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

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 45 46
Rank change year-on-year -17 +1 -20
Permanent jobs citing Banking 616 952 1,558
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.78% 6.05% 5.67%
As % of the General category 6.44% 8.69% 9.14%
Number of salaries quoted 331 729 1,291
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,000 £46,306
25th Percentile £70,000 £51,698 £57,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £82,500 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +16.90% +1.41%
75th Percentile £130,000 £105,000 £96,539
90th Percentile £142,500 £140,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £90,000 £85,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% +13.33% -

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 9,572 10,949 17,045
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 58.78% 69.58% 62.02%
Number of salaries quoted 6,026 6,278 13,551
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £32,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -10.57%

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

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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 12 February 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 18 (2.92%) SAS
2 16 (2.60%) Apache Airflow
3 14 (2.27%) Apache
4 12 (1.95%) Tomcat
4 12 (1.95%) WebSphere
4 12 (1.95%) WebSphere Application Server
5 8 (1.30%) Confluence
6 7 (1.14%) Ethereum
7 3 (0.49%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.32%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
Applications
1 10 (1.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 14 (2.27%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.81%) Oracle Financials
3 5 (0.81%) SAP CO
3 5 (0.81%) SAP FI
3 5 (0.81%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.49%) SAP PS
4 3 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.32%) Adaptiv
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.32%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.16%) Actimize
6 1 (0.16%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.16%) ION Anvil
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 170 (27.60%) AWS
2 107 (17.37%) SaaS
3 79 (12.82%) GCP
4 62 (10.06%) Amazon EKS
5 45 (7.31%) Azure
6 30 (4.87%) GitHub
7 22 (3.57%) Snowflake
8 18 (2.92%) dbt
9 15 (2.44%) GitHub Actions
10 13 (2.11%) Power Platform
11 10 (1.62%) Amazon EC2
11 10 (1.62%) Amazon Kinesis
11 10 (1.62%) Amazon S3
11 10 (1.62%) GitHub Copilot
11 10 (1.62%) Route 53
11 10 (1.62%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 9 (1.46%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 8 (1.30%) Azure Event Grid
14 7 (1.14%) Amazon ECS
15 6 (0.97%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 37 (6.01%) Broadband
2 24 (3.90%) TCP/IP
3 18 (2.92%) CHAP
4 14 (2.27%) Firewall
5 13 (2.11%) SSL
6 11 (1.79%) BGP
6 11 (1.79%) HTTP
7 10 (1.62%) VPN
8 8 (1.30%) Cisco ASA
9 7 (1.14%) VLAN
10 6 (0.97%) LAN
10 6 (0.97%) Network Security
10 6 (0.97%) WAN
11 4 (0.65%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (0.65%) NX-OS
11 4 (0.65%) WLAN
12 1 (0.16%) Ethernet VPN
12 1 (0.16%) NetScaler
12 1 (0.16%) SD-WAN
12 1 (0.16%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (4.38%) PostgreSQL
2 24 (3.90%) SQL Server
3 23 (3.73%) Data Lake
4 14 (2.27%) Amazon Athena
4 14 (2.27%) Apache Arrow
4 14 (2.27%) Apache Iceberg
4 14 (2.27%) Apache Ignite
4 14 (2.27%) DB2
4 14 (2.27%) Dremio
5 13 (2.11%) Power BI
5 13 (2.11%) Tableau
6 10 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
6 10 (1.62%) Flink
7 7 (1.14%) BigQuery
8 6 (0.97%) Metadata
9 4 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.65%) DataStage
9 4 (0.65%) QlikView
10 3 (0.49%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 46 (7.47%) TeamCity
2 15 (2.44%) Jenkins
3 9 (1.46%) JIRA
4 4 (0.65%) ER Studio
4 4 (0.65%) ERwin
4 4 (0.65%) Git
4 4 (0.65%) PowerDesigner
5 1 (0.16%) JUnit
5 1 (0.16%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 451 (73.21%) Finance
2 187 (30.36%) Social Skills
3 149 (24.19%) Retail
4 127 (20.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 126 (20.45%) Financial Institution
6 124 (20.13%) Law
7 96 (15.58%) Back Office
8 59 (9.58%) Investment Banking
9 42 (6.82%) Front Office
10 30 (4.87%) Games
11 24 (3.90%) Marketing
12 20 (3.25%) Analytical Skills
13 15 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
14 13 (2.11%) Polish Language
15 12 (1.95%) Public Sector
16 11 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
17 8 (1.30%) Telecoms
18 7 (1.14%) Legal
18 7 (1.14%) Retail Banking
19 6 (0.97%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 102 (16.56%) Senior
2 77 (12.50%) Software Engineer
3 50 (8.12%) Analyst
4 48 (7.79%) Lead
5 42 (6.82%) Senior Software Engineer
6 36 (5.84%) Developer
7 34 (5.52%) Auditor
8 33 (5.36%) Java Engineer
8 33 (5.36%) Java Software Engineer
9 32 (5.19%) Architect
9 32 (5.19%) AWS Engineer
10 31 (5.03%) Customer Service Advisor
11 24 (3.90%) Product Owner
12 22 (3.57%) Internal Auditor
12 22 (3.57%) Python Engineer
13 19 (3.08%) C++ Developer
13 19 (3.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 19 (3.08%) Senior Java Engineer
13 19 (3.08%) Senior Java Software Engineer
14 18 (2.92%) Linux Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.41%) .NET
2 18 (2.92%) REST
3 16 (2.60%) Kafka
4 14 (2.27%) gRPC
4 14 (2.27%) NumPy
4 14 (2.27%) Pandas
4 14 (2.27%) Protocol Buffers
4 14 (2.27%) SciPy
5 12 (1.95%) LAPP Stack
5 12 (1.95%) LDAP
5 12 (1.95%) WebSphere MQ
6 11 (1.79%) React
6 11 (1.79%) RESTful
7 8 (1.30%) WPF
8 7 (1.14%) Middleware
8 7 (1.14%) Smart Contracts
8 7 (1.14%) web3js
9 6 (0.97%) CSS
9 6 (0.97%) HTML
9 6 (0.97%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 81 (13.15%) Cloud Native
2 73 (11.85%) Product Ownership
3 44 (7.14%) Management Information System
4 35 (5.68%) Blog
4 35 (5.68%) Data Centre
5 31 (5.03%) Public Cloud
6 30 (4.87%) Credit Risk
7 29 (4.71%) Hedge funds
8 28 (4.55%) Distributed Systems
9 22 (3.57%) Derivative
9 22 (3.57%) Fixed Income
9 22 (3.57%) Hybrid Cloud
10 18 (2.92%) FPGA
11 17 (2.76%) Blockchain
11 17 (2.76%) Security Posture
12 16 (2.60%) Onboarding
13 15 (2.44%) Market Risk
14 14 (2.27%) Equities
14 14 (2.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 14 (2.27%) Pricing Data
Operating Systems
1 42 (6.82%) Linux
2 22 (3.57%) Windows
3 14 (2.27%) Unix
4 13 (2.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (1.46%) Android
5 9 (1.46%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.65%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.16%) AIX
7 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (17.53%) Software Engineering
2 105 (17.05%) Roadmaps
3 103 (16.72%) Agile
4 92 (14.94%) Risk Management
5 86 (13.96%) CI/CD
6 83 (13.47%) Stakeholder Management
7 82 (13.31%) Fintech
8 81 (13.15%) Information Security
9 79 (12.82%) Risk Assessment
10 76 (12.34%) Problem-Solving
11 71 (11.53%) Test Automation
12 58 (9.42%) Cybersecurity
13 56 (9.09%) Microservices
13 56 (9.09%) Process Improvement
14 51 (8.28%) Continuous Improvement
15 50 (8.12%) Analytics
15 50 (8.12%) DevOps
16 49 (7.95%) Customer Service
17 48 (7.79%) Due Diligence
18 47 (7.63%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 139 (22.56%) Java
2 93 (15.10%) Python
3 37 (6.01%) SQL
4 34 (5.52%) Go
5 33 (5.36%) TypeScript
6 20 (3.25%) C++
6 20 (3.25%) JavaScript
7 19 (3.08%) C
8 17 (2.76%) C#
9 7 (1.14%) Rust
10 5 (0.81%) Bash
11 4 (0.65%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.49%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.32%) R
14 1 (0.16%) COBOL
14 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 73 (11.85%) CISA
2 69 (11.20%) CISSP
3 68 (11.04%) Degree
4 51 (8.28%) CRISC
5 19 (3.08%) FFIEC
6 18 (2.92%) CGEIT
6 18 (2.92%) CISM
6 18 (2.92%) SANS
7 16 (2.60%) AWS Certification
8 14 (2.27%) ITIL Certification
9 13 (2.11%) ACCA
9 13 (2.11%) OSCP
10 11 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (1.79%) CREST Certified
11 10 (1.62%) PMI Certification
12 9 (1.46%) Security Cleared
13 8 (1.30%) Azure Certification
14 7 (1.14%) CIMA
15 6 (0.97%) CompTIA Security+
15 6 (0.97%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (12.01%) NIST
2 72 (11.69%) PCI DSS
3 31 (5.03%) GDPR
4 28 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 28 (4.55%) SOC 2
5 19 (3.08%) COBIT
5 19 (3.08%) SLA
6 17 (2.76%) GRC
7 14 (2.27%) QA
8 13 (2.11%) IFRS
9 8 (1.30%) Data Quality
10 7 (1.14%) GAAP
11 6 (0.97%) Basel II
11 6 (0.97%) EMIR
12 5 (0.81%) MiFID
13 4 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (0.65%) EU AI Act
13 4 (0.65%) PMO
14 3 (0.49%) PSD2
14 3 (0.49%) SEPA
System Software
1 7 (1.14%) Docker
2 5 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.65%) Firmware
3 4 (0.65%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.32%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 83 (13.47%) Terraform
2 72 (11.69%) Kubernetes
3 43 (6.98%) Grafana
4 16 (2.60%) Ansible
5 10 (1.62%) Argo
6 4 (0.65%) Cilium
7 1 (0.16%) Control-M
7 1 (0.16%) Opsgenie
7 1 (0.16%) Suricata
7 1 (0.16%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 37 (6.01%) BT
2 33 (5.36%) ServiceNow
3 22 (3.57%) Microsoft
4 17 (2.76%) IBM
5 15 (2.44%) Databricks
6 14 (2.27%) BMC
6 14 (2.27%) Remedy
7 13 (2.11%) Oracle
7 13 (2.11%) Red Hat
8 10 (1.62%) Cisco
8 10 (1.62%) Google
9 9 (1.46%) Informatica
9 9 (1.46%) Salesforce
10 8 (1.30%) CheckPoint
11 6 (0.97%) SAP
12 5 (0.81%) VMware
13 4 (0.65%) Fortinet
14 3 (0.49%) Alteryx
14 3 (0.49%) Concur
14 3 (0.49%) Murex