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

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 21 68
Rank change year-on-year -37 +47 -44
Permanent jobs citing Banking 724 1,419 1,316
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.83% 9.72% 4.02%
As % of the General category 6.81% 12.96% 6.49%
Number of salaries quoted 317 814 1,079
10th Percentile £45,750 £25,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £25,313 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £74,870 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.89% -11.92% +21.43%
75th Percentile £130,000 £105,000 £122,500
90th Percentile £131,000 £135,000 £148,750
UK median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% -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 10,628 10,949 20,268
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.17% 75.02% 61.97%
Number of salaries quoted 7,083 6,020 15,109
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,750 £31,800
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 24 May 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 (1.80%) SAS
2 6 (0.83%) Confluence
3 5 (0.69%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.55%) Ethereum
5 2 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 28 (3.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 34 (4.70%) Oracle Financials
2 16 (2.21%) Oracle ERP
3 9 (1.24%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.28%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.14%) Actimize
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 206 (28.45%) AWS
2 139 (19.20%) SaaS
3 113 (15.61%) GCP
4 74 (10.22%) Amazon EKS
5 71 (9.81%) Azure
6 20 (2.76%) GitHub
7 18 (2.49%) OCI
8 14 (1.93%) GitHub Copilot
9 11 (1.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 11 (1.52%) Microsoft 365
10 10 (1.38%) Azure AI
10 10 (1.38%) Azure Event Grid
10 10 (1.38%) Azure Machine Learning
10 10 (1.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 10 (1.38%) dbt
10 10 (1.38%) Snowflake
11 8 (1.10%) Amazon MSK
11 8 (1.10%) OpenShift
12 7 (0.97%) Figma
13 6 (0.83%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 29 (4.01%) HTTP
2 26 (3.59%) TCP/IP
3 25 (3.45%) Firewall
4 21 (2.90%) CHAP
5 19 (2.62%) Broadband
6 16 (2.21%) LAN
6 16 (2.21%) WAN
7 15 (2.07%) Cisco ASA
8 13 (1.80%) VLAN
9 11 (1.52%) Cisco Firepower
10 10 (1.38%) Network Security
11 9 (1.24%) BGP
11 9 (1.24%) Unified Communications
11 9 (1.24%) WebEx
12 6 (0.83%) VPN
13 4 (0.55%) DHCP
13 4 (0.55%) DNS
14 3 (0.41%) SD-WAN
14 3 (0.41%) Software-Defined Networking
14 3 (0.41%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (3.18%) SQL Server
2 19 (2.62%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (1.52%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (1.24%) Looker
5 6 (0.83%) Data Lake
5 6 (0.83%) Power BI
5 6 (0.83%) Tableau
6 5 (0.69%) Flink
6 5 (0.69%) Oracle Database
6 5 (0.69%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.55%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.41%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.41%) SAS EBI
9 2 (0.28%) DB2
10 1 (0.14%) Neo4j
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle Exadata
10 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.14%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 55 (7.60%) TeamCity
2 9 (1.24%) JIRA
3 3 (0.41%) JUnit
4 1 (0.14%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.14%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 570 (78.73%) Finance
2 266 (36.74%) Social Skills
3 200 (27.62%) Retail
4 198 (27.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 181 (25.00%) Law
6 147 (20.30%) Financial Institution
7 128 (17.68%) Back Office
8 54 (7.46%) Investment Banking
9 51 (7.04%) Analytical Skills
10 47 (6.49%) Marketing
11 25 (3.45%) Front Office
12 23 (3.18%) Public Sector
13 22 (3.04%) Legal
13 22 (3.04%) Presentation Skills
14 20 (2.76%) Telecoms
15 19 (2.62%) Polish Language
16 18 (2.49%) Games
17 15 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
18 14 (1.93%) Italian Language
19 12 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 121 (16.71%) Senior
2 112 (15.47%) Software Engineer
3 88 (12.15%) Lead
4 70 (9.67%) Analyst
5 43 (5.94%) Developer
5 43 (5.94%) Senior Software Engineer
6 41 (5.66%) Product Manager
7 39 (5.39%) Product Owner
8 32 (4.42%) Development Engineer
8 32 (4.42%) Lead Software Engineer
8 32 (4.42%) Software Development Engineer
9 29 (4.01%) Architect
10 28 (3.87%) Software Manager
11 27 (3.73%) Java Engineer
12 26 (3.59%) Auditor
12 26 (3.59%) Engineering Manager
13 25 (3.45%) Senior Manager
14 24 (3.31%) Consultant
14 24 (3.31%) Software Engineering Manager
15 20 (2.76%) Security Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (6.77%) REST
2 24 (3.31%) React
3 18 (2.49%) Kafka
3 18 (2.49%) Spring
4 16 (2.21%) .NET
5 10 (1.38%) RESTful
6 9 (1.24%) XMPP
7 8 (1.10%) AngularJS
7 8 (1.10%) AWS CDK
7 8 (1.10%) Middleware
7 8 (1.10%) Spring Boot
8 7 (0.97%) OpenAPI
8 7 (0.97%) Sass
8 7 (0.97%) Swagger
9 5 (0.69%) Next.js
9 5 (0.69%) Node.js
10 4 (0.55%) .NET Core
10 4 (0.55%) Smart Contracts
10 4 (0.55%) web3js
10 4 (0.55%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 153 (21.13%) Product Ownership
2 124 (17.13%) Cloud Native
3 46 (6.35%) Management Information System
4 45 (6.22%) Public Cloud
5 44 (6.08%) Blog
6 28 (3.87%) Distributed Systems
6 28 (3.87%) Onboarding
7 21 (2.90%) Credit Risk
7 21 (2.90%) Data Centre
7 21 (2.90%) Security Posture
8 19 (2.62%) FPGA
9 17 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
10 16 (2.21%) Hybrid Cloud
11 14 (1.93%) Blockchain
12 12 (1.66%) Derivative
12 12 (1.66%) Hedge funds
13 11 (1.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 9 (1.24%) Market Risk
14 9 (1.24%) Mobile App
14 9 (1.24%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 42 (5.80%) Linux
2 22 (3.04%) Windows
3 17 (2.35%) Android
3 17 (2.35%) Apple iOS
4 12 (1.66%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.10%) Unix
6 2 (0.28%) AIX
7 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.14%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (23.34%) Software Engineering
2 161 (22.24%) Roadmaps
3 152 (20.99%) Agile
4 133 (18.37%) Fintech
5 127 (17.54%) Problem-Solving
6 113 (15.61%) Test Automation
7 97 (13.40%) CI/CD
8 86 (11.88%) Product Roadmap
9 81 (11.19%) Mentoring
10 79 (10.91%) Stakeholder Management
11 74 (10.22%) DevOps
12 73 (10.08%) Microservices
13 68 (9.39%) Technical Leadership
14 65 (8.98%) Disruptive Innovation
14 65 (8.98%) Risk Management
15 64 (8.84%) Continuous Improvement
16 61 (8.43%) Clean Code
17 59 (8.15%) Cybersecurity
18 56 (7.73%) ERP
19 55 (7.60%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 177 (24.45%) Java
2 91 (12.57%) Python
3 49 (6.77%) SQL
4 41 (5.66%) Go
5 28 (3.87%) TypeScript
6 24 (3.31%) C
6 24 (3.31%) C++
7 20 (2.76%) JavaScript
8 13 (1.80%) C#
9 7 (0.97%) PowerShell
9 7 (0.97%) Rust
10 5 (0.69%) Bash
11 4 (0.55%) R
12 3 (0.41%) Objective-C
12 3 (0.41%) Perl
12 3 (0.41%) Ruby
13 1 (0.14%) Cypher
13 1 (0.14%) Google Apps Script
13 1 (0.14%) RPG
Qualifications
1 65 (8.98%) Degree
2 35 (4.83%) CISSP
3 32 (4.42%) CISA
4 30 (4.14%) ACCA
5 28 (3.87%) CISM
6 24 (3.31%) CIMA
7 22 (3.04%) FFIEC
8 21 (2.90%) CGEIT
8 21 (2.90%) SANS
9 18 (2.49%) OSCP
10 17 (2.35%) CREST Certified
11 10 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (1.38%) CRISC
11 10 (1.38%) Security Cleared
12 7 (0.97%) Azure Certification
12 7 (0.97%) CompTIA Security+
12 7 (0.97%) PMI Certification
13 6 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (0.83%) SC Cleared
14 5 (0.69%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (4.97%) NIST
2 29 (4.01%) GDPR
3 27 (3.73%) COBIT
4 26 (3.59%) PCI DSS
5 23 (3.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 23 (3.18%) SOC 2
6 18 (2.49%) GRC
7 16 (2.21%) QA
8 15 (2.07%) COREP
9 14 (1.93%) FINREP
10 11 (1.52%) Data Quality
10 11 (1.52%) EMIR
10 11 (1.52%) MiFID
11 10 (1.38%) IFRS
12 7 (0.97%) PMO
13 5 (0.69%) Accessibility
13 5 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.55%) Basel II
14 4 (0.55%) GAAP
15 3 (0.41%) SOC 1
System Software
1 18 (2.49%) Virtual Machines
2 15 (2.07%) Docker
3 12 (1.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.97%) Active Directory
5 6 (0.83%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 6 (0.83%) Virtual Servers
5 6 (0.83%) vSphere
6 5 (0.69%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.14%) Firmware
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 103 (14.23%) Terraform
2 90 (12.43%) Kubernetes
3 66 (9.12%) Grafana
4 13 (1.80%) Ansible
5 9 (1.24%) Cisco CUCM
6 8 (1.10%) Istio
7 5 (0.69%) Argo
8 4 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.28%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.14%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.14%) Norton AntiVirus
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 55 (7.60%) Oracle
2 43 (5.94%) Microsoft
3 21 (2.90%) Cisco
4 19 (2.62%) BT
5 14 (1.93%) Palo Alto
6 13 (1.80%) Fortinet
7 12 (1.66%) VMware
8 11 (1.52%) ServiceNow
8 11 (1.52%) Splunk
9 10 (1.38%) Databricks
9 10 (1.38%) Google
10 9 (1.24%) CheckPoint
11 8 (1.10%) Confluent
12 6 (0.83%) NetApp
12 6 (0.83%) Workday
13 5 (0.69%) SAP
14 4 (0.55%) BMC
14 4 (0.55%) Okta
14 4 (0.55%) OneLogin
15 3 (0.41%) Informatica