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 13 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 20 73
Rank change year-on-year -38 +53 -49
Permanent jobs citing Banking 760 1,453 1,298
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.85% 9.53% 3.77%
As % of the General category 6.64% 12.77% 6.23%
Number of salaries quoted 313 831 1,071
10th Percentile £37,500 £25,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £56,500 £25,313 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £74,870 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.89% -16.81% +24.60%
75th Percentile £130,000 £110,000 £137,913
90th Percentile - £135,000 £148,750
UK median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% +13.33%

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 11,439 11,380 20,848
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.93% 74.67% 60.61%
Number of salaries quoted 7,464 6,238 15,280
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,903 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £79,688 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% +7.14% -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

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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 13 June 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 10 (1.32%) SAS
2 7 (0.92%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.53%) Ethereum
4 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 29 (3.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 34 (4.47%) Oracle Financials
2 18 (2.37%) Oracle ERP
3 9 (1.18%) Oracle Applications
4 6 (0.79%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.39%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.13%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.13%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 214 (28.16%) AWS
2 132 (17.37%) SaaS
3 114 (15.00%) GCP
4 78 (10.26%) Azure
5 67 (8.82%) Amazon EKS
6 19 (2.50%) OCI
7 13 (1.71%) Microsoft 365
8 11 (1.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 11 (1.45%) GitHub
8 11 (1.45%) GitHub Copilot
9 10 (1.32%) Azure AI
9 10 (1.32%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 10 (1.32%) Azure Machine Learning
9 10 (1.32%) dbt
9 10 (1.32%) Power Platform
9 10 (1.32%) Snowflake
10 9 (1.18%) Azure Event Grid
11 8 (1.05%) Amazon MSK
11 8 (1.05%) Figma
11 8 (1.05%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 30 (3.95%) HTTP
2 29 (3.82%) TCP/IP
3 25 (3.29%) Firewall
4 20 (2.63%) Broadband
4 20 (2.63%) CHAP
5 16 (2.11%) LAN
5 16 (2.11%) WAN
6 14 (1.84%) Cisco ASA
7 13 (1.71%) VLAN
8 11 (1.45%) Cisco Firepower
9 10 (1.32%) BGP
9 10 (1.32%) Network Security
10 9 (1.18%) Unified Communications
10 9 (1.18%) WebEx
11 6 (0.79%) VPN
12 4 (0.53%) DHCP
12 4 (0.53%) DNS
12 4 (0.53%) SD-WAN
12 4 (0.53%) Software-Defined Networking
13 3 (0.39%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (3.42%) SQL Server
2 19 (2.50%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (1.71%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (1.18%) Looker
5 8 (1.05%) Data Lake
6 7 (0.92%) Power BI
7 6 (0.79%) Tableau
8 5 (0.66%) Oracle Database
8 5 (0.66%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.53%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.39%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (0.39%) SAS EBI
11 2 (0.26%) Db2
11 2 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.26%) Metadata
12 1 (0.13%) Delta Lake
12 1 (0.13%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 53 (6.97%) TeamCity
2 5 (0.66%) JIRA
3 4 (0.53%) JUnit
4 2 (0.26%) Git
5 1 (0.13%) GitLab
5 1 (0.13%) IntelliJ
5 1 (0.13%) Karma Test Runner
5 1 (0.13%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 619 (81.45%) Finance
2 295 (38.82%) Social Skills
3 192 (25.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 192 (25.26%) Retail
4 170 (22.37%) Law
5 144 (18.95%) Financial Institution
6 121 (15.92%) Back Office
7 57 (7.50%) Investment Banking
8 56 (7.37%) Analytical Skills
9 45 (5.92%) Marketing
10 39 (5.13%) Legal
11 37 (4.87%) Presentation Skills
12 23 (3.03%) Public Sector
13 21 (2.76%) Front Office
13 21 (2.76%) Telecoms
14 20 (2.63%) Polish Language
15 18 (2.37%) Games
16 14 (1.84%) Italian Language
17 13 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
18 12 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 128 (16.84%) Senior
2 115 (15.13%) Software Engineer
3 82 (10.79%) Lead
4 60 (7.89%) Analyst
5 55 (7.24%) Developer
6 51 (6.71%) Product Manager
7 41 (5.39%) Senior Manager
8 39 (5.13%) Senior Software Engineer
9 38 (5.00%) Product Owner
10 35 (4.61%) Engineering Manager
10 35 (4.61%) Lead Software Engineer
11 34 (4.47%) Software Manager
12 33 (4.34%) Development Engineer
12 33 (4.34%) Software Development Engineer
12 33 (4.34%) Software Engineering Manager
13 26 (3.42%) Architect
13 26 (3.42%) Java Engineer
14 24 (3.16%) Consultant
15 23 (3.03%) Auditor
16 20 (2.63%) Senior Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (7.24%) REST
2 24 (3.16%) React
3 22 (2.89%) Spring
4 16 (2.11%) .NET
5 14 (1.84%) Kafka
6 11 (1.45%) AngularJS
7 10 (1.32%) RESTful
8 9 (1.18%) Middleware
8 9 (1.18%) Spring Boot
8 9 (1.18%) XMPP
9 8 (1.05%) AWS CDK
10 7 (0.92%) LangChain
10 7 (0.92%) LangGraph
10 7 (0.92%) Node.js
10 7 (0.92%) OpenAPI
10 7 (0.92%) Swagger
11 6 (0.79%) PyTorch
11 6 (0.79%) Sass
11 6 (0.79%) TensorFlow
12 5 (0.66%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 158 (20.79%) Product Ownership
2 127 (16.71%) Cloud Native
3 48 (6.32%) Public Cloud
4 44 (5.79%) Management Information System
5 43 (5.66%) Blog
6 26 (3.42%) Distributed Systems
7 25 (3.29%) Onboarding
8 23 (3.03%) Security Posture
8 23 (3.03%) Web Conferencing
9 20 (2.63%) Data Centre
10 19 (2.50%) FPGA
11 18 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
12 16 (2.11%) Podcast
13 15 (1.97%) Hybrid Cloud
14 14 (1.84%) Credit Risk
15 13 (1.71%) Blockchain
16 12 (1.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 12 (1.58%) Hedge funds
17 11 (1.45%) Distributed Architecture
18 10 (1.32%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 43 (5.66%) Linux
2 23 (3.03%) Windows
3 15 (1.97%) Android
3 15 (1.97%) Apple iOS
4 12 (1.58%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.18%) Unix
6 2 (0.26%) AIX
7 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.13%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (25.53%) Roadmaps
2 181 (23.82%) Software Engineering
3 149 (19.61%) Agile
4 135 (17.76%) Problem-Solving
5 132 (17.37%) Fintech
6 117 (15.39%) Test Automation
7 96 (12.63%) CI/CD
8 89 (11.71%) Product Roadmap
9 76 (10.00%) Risk Management
9 76 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
10 72 (9.47%) Microservices
11 71 (9.34%) Mentoring
12 69 (9.08%) Analytics
13 68 (8.95%) AI
13 68 (8.95%) DevOps
14 65 (8.55%) Continuous Improvement
15 63 (8.29%) Disruptive Innovation
16 62 (8.16%) Stakeholder Management
17 59 (7.76%) Clean Code
17 59 (7.76%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 176 (23.16%) Java
2 98 (12.89%) Python
3 51 (6.71%) SQL
4 35 (4.61%) Go
5 27 (3.55%) TypeScript
6 24 (3.16%) JavaScript
7 23 (3.03%) C
7 23 (3.03%) C++
8 14 (1.84%) C#
9 7 (0.92%) PowerShell
9 7 (0.92%) Rust
10 5 (0.66%) R
11 4 (0.53%) Bash
12 3 (0.39%) Objective-C
12 3 (0.39%) Perl
12 3 (0.39%) Ruby
13 1 (0.13%) Cypher
13 1 (0.13%) Google Apps Script
13 1 (0.13%) RPG
13 1 (0.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 64 (8.42%) Degree
2 36 (4.74%) CISSP
3 31 (4.08%) CISM
4 30 (3.95%) CISA
5 28 (3.68%) ACCA
6 24 (3.16%) CIMA
7 21 (2.76%) FFIEC
8 20 (2.63%) CGEIT
8 20 (2.63%) SANS
9 17 (2.24%) CREST Certified
9 17 (2.24%) OSCP
10 11 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (1.45%) Security Cleared
11 9 (1.18%) CRISC
12 8 (1.05%) Azure Certification
13 7 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
13 7 (0.92%) SC Cleared
14 6 (0.79%) PMI Certification
15 5 (0.66%) AWS Certification
15 5 (0.66%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (5.00%) NIST
2 31 (4.08%) QA
3 28 (3.68%) GDPR
3 28 (3.68%) PCI DSS
4 27 (3.55%) COBIT
5 24 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 22 (2.89%) SOC 2
7 14 (1.84%) COREP
7 14 (1.84%) FINREP
7 14 (1.84%) GRC
8 13 (1.71%) Data Quality
9 11 (1.45%) EMIR
9 11 (1.45%) MiFID
10 8 (1.05%) IFRS
11 7 (0.92%) PMO
12 6 (0.79%) Accessibility
13 5 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
14 4 (0.53%) GAAP
14 4 (0.53%) SOC 1
System Software
1 18 (2.37%) Virtual Machines
2 12 (1.58%) Docker
2 12 (1.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.05%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.79%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (0.79%) Virtual Servers
4 6 (0.79%) VMware NSX
4 6 (0.79%) vSphere
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 96 (12.63%) Terraform
2 83 (10.92%) Kubernetes
3 64 (8.42%) Grafana
4 13 (1.71%) Ansible
5 9 (1.18%) Cisco CUCM
6 8 (1.05%) Istio
7 4 (0.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.39%) Norton AntiVirus
9 2 (0.26%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.13%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 57 (7.50%) Oracle
2 50 (6.58%) Microsoft
3 21 (2.76%) Cisco
4 20 (2.63%) BT
5 17 (2.24%) ServiceNow
6 15 (1.97%) Palo Alto
6 15 (1.97%) VMware
7 14 (1.84%) Splunk
8 13 (1.71%) Fortinet
9 11 (1.45%) Databricks
10 9 (1.18%) BMC
10 9 (1.18%) CheckPoint
11 8 (1.05%) Confluent
11 8 (1.05%) Google
12 6 (0.79%) NetApp
12 6 (0.79%) Remedy
12 6 (0.79%) SAP
12 6 (0.79%) Workday
13 4 (0.53%) Okta
13 4 (0.53%) OneLogin