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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 25 48
Rank change year-on-year -46 +23 -24
Permanent jobs citing Banking 803 1,292 1,182
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.54% 7.86% 4.74%
As % of the General category 5.90% 10.82% 7.74%
Number of salaries quoted 340 687 973
10th Percentile £31,500 £25,000 £61,421
25th Percentile £56,250 £25,313 £82,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £86,250 £83,000 £112,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.92% -26.22% +53.17%
75th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £142,500
90th Percentile £136,250 £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 13,610 11,945 15,273
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.98% 72.65% 61.23%
Number of salaries quoted 8,661 6,648 10,271
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -2.21% -5.92%
75th Percentile £80,000 £79,039 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £105,000
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 11 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 11 (1.37%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.50%) Ethereum
3 3 (0.37%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.25%) SAS
Applications
1 30 (3.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 31 (3.86%) Oracle Financials
2 20 (2.49%) Remedy ITSM
3 19 (2.37%) Oracle ERP
4 9 (1.12%) Oracle Applications
5 5 (0.62%) Oracle General Ledger
6 4 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.50%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.12%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.12%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 238 (29.64%) AWS
2 109 (13.57%) GCP
3 107 (13.33%) SaaS
4 82 (10.21%) Azure
5 56 (6.97%) Amazon EKS
6 28 (3.49%) Snowflake
7 18 (2.24%) Amazon Bedrock
7 18 (2.24%) Anthropic Claude
7 18 (2.24%) Microsoft 365
7 18 (2.24%) OCI
8 15 (1.87%) GitHub
9 14 (1.74%) Power Platform
10 13 (1.62%) GitHub Copilot
11 11 (1.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 10 (1.25%) Azure AI
12 10 (1.25%) Azure Machine Learning
13 8 (1.00%) Amazon MSK
13 8 (1.00%) Datadog
13 8 (1.00%) OpenShift
13 8 (1.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 40 (4.98%) Broadband
2 31 (3.86%) HTTP
3 25 (3.11%) Firewall
4 23 (2.86%) TCP/IP
5 19 (2.37%) LAN
5 19 (2.37%) WAN
6 12 (1.49%) Cisco Firepower
7 11 (1.37%) Cisco ASA
7 11 (1.37%) Network Security
7 11 (1.37%) VLAN
8 10 (1.25%) Unified Communications
8 10 (1.25%) WebEx
9 9 (1.12%) CHAP
10 6 (0.75%) SD-WAN
10 6 (0.75%) Software-Defined Networking
11 5 (0.62%) BGP
11 5 (0.62%) VPN
12 4 (0.50%) DHCP
12 4 (0.50%) DNS
12 4 (0.50%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (2.99%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.74%) Azure SQL Database
3 13 (1.62%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (1.37%) Power BI
5 9 (1.12%) Data Lake
6 8 (1.00%) Looker
7 5 (0.62%) DynamoDB
7 5 (0.62%) Oracle Database
7 5 (0.62%) Tableau
8 4 (0.50%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.37%) Delta Lake
9 3 (0.37%) Metadata
9 3 (0.37%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.25%) Db2
10 2 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.25%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.25%) SAS EBI
10 2 (0.25%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 47 (5.85%) TeamCity
2 18 (2.24%) Claude Code
3 8 (1.00%) Git
4 5 (0.62%) JUnit
5 4 (0.50%) JIRA
6 3 (0.37%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.12%) GitLab
7 1 (0.12%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.12%) Karma Test Runner
7 1 (0.12%) Maven
7 1 (0.12%) SonarQube
General
1 654 (81.44%) Finance
2 301 (37.48%) Social Skills
3 161 (20.05%) Retail
4 153 (19.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 136 (16.94%) Law
6 106 (13.20%) Financial Institution
7 98 (12.20%) Back Office
8 69 (8.59%) Analytical Skills
9 67 (8.34%) Investment Banking
10 60 (7.47%) Legal
11 48 (5.98%) Presentation Skills
12 41 (5.11%) Marketing
13 33 (4.11%) Front Office
14 21 (2.62%) Public Sector
15 20 (2.49%) Telecoms
16 19 (2.37%) Games
17 13 (1.62%) Polish Language
18 12 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
19 11 (1.37%) Italian Language
20 10 (1.25%) German Language
Job Titles
1 123 (15.32%) Senior
2 113 (14.07%) Software Engineer
3 97 (12.08%) Lead
4 62 (7.72%) Analyst
5 51 (6.35%) Developer
5 51 (6.35%) Senior Manager
6 44 (5.48%) Architect
6 44 (5.48%) Engineering Manager
7 42 (5.23%) Software Engineering Manager
7 42 (5.23%) Software Manager
8 40 (4.98%) Product Manager
9 39 (4.86%) Lead Software Engineer
10 34 (4.23%) Development Engineer
10 34 (4.23%) Software Development Engineer
11 27 (3.36%) Senior Software Engineer
12 26 (3.24%) Product Owner
13 24 (2.99%) Data Scientist
14 23 (2.86%) IT Manager
15 21 (2.62%) Team Leader
16 20 (2.49%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (6.48%) REST
2 28 (3.49%) LangChain
2 28 (3.49%) LangGraph
2 28 (3.49%) Spring
3 24 (2.99%) React
4 13 (1.62%) AngularJS
5 12 (1.49%) Kafka
5 12 (1.49%) RESTful
5 12 (1.49%) scikit-learn
6 11 (1.37%) Node.js
6 11 (1.37%) PyTorch
6 11 (1.37%) TensorFlow
7 10 (1.25%) FIX Protocol
7 10 (1.25%) Spring Boot
7 10 (1.25%) XMPP
8 9 (1.12%) OpenAPI
8 9 (1.12%) Swagger
9 8 (1.00%) AWS CDK
10 7 (0.87%) .NET
11 6 (0.75%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 154 (19.18%) Product Ownership
2 115 (14.32%) Cloud Native
3 55 (6.85%) Public Cloud
4 39 (4.86%) Web Conferencing
5 36 (4.48%) Management Information System
6 32 (3.99%) Podcast
7 27 (3.36%) AI Agents
8 25 (3.11%) Hedge funds
9 23 (2.86%) Blog
10 22 (2.74%) Fixed Income
10 22 (2.74%) Onboarding
11 20 (2.49%) Self-Motivation
12 17 (2.12%) Security Posture
13 16 (1.99%) Derivative
14 15 (1.87%) Distributed Architecture
15 14 (1.74%) FPGA
16 13 (1.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 12 (1.49%) Credit Risk
17 12 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
18 11 (1.37%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 45 (5.60%) Linux
2 25 (3.11%) Windows
3 15 (1.87%) Android
3 15 (1.87%) Apple iOS
4 13 (1.62%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.12%) Unix
6 2 (0.25%) AIX
7 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.12%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (29.27%) Roadmaps
2 193 (24.03%) Software Engineering
3 136 (16.94%) Problem-Solving
4 122 (15.19%) Agile
5 116 (14.45%) Fintech
6 104 (12.95%) AI
7 103 (12.83%) Test Automation
8 102 (12.70%) CI/CD
9 88 (10.96%) Product Roadmap
10 86 (10.71%) Technical Leadership
11 83 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
12 76 (9.46%) Coaching
13 74 (9.22%) Mentoring
14 73 (9.09%) DevOps
15 70 (8.72%) Machine Learning
16 68 (8.47%) Risk Management
17 63 (7.85%) Analytics
18 62 (7.72%) Microservices
19 60 (7.47%) ITIL
20 58 (7.22%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 162 (20.17%) Java
2 105 (13.08%) Python
3 61 (7.60%) SQL
4 27 (3.36%) C++
4 27 (3.36%) Go
5 24 (2.99%) JavaScript
6 23 (2.86%) TypeScript
7 18 (2.24%) C
8 14 (1.74%) PowerShell
9 9 (1.12%) R
10 8 (1.00%) C#
10 8 (1.00%) Rust
11 5 (0.62%) Bash
11 5 (0.62%) VBA
12 3 (0.37%) Objective-C
12 3 (0.37%) Perl
12 3 (0.37%) Ruby
13 2 (0.25%) Bicep
13 2 (0.25%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.12%) Cypher
Qualifications
1 45 (5.60%) Degree
2 26 (3.24%) ACCA
2 26 (3.24%) CISSP
3 24 (2.99%) CIMA
4 23 (2.86%) CISM
5 20 (2.49%) CISA
6 12 (1.49%) CREST Certified
6 12 (1.49%) OSCP
7 11 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (1.25%) CRISC
9 9 (1.12%) Azure Certification
9 9 (1.12%) CGEIT
9 9 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (1.12%) FFIEC
9 9 (1.12%) SANS
10 7 (0.87%) ISACA
11 6 (0.75%) CCNP
11 6 (0.75%) Security Cleared
12 5 (0.62%) AWS Certification
13 4 (0.50%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (5.73%) QA
2 30 (3.74%) NIST
3 27 (3.36%) GDPR
4 22 (2.74%) Data Quality
5 21 (2.62%) COBIT
5 21 (2.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 20 (2.49%) PCI DSS
7 16 (1.99%) FINREP
8 15 (1.87%) Accessibility
9 14 (1.74%) COREP
10 13 (1.62%) SOC 2
11 11 (1.37%) EMIR
11 11 (1.37%) GRC
11 11 (1.37%) MiFID
12 7 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
12 7 (0.87%) SOC 1
13 5 (0.62%) EU AI Act
13 5 (0.62%) IFRS
14 4 (0.50%) PMO
15 3 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 20 (2.49%) Virtual Machines
2 14 (1.74%) Docker
3 9 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.00%) Active Directory
5 7 (0.87%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 7 (0.87%) Virtual Servers
5 7 (0.87%) vSphere
6 4 (0.50%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 87 (10.83%) Terraform
2 72 (8.97%) Kubernetes
3 63 (7.85%) Grafana
4 22 (2.74%) Ansible
5 10 (1.25%) Cisco CUCM
6 8 (1.00%) Istio
7 4 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.37%) Norton AntiVirus
9 1 (0.12%) Argo
9 1 (0.12%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.12%) Opsgenie
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Flashback
9 1 (0.12%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 53 (6.60%) Oracle
2 51 (6.35%) Microsoft
3 40 (4.98%) BT
4 35 (4.36%) ServiceNow
5 30 (3.74%) Databricks
6 23 (2.86%) BMC
7 20 (2.49%) Cisco
7 20 (2.49%) Remedy
8 18 (2.24%) Palo Alto
9 16 (1.99%) Fortinet
10 14 (1.74%) Splunk
10 14 (1.74%) VMware
11 10 (1.25%) FIS
12 9 (1.12%) SunGard
13 8 (1.00%) Confluent
14 7 (0.87%) CheckPoint
14 7 (0.87%) Dynatrace
14 7 (0.87%) NetApp
15 6 (0.75%) Workday
16 5 (0.62%) Okta