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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 44 44
Rank change year-on-year -19 0 -18
Permanent jobs citing Banking 988 974 1,148
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.96% 5.79% 5.12%
As % of the General category 6.45% 8.20% 8.15%
Number of salaries quoted 411 431 908
10th Percentile £31,500 £25,087 £60,875
25th Percentile £63,125 £41,000 £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 15,318 11,877 14,086
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.39% 70.60% 62.78%
Number of salaries quoted 9,287 6,217 7,891
10th Percentile £32,257 £29,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,869 £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 £111,250
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 1 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 13 (1.32%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.40%) CMS
2 4 (0.40%) Ethereum
3 3 (0.30%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.20%) Confluence
5 1 (0.10%) SAS
Applications
1 26 (2.63%) 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 23 (2.33%) Oracle Financials
2 21 (2.13%) Oracle ERP
3 20 (2.02%) Remedy ITSM
4 8 (0.81%) Actimize
4 8 (0.81%) Oracle EBS
4 8 (0.81%) Oracle EBS R12
4 8 (0.81%) Oracle General Ledger
5 7 (0.71%) Oracle Applications
6 3 (0.30%) Temenos T24
7 2 (0.20%) FLEXCUBE
7 2 (0.20%) Sage 50
8 1 (0.10%) Finacle
8 1 (0.10%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.10%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 307 (31.07%) AWS
2 162 (16.40%) GCP
3 144 (14.57%) SaaS
4 81 (8.20%) Azure
5 77 (7.79%) Amazon EKS
6 45 (4.55%) Amazon Bedrock
6 45 (4.55%) Snowflake
7 41 (4.15%) Anthropic Claude
8 23 (2.33%) GitHub
9 17 (1.72%) GitHub Copilot
9 17 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
9 17 (1.72%) Power Platform
10 16 (1.62%) OCI
11 14 (1.42%) Serverless
12 12 (1.21%) Datadog
13 9 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
14 8 (0.81%) Amazon ECS
14 8 (0.81%) AWS CloudFormation
14 8 (0.81%) AWS Lambda
14 8 (0.81%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 58 (5.87%) Broadband
2 27 (2.73%) HTTP
3 22 (2.23%) Firewall
3 22 (2.23%) TCP/IP
4 18 (1.82%) LAN
5 16 (1.62%) WAN
6 15 (1.52%) Network Security
6 15 (1.52%) VLAN
7 14 (1.42%) BGP
8 10 (1.01%) OSPF
9 8 (0.81%) VPN
10 7 (0.71%) Cisco Nexus
10 7 (0.71%) DHCP
10 7 (0.71%) DNS
10 7 (0.71%) Structured Cabling
11 6 (0.61%) MPLS
12 5 (0.51%) Cisco ASA
12 5 (0.51%) Ethernet VPN
12 5 (0.51%) Internet
12 5 (0.51%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (3.04%) PostgreSQL
2 24 (2.43%) Data Warehouse
3 19 (1.92%) SQL Server
4 14 (1.42%) Power BI
5 12 (1.21%) Data Lake
6 10 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
7 9 (0.91%) Amazon RDS
7 9 (0.91%) DynamoDB
8 7 (0.71%) Metadata
8 7 (0.71%) Relational Database
9 6 (0.61%) Looker
9 6 (0.61%) Tableau
10 4 (0.40%) Amazon Athena
10 4 (0.40%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (0.40%) MongoDB
10 4 (0.40%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.30%) Delta Lake
11 3 (0.30%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.20%) Big Data
12 2 (0.20%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 81 (8.20%) TeamCity
2 41 (4.15%) Claude Code
3 14 (1.42%) JUnit
4 12 (1.21%) Git
5 7 (0.71%) JIRA
6 6 (0.61%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.30%) 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
1 736 (74.49%) Finance
2 386 (39.07%) Social Skills
3 244 (24.70%) Retail
4 226 (22.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 212 (21.46%) Law
6 135 (13.66%) Financial Institution
7 132 (13.36%) Back Office
8 72 (7.29%) Legal
9 69 (6.98%) Analytical Skills
10 68 (6.88%) Investment Banking
11 56 (5.67%) Front Office
12 53 (5.36%) Marketing
13 36 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
14 23 (2.33%) Public Sector
15 21 (2.13%) Telecoms
16 18 (1.82%) Games
17 17 (1.72%) French Language
17 17 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
17 17 (1.72%) Polish Language
18 13 (1.32%) German Language
Job Titles
1 151 (15.28%) Senior
2 150 (15.18%) Software Engineer
3 146 (14.78%) Lead
4 81 (8.20%) Architect
5 62 (6.28%) Developer
6 55 (5.57%) Analyst
7 53 (5.36%) Java Engineer
8 51 (5.16%) Senior Manager
9 49 (4.96%) Lead Software Engineer
10 45 (4.55%) Engineering Manager
11 43 (4.35%) Software Engineering Manager
11 43 (4.35%) Software Manager
12 39 (3.95%) Finance Manager
12 39 (3.95%) IT Manager
12 39 (3.95%) Team Leader
13 38 (3.85%) Product Owner
14 37 (3.74%) Enterprise Architect
15 34 (3.44%) Product Manager
15 34 (3.44%) Senior Java Engineer
16 28 (2.83%) Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 122 (12.35%) Terraform
2 47 (4.76%) LangChain
2 47 (4.76%) LangGraph
3 46 (4.66%) REST
4 32 (3.24%) Spring
5 23 (2.33%) RESTful
6 22 (2.23%) React
7 17 (1.72%) OpenAPI
7 17 (1.72%) Swagger
8 16 (1.62%) AngularJS
8 16 (1.62%) PyTorch
8 16 (1.62%) scikit-learn
8 16 (1.62%) TensorFlow
9 13 (1.32%) Spring Boot
10 11 (1.11%) Node.js
11 10 (1.01%) Dagger
11 10 (1.01%) FIX Protocol
11 10 (1.01%) RxJava
12 9 (0.91%) OpenTelemetry
12 9 (0.91%) pydantic
Miscellaneous
1 193 (19.53%) Product Ownership
2 147 (14.88%) Cloud Native
3 55 (5.57%) Hedge funds
4 54 (5.47%) AI Agents
5 51 (5.16%) Public Cloud
6 45 (4.55%) Web Conferencing
7 41 (4.15%) Podcast
8 38 (3.85%) Blog
9 27 (2.73%) Fixed Income
10 26 (2.63%) Management Information System
11 24 (2.43%) Derivative
12 22 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
13 21 (2.13%) Social Media
14 19 (1.92%) Security Posture
15 18 (1.82%) Onboarding
16 17 (1.72%) Distributed Architecture
16 17 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
17 15 (1.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
18 13 (1.32%) Credit Risk
19 12 (1.21%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 33 (3.34%) Linux
2 27 (2.73%) Apple iOS
3 25 (2.53%) Android
4 18 (1.82%) Windows
5 6 (0.61%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.51%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.40%) Unix
8 1 (0.10%) AIX
8 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.10%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (24.60%) Roadmaps
2 242 (24.49%) Software Engineering
3 164 (16.60%) Fintech
4 154 (15.59%) AI
5 149 (15.08%) CI/CD
6 144 (14.57%) Problem-Solving
7 129 (13.06%) Test Automation
8 115 (11.64%) Continuous Improvement
9 108 (10.93%) Disruptive Innovation
10 103 (10.43%) Coaching
11 97 (9.82%) Machine Learning
12 95 (9.62%) Mentoring
13 94 (9.51%) Agile
14 87 (8.81%) Technical Leadership
15 86 (8.70%) Deployment Automation
16 85 (8.60%) Clean Code
17 81 (8.20%) Product Roadmap
18 80 (8.10%) DevOps
18 80 (8.10%) Microservices
19 79 (8.00%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 227 (22.98%) Java
2 134 (13.56%) Python
3 71 (7.19%) SQL
4 31 (3.14%) Go
5 24 (2.43%) TypeScript
6 21 (2.13%) JavaScript
7 18 (1.82%) C++
8 17 (1.72%) R
9 14 (1.42%) Bash
9 14 (1.42%) Kotlin
9 14 (1.42%) PowerShell
10 9 (0.91%) C
11 8 (0.81%) Rust
12 5 (0.51%) C#
12 5 (0.51%) VBA
13 4 (0.40%) Bicep
14 1 (0.10%) Google Apps Script
14 1 (0.10%) Objective-C
14 1 (0.10%) Scala
14 1 (0.10%) Swift
Qualifications
1 28 (2.83%) Degree
2 19 (1.92%) CISSP
3 17 (1.72%) CISM
4 15 (1.52%) ACCA
5 13 (1.32%) CISA
6 11 (1.11%) CIMA
7 10 (1.01%) CREST Certified
7 10 (1.01%) OSCP
8 9 (0.91%) CRISC
9 8 (0.81%) Azure Certification
9 8 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (0.71%) ISACA
10 7 (0.71%) Security Cleared
11 5 (0.51%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.51%) GCFA
11 5 (0.51%) GIAC
11 5 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.40%) CEH
12 4 (0.40%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (5.67%) QA
2 25 (2.53%) NIST
3 24 (2.43%) Accessibility
3 24 (2.43%) PCI DSS
4 22 (2.23%) COBIT
4 22 (2.23%) GDPR
4 22 (2.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 21 (2.13%) Data Quality
6 14 (1.42%) SOC 2
7 13 (1.32%) GRC
8 10 (1.01%) EMIR
8 10 (1.01%) FINREP
8 10 (1.01%) MiFID
9 8 (0.81%) SOC 1
10 7 (0.71%) COREP
10 7 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
11 6 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.51%) EU AI Act
13 4 (0.40%) SLA
14 3 (0.30%) Basel III
System Software
1 12 (1.21%) Docker
2 11 (1.11%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.61%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.30%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.20%) vSphere
7 1 (0.10%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 109 (11.03%) Kubernetes
2 96 (9.72%) Grafana
3 22 (2.23%) Ansible
4 11 (1.11%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.51%) Cisco CUCM
6 4 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.30%) Norton AntiVirus
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 (5.87%) BT
2 48 (4.86%) Databricks
2 48 (4.86%) Oracle
3 41 (4.15%) Microsoft
4 39 (3.95%) ServiceNow
5 24 (2.43%) Google
6 23 (2.33%) BMC
7 20 (2.02%) Remedy
8 17 (1.72%) Cisco
9 11 (1.11%) FIS
9 11 (1.11%) Fortinet
9 11 (1.11%) Splunk
10 9 (0.91%) Dynatrace
10 9 (0.91%) Palo Alto
10 9 (0.91%) SunGard
11 8 (0.81%) VMware
12 6 (0.61%) Xero
13 4 (0.40%) Bloomberg
13 4 (0.40%) HubSpot
13 4 (0.40%) Okta