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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 47 47
Rank change year-on-year -16 0 -21
Permanent jobs citing Banking 989 937 1,111
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.98% 5.62% 5.13%
As % of the General category 6.48% 7.94% 8.18%
Number of salaries quoted 404 425 880
10th Percentile £31,500 £25,087 £60,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £48,750 £80,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £85,000 £107,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -20.93% +52.32%
75th Percentile £130,000 £115,000 £142,500
90th Percentile £142,500 £135,000 £148,750
UK median annual salary £85,000 £85,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year - -5.56% +20.00%

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 15,268 11,796 13,590
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.44% 70.74% 62.77%
Number of salaries quoted 9,164 6,200 7,566
10th Percentile £31,506 £28,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,585 £38,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -6.50% -1.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £79,039 £84,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £110,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -4.17%

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 October 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 12 (1.21%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.51%) CMS
3 3 (0.30%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.30%) Confluence
3 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.20%) Ethereum
4 2 (0.20%) SAS
Applications
1 21 (2.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.10%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 20 (2.02%) Oracle ERP
1 20 (2.02%) Remedy ITSM
2 19 (1.92%) Oracle Financials
3 8 (0.81%) Actimize
3 8 (0.81%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (0.81%) Oracle EBS R12
3 8 (0.81%) Oracle General Ledger
4 5 (0.51%) Oracle Applications
5 3 (0.30%) Temenos T24
6 2 (0.20%) FLEXCUBE
6 2 (0.20%) Sage 50
7 1 (0.10%) Finacle
7 1 (0.10%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.10%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 315 (31.85%) AWS
2 174 (17.59%) GCP
3 152 (15.37%) SaaS
4 84 (8.49%) Amazon EKS
5 83 (8.39%) Azure
6 51 (5.16%) Amazon Bedrock
7 43 (4.35%) Anthropic Claude
8 39 (3.94%) Snowflake
9 23 (2.33%) GitHub
10 17 (1.72%) GitHub Copilot
10 17 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
10 17 (1.72%) Power Platform
11 15 (1.52%) OCI
12 13 (1.31%) Serverless
13 12 (1.21%) Datadog
14 10 (1.01%) Microsoft Copilot
15 9 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
16 8 (0.81%) AWS Lambda
16 8 (0.81%) Google Workspace
16 8 (0.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 58 (5.86%) Broadband
2 25 (2.53%) HTTP
3 24 (2.43%) TCP/IP
4 20 (2.02%) Firewall
4 20 (2.02%) VLAN
5 19 (1.92%) BGP
6 18 (1.82%) LAN
7 16 (1.62%) WAN
8 14 (1.42%) Network Security
9 13 (1.31%) VPN
10 10 (1.01%) OSPF
11 7 (0.71%) Cisco Nexus
11 7 (0.71%) Structured Cabling
12 6 (0.61%) MPLS
13 5 (0.51%) Cisco ASA
13 5 (0.51%) DHCP
13 5 (0.51%) DNS
13 5 (0.51%) Internet
13 5 (0.51%) Unified Communications
13 5 (0.51%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (3.64%) PostgreSQL
2 24 (2.43%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
3 14 (1.42%) Power BI
4 12 (1.21%) Data Lake
4 12 (1.21%) SQL Server
5 9 (0.91%) DynamoDB
6 7 (0.71%) Metadata
6 7 (0.71%) Relational Database
7 6 (0.61%) Tableau
8 4 (0.40%) Amazon Athena
8 4 (0.40%) Amazon Redshift
8 4 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (0.40%) Looker
8 4 (0.40%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.40%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.30%) Delta Lake
10 2 (0.20%) Big Data
10 2 (0.20%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.20%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 90 (9.10%) TeamCity
2 43 (4.35%) Claude Code
3 18 (1.82%) JUnit
4 12 (1.21%) Git
5 9 (0.91%) JIRA
6 7 (0.71%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.40%) Android Studio
7 4 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.10%) GitLab
8 1 (0.10%) Gradle
8 1 (0.10%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.10%) Karma Test Runner
8 1 (0.10%) Maven
8 1 (0.10%) SonarQube
General
1 723 (73.10%) Finance
2 387 (39.13%) Social Skills
3 254 (25.68%) Retail
4 235 (23.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 222 (22.45%) Law
6 144 (14.56%) Financial Institution
7 140 (14.16%) Back Office
8 69 (6.98%) Legal
9 67 (6.77%) Analytical Skills
10 65 (6.57%) Investment Banking
11 61 (6.17%) Front Office
12 57 (5.76%) Marketing
13 35 (3.54%) Presentation Skills
14 22 (2.22%) Public Sector
15 21 (2.12%) Telecoms
16 20 (2.02%) French Language
17 18 (1.82%) Games
17 18 (1.82%) Polish Language
17 18 (1.82%) Retail Banking
18 16 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 170 (17.19%) Software Engineer
2 160 (16.18%) Senior
3 147 (14.86%) Lead
4 87 (8.80%) Architect
5 69 (6.98%) Developer
6 60 (6.07%) Java Engineer
7 53 (5.36%) Lead Software Engineer
8 51 (5.16%) Analyst
8 51 (5.16%) Senior Manager
9 44 (4.45%) Engineering Manager
10 43 (4.35%) IT Manager
10 43 (4.35%) Senior Java Engineer
11 42 (4.25%) Software Engineering Manager
11 42 (4.25%) Software Manager
12 39 (3.94%) Finance Manager
12 39 (3.94%) Team Leader
13 38 (3.84%) Product Owner
14 37 (3.74%) Enterprise Architect
15 31 (3.13%) Product Manager
16 29 (2.93%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (12.94%) Terraform
2 55 (5.56%) LangChain
2 55 (5.56%) LangGraph
3 42 (4.25%) REST
4 31 (3.13%) RESTful
5 29 (2.93%) Spring
6 20 (2.02%) OpenAPI
6 20 (2.02%) Swagger
7 18 (1.82%) PyTorch
7 18 (1.82%) React
7 18 (1.82%) scikit-learn
7 18 (1.82%) TensorFlow
8 15 (1.52%) CrewAI
8 15 (1.52%) pydantic
9 14 (1.42%) OpenTelemetry
10 13 (1.31%) AngularJS
10 13 (1.31%) Dagger
10 13 (1.31%) RxJava
11 12 (1.21%) XML
12 10 (1.01%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 194 (19.62%) Product Ownership
2 152 (15.37%) Cloud Native
3 61 (6.17%) Hedge funds
4 60 (6.07%) AI Agents
5 50 (5.06%) Public Cloud
6 46 (4.65%) Web Conferencing
7 42 (4.25%) Blog
8 41 (4.15%) Podcast
9 27 (2.73%) Fixed Income
10 24 (2.43%) Derivative
10 24 (2.43%) Management Information System
11 22 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
11 22 (2.22%) Social Media
12 21 (2.12%) Distributed Systems
13 18 (1.82%) Security Posture
14 16 (1.62%) Distributed Architecture
14 16 (1.62%) Onboarding
15 15 (1.52%) Mobile Banking
16 14 (1.42%) Credit Risk
16 14 (1.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 31 (3.13%) Linux
2 30 (3.03%) Apple iOS
3 28 (2.83%) Android
4 16 (1.62%) Windows
5 6 (0.61%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.40%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.10%) AIX
7 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.10%) Solaris
7 1 (0.10%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 261 (26.39%) Software Engineering
2 232 (23.46%) Roadmaps
3 177 (17.90%) Fintech
4 166 (16.78%) AI
5 156 (15.77%) CI/CD
6 140 (14.16%) Test Automation
7 134 (13.55%) Problem-Solving
8 121 (12.23%) Disruptive Innovation
9 117 (11.83%) Continuous Improvement
10 104 (10.52%) Coaching
11 98 (9.91%) Machine Learning
12 96 (9.71%) Clean Code
13 93 (9.40%) Deployment Automation
13 93 (9.40%) Mentoring
14 88 (8.90%) Data Science
15 83 (8.39%) Technical Leadership
16 81 (8.19%) Agile
17 80 (8.09%) Microservices
18 79 (7.99%) Product Roadmap
19 78 (7.89%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 245 (24.77%) Java
2 155 (15.67%) Python
3 67 (6.77%) SQL
4 38 (3.84%) Go
5 28 (2.83%) TypeScript
6 24 (2.43%) Kotlin
7 23 (2.33%) R
8 19 (1.92%) Bash
8 19 (1.92%) JavaScript
9 16 (1.62%) C++
10 13 (1.31%) PowerShell
11 12 (1.21%) Rust
12 7 (0.71%) C
13 5 (0.51%) C#
13 5 (0.51%) VBA
14 4 (0.40%) Bicep
15 2 (0.20%) Swift
16 1 (0.10%) Google Apps Script
16 1 (0.10%) Scala
Qualifications
1 22 (2.22%) Degree
2 16 (1.62%) CISSP
3 14 (1.42%) CISM
4 13 (1.31%) Azure Certification
5 10 (1.01%) ACCA
5 10 (1.01%) CISA
6 8 (0.81%) CRISC
7 7 (0.71%) CIMA
7 7 (0.71%) CREST Certified
7 7 (0.71%) OSCP
7 7 (0.71%) Security Cleared
8 6 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (0.61%) GCFA
8 6 (0.61%) GIAC
8 6 (0.61%) ISACA
9 5 (0.51%) AWS Certification
9 5 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.40%) CCNP
10 4 (0.40%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (5.97%) QA
2 28 (2.83%) PCI DSS
3 27 (2.73%) Accessibility
4 25 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 24 (2.43%) COBIT
6 22 (2.22%) NIST
7 20 (2.02%) Data Quality
7 20 (2.02%) GDPR
8 18 (1.82%) SOC 2
9 14 (1.42%) GRC
10 9 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (0.71%) FINREP
11 7 (0.71%) SOC 1
12 6 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
12 6 (0.61%) EMIR
12 6 (0.61%) MiFID
13 5 (0.51%) EU AI Act
14 4 (0.40%) COREP
14 4 (0.40%) SLA
15 3 (0.30%) Basel III
System Software
1 14 (1.42%) Docker
2 5 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.40%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (0.30%) VMware NSX
4 3 (0.30%) vSphere
5 1 (0.10%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 117 (11.83%) Kubernetes
2 105 (10.62%) Grafana
3 22 (2.22%) Ansible
4 16 (1.62%) Prometheus
5 9 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.51%) Cisco CUCM
7 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.30%) Norton AntiVirus
8 1 (0.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.10%) Argo
8 1 (0.10%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.10%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.10%) Oracle Flashback
8 1 (0.10%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 58 (5.86%) BT
2 43 (4.35%) Google
3 42 (4.25%) Databricks
4 41 (4.15%) Oracle
5 39 (3.94%) ServiceNow
6 31 (3.13%) Microsoft
7 22 (2.22%) BMC
8 20 (2.02%) Remedy
9 17 (1.72%) Cisco
10 12 (1.21%) Splunk
11 11 (1.11%) Fortinet
12 10 (1.01%) FIS
13 9 (0.91%) Dynatrace
13 9 (0.91%) Palo Alto
13 9 (0.91%) SunGard
13 9 (0.91%) VMware
14 6 (0.61%) Xero
15 4 (0.40%) Apple
15 4 (0.40%) CrowdStrike
15 4 (0.40%) HubSpot