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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 32 44
Rank change year-on-year -29 +12 -18
Permanent jobs citing Banking 879 1,174 1,209
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.77% 7.14% 4.98%
As % of the General category 6.25% 10.01% 8.08%
Number of salaries quoted 368 587 992
10th Percentile £31,500 £25,087 £60,000
25th Percentile £56,875 £25,313 £82,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £83,577 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -24.02% +51.29%
75th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £142,500
90th Percentile £142,500 £135,000 £165,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £82,500 £92,500
% change year-on-year -3.03% -10.81% +23.33%

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 14,060 11,727 14,972
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.27% 71.32% 61.62%
Number of salaries quoted 8,811 6,564 9,390
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,750 £33,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,750 £43,750
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 £78,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £108,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -8.33%

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 1 September 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 (1.37%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.46%) Ethereum
3 3 (0.34%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.11%) Confluence
4 1 (0.11%) SAS
Applications
1 30 (3.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 28 (3.19%) Oracle Financials
2 20 (2.28%) Remedy ITSM
3 19 (2.16%) Oracle ERP
4 9 (1.02%) Oracle Applications
5 5 (0.57%) Oracle General Ledger
6 4 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.46%) Oracle EBS R12
7 3 (0.34%) Actimize
8 2 (0.23%) FLEXCUBE
8 2 (0.23%) Temenos T24
9 1 (0.11%) Finacle
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Assets
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 271 (30.83%) AWS
2 123 (13.99%) GCP
3 113 (12.86%) SaaS
4 85 (9.67%) Azure
5 60 (6.83%) Amazon EKS
6 39 (4.44%) Snowflake
7 27 (3.07%) Amazon Bedrock
7 27 (3.07%) Anthropic Claude
8 18 (2.05%) GitHub
8 18 (2.05%) Microsoft 365
8 18 (2.05%) OCI
9 15 (1.71%) Power Platform
10 14 (1.59%) GitHub Copilot
11 13 (1.48%) Serverless
12 11 (1.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 11 (1.25%) Datadog
13 10 (1.14%) Azure AI
13 10 (1.14%) Azure Machine Learning
14 9 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
15 8 (0.91%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 56 (6.37%) Broadband
2 33 (3.75%) HTTP
3 24 (2.73%) Firewall
4 22 (2.50%) TCP/IP
5 19 (2.16%) LAN
5 19 (2.16%) WAN
6 13 (1.48%) Network Security
6 13 (1.48%) VLAN
7 8 (0.91%) BGP
7 8 (0.91%) Cisco ASA
7 8 (0.91%) Cisco Firepower
7 8 (0.91%) OSPF
7 8 (0.91%) Unified Communications
7 8 (0.91%) WebEx
8 6 (0.68%) CHAP
8 6 (0.68%) DHCP
8 6 (0.68%) DNS
8 6 (0.68%) MPLS
8 6 (0.68%) SD-WAN
8 6 (0.68%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (2.62%) SQL Server
2 19 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
3 17 (1.93%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (1.59%) Azure SQL Database
5 12 (1.37%) Power BI
6 11 (1.25%) Data Lake
7 8 (0.91%) DynamoDB
8 7 (0.80%) Looker
8 7 (0.80%) Relational Database
9 6 (0.68%) Metadata
9 6 (0.68%) Tableau
10 4 (0.46%) Amazon Athena
10 4 (0.46%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (0.46%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.34%) Delta Lake
11 3 (0.34%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (0.23%) Elasticsearch
12 2 (0.23%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.23%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 52 (5.92%) TeamCity
2 27 (3.07%) Claude Code
3 10 (1.14%) Git
4 7 (0.80%) JUnit
5 5 (0.57%) JIRA
6 3 (0.34%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.23%) Android Studio
7 2 (0.23%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.11%) GitLab
8 1 (0.11%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.11%) Karma Test Runner
8 1 (0.11%) Maven
8 1 (0.11%) SonarQube
General
1 696 (79.18%) Finance
2 322 (36.63%) Social Skills
3 180 (20.48%) Retail
4 168 (19.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 152 (17.29%) Law
6 109 (12.40%) Financial Institution
7 107 (12.17%) Back Office
8 68 (7.74%) Analytical Skills
8 68 (7.74%) Investment Banking
9 67 (7.62%) Legal
10 48 (5.46%) Marketing
11 46 (5.23%) Presentation Skills
12 40 (4.55%) Front Office
13 24 (2.73%) Public Sector
14 23 (2.62%) Telecoms
15 17 (1.93%) Games
16 14 (1.59%) Polish Language
17 12 (1.37%) German Language
17 12 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
18 11 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 131 (14.90%) Senior
2 123 (13.99%) Software Engineer
3 108 (12.29%) Lead
4 60 (6.83%) Architect
5 55 (6.26%) Analyst
6 53 (6.03%) Senior Manager
7 48 (5.46%) Developer
8 47 (5.35%) Engineering Manager
9 45 (5.12%) Software Engineering Manager
9 45 (5.12%) Software Manager
10 41 (4.66%) Lead Software Engineer
11 38 (4.32%) Product Manager
12 36 (4.10%) Development Engineer
12 36 (4.10%) Software Development Engineer
13 31 (3.53%) IT Manager
14 28 (3.19%) Enterprise Architect
14 28 (3.19%) Finance Manager
14 28 (3.19%) Product Owner
15 26 (2.96%) Senior Software Engineer
16 25 (2.84%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (11.26%) Terraform
2 53 (6.03%) REST
3 36 (4.10%) LangChain
3 36 (4.10%) LangGraph
4 32 (3.64%) Spring
5 24 (2.73%) React
6 15 (1.71%) AngularJS
6 15 (1.71%) RESTful
7 14 (1.59%) scikit-learn
8 13 (1.48%) Node.js
8 13 (1.48%) PyTorch
8 13 (1.48%) TensorFlow
9 12 (1.37%) Kafka
9 12 (1.37%) OpenAPI
9 12 (1.37%) Spring Boot
9 12 (1.37%) Swagger
10 10 (1.14%) FIX Protocol
11 8 (0.91%) AWS CDK
11 8 (0.91%) XMPP
12 6 (0.68%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 170 (19.34%) Product Ownership
2 127 (14.45%) Cloud Native
3 59 (6.71%) Public Cloud
4 43 (4.89%) Web Conferencing
5 38 (4.32%) Podcast
6 36 (4.10%) AI Agents
7 33 (3.75%) Hedge funds
8 32 (3.64%) Management Information System
9 24 (2.73%) Blog
10 23 (2.62%) Fixed Income
11 20 (2.28%) Onboarding
12 18 (2.05%) Derivative
13 17 (1.93%) Distributed Architecture
13 17 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
14 15 (1.71%) Security Posture
15 13 (1.48%) Credit Risk
15 13 (1.48%) Distributed Systems
15 13 (1.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 11 (1.25%) FPGA
16 11 (1.25%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 38 (4.32%) Linux
2 21 (2.39%) Windows
3 16 (1.82%) Android
4 14 (1.59%) Apple iOS
5 10 (1.14%) Windows Server
6 7 (0.80%) Unix
7 1 (0.11%) AIX
7 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 254 (28.90%) Roadmaps
2 210 (23.89%) Software Engineering
3 138 (15.70%) Problem-Solving
4 123 (13.99%) AI
5 122 (13.88%) Fintech
6 120 (13.65%) Agile
7 117 (13.31%) CI/CD
8 111 (12.63%) Test Automation
9 94 (10.69%) Technical Leadership
10 92 (10.47%) Product Roadmap
11 89 (10.13%) Continuous Improvement
12 85 (9.67%) Mentoring
13 84 (9.56%) Machine Learning
14 83 (9.44%) Coaching
15 80 (9.10%) DevOps
16 67 (7.62%) Deployment Automation
17 66 (7.51%) Microservices
17 66 (7.51%) Risk Management
18 65 (7.39%) Data Science
19 63 (7.17%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 176 (20.02%) Java
2 112 (12.74%) Python
3 70 (7.96%) SQL
4 27 (3.07%) Go
5 25 (2.84%) TypeScript
6 24 (2.73%) C++
6 24 (2.73%) JavaScript
7 15 (1.71%) C
7 15 (1.71%) PowerShell
8 8 (0.91%) R
8 8 (0.91%) Rust
9 7 (0.80%) C#
9 7 (0.80%) Kotlin
10 5 (0.57%) Bash
10 5 (0.57%) VBA
11 4 (0.46%) Bicep
12 3 (0.34%) Objective-C
12 3 (0.34%) Perl
12 3 (0.34%) Ruby
13 1 (0.11%) Scala
Qualifications
1 35 (3.98%) Degree
2 22 (2.50%) ACCA
2 22 (2.50%) CISSP
3 20 (2.28%) CIMA
3 20 (2.28%) CISM
4 16 (1.82%) CISA
5 11 (1.25%) CREST Certified
5 11 (1.25%) OSCP
6 9 (1.02%) Azure Certification
6 9 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (1.02%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (1.02%) CRISC
7 7 (0.80%) AWS Certification
7 7 (0.80%) ISACA
8 6 (0.68%) CCNP
8 6 (0.68%) CGEIT
8 6 (0.68%) FFIEC
8 6 (0.68%) SANS
8 6 (0.68%) Security Cleared
9 4 (0.46%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (5.35%) QA
2 26 (2.96%) Data Quality
3 25 (2.84%) NIST
4 24 (2.73%) GDPR
5 18 (2.05%) COBIT
5 18 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 17 (1.93%) PCI DSS
7 16 (1.82%) Accessibility
8 15 (1.71%) FINREP
9 13 (1.48%) GRC
10 12 (1.37%) COREP
10 12 (1.37%) EMIR
10 12 (1.37%) MiFID
11 10 (1.14%) SOC 2
12 7 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
12 7 (0.80%) SOC 1
13 5 (0.57%) EU AI Act
14 4 (0.46%) IFRS
14 4 (0.46%) ISO 20022
14 4 (0.46%) PMO
System Software
1 20 (2.28%) Virtual Machines
2 16 (1.82%) Docker
3 7 (0.80%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.57%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 5 (0.57%) Virtual Servers
5 5 (0.57%) vSphere
6 4 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.34%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 80 (9.10%) Kubernetes
2 69 (7.85%) Grafana
3 24 (2.73%) Ansible
4 8 (0.91%) Cisco CUCM
4 8 (0.91%) Istio
5 4 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.34%) Norton AntiVirus
6 3 (0.34%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.11%) Argo
7 1 (0.11%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Flashback
7 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 56 (6.37%) BT
2 50 (5.69%) Microsoft
3 49 (5.57%) Oracle
4 43 (4.89%) Databricks
5 35 (3.98%) ServiceNow
6 23 (2.62%) BMC
7 20 (2.28%) Remedy
8 19 (2.16%) Cisco
9 14 (1.59%) Fortinet
9 14 (1.59%) Palo Alto
10 11 (1.25%) FIS
10 11 (1.25%) Splunk
10 11 (1.25%) VMware
11 9 (1.02%) Dynatrace
11 9 (1.02%) SunGard
12 8 (0.91%) Confluent
13 7 (0.80%) Google
14 6 (0.68%) CheckPoint
15 5 (0.57%) NetApp
15 5 (0.57%) SAP