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

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 37 54
Rank change year-on-year -23 +17 -30
Permanent jobs citing Banking 644 1,029 1,474
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.84% 7.09% 5.16%
As % of the General category 6.59% 9.97% 8.33%
Number of salaries quoted 335 799 1,214
10th Percentile £25,087 £25,313 £46,306
25th Percentile £70,000 £47,231 £58,664
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £80,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +10.34% +4.17%
75th Percentile £126,250 £100,000 £96,539
90th Percentile £141,500 £140,000 £132,500
UK median annual salary £90,000 £85,000 £75,669
% change year-on-year +5.88% +12.33% +0.89%

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 9,770 10,321 17,697
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 58.32% 71.07% 61.90%
Number of salaries quoted 6,205 6,193 14,116
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -8.84%

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 6 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 (2.95%) SAS
2 9 (1.40%) Tomcat
2 9 (1.40%) WebSphere
2 9 (1.40%) WebSphere Application Server
3 8 (1.24%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (1.24%) Confluence
4 6 (0.93%) Apache
4 6 (0.93%) Ethereum
5 3 (0.47%) Oracle Workflow
5 3 (0.47%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
Applications
1 11 (1.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (1.86%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (1.24%) Oracle Financials
3 6 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.78%) SAP CO
4 5 (0.78%) SAP FI
4 5 (0.78%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.47%) SAP PS
5 3 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.31%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.16%) Actimize
7 1 (0.16%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.16%) ION Anvil
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 175 (27.17%) AWS
2 120 (18.63%) SaaS
3 91 (14.13%) GCP
4 70 (10.87%) Amazon EKS
5 53 (8.23%) Azure
6 30 (4.66%) GitHub
7 15 (2.33%) GitHub Actions
8 14 (2.17%) Power Platform
8 14 (2.17%) Snowflake
9 11 (1.71%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 10 (1.55%) Amazon Kinesis
10 10 (1.55%) Azure Event Grid
10 10 (1.55%) dbt
10 10 (1.55%) GitHub Copilot
11 9 (1.40%) Amazon EC2
11 9 (1.40%) Amazon S3
11 9 (1.40%) Route 53
11 9 (1.40%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 7 (1.09%) Amazon ECS
13 6 (0.93%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 36 (5.59%) Broadband
2 25 (3.88%) TCP/IP
3 21 (3.26%) CHAP
4 20 (3.11%) Firewall
5 12 (1.86%) BGP
5 12 (1.86%) Cisco ASA
5 12 (1.86%) VPN
6 11 (1.71%) HTTP
6 11 (1.71%) LAN
6 11 (1.71%) WAN
7 10 (1.55%) VLAN
8 9 (1.40%) SSL
9 6 (0.93%) Network Security
10 5 (0.78%) Cisco Firepower
11 4 (0.62%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (0.62%) NX-OS
11 4 (0.62%) WLAN
12 3 (0.47%) Unified Communications
12 3 (0.47%) WebEx
13 1 (0.16%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (3.88%) PostgreSQL
1 25 (3.88%) SQL Server
2 15 (2.33%) Data Lake
3 14 (2.17%) Power BI
3 14 (2.17%) Tableau
4 12 (1.86%) DB2
5 10 (1.55%) Flink
6 9 (1.40%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (1.09%) BigQuery
8 6 (0.93%) Amazon Athena
8 6 (0.93%) Apache Arrow
8 6 (0.93%) Apache Iceberg
8 6 (0.93%) Apache Ignite
8 6 (0.93%) Dremio
8 6 (0.93%) Metadata
9 4 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.62%) DataStage
9 4 (0.62%) QlikView
9 4 (0.62%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 52 (8.07%) TeamCity
2 13 (2.02%) Jenkins
3 10 (1.55%) JIRA
4 4 (0.62%) ER Studio
4 4 (0.62%) ERwin
4 4 (0.62%) Git
4 4 (0.62%) PowerDesigner
5 1 (0.16%) JUnit
5 1 (0.16%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 472 (73.29%) Finance
2 207 (32.14%) Social Skills
3 171 (26.55%) Retail
4 146 (22.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 141 (21.89%) Law
6 139 (21.58%) Financial Institution
7 108 (16.77%) Back Office
8 52 (8.07%) Investment Banking
9 36 (5.59%) Front Office
10 31 (4.81%) Marketing
11 29 (4.50%) Analytical Skills
11 29 (4.50%) Games
12 16 (2.48%) Public Sector
13 15 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
13 15 (2.33%) Polish Language
14 12 (1.86%) Telecoms
15 11 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
15 11 (1.71%) Legal
16 8 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
16 8 (1.24%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 100 (15.53%) Senior
2 77 (11.96%) Software Engineer
3 60 (9.32%) Analyst
4 53 (8.23%) Lead
5 41 (6.37%) Developer
6 38 (5.90%) Senior Software Engineer
7 34 (5.28%) Auditor
8 33 (5.12%) Architect
9 30 (4.66%) Customer Service Advisor
10 27 (4.19%) Java Engineer
10 27 (4.19%) Java Software Engineer
11 26 (4.04%) AWS Engineer
11 26 (4.04%) Product Owner
12 22 (3.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 20 (3.11%) C++ Developer
13 20 (3.11%) Internal Auditor
13 20 (3.11%) Security Auditor
14 19 (2.95%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
14 19 (2.95%) Linux Developer
14 19 (2.95%) Linux Scripter
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (3.73%) .NET
2 20 (3.11%) REST
3 18 (2.80%) Kafka
4 13 (2.02%) React
5 12 (1.86%) RESTful
6 9 (1.40%) LAPP Stack
6 9 (1.40%) LDAP
6 9 (1.40%) WebSphere MQ
7 8 (1.24%) Middleware
7 8 (1.24%) WPF
8 7 (1.09%) CSS
8 7 (1.09%) HTML
8 7 (1.09%) Sass
9 6 (0.93%) .NET Core
9 6 (0.93%) gRPC
9 6 (0.93%) Pandas
9 6 (0.93%) Protocol Buffers
9 6 (0.93%) Smart Contracts
9 6 (0.93%) Swagger
9 6 (0.93%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 94 (14.60%) Cloud Native
2 80 (12.42%) Product Ownership
3 49 (7.61%) Management Information System
4 39 (6.06%) Blog
5 36 (5.59%) Data Centre
6 29 (4.50%) Distributed Systems
6 29 (4.50%) Public Cloud
7 28 (4.35%) Credit Risk
8 22 (3.42%) Hybrid Cloud
9 21 (3.26%) Hedge funds
9 21 (3.26%) Onboarding
10 19 (2.95%) FPGA
10 19 (2.95%) Security Posture
11 18 (2.80%) Blockchain
12 15 (2.33%) Fixed Income
12 15 (2.33%) Market Risk
13 13 (2.02%) Derivative
14 12 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
15 9 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 9 (1.40%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 43 (6.68%) Linux
2 22 (3.42%) Windows
3 13 (2.02%) Unix
4 11 (1.71%) Android
4 11 (1.71%) Apple iOS
5 9 (1.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.62%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.62%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.16%) AIX
7 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (16.93%) Agile
1 109 (16.93%) Roadmaps
1 109 (16.93%) Software Engineering
2 98 (15.22%) Risk Management
3 94 (14.60%) Stakeholder Management
4 93 (14.44%) CI/CD
4 93 (14.44%) Fintech
5 88 (13.66%) Information Security
6 85 (13.20%) Problem-Solving
7 83 (12.89%) Risk Assessment
8 82 (12.73%) Test Automation
9 62 (9.63%) Microservices
10 60 (9.32%) DevOps
11 59 (9.16%) Cybersecurity
11 59 (9.16%) Process Improvement
12 53 (8.23%) Continuous Improvement
13 51 (7.92%) Clean Code
14 50 (7.76%) Analytics
14 50 (7.76%) Business Continuity
15 49 (7.61%) Due Diligence
Programming Languages
1 137 (21.27%) Java
2 88 (13.66%) Python
3 39 (6.06%) SQL
4 36 (5.59%) Go
5 26 (4.04%) TypeScript
6 21 (3.26%) C++
7 20 (3.11%) C
8 15 (2.33%) C#
9 14 (2.17%) JavaScript
10 6 (0.93%) Rust
11 5 (0.78%) Bash
12 4 (0.62%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.47%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.47%) R
14 1 (0.16%) COBOL
14 1 (0.16%) Cypher
14 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.16%) RPG
14 1 (0.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 74 (11.49%) Degree
2 73 (11.34%) CISA
2 73 (11.34%) CISSP
3 52 (8.07%) CRISC
4 22 (3.42%) FFIEC
5 21 (3.26%) CGEIT
5 21 (3.26%) CISM
5 21 (3.26%) SANS
6 18 (2.80%) ACCA
7 15 (2.33%) OSCP
8 13 (2.02%) AWS Certification
8 13 (2.02%) CREST Certified
9 12 (1.86%) CIMA
9 12 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (1.55%) Security Cleared
11 9 (1.40%) ITIL Certification
12 8 (1.24%) Azure Certification
12 8 (1.24%) PMI Certification
13 7 (1.09%) CompTIA Security+
14 6 (0.93%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (12.11%) NIST
2 74 (11.49%) PCI DSS
3 34 (5.28%) GDPR
4 31 (4.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 30 (4.66%) SOC 2
6 21 (3.26%) COBIT
7 20 (3.11%) GRC
8 16 (2.48%) SLA
9 15 (2.33%) IFRS
10 13 (2.02%) QA
11 10 (1.55%) Data Quality
12 9 (1.40%) GAAP
13 6 (0.93%) Basel II
13 6 (0.93%) COREP
14 5 (0.78%) EMIR
15 4 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
15 4 (0.62%) EU AI Act
15 4 (0.62%) MiFID
15 4 (0.62%) PMO
15 4 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (1.40%) Docker
1 9 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (0.78%) VMware NSX
3 4 (0.62%) Firmware
3 4 (0.62%) vSphere
4 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (0.47%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.31%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 95 (14.75%) Terraform
2 80 (12.42%) Kubernetes
3 53 (8.23%) Grafana
4 17 (2.64%) Ansible
5 10 (1.55%) Argo
6 4 (0.62%) Cilium
7 3 (0.47%) Cisco CUCM
8 2 (0.31%) Istio
8 2 (0.31%) Opsgenie
9 1 (0.16%) Control-M
9 1 (0.16%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 36 (5.59%) BT
2 28 (4.35%) Microsoft
2 28 (4.35%) ServiceNow
3 18 (2.80%) Oracle
4 16 (2.48%) Cisco
5 15 (2.33%) Databricks
5 15 (2.33%) IBM
6 12 (1.86%) BMC
6 12 (1.86%) Remedy
7 11 (1.71%) Google
8 10 (1.55%) Informatica
9 9 (1.40%) CheckPoint
9 9 (1.40%) Red Hat
9 9 (1.40%) Salesforce
9 9 (1.40%) VMware
10 7 (1.09%) Fortinet
11 6 (0.93%) SAP
12 5 (0.78%) Palo Alto
12 5 (0.78%) Splunk
13 4 (0.62%) Alteryx