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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 37 41
Rank change year-on-year -26 +4 -14
Permanent jobs citing Banking 942 1,011 1,171
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.85% 6.26% 5.14%
As % of the General category 6.30% 8.71% 8.22%
Number of salaries quoted 387 455 925
10th Percentile £31,500 £25,087 £62,105
25th Percentile £62,500 £37,500 £82,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £85,000 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -22.73% +55.86%
75th Percentile £130,000 £115,000 £142,500
90th Percentile £142,500 £135,000 £148,750
UK median annual salary £82,500 £85,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -2.94% -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 14,960 11,606 14,245
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.10% 71.90% 62.57%
Number of salaries quoted 9,160 6,271 8,239
10th Percentile £32,260 £29,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £39,354 £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 £53,500 £56,500
% change year-on-year +2.80% -5.31% -5.83%

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 22 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 13 (1.38%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.42%) Ethereum
3 3 (0.32%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.32%) CMS
3 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.11%) Confluence
4 1 (0.11%) SAS
Applications
1 27 (2.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 26 (2.76%) Oracle Financials
2 22 (2.34%) Oracle ERP
3 20 (2.12%) Remedy ITSM
4 9 (0.96%) Oracle Applications
5 8 (0.85%) Oracle General Ledger
6 7 (0.74%) Oracle EBS
6 7 (0.74%) Oracle EBS R12
7 6 (0.64%) Actimize
8 3 (0.32%) Temenos T24
9 2 (0.21%) FLEXCUBE
9 2 (0.21%) Sage 50
10 1 (0.11%) Finacle
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Assets
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 302 (32.06%) AWS
2 149 (15.82%) GCP
3 127 (13.48%) SaaS
4 83 (8.81%) Azure
5 70 (7.43%) Amazon EKS
6 45 (4.78%) Snowflake
7 39 (4.14%) Amazon Bedrock
8 34 (3.61%) Anthropic Claude
9 21 (2.23%) GitHub
10 17 (1.80%) Microsoft 365
10 17 (1.80%) OCI
11 16 (1.70%) GitHub Copilot
11 16 (1.70%) Power Platform
12 14 (1.49%) Serverless
13 12 (1.27%) Datadog
14 11 (1.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 10 (1.06%) Azure AI
15 10 (1.06%) Azure Machine Learning
16 9 (0.96%) Azure DevOps
17 8 (0.85%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 58 (6.16%) Broadband
2 33 (3.50%) HTTP
3 23 (2.44%) Firewall
4 20 (2.12%) TCP/IP
5 19 (2.02%) LAN
6 18 (1.91%) WAN
7 15 (1.59%) Network Security
8 13 (1.38%) VLAN
9 10 (1.06%) BGP
9 10 (1.06%) OSPF
10 7 (0.74%) Cisco Nexus
10 7 (0.74%) DHCP
10 7 (0.74%) DNS
10 7 (0.74%) Structured Cabling
11 6 (0.64%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (0.64%) Cisco Firepower
11 6 (0.64%) MPLS
11 6 (0.64%) Unified Communications
11 6 (0.64%) WebEx
12 5 (0.53%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
2 22 (2.34%) Data Warehouse
2 22 (2.34%) SQL Server
3 14 (1.49%) Azure SQL Database
4 13 (1.38%) Power BI
5 11 (1.17%) Data Lake
6 9 (0.96%) DynamoDB
7 8 (0.85%) Relational Database
8 7 (0.74%) Metadata
9 6 (0.64%) Looker
9 6 (0.64%) Tableau
10 4 (0.42%) Amazon Athena
10 4 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.32%) Delta Lake
11 3 (0.32%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.32%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.21%) Elasticsearch
12 2 (0.21%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.21%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 72 (7.64%) TeamCity
2 34 (3.61%) Claude Code
3 12 (1.27%) Git
4 11 (1.17%) JUnit
5 5 (0.53%) JIRA
6 4 (0.42%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.32%) Android Studio
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
1 717 (76.11%) Finance
2 354 (37.58%) Social Skills
3 213 (22.61%) Retail
4 200 (21.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 184 (19.53%) Law
6 123 (13.06%) Financial Institution
7 118 (12.53%) Back Office
8 70 (7.43%) Legal
9 65 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
10 64 (6.79%) Investment Banking
11 47 (4.99%) Front Office
12 46 (4.88%) Marketing
13 36 (3.82%) Presentation Skills
14 23 (2.44%) Public Sector
15 22 (2.34%) Telecoms
16 18 (1.91%) Games
17 17 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
18 15 (1.59%) Polish Language
19 13 (1.38%) French Language
19 13 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 147 (15.61%) Senior
2 145 (15.39%) Software Engineer
3 134 (14.23%) Lead
4 74 (7.86%) Architect
5 54 (5.73%) Analyst
5 54 (5.73%) Senior Manager
6 53 (5.63%) Developer
7 50 (5.31%) Lead Software Engineer
8 49 (5.20%) Engineering Manager
9 47 (4.99%) Software Engineering Manager
9 47 (4.99%) Software Manager
10 40 (4.25%) Java Engineer
11 36 (3.82%) Product Manager
12 35 (3.72%) Development Engineer
12 35 (3.72%) Finance Manager
12 35 (3.72%) Software Development Engineer
13 34 (3.61%) Enterprise Architect
13 34 (3.61%) IT Manager
14 33 (3.50%) Product Owner
15 31 (3.29%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 112 (11.89%) Terraform
2 51 (5.41%) REST
3 44 (4.67%) LangChain
3 44 (4.67%) LangGraph
4 34 (3.61%) Spring
5 23 (2.44%) React
6 18 (1.91%) RESTful
7 16 (1.70%) AngularJS
7 16 (1.70%) scikit-learn
8 15 (1.59%) OpenAPI
8 15 (1.59%) PyTorch
8 15 (1.59%) Swagger
8 15 (1.59%) TensorFlow
9 13 (1.38%) Spring Boot
10 12 (1.27%) Node.js
11 10 (1.06%) FIX Protocol
12 8 (0.85%) AWS CDK
13 7 (0.74%) Dagger
13 7 (0.74%) Oracle Fusion
13 7 (0.74%) RxJava
Miscellaneous
1 193 (20.49%) Product Ownership
2 135 (14.33%) Cloud Native
3 60 (6.37%) Public Cloud
4 47 (4.99%) AI Agents
5 45 (4.78%) Hedge funds
5 45 (4.78%) Web Conferencing
6 41 (4.35%) Podcast
7 30 (3.18%) Blog
8 27 (2.87%) Management Information System
9 23 (2.44%) Fixed Income
10 20 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
11 19 (2.02%) Derivative
11 19 (2.02%) Onboarding
11 19 (2.02%) Security Posture
12 18 (1.91%) Distributed Architecture
13 16 (1.70%) Social Media
14 13 (1.38%) Credit Risk
15 12 (1.27%) Data Centre
15 12 (1.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 12 (1.27%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 35 (3.72%) Linux
2 23 (2.44%) Apple iOS
3 22 (2.34%) Android
4 20 (2.12%) Windows
5 7 (0.74%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.53%) Unix
7 4 (0.42%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.11%) AIX
8 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 254 (26.96%) Roadmaps
2 239 (25.37%) Software Engineering
3 144 (15.29%) AI
4 143 (15.18%) Fintech
5 142 (15.07%) CI/CD
6 138 (14.65%) Problem-Solving
7 126 (13.38%) Test Automation
8 106 (11.25%) Continuous Improvement
9 98 (10.40%) Agile
10 97 (10.30%) Mentoring
10 97 (10.30%) Technical Leadership
11 96 (10.19%) Coaching
12 93 (9.87%) Machine Learning
13 90 (9.55%) Disruptive Innovation
14 86 (9.13%) Product Roadmap
15 82 (8.70%) Deployment Automation
16 80 (8.49%) Microservices
17 79 (8.39%) DevOps
18 76 (8.07%) Clean Code
19 73 (7.75%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 211 (22.40%) Java
2 117 (12.42%) Python
3 70 (7.43%) SQL
4 24 (2.55%) Go
4 24 (2.55%) TypeScript
5 23 (2.44%) JavaScript
6 20 (2.12%) C++
7 14 (1.49%) PowerShell
7 14 (1.49%) R
8 11 (1.17%) C
8 11 (1.17%) Kotlin
9 9 (0.96%) Bash
10 7 (0.74%) Rust
11 5 (0.53%) C#
11 5 (0.53%) VBA
12 4 (0.42%) Bicep
13 2 (0.21%) Objective-C
13 2 (0.21%) Perl
13 2 (0.21%) Ruby
14 1 (0.11%) Scala
Qualifications
1 27 (2.87%) Degree
2 19 (2.02%) CISSP
3 17 (1.80%) CISM
4 16 (1.70%) ACCA
5 13 (1.38%) CISA
6 12 (1.27%) CIMA
7 11 (1.17%) CREST Certified
7 11 (1.17%) OSCP
8 9 (0.96%) CRISC
9 8 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (0.74%) Azure Certification
10 7 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (0.74%) ISACA
10 7 (0.74%) Security Cleared
11 6 (0.64%) AWS Certification
12 5 (0.53%) CCNP
12 5 (0.53%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.42%) GCFA
13 4 (0.42%) GIAC
13 4 (0.42%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (5.73%) QA
2 23 (2.44%) NIST
3 22 (2.34%) Data Quality
3 22 (2.34%) GDPR
4 20 (2.12%) Accessibility
5 19 (2.02%) COBIT
5 19 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 19 (2.02%) PCI DSS
6 12 (1.27%) GRC
6 12 (1.27%) MiFID
7 11 (1.17%) EMIR
7 11 (1.17%) FINREP
7 11 (1.17%) SOC 2
8 8 (0.85%) COREP
8 8 (0.85%) SOC 1
9 7 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (0.53%) EU AI Act
11 3 (0.32%) Basel III
11 3 (0.32%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.32%) PMO
System Software
1 13 (1.38%) Virtual Machines
2 12 (1.27%) Docker
3 6 (0.64%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (0.32%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.32%) vSphere
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 96 (10.19%) Kubernetes
2 88 (9.34%) Grafana
3 23 (2.44%) Ansible
4 6 (0.64%) Cisco CUCM
4 6 (0.64%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.32%) Norton AntiVirus
6 1 (0.11%) Argo
6 1 (0.11%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Flashback
6 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.11%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 58 (6.16%) BT
2 49 (5.20%) Databricks
2 49 (5.20%) Oracle
3 46 (4.88%) Microsoft
4 37 (3.93%) ServiceNow
5 23 (2.44%) BMC
6 20 (2.12%) Remedy
7 18 (1.91%) Cisco
8 16 (1.70%) Google
9 12 (1.27%) Fortinet
9 12 (1.27%) Splunk
10 11 (1.17%) FIS
10 11 (1.17%) Palo Alto
11 9 (0.96%) Dynatrace
11 9 (0.96%) SunGard
11 9 (0.96%) VMware
12 6 (0.64%) Xero
13 5 (0.53%) CheckPoint
14 4 (0.42%) Sage
14 4 (0.42%) SAP