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

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 20 76
Rank change year-on-year -32 +56 -52
Permanent jobs citing Banking 748 1,482 1,252
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.06% 10.25% 3.85%
As % of the General category 7.29% 13.84% 6.23%
Number of salaries quoted 337 936 1,060
10th Percentile £45,750 £25,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £42,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,500 £74,935 £83,038
Median % change year-on-year +27.44% -9.76% +18.63%
75th Percentile £130,000 £102,500 £122,500
90th Percentile £135,000 £136,875 £148,750
UK median annual salary £87,500 £81,250 £83,577
% change year-on-year +7.69% -2.78% +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 10,266 10,708 20,112
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 55.71% 74.04% 61.87%
Number of salaries quoted 6,845 6,532 15,077
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,750 £42,500 £41,500
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 10 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 (1.87%) SAS
2 8 (1.07%) Confluence
3 6 (0.80%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.67%) Ethereum
5 2 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 27 (3.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 29 (3.88%) Oracle Financials
2 13 (1.74%) Oracle ERP
3 7 (0.94%) Oracle Applications
4 3 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.40%) 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 CO
5 2 (0.27%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.27%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.13%) Actimize
6 1 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 186 (24.87%) AWS
2 120 (16.04%) SaaS
3 98 (13.10%) GCP
4 76 (10.16%) Azure
5 65 (8.69%) Amazon EKS
6 24 (3.21%) GitHub
7 16 (2.14%) GitHub Copilot
7 16 (2.14%) OCI
8 12 (1.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 11 (1.47%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 11 (1.47%) Microsoft 365
10 10 (1.34%) Azure AI
10 10 (1.34%) Azure Event Grid
10 10 (1.34%) Azure Machine Learning
10 10 (1.34%) Snowflake
11 8 (1.07%) Amazon MSK
11 8 (1.07%) OpenShift
12 7 (0.94%) dbt
12 7 (0.94%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (0.94%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 29 (3.88%) HTTP
2 27 (3.61%) CHAP
3 26 (3.48%) Firewall
3 26 (3.48%) TCP/IP
4 17 (2.27%) Broadband
4 17 (2.27%) LAN
4 17 (2.27%) WAN
5 15 (2.01%) Cisco ASA
6 13 (1.74%) VLAN
7 11 (1.47%) Cisco Firepower
7 11 (1.47%) Network Security
8 9 (1.20%) BGP
8 9 (1.20%) Unified Communications
8 9 (1.20%) WebEx
9 6 (0.80%) VPN
10 4 (0.53%) DHCP
10 4 (0.53%) DNS
10 4 (0.53%) SD-WAN
11 3 (0.40%) Software-Defined Networking
11 3 (0.40%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (3.48%) SQL Server
2 17 (2.27%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (1.47%) Azure SQL Database
4 7 (0.94%) Flink
4 7 (0.94%) Power BI
5 6 (0.80%) Data Lake
5 6 (0.80%) Looker
5 6 (0.80%) Tableau
6 5 (0.67%) Oracle Database
6 5 (0.67%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.40%) BigQuery
7 3 (0.40%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (0.40%) SAS EBI
8 2 (0.27%) DB2
9 1 (0.13%) Neo4j
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle Exadata
9 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.13%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 44 (5.88%) TeamCity
2 11 (1.47%) JIRA
3 2 (0.27%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.13%) JUnit
4 1 (0.13%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 586 (78.34%) Finance
2 264 (35.29%) Social Skills
3 173 (23.13%) Retail
4 170 (22.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 156 (20.86%) Law
6 135 (18.05%) Financial Institution
7 111 (14.84%) Back Office
8 56 (7.49%) Investment Banking
9 51 (6.82%) Analytical Skills
10 47 (6.28%) Marketing
11 28 (3.74%) Front Office
12 24 (3.21%) Public Sector
13 21 (2.81%) Legal
13 21 (2.81%) Presentation Skills
13 21 (2.81%) Telecoms
14 17 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
14 17 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
15 16 (2.14%) Games
16 15 (2.01%) Polish Language
17 14 (1.87%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 119 (15.91%) Senior
2 100 (13.37%) Software Engineer
3 82 (10.96%) Lead
4 75 (10.03%) Analyst
5 43 (5.75%) Developer
6 41 (5.48%) Senior Software Engineer
7 39 (5.21%) Product Owner
8 37 (4.95%) Product Manager
9 34 (4.55%) Auditor
10 32 (4.28%) Development Engineer
10 32 (4.28%) Software Development Engineer
11 29 (3.88%) Architect
12 27 (3.61%) Lead Software Engineer
13 26 (3.48%) Internal Auditor
13 26 (3.48%) Security Auditor
14 24 (3.21%) Consultant
14 24 (3.21%) Java Engineer
15 21 (2.81%) Business Analyst
16 20 (2.67%) AWS Engineer
17 19 (2.54%) Linux Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (6.02%) REST
2 23 (3.07%) React
3 21 (2.81%) Kafka
4 18 (2.41%) .NET
5 13 (1.74%) Spring
6 9 (1.20%) RESTful
6 9 (1.20%) XMPP
7 8 (1.07%) Middleware
8 7 (0.94%) AngularJS
8 7 (0.94%) AWS CDK
8 7 (0.94%) Sass
8 7 (0.94%) Spring Boot
9 6 (0.80%) OpenAPI
9 6 (0.80%) Swagger
10 5 (0.67%) Next.js
10 5 (0.67%) Node.js
10 5 (0.67%) Smart Contracts
10 5 (0.67%) web3js
11 4 (0.53%) ADO
11 4 (0.53%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 135 (18.05%) Product Ownership
2 110 (14.71%) Cloud Native
3 50 (6.68%) Management Information System
4 44 (5.88%) Public Cloud
5 38 (5.08%) Blog
6 27 (3.61%) Onboarding
7 24 (3.21%) Credit Risk
7 24 (3.21%) Distributed Systems
8 23 (3.07%) Data Centre
9 21 (2.81%) Security Posture
10 19 (2.54%) FPGA
11 18 (2.41%) Blockchain
11 18 (2.41%) Hybrid Cloud
12 16 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
13 14 (1.87%) Hedge funds
14 12 (1.60%) Derivative
15 11 (1.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 11 (1.47%) Market Risk
16 9 (1.20%) Fixed Income
16 9 (1.20%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 41 (5.48%) Linux
2 22 (2.94%) Windows
3 14 (1.87%) Android
3 14 (1.87%) Apple iOS
4 12 (1.60%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.07%) Unix
6 2 (0.27%) AIX
7 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.13%) Solaris
7 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (25.67%) Roadmaps
2 158 (21.12%) Agile
3 147 (19.65%) Software Engineering
4 121 (16.18%) Problem-Solving
5 114 (15.24%) Fintech
6 112 (14.97%) Risk Management
7 101 (13.50%) Information Security
8 99 (13.24%) Test Automation
9 89 (11.90%) Stakeholder Management
10 83 (11.10%) CI/CD
10 83 (11.10%) Risk Assessment
11 77 (10.29%) Product Roadmap
12 73 (9.76%) Mentoring
13 71 (9.49%) DevOps
14 69 (9.22%) Process Improvement
15 66 (8.82%) Cybersecurity
16 63 (8.42%) Microservices
16 63 (8.42%) Technical Leadership
17 60 (8.02%) Product Management
18 59 (7.89%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 161 (21.52%) Java
2 91 (12.17%) Python
3 52 (6.95%) SQL
4 40 (5.35%) Go
5 28 (3.74%) TypeScript
6 24 (3.21%) C
6 24 (3.21%) C++
7 19 (2.54%) JavaScript
8 13 (1.74%) C#
9 8 (1.07%) Rust
10 7 (0.94%) PowerShell
11 5 (0.67%) 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 (11.36%) CISSP
2 82 (10.96%) CISA
3 67 (8.96%) Degree
4 54 (7.22%) CRISC
5 33 (4.41%) CISM
6 31 (4.14%) ACCA
7 28 (3.74%) FFIEC
8 27 (3.61%) CGEIT
8 27 (3.61%) SANS
9 23 (3.07%) CIMA
10 17 (2.27%) OSCP
11 16 (2.14%) CREST Certified
12 11 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
13 10 (1.34%) Security Cleared
14 7 (0.94%) Azure Certification
14 7 (0.94%) CompTIA Security+
14 7 (0.94%) PMI Certification
15 6 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
15 6 (0.80%) SC Cleared
16 5 (0.67%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (11.23%) NIST
2 68 (9.09%) PCI DSS
3 33 (4.41%) GDPR
4 30 (4.01%) COBIT
5 22 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 22 (2.94%) SOC 2
6 18 (2.41%) GRC
7 16 (2.14%) COREP
8 14 (1.87%) IFRS
8 14 (1.87%) QA
9 13 (1.74%) FINREP
10 12 (1.60%) EMIR
10 12 (1.60%) MiFID
11 11 (1.47%) Data Quality
12 6 (0.80%) Basel II
12 6 (0.80%) GAAP
12 6 (0.80%) PMO
13 5 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 3 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
14 3 (0.40%) PSD2
System Software
1 18 (2.41%) Virtual Machines
2 15 (2.01%) Docker
3 11 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.80%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.80%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (0.80%) Virtual Servers
4 6 (0.80%) vSphere
5 5 (0.67%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.13%) Firmware
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 90 (12.03%) Terraform
2 78 (10.43%) Kubernetes
3 55 (7.35%) Grafana
4 14 (1.87%) Ansible
5 9 (1.20%) Cisco CUCM
6 8 (1.07%) Istio
7 7 (0.94%) Argo
8 4 (0.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.27%) Opsgenie
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 (6.55%) Oracle
2 43 (5.75%) Microsoft
3 21 (2.81%) Cisco
4 17 (2.27%) BT
5 14 (1.87%) Palo Alto
6 13 (1.74%) Databricks
6 13 (1.74%) Fortinet
7 12 (1.60%) ServiceNow
8 11 (1.47%) Splunk
8 11 (1.47%) VMware
9 9 (1.20%) CheckPoint
9 9 (1.20%) Google
10 8 (1.07%) Confluent
11 7 (0.94%) SAP
12 6 (0.80%) BMC
12 6 (0.80%) NetApp
12 6 (0.80%) Workday
13 4 (0.53%) Informatica
13 4 (0.53%) Okta
13 4 (0.53%) OneLogin