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 22 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 47 30
Rank change year-on-year -10 -17 +11
Permanent jobs citing Banking 632 1,090 1,649
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.13% 5.40% 7.68%
As % of the General category 6.35% 8.58% 11.79%
Number of salaries quoted 405 870 1,372
10th Percentile £25,087 £52,500 £46,306
25th Percentile £61,250 £76,727 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £92,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% +23.33% +6.03%
75th Percentile £118,750 £122,500 £95,016
90th Percentile £135,000 £148,750 £118,750
UK median annual salary £85,000 £90,000 £75,277
% change year-on-year -5.56% +19.56% +0.37%

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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,955 12,708 13,991
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 65.10% 62.99% 65.17%
Number of salaries quoted 6,362 7,353 11,016
10th Percentile £28,505 £35,300 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,500 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - +0.16%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 22 November 2025.

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 57 (9.02%) Apache
1 57 (9.02%) Apache Airflow
2 16 (2.53%) Tomcat
2 16 (2.53%) WebSphere
2 16 (2.53%) WebSphere Application Server
3 11 (1.74%) SharePoint
4 8 (1.27%) SAS
5 7 (1.11%) Ethereum
6 3 (0.47%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.32%) Confluence
8 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
Applications
1 21 (3.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (3.01%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.16%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (2.37%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (1.27%) Adaptiv
2 8 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.79%) SAP CO
3 5 (0.79%) SAP FI
3 5 (0.79%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.47%) SAP PS
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.32%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.16%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.16%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.16%) ION Anvil
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.16%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 163 (25.79%) AWS
2 65 (10.28%) Snowflake
3 59 (9.34%) dbt
4 51 (8.07%) Azure
5 44 (6.96%) SaaS
6 43 (6.80%) GCP
7 28 (4.43%) Amazon EKS
8 18 (2.85%) GitHub
9 13 (2.06%) Power Platform
10 10 (1.58%) GitHub Actions
10 10 (1.58%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 9 (1.42%) Amazon EC2
11 9 (1.42%) Amazon S3
11 9 (1.42%) Route 53
12 6 (0.95%) Amazon ECR
12 6 (0.95%) AWS CloudFormation
12 6 (0.95%) AWS Lambda
12 6 (0.95%) Serverless
13 5 (0.79%) Collibra
13 5 (0.79%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 89 (14.08%) Broadband
2 22 (3.48%) TCP/IP
3 18 (2.85%) SSL
4 11 (1.74%) Firewall
5 7 (1.11%) VPN
6 6 (0.95%) CHAP
7 5 (0.79%) HTTP
7 5 (0.79%) LAN
7 5 (0.79%) Network Security
7 5 (0.79%) WAN
8 4 (0.63%) Cisco ASA
8 4 (0.63%) Intrusion Detection
8 4 (0.63%) NX-OS
8 4 (0.63%) WLAN
9 3 (0.47%) BGP
9 3 (0.47%) VLAN
10 2 (0.32%) RFID
10 2 (0.32%) Wireshark
11 1 (0.16%) Internet
11 1 (0.16%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (10.13%) Data Lake
2 57 (9.02%) Amazon Athena
2 57 (9.02%) Apache Arrow
2 57 (9.02%) Apache Iceberg
2 57 (9.02%) Apache Ignite
2 57 (9.02%) Dremio
3 24 (3.80%) PostgreSQL
3 24 (3.80%) SQL Server
4 18 (2.85%) DB2
5 13 (2.06%) Power BI
6 12 (1.90%) Tableau
7 9 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
7 9 (1.42%) Metadata
8 6 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (0.79%) Flink
10 4 (0.63%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.63%) DataStage
10 4 (0.63%) QlikView
11 2 (0.32%) Power Query
11 2 (0.32%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 19 (3.01%) TeamCity
2 14 (2.22%) Jenkins
3 10 (1.58%) Git
4 8 (1.27%) JIRA
5 6 (0.95%) ER Studio
6 4 (0.63%) ERwin
6 4 (0.63%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.32%) Postman
8 1 (0.16%) NUnit
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.16%) Storybook
8 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 426 (67.41%) Finance
2 163 (25.79%) Social Skills
3 114 (18.04%) Investment Banking
4 90 (14.24%) Front Office
5 65 (10.28%) Games
6 62 (9.81%) Financial Institution
7 57 (9.02%) Retail
8 44 (6.96%) Law
9 40 (6.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 35 (5.54%) Analytical Skills
10 35 (5.54%) Back Office
11 19 (3.01%) Legal
12 16 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
13 14 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
14 13 (2.06%) Marketing
15 11 (1.74%) Billing
16 8 (1.27%) Retail Banking
17 4 (0.63%) Polish Language
17 4 (0.63%) Public Sector
18 3 (0.47%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 136 (21.52%) Senior
2 86 (13.61%) Software Engineer
3 68 (10.76%) Java Engineer
3 68 (10.76%) Senior Software Engineer
4 67 (10.60%) Customer Service Advisor
4 67 (10.60%) Java Software Engineer
5 65 (10.28%) AWS Engineer
6 63 (9.97%) Python Engineer
7 58 (9.18%) Python Software Engineer
7 58 (9.18%) Senior Java Engineer
7 58 (9.18%) Senior Java Software Engineer
8 57 (9.02%) AWS Software Engineer
9 51 (8.07%) Developer
10 39 (6.17%) Lead
11 37 (5.85%) Analyst
12 31 (4.91%) Architect
13 24 (3.80%) C++ Developer
14 23 (3.64%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
15 19 (3.01%) Linux Scripter
15 19 (3.01%) Low Latency C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (9.02%) gRPC
1 57 (9.02%) NumPy
1 57 (9.02%) Pandas
1 57 (9.02%) Protocol Buffers
1 57 (9.02%) SciPy
2 22 (3.48%) .NET
3 16 (2.53%) LAPP Stack
3 16 (2.53%) LDAP
3 16 (2.53%) WebSphere MQ
4 13 (2.06%) Kafka
5 11 (1.74%) REST
6 8 (1.27%) CSS
6 8 (1.27%) HTML
7 7 (1.11%) Django
7 7 (1.11%) Flask
7 7 (1.11%) PySpark
7 7 (1.11%) React
7 7 (1.11%) Smart Contracts
7 7 (1.11%) web3js
8 6 (0.95%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 69 (10.92%) Derivative
1 69 (10.92%) Fixed Income
1 69 (10.92%) Hedge funds
2 65 (10.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 61 (9.65%) Equities
4 57 (9.02%) Pricing Data
5 33 (5.22%) Cloud Native
6 31 (4.91%) Management Information System
7 27 (4.27%) Public Cloud
8 25 (3.96%) Data Centre
9 19 (3.01%) FPGA
9 19 (3.01%) Hybrid Cloud
9 19 (3.01%) Product Ownership
10 18 (2.85%) Credit Risk
11 16 (2.53%) Linux Command Line
12 15 (2.37%) Market Risk
13 14 (2.22%) Distributed Systems
14 10 (1.58%) Blockchain
14 10 (1.58%) Security Posture
15 9 (1.42%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 49 (7.75%) Linux
2 27 (4.27%) Windows
3 20 (3.16%) Unix
4 17 (2.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.63%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.16%) AIX
6 1 (0.16%) Solaris
6 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (20.73%) Agile
2 119 (18.83%) Software Engineering
3 112 (17.72%) Problem-Solving
4 95 (15.03%) Roadmaps
5 90 (14.24%) Asset Management
6 87 (13.77%) Risk Management
7 85 (13.45%) Customer Service
8 68 (10.76%) CI/CD
9 67 (10.60%) Investment Management
10 65 (10.28%) Risk Assessment
11 57 (9.02%) Analytics
11 57 (9.02%) Fintech
11 57 (9.02%) ITIL
12 56 (8.86%) Continuous Improvement
13 53 (8.39%) Information Security
14 49 (7.75%) Due Diligence
15 48 (7.59%) Process Improvement
16 44 (6.96%) Stakeholder Management
17 39 (6.17%) Cybersecurity
18 38 (6.01%) Business Continuity Management
Programming Languages
1 138 (21.84%) Java
2 134 (21.20%) Python
3 71 (11.23%) TypeScript
4 64 (10.13%) JavaScript
5 42 (6.65%) SQL
6 24 (3.80%) C++
7 19 (3.01%) C
8 18 (2.85%) C#
9 17 (2.69%) Go
10 9 (1.42%) Bash
11 8 (1.27%) PowerShell
12 7 (1.11%) Rust
13 4 (0.63%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.47%) R
15 1 (0.16%) Apex Code
15 1 (0.16%) COBOL
15 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.16%) Perl
15 1 (0.16%) SOQL
15 1 (0.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 60 (9.49%) Degree
2 49 (7.75%) CISA
3 44 (6.96%) CISSP
4 42 (6.65%) CRISC
5 26 (4.11%) ITIL Certification
6 20 (3.16%) AWS Certification
7 15 (2.37%) PMI Certification
8 14 (2.22%) CFA
8 14 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (2.22%) PMP
9 11 (1.74%) Master's Degree
10 10 (1.58%) CISM
11 9 (1.42%) Azure Certification
12 8 (1.27%) ACCA
13 6 (0.95%) CGEIT
13 6 (0.95%) CIMA
13 6 (0.95%) FFIEC
13 6 (0.95%) ISTQB
13 6 (0.95%) SANS
14 5 (0.79%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (9.81%) NIST
2 48 (7.59%) PCI DSS
3 23 (3.64%) SLA
4 22 (3.48%) GDPR
5 19 (3.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (2.22%) PMO
6 14 (2.22%) SOC 2
7 13 (2.06%) Data Quality
8 12 (1.90%) QA
9 9 (1.42%) GRC
10 8 (1.27%) COBIT
10 8 (1.27%) IFRS
11 6 (0.95%) GAAP
12 4 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.63%) EMIR
12 4 (0.63%) EU AI Act
12 4 (0.63%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.63%) SOC 1
13 3 (0.47%) MiFID
13 3 (0.47%) SEPA
System Software
1 6 (0.95%) Firmware
2 5 (0.79%) Docker
3 2 (0.32%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 37 (5.85%) Terraform
2 33 (5.22%) Kubernetes
3 20 (3.16%) Ansible
4 14 (2.22%) Grafana
5 5 (0.79%) Argo
6 4 (0.63%) Cilium
6 4 (0.63%) RSA Archer
7 2 (0.32%) Suricata
8 1 (0.16%) Control-M
8 1 (0.16%) SCCM
8 1 (0.16%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 89 (14.08%) BT
2 40 (6.33%) ServiceNow
3 35 (5.54%) Microsoft
4 22 (3.48%) Databricks
4 22 (3.48%) Red Hat
5 21 (3.32%) IBM
6 15 (2.37%) BMC
6 15 (2.37%) Murex
6 15 (2.37%) Remedy
7 13 (2.06%) Salesforce
8 8 (1.27%) FIS
8 8 (1.27%) Oracle
8 8 (1.27%) SAP
9 7 (1.11%) Informatica
10 6 (0.95%) Cisco
10 6 (0.95%) Google
11 4 (0.63%) Ariba
11 4 (0.63%) CheckPoint
11 4 (0.63%) Fortinet
11 4 (0.63%) Sage