10.52%) Technical Leadership
9 96 (10.20%) Mentoring
10 95 (10.10%) Machine Learning
11 94 (9.99%) Coaching
12 90 (9.56%) Product Roadmap
13 84 (8.93%) Disruptive Innovation
14 81 (8.61%) Deployment Automation
15 78 (8.29%) DevOps
15 78 (8.29%) Microservices
16 73 (7.76%) Clean Code
16 73 (7.76%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 211 (22.42%) Java
2 115 (12.22%) Python
3 72 (7.65%) SQL
4 25 (2.66%) TypeScript
5 24 (2.55%) JavaScript
6 23 (2.44%) Go
7 22 (2.34%) C++
8 15 (1.59%) PowerShell
9 13 (1.38%) C
10 11 (1.17%) Kotlin
10 11 (1.17%) R
11 9 (0.96%) Bash
12 8 (0.85%) Rust
13 7 (0.74%) C#
14 5 (0.53%) VBA
15 4 (0.43%) Bicep
16 3 (0.32%) Objective-C
16 3 (0.32%) Perl
16 3 (0.32%) Ruby
17 1 (0.11%) Scala
Qualifications
1 33 (3.51%) Degree
2 20 (2.13%) CISSP
3 19 (2.02%) ACCA
4 18 (1.91%) CISM
5 16 (1.70%) CIMA
6 14 (1.49%) CISA
7 11 (1.17%) CREST Certified
7 11 (1.17%) OSCP
8 9 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (0.96%) CRISC
9 8 (0.85%) Azure Certification
10 7 (0.74%) AWS Certification
10 7 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (0.74%) ISACA
10 7 (0.74%) Security Cleared
11 6 (0.64%) CCNP
12 5 (0.53%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.43%) CEH
13 4 (0.43%) CGEIT
13 4 (0.43%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (5.42%) QA
2 24 (2.55%) NIST
3 23 (2.44%) Data Quality
3 23 (2.44%) GDPR
4 19 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (2.02%) PCI DSS
5 18 (1.91%) Accessibility
6 17 (1.81%) COBIT
7 14 (1.49%) MiFID
8 13 (1.38%) EMIR
9 12 (1.28%) FINREP
9 12 (1.28%) GRC
10 11 (1.17%) SOC 2
11 9 (0.96%) COREP
12 8 (0.85%) SOC 1
13 7 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
14 5 (0.53%) EU AI Act
15 4 (0.43%) PMO
16 3 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
16 3 (0.32%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 13 (1.38%) Virtual Machines
2 11 (1.17%) Docker
3 6 (0.64%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (0.32%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.32%) vSphere
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 92 (9.78%) Kubernetes
2 85 (9.03%) Grafana
3 24 (2.55%) Ansible
4 6 (0.64%) Cisco CUCM
4 6 (0.64%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.32%) Norton AntiVirus
6 1 (0.11%) Argo
6 1 (0.11%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Flashback
6 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 57 (6.06%) BT
2 51 (5.42%) Oracle
3 49 (5.21%) Databricks
4 46 (4.89%) Microsoft
5 37 (3.93%) ServiceNow
6 23 (2.44%) BMC
7 20 (2.13%) Remedy
8 19 (2.02%) Cisco
9 12 (1.28%) Fortinet
9 12 (1.28%) Google
9 12 (1.28%) Palo Alto
10 11 (1.17%) FIS
10 11 (1.17%) Splunk
11 9 (0.96%) Dynatrace
11 9 (0.96%) SunGard
11 9 (0.96%) VMware
12 6 (0.64%) CheckPoint
13 5 (0.53%) Xero
14 4 (0.43%) HubSpot
14 4 (0.43%) Okta