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

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 24 50
Rank change year-on-year -46 +26 -27
Permanent jobs citing Banking 793 1,379 1,176
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.56% 8.31% 4.65%
As % of the General category 5.95% 11.46% 7.61%
Number of salaries quoted 330 767 972
10th Percentile £31,500 £25,000 £60,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £25,313 £81,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £86,250 £78,810 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.44% -28.35% +55.38%
75th Percentile £118,750 £115,000 £142,500
90th Percentile £132,750 £135,000 £165,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £85,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% -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 13,335 12,032 15,449
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.89% 72.55% 61.07%
Number of salaries quoted 8,559 6,748 10,536
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £32,996
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,188 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.80% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £103,875
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 2 August 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 10 (1.26%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.50%) Ethereum
2 4 (0.50%) SAS
3 3 (0.38%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 30 (3.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 32 (4.04%) Oracle Financials
2 19 (2.40%) Oracle ERP
3 18 (2.27%) Remedy ITSM
4 9 (1.13%) Oracle Applications
5 5 (0.63%) Oracle General Ledger
6 4 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.50%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.13%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.13%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 234 (29.51%) AWS
2 118 (14.88%) SaaS
3 113 (14.25%) GCP
4 80 (10.09%) Azure
5 60 (7.57%) Amazon EKS
6 22 (2.77%) Snowflake
7 18 (2.27%) OCI
8 17 (2.14%) Microsoft 365
9 15 (1.89%) Power Platform
10 12 (1.51%) Amazon Bedrock
10 12 (1.51%) Anthropic Claude
10 12 (1.51%) GitHub
11 11 (1.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 11 (1.39%) GitHub Copilot
12 10 (1.26%) Azure AI
12 10 (1.26%) Azure Machine Learning
13 8 (1.01%) Amazon MSK
13 8 (1.01%) OpenShift
14 7 (0.88%) Datadog
14 7 (0.88%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 32 (4.04%) Broadband
2 31 (3.91%) HTTP
3 24 (3.03%) Firewall
3 24 (3.03%) TCP/IP
4 18 (2.27%) LAN
4 18 (2.27%) WAN
5 12 (1.51%) Cisco Firepower
6 11 (1.39%) Cisco ASA
7 10 (1.26%) CHAP
7 10 (1.26%) Network Security
7 10 (1.26%) Unified Communications
7 10 (1.26%) VLAN
7 10 (1.26%) WebEx
8 6 (0.76%) SD-WAN
8 6 (0.76%) Software-Defined Networking
9 5 (0.63%) VPN
10 4 (0.50%) BGP
10 4 (0.50%) DHCP
10 4 (0.50%) DNS
11 3 (0.38%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (3.03%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.77%) Azure SQL Database
2 14 (1.77%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (1.51%) Power BI
4 11 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (1.13%) Data Lake
5 9 (1.13%) Looker
6 6 (0.76%) Tableau
7 5 (0.63%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.38%) Delta Lake
8 3 (0.38%) DynamoDB
8 3 (0.38%) Metadata
8 3 (0.38%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.38%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.38%) SAS EBI
9 2 (0.25%) Db2
9 2 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.25%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.25%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 51 (6.43%) TeamCity
2 12 (1.51%) Claude Code
3 8 (1.01%) Git
4 5 (0.63%) JIRA
4 5 (0.63%) JUnit
5 3 (0.38%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.13%) GitLab
6 1 (0.13%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.13%) Karma Test Runner
6 1 (0.13%) Maven
6 1 (0.13%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.13%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 651 (82.09%) Finance
2 303 (38.21%) Social Skills
3 174 (21.94%) Retail
4 169 (21.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 146 (18.41%) Law
6 111 (14.00%) Financial Institution
7 107 (13.49%) Back Office
8 67 (8.45%) Analytical Skills
8 67 (8.45%) Investment Banking
9 61 (7.69%) Legal
10 53 (6.68%) Presentation Skills
11 44 (5.55%) Marketing
12 31 (3.91%) Front Office
13 20 (2.52%) Public Sector
14 19 (2.40%) Games
14 19 (2.40%) Telecoms
15 15 (1.89%) Polish Language
16 14 (1.77%) Italian Language
17 12 (1.51%) German Language
18 11 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 123 (15.51%) Senior
2 115 (14.50%) Software Engineer
3 97 (12.23%) Lead
4 65 (8.20%) Analyst
5 50 (6.31%) Developer
5 50 (6.31%) Senior Manager
6 44 (5.55%) Engineering Manager
7 43 (5.42%) Product Manager
8 42 (5.30%) Software Engineering Manager
8 42 (5.30%) Software Manager
9 39 (4.92%) Lead Software Engineer
10 38 (4.79%) Architect
11 34 (4.29%) Development Engineer
11 34 (4.29%) Software Development Engineer
12 29 (3.66%) Senior Software Engineer
13 27 (3.40%) Product Owner
14 24 (3.03%) Consultant
14 24 (3.03%) Data Scientist
15 21 (2.65%) Java Engineer
16 20 (2.52%) Senior Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (6.68%) REST
2 27 (3.40%) Spring
3 24 (3.03%) React
4 22 (2.77%) LangChain
4 22 (2.77%) LangGraph
5 12 (1.51%) AngularJS
5 12 (1.51%) Kafka
5 12 (1.51%) scikit-learn
6 11 (1.39%) PyTorch
6 11 (1.39%) RESTful
6 11 (1.39%) TensorFlow
7 10 (1.26%) FIX Protocol
7 10 (1.26%) XMPP
8 9 (1.13%) Node.js
8 9 (1.13%) OpenAPI
8 9 (1.13%) Spring Boot
8 9 (1.13%) Swagger
9 8 (1.01%) .NET
9 8 (1.01%) AWS CDK
10 6 (0.76%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 157 (19.80%) Product Ownership
2 123 (15.51%) Cloud Native
3 55 (6.94%) Public Cloud
4 39 (4.92%) Web Conferencing
5 36 (4.54%) Management Information System
6 32 (4.04%) Podcast
7 26 (3.28%) Blog
8 22 (2.77%) Fixed Income
9 21 (2.65%) Onboarding
10 19 (2.40%) AI Agents
10 19 (2.40%) Hedge funds
10 19 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
11 16 (2.02%) Derivative
11 16 (2.02%) Security Posture
12 15 (1.89%) FPGA
13 14 (1.77%) Credit Risk
13 14 (1.77%) Distributed Architecture
14 13 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
14 13 (1.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 11 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 46 (5.80%) Linux
2 24 (3.03%) Windows
3 14 (1.77%) Android
3 14 (1.77%) Apple iOS
4 13 (1.64%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.13%) Unix
6 2 (0.25%) AIX
7 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.13%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 231 (29.13%) Roadmaps
2 193 (24.34%) Software Engineering
3 142 (17.91%) Problem-Solving
4 126 (15.89%) Agile
5 119 (15.01%) Fintech
6 107 (13.49%) Test Automation
7 103 (12.99%) CI/CD
8 98 (12.36%) AI
9 92 (11.60%) Product Roadmap
10 86 (10.84%) Technical Leadership
11 79 (9.96%) Continuous Improvement
12 77 (9.71%) Coaching
13 74 (9.33%) Mentoring
14 71 (8.95%) DevOps
15 69 (8.70%) Risk Management
16 64 (8.07%) Analytics
16 64 (8.07%) Microservices
17 63 (7.94%) Machine Learning
18 61 (7.69%) Deployment Automation
19 58 (7.31%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 165 (20.81%) Java
2 103 (12.99%) Python
3 59 (7.44%) SQL
4 28 (3.53%) C++
5 27 (3.40%) Go
6 24 (3.03%) JavaScript
7 22 (2.77%) TypeScript
8 19 (2.40%) C
9 12 (1.51%) PowerShell
10 10 (1.26%) R
11 9 (1.13%) C#
12 8 (1.01%) Rust
13 5 (0.63%) Bash
13 5 (0.63%) VBA
14 3 (0.38%) Objective-C
14 3 (0.38%) Perl
14 3 (0.38%) Ruby
15 1 (0.13%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.13%) RPG
15 1 (0.13%) Scala
Qualifications
1 52 (6.56%) Degree
2 28 (3.53%) CISSP
3 27 (3.40%) ACCA
4 25 (3.15%) CIMA
5 24 (3.03%) CISM
6 22 (2.77%) CISA
7 12 (1.51%) CREST Certified
7 12 (1.51%) OSCP
8 11 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (1.39%) CRISC
9 10 (1.26%) CGEIT
9 10 (1.26%) FFIEC
9 10 (1.26%) SANS
10 9 (1.13%) Azure Certification
10 9 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (0.88%) ISACA
11 7 (0.88%) Security Cleared
12 6 (0.76%) CCNP
13 5 (0.63%) AWS Certification
14 4 (0.50%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (5.80%) QA
2 32 (4.04%) NIST
3 27 (3.40%) GDPR
4 23 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 22 (2.77%) COBIT
5 22 (2.77%) Data Quality
5 22 (2.77%) PCI DSS
6 15 (1.89%) FINREP
6 15 (1.89%) SOC 2
7 14 (1.77%) Accessibility
7 14 (1.77%) COREP
8 13 (1.64%) GRC
9 11 (1.39%) EMIR
9 11 (1.39%) MiFID
10 7 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
10 7 (0.88%) SOC 1
11 6 (0.76%) IFRS
12 5 (0.63%) EU AI Act
13 4 (0.50%) GAAP
13 4 (0.50%) PMO
System Software
1 20 (2.52%) Virtual Machines
2 13 (1.64%) Docker
3 9 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.01%) Active Directory
5 7 (0.88%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 7 (0.88%) Virtual Servers
5 7 (0.88%) vSphere
6 4 (0.50%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 89 (11.22%) Terraform
2 76 (9.58%) Kubernetes
3 67 (8.45%) Grafana
4 21 (2.65%) Ansible
5 10 (1.26%) Cisco CUCM
6 8 (1.01%) Istio
7 4 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.38%) Norton AntiVirus
9 2 (0.25%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.13%) Argo
10 1 (0.13%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Flashback
10 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 55 (6.94%) Oracle
2 51 (6.43%) Microsoft
3 32 (4.04%) BT
3 32 (4.04%) ServiceNow
4 24 (3.03%) Databricks
5 21 (2.65%) BMC
6 19 (2.40%) Cisco
7 18 (2.27%) Palo Alto
7 18 (2.27%) Remedy
8 16 (2.02%) Fortinet
9 14 (1.77%) Splunk
9 14 (1.77%) VMware
10 10 (1.26%) FIS
11 9 (1.13%) SunGard
12 8 (1.01%) Confluent
13 7 (0.88%) CheckPoint
13 7 (0.88%) NetApp
14 6 (0.76%) Google
14 6 (0.76%) SAP
14 6 (0.76%) Workday