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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 43 46
Rank change year-on-year -19 +3 -19
Permanent jobs citing Banking 974 967 1,151
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.91% 5.75% 5.15%
As % of the General category 6.39% 8.13% 8.19%
Number of salaries quoted 404 435 910
10th Percentile £31,500 £25,087 £61,125
25th Percentile £63,750 £42,000 £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 15,251 11,896 14,052
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.30% 70.70% 62.88%
Number of salaries quoted 9,222 6,225 7,859
10th Percentile £31,750 £28,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,585 £38,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £110,000
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 3 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 (1.23%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.51%) CMS
3 4 (0.41%) Ethereum
4 3 (0.31%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.31%) Confluence
4 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.21%) SAS
Applications
1 25 (2.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.10%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 23 (2.36%) Oracle Financials
2 20 (2.05%) Oracle ERP
2 20 (2.05%) Remedy ITSM
3 8 (0.82%) Actimize
3 8 (0.82%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (0.82%) Oracle EBS R12
3 8 (0.82%) Oracle General Ledger
4 6 (0.62%) Oracle Applications
5 3 (0.31%) Temenos T24
6 2 (0.21%) FLEXCUBE
6 2 (0.21%) Sage 50
7 1 (0.10%) Finacle
7 1 (0.10%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.10%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 304 (31.21%) AWS
2 160 (16.43%) GCP
3 141 (14.48%) SaaS
4 80 (8.21%) Azure
5 75 (7.70%) Amazon EKS
6 48 (4.93%) Amazon Bedrock
7 43 (4.41%) Snowflake
8 41 (4.21%) Anthropic Claude
9 23 (2.36%) GitHub
10 17 (1.75%) GitHub Copilot
10 17 (1.75%) Power Platform
11 16 (1.64%) Microsoft 365
12 15 (1.54%) OCI
13 14 (1.44%) Serverless
14 12 (1.23%) Datadog
15 9 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
16 8 (0.82%) Amazon S3
16 8 (0.82%) AWS Lambda
16 8 (0.82%) Microsoft Copilot
17 7 (0.72%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 58 (5.95%) Broadband
2 28 (2.87%) HTTP
3 21 (2.16%) TCP/IP
4 20 (2.05%) Firewall
5 17 (1.75%) LAN
6 15 (1.54%) WAN
7 14 (1.44%) BGP
7 14 (1.44%) Network Security
7 14 (1.44%) VLAN
8 10 (1.03%) OSPF
9 8 (0.82%) VPN
10 7 (0.72%) Cisco Nexus
10 7 (0.72%) Structured Cabling
11 6 (0.62%) DHCP
11 6 (0.62%) DNS
11 6 (0.62%) MPLS
12 5 (0.51%) Ethernet VPN
12 5 (0.51%) Internet
12 5 (0.51%) VXLAN
13 4 (0.41%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (2.98%) PostgreSQL
2 24 (2.46%) Data Warehouse
3 17 (1.75%) SQL Server
4 14 (1.44%) Power BI
5 12 (1.23%) Data Lake
6 9 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
6 9 (0.92%) DynamoDB
7 8 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (0.72%) Metadata
8 7 (0.72%) Relational Database
9 6 (0.62%) Tableau
10 5 (0.51%) Looker
11 4 (0.41%) Amazon Athena
11 4 (0.41%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (0.41%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.41%) NoSQL
12 3 (0.31%) Delta Lake
12 3 (0.31%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.21%) Elasticsearch
13 2 (0.21%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 80 (8.21%) TeamCity
2 41 (4.21%) Claude Code
3 14 (1.44%) JUnit
4 12 (1.23%) Git
5 9 (0.92%) JIRA
6 6 (0.62%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.31%) Android Studio
9 1 (0.10%) GitLab
9 1 (0.10%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.10%) Karma Test Runner
9 1 (0.10%) Maven
9 1 (0.10%) SonarQube
General
1 724 (74.33%) Finance
2 384 (39.43%) Social Skills
3 236 (24.23%) Retail
4 219 (22.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 204 (20.94%) Law
6 134 (13.76%) Financial Institution
7 130 (13.35%) Back Office
8 71 (7.29%) Legal
9 67 (6.88%) Analytical Skills
10 66 (6.78%) Investment Banking
11 58 (5.95%) Front Office
12 53 (5.44%) Marketing
13 36 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
14 22 (2.26%) Public Sector
15 20 (2.05%) Telecoms
16 18 (1.85%) Games
17 17 (1.75%) French Language
17 17 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
17 17 (1.75%) Polish Language
18 13 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 154 (15.81%) Software Engineer
2 149 (15.30%) Senior
3 148 (15.20%) Lead
4 82 (8.42%) Architect
5 66 (6.78%) Developer
6 54 (5.54%) Analyst
7 52 (5.34%) Lead Software Engineer
8 51 (5.24%) Senior Manager
9 50 (5.13%) Java Engineer
10 45 (4.62%) Engineering Manager
11 43 (4.41%) Software Engineering Manager
11 43 (4.41%) Software Manager
12 39 (4.00%) Finance Manager
12 39 (4.00%) IT Manager
12 39 (4.00%) Team Leader
13 38 (3.90%) Product Owner
14 37 (3.80%) Enterprise Architect
15 34 (3.49%) Product Manager
15 34 (3.49%) Senior Java Engineer
16 28 (2.87%) Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 118 (12.11%) Terraform
2 51 (5.24%) LangChain
2 51 (5.24%) LangGraph
3 46 (4.72%) REST
4 30 (3.08%) Spring
5 23 (2.36%) RESTful
6 19 (1.95%) React
7 17 (1.75%) OpenAPI
7 17 (1.75%) PyTorch
7 17 (1.75%) scikit-learn
7 17 (1.75%) Swagger
7 17 (1.75%) TensorFlow
8 14 (1.44%) AngularJS
9 12 (1.23%) CrewAI
9 12 (1.23%) pydantic
10 11 (1.13%) Spring Boot
11 10 (1.03%) Dagger
11 10 (1.03%) FIX Protocol
11 10 (1.03%) Node.js
11 10 (1.03%) RxJava
Miscellaneous
1 194 (19.92%) Product Ownership
2 144 (14.78%) Cloud Native
3 58 (5.95%) Hedge funds
4 57 (5.85%) AI Agents
5 51 (5.24%) Public Cloud
6 45 (4.62%) Web Conferencing
7 41 (4.21%) Podcast
8 35 (3.59%) Blog
9 26 (2.67%) Fixed Income
10 25 (2.57%) Management Information System
11 23 (2.36%) Derivative
11 23 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
12 21 (2.16%) Social Media
13 17 (1.75%) Security Posture
14 16 (1.64%) Distributed Architecture
14 16 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
14 16 (1.64%) Onboarding
15 14 (1.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 13 (1.33%) Credit Risk
17 12 (1.23%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 32 (3.29%) Linux
2 26 (2.67%) Apple iOS
3 24 (2.46%) Android
4 16 (1.64%) Windows
5 5 (0.51%) Mac OS
5 5 (0.51%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.31%) Unix
7 1 (0.10%) AIX
7 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.10%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 245 (25.15%) Software Engineering
2 237 (24.33%) Roadmaps
3 159 (16.32%) Fintech
4 158 (16.22%) AI
5 147 (15.09%) CI/CD
6 139 (14.27%) Problem-Solving
7 128 (13.14%) Test Automation
8 114 (11.70%) Continuous Improvement
9 105 (10.78%) Disruptive Innovation
10 103 (10.57%) Coaching
11 96 (9.86%) Machine Learning
12 91 (9.34%) Mentoring
13 90 (9.24%) Agile
14 87 (8.93%) Deployment Automation
14 87 (8.93%) Technical Leadership
15 83 (8.52%) Clean Code
16 82 (8.42%) Data Science
17 81 (8.32%) Product Roadmap
18 79 (8.11%) DevOps
18 79 (8.11%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 224 (23.00%) Java
2 137 (14.07%) Python
3 69 (7.08%) SQL
4 30 (3.08%) Go
5 25 (2.57%) TypeScript
6 20 (2.05%) JavaScript
6 20 (2.05%) R
7 17 (1.75%) C++
8 16 (1.64%) Kotlin
9 13 (1.33%) Bash
9 13 (1.33%) PowerShell
10 9 (0.92%) Rust
11 8 (0.82%) C
12 5 (0.51%) C#
12 5 (0.51%) VBA
13 4 (0.41%) Bicep
14 1 (0.10%) Google Apps Script
14 1 (0.10%) Scala
14 1 (0.10%) Swift
Qualifications
1 27 (2.77%) Degree
2 19 (1.95%) CISSP
3 17 (1.75%) CISM
4 14 (1.44%) ACCA
5 13 (1.33%) CISA
6 10 (1.03%) CIMA
7 9 (0.92%) Azure Certification
7 9 (0.92%) CRISC
8 8 (0.82%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (0.82%) CREST Certified
8 8 (0.82%) OSCP
9 7 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (0.72%) ISACA
9 7 (0.72%) Security Cleared
10 5 (0.51%) AWS Certification
10 5 (0.51%) GCFA
10 5 (0.51%) GIAC
10 5 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.41%) CEH
11 4 (0.41%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (5.75%) QA
2 25 (2.57%) NIST
3 24 (2.46%) Accessibility
3 24 (2.46%) PCI DSS
4 23 (2.36%) COBIT
5 22 (2.26%) GDPR
5 22 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 20 (2.05%) Data Quality
7 14 (1.44%) SOC 2
8 13 (1.33%) GRC
9 9 (0.92%) EMIR
9 9 (0.92%) FINREP
9 9 (0.92%) MiFID
10 8 (0.82%) SOC 1
11 7 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
12 6 (0.62%) COREP
12 6 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 5 (0.51%) EU AI Act
14 4 (0.41%) SLA
15 3 (0.31%) Basel III
System Software
1 12 (1.23%) Docker
2 9 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.51%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.31%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.21%) vSphere
7 1 (0.10%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 106 (10.88%) Kubernetes
2 94 (9.65%) Grafana
3 21 (2.16%) Ansible
4 11 (1.13%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.41%) Cisco CUCM
5 4 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.31%) Norton AntiVirus
7 2 (0.21%) 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 (5.95%) BT
2 47 (4.83%) Oracle
3 46 (4.72%) Databricks
4 40 (4.11%) ServiceNow
5 36 (3.70%) Microsoft
6 28 (2.87%) Google
7 23 (2.36%) BMC
8 20 (2.05%) Remedy
9 16 (1.64%) Cisco
10 10 (1.03%) FIS
10 10 (1.03%) Fortinet
10 10 (1.03%) Splunk
11 9 (0.92%) Dynatrace
11 9 (0.92%) SunGard
12 8 (0.82%) Palo Alto
12 8 (0.82%) VMware
13 6 (0.62%) Xero
14 4 (0.41%) Bloomberg
14 4 (0.41%) HubSpot
14 4 (0.41%) Sage