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

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 26 63
Rank change year-on-year -28 +37 -39
Permanent jobs citing Banking 673 1,138 1,402
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.99% 8.76% 4.58%
As % of the General category 7.00% 12.17% 7.45%
Number of salaries quoted 335 913 1,137
10th Percentile £45,000 £25,000 £46,306
25th Percentile £70,000 £45,000 £57,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £75,935 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.11% +1.25% +7.76%
75th Percentile £127,500 £102,410 £100,000
90th Percentile £147,000 £140,000 £137,913
UK median annual salary £90,000 £83,577 £79,632
% change year-on-year +7.69% +4.95% +6.18%

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 9,608 9,350 18,825
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.93% 71.95% 61.53%
Number of salaries quoted 6,239 6,296 14,828
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,238
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,946 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.29% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £78,790 £82,751 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -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 25 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 (2.82%) SAS
2 8 (1.19%) Confluence
3 6 (0.89%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (0.89%) Tomcat
3 6 (0.89%) WebSphere
3 6 (0.89%) WebSphere Application Server
4 5 (0.74%) Ethereum
5 4 (0.59%) Apache
6 3 (0.45%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.45%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 13 (1.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 13 (1.93%) Oracle Financials
2 9 (1.34%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.45%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.45%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.45%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.30%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.15%) Actimize
6 1 (0.15%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.15%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 181 (26.89%) AWS
2 139 (20.65%) SaaS
3 104 (15.45%) GCP
4 78 (11.59%) Amazon EKS
5 65 (9.66%) Azure
6 30 (4.46%) GitHub
7 15 (2.23%) GitHub Actions
8 14 (2.08%) Power Platform
9 12 (1.78%) Snowflake
10 11 (1.63%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 10 (1.49%) Amazon Kinesis
11 10 (1.49%) Azure Event Grid
11 10 (1.49%) GitHub Copilot
12 9 (1.34%) dbt
13 8 (1.19%) Amazon EC2
13 8 (1.19%) Amazon MSK
13 8 (1.19%) Amazon S3
13 8 (1.19%) OpenShift
13 8 (1.19%) Route 53
13 8 (1.19%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 26 (3.86%) TCP/IP
2 24 (3.57%) Broadband
2 24 (3.57%) CHAP
2 24 (3.57%) Firewall
3 14 (2.08%) LAN
3 14 (2.08%) WAN
4 13 (1.93%) Cisco ASA
5 12 (1.78%) BGP
5 12 (1.78%) HTTP
5 12 (1.78%) VPN
6 11 (1.63%) VLAN
7 9 (1.34%) Network Security
8 6 (0.89%) Cisco Firepower
8 6 (0.89%) SSL
9 4 (0.59%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (0.59%) NX-OS
9 4 (0.59%) Unified Communications
9 4 (0.59%) WebEx
9 4 (0.59%) WLAN
10 3 (0.45%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (3.57%) SQL Server
2 22 (3.27%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (2.08%) Power BI
3 14 (2.08%) Tableau
4 13 (1.93%) Data Lake
5 10 (1.49%) Flink
6 8 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (1.19%) DB2
7 7 (1.04%) BigQuery
8 6 (0.89%) Metadata
9 4 (0.59%) Amazon Athena
9 4 (0.59%) Apache Arrow
9 4 (0.59%) Apache Iceberg
9 4 (0.59%) Apache Ignite
9 4 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.59%) DataStage
9 4 (0.59%) Dremio
9 4 (0.59%) QlikView
9 4 (0.59%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 55 (8.17%) TeamCity
2 11 (1.63%) Jenkins
2 11 (1.63%) JIRA
3 4 (0.59%) ER Studio
3 4 (0.59%) ERwin
3 4 (0.59%) Git
3 4 (0.59%) PowerDesigner
4 1 (0.15%) JUnit
4 1 (0.15%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 508 (75.48%) Finance
2 232 (34.47%) Social Skills
3 194 (28.83%) Retail
4 168 (24.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 162 (24.07%) Law
6 154 (22.88%) Financial Institution
7 127 (18.87%) Back Office
8 52 (7.73%) Investment Banking
9 43 (6.39%) Marketing
10 40 (5.94%) Analytical Skills
11 36 (5.35%) Front Office
12 23 (3.42%) Games
13 19 (2.82%) Public Sector
14 18 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
15 17 (2.53%) Legal
15 17 (2.53%) Polish Language
16 16 (2.38%) Telecoms
17 15 (2.23%) Organisational Skills
18 11 (1.63%) Italian Language
19 10 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 104 (15.45%) Senior
2 81 (12.04%) Software Engineer
3 68 (10.10%) Analyst
4 58 (8.62%) Lead
5 40 (5.94%) Developer
5 40 (5.94%) Senior Software Engineer
6 37 (5.50%) Auditor
7 36 (5.35%) Architect
8 32 (4.75%) Product Owner
9 30 (4.46%) AWS Engineer
10 25 (3.71%) Java Engineer
10 25 (3.71%) Java Software Engineer
11 23 (3.42%) Customer Service Advisor
11 23 (3.42%) Internal Auditor
11 23 (3.42%) Security Auditor
12 22 (3.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 21 (3.12%) Consultant
13 21 (3.12%) Product Manager
14 20 (2.97%) Business Analyst
14 20 (2.97%) C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (3.57%) .NET
1 24 (3.57%) Kafka
2 23 (3.42%) REST
3 14 (2.08%) React
4 13 (1.93%) RESTful
5 8 (1.19%) Middleware
6 7 (1.04%) CSS
6 7 (1.04%) HTML
6 7 (1.04%) OpenAPI
6 7 (1.04%) Sass
6 7 (1.04%) Swagger
7 6 (0.89%) LAPP Stack
7 6 (0.89%) LDAP
7 6 (0.89%) WebSphere MQ
7 6 (0.89%) WPF
8 5 (0.74%) .NET Core
8 5 (0.74%) Next.js
8 5 (0.74%) Smart Contracts
8 5 (0.74%) web3js
9 4 (0.59%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 110 (16.34%) Cloud Native
2 92 (13.67%) Product Ownership
3 54 (8.02%) Management Information System
4 41 (6.09%) Blog
5 36 (5.35%) Data Centre
6 32 (4.75%) Distributed Systems
7 27 (4.01%) Credit Risk
7 27 (4.01%) Public Cloud
8 21 (3.12%) Hybrid Cloud
9 20 (2.97%) Onboarding
9 20 (2.97%) Security Posture
10 19 (2.82%) FPGA
10 19 (2.82%) Hedge funds
11 18 (2.67%) Blockchain
12 14 (2.08%) Fixed Income
12 14 (2.08%) Market Risk
13 13 (1.93%) Derivative
13 13 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
14 8 (1.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 7 (1.04%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 43 (6.39%) Linux
2 22 (3.27%) Windows
3 11 (1.63%) Android
3 11 (1.63%) Apple iOS
3 11 (1.63%) Unix
4 6 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (0.89%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.59%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.15%) AIX
6 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (19.17%) Agile
2 124 (18.42%) Roadmaps
3 113 (16.79%) Software Engineering
4 105 (15.60%) Fintech
5 102 (15.16%) Risk Management
6 100 (14.86%) Stakeholder Management
7 97 (14.41%) CI/CD
8 92 (13.67%) Information Security
8 92 (13.67%) Problem-Solving
9 90 (13.37%) Test Automation
10 86 (12.78%) Risk Assessment
11 70 (10.40%) DevOps
12 66 (9.81%) Microservices
13 60 (8.92%) Cybersecurity
14 59 (8.77%) Process Improvement
15 56 (8.32%) Analytics
15 56 (8.32%) Product Roadmap
16 54 (8.02%) Clean Code
17 53 (7.88%) Continuous Improvement
18 52 (7.73%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 140 (20.80%) Java
2 93 (13.82%) Python
3 44 (6.54%) SQL
4 42 (6.24%) Go
5 24 (3.57%) TypeScript
6 22 (3.27%) C++
7 21 (3.12%) C
8 14 (2.08%) C#
9 13 (1.93%) JavaScript
10 6 (0.89%) Bash
10 6 (0.89%) Rust
11 4 (0.59%) Kotlin
11 4 (0.59%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.45%) R
13 1 (0.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.15%) Objective-C
13 1 (0.15%) Perl
13 1 (0.15%) RPG
13 1 (0.15%) Ruby
13 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 80 (11.89%) Degree
2 76 (11.29%) CISA
2 76 (11.29%) CISSP
3 52 (7.73%) CRISC
4 25 (3.71%) FFIEC
5 24 (3.57%) CGEIT
5 24 (3.57%) CISM
5 24 (3.57%) SANS
6 23 (3.42%) ACCA
7 17 (2.53%) CIMA
8 16 (2.38%) OSCP
9 14 (2.08%) CREST Certified
10 13 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
11 12 (1.78%) AWS Certification
12 11 (1.63%) Azure Certification
13 10 (1.49%) Security Cleared
14 7 (1.04%) CompTIA Security+
14 7 (1.04%) PMI Certification
15 6 (0.89%) ITIL Certification
15 6 (0.89%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (11.59%) NIST
2 74 (11.00%) PCI DSS
3 33 (4.90%) GDPR
4 31 (4.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 30 (4.46%) SOC 2
6 24 (3.57%) COBIT
7 22 (3.27%) GRC
8 16 (2.38%) IFRS
9 13 (1.93%) SLA
10 12 (1.78%) Data Quality
11 10 (1.49%) GAAP
11 10 (1.49%) QA
12 9 (1.34%) COREP
13 8 (1.19%) EMIR
14 7 (1.04%) MiFID
15 6 (0.89%) Basel II
15 6 (0.89%) FINREP
16 5 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
16 5 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 4 (0.59%) PMO
System Software
1 15 (2.23%) Docker
2 10 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.74%) VMware NSX
4 5 (0.74%) vSphere
5 4 (0.59%) Firmware
5 4 (0.59%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 4 (0.59%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 107 (15.90%) Terraform
2 91 (13.52%) Kubernetes
3 57 (8.47%) Grafana
4 17 (2.53%) Ansible
5 10 (1.49%) Argo
6 8 (1.19%) Istio
7 4 (0.59%) Cilium
7 4 (0.59%) Cisco CUCM
8 2 (0.30%) Opsgenie
9 1 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.15%) Control-M
9 1 (0.15%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 30 (4.46%) Microsoft
2 24 (3.57%) BT
3 23 (3.42%) Oracle
4 20 (2.97%) ServiceNow
5 19 (2.82%) Cisco
6 15 (2.23%) Databricks
7 12 (1.78%) Google
7 12 (1.78%) IBM
8 11 (1.63%) CheckPoint
9 10 (1.49%) Fortinet
9 10 (1.49%) Informatica
9 10 (1.49%) VMware
10 9 (1.34%) BMC
10 9 (1.34%) Remedy
11 8 (1.19%) Confluent
11 8 (1.19%) Palo Alto
12 7 (1.04%) Salesforce
13 6 (0.89%) Red Hat
13 6 (0.89%) Splunk
14 5 (0.74%) SAP