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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 24 49
Rank change year-on-year -44 +25 -27
Permanent jobs citing Banking 810 1,330 1,185
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.58% 8.07% 4.72%
As % of the General category 5.97% 11.12% 7.72%
Number of salaries quoted 337 724 980
10th Percentile £31,500 £25,000 £60,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £25,313 £82,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £79,405 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.05% -27.81% +51.72%
75th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £142,500
90th Percentile £136,250 £135,000 £165,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £82,500 £90,000
% change year-on-year -3.03% -8.33% +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 13,564 11,962 15,354
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.00% 72.56% 61.13%
Number of salaries quoted 8,661 6,675 10,404
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 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -1.71% -6.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £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 7 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 (1.36%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.49%) Ethereum
3 3 (0.37%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.37%) SAS
Applications
1 30 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 31 (3.83%) Oracle Financials
2 19 (2.35%) Oracle ERP
2 19 (2.35%) Remedy ITSM
3 9 (1.11%) Oracle Applications
4 5 (0.62%) Oracle General Ledger
5 4 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.49%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.12%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.12%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 240 (29.63%) AWS
2 118 (14.57%) SaaS
3 115 (14.20%) GCP
4 81 (10.00%) Azure
5 61 (7.53%) Amazon EKS
6 25 (3.09%) Snowflake
7 18 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
7 18 (2.22%) OCI
8 15 (1.85%) Amazon Bedrock
8 15 (1.85%) Anthropic Claude
8 15 (1.85%) Power Platform
9 13 (1.60%) GitHub
10 11 (1.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 11 (1.36%) GitHub Copilot
11 10 (1.23%) Azure AI
11 10 (1.23%) Azure Machine Learning
12 9 (1.11%) Datadog
13 8 (0.99%) Amazon MSK
13 8 (0.99%) OpenShift
14 7 (0.86%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 38 (4.69%) Broadband
2 31 (3.83%) HTTP
3 25 (3.09%) Firewall
4 23 (2.84%) TCP/IP
5 18 (2.22%) LAN
5 18 (2.22%) WAN
6 12 (1.48%) Cisco Firepower
7 11 (1.36%) Cisco ASA
8 10 (1.23%) Network Security
8 10 (1.23%) Unified Communications
8 10 (1.23%) VLAN
8 10 (1.23%) WebEx
9 9 (1.11%) CHAP
10 6 (0.74%) SD-WAN
10 6 (0.74%) Software-Defined Networking
11 5 (0.62%) VPN
12 4 (0.49%) BGP
12 4 (0.49%) DHCP
12 4 (0.49%) DNS
13 3 (0.37%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (3.09%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.73%) Azure SQL Database
2 14 (1.73%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (1.48%) Power BI
4 11 (1.36%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (1.11%) Data Lake
5 9 (1.11%) Looker
6 6 (0.74%) Tableau
7 5 (0.62%) Oracle Database
8 4 (0.49%) DynamoDB
8 4 (0.49%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.37%) Delta Lake
9 3 (0.37%) Metadata
9 3 (0.37%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (0.37%) SAS EBI
10 2 (0.25%) Db2
10 2 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.25%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.25%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 52 (6.42%) TeamCity
2 15 (1.85%) Claude Code
3 8 (0.99%) Git
4 5 (0.62%) JIRA
4 5 (0.62%) JUnit
5 3 (0.37%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.12%) GitLab
6 1 (0.12%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.12%) Karma Test Runner
6 1 (0.12%) Maven
6 1 (0.12%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.12%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 661 (81.60%) Finance
2 307 (37.90%) Social Skills
3 175 (21.60%) Retail
4 170 (20.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 150 (18.52%) Law
6 112 (13.83%) Financial Institution
7 108 (13.33%) Back Office
8 72 (8.89%) Analytical Skills
9 68 (8.40%) Investment Banking
10 62 (7.65%) Legal
11 53 (6.54%) Presentation Skills
12 44 (5.43%) Marketing
13 32 (3.95%) Front Office
14 20 (2.47%) Public Sector
15 19 (2.35%) Games
15 19 (2.35%) Telecoms
16 15 (1.85%) Polish Language
17 14 (1.73%) Italian Language
18 12 (1.48%) German Language
18 12 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 124 (15.31%) Senior
2 115 (14.20%) Software Engineer
3 100 (12.35%) Lead
4 64 (7.90%) Analyst
5 51 (6.30%) Senior Manager
6 50 (6.17%) Developer
7 44 (5.43%) Engineering Manager
8 42 (5.19%) Software Engineering Manager
8 42 (5.19%) Software Manager
9 41 (5.06%) Architect
10 40 (4.94%) Lead Software Engineer
11 39 (4.81%) Product Manager
12 34 (4.20%) Development Engineer
12 34 (4.20%) Software Development Engineer
13 28 (3.46%) Senior Software Engineer
14 26 (3.21%) Product Owner
15 24 (2.96%) Data Scientist
16 23 (2.84%) Consultant
17 22 (2.72%) IT Manager
18 21 (2.59%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (6.54%) REST
2 28 (3.46%) Spring
3 25 (3.09%) LangChain
3 25 (3.09%) LangGraph
4 24 (2.96%) React
5 13 (1.60%) AngularJS
6 12 (1.48%) Kafka
6 12 (1.48%) scikit-learn
7 11 (1.36%) PyTorch
7 11 (1.36%) RESTful
7 11 (1.36%) TensorFlow
8 10 (1.23%) FIX Protocol
8 10 (1.23%) Node.js
8 10 (1.23%) Spring Boot
8 10 (1.23%) XMPP
9 9 (1.11%) OpenAPI
9 9 (1.11%) Swagger
10 8 (0.99%) AWS CDK
11 7 (0.86%) .NET
12 6 (0.74%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 155 (19.14%) Product Ownership
2 124 (15.31%) Cloud Native
3 55 (6.79%) Public Cloud
4 39 (4.81%) Web Conferencing
5 38 (4.69%) Management Information System
6 32 (3.95%) Podcast
7 26 (3.21%) Blog
8 24 (2.96%) Onboarding
9 22 (2.72%) AI Agents
9 22 (2.72%) Fixed Income
9 22 (2.72%) Hedge funds
10 21 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
11 17 (2.10%) Security Posture
12 16 (1.98%) Derivative
13 14 (1.73%) Distributed Architecture
13 14 (1.73%) FPGA
14 13 (1.60%) Credit Risk
14 13 (1.60%) Distributed Systems
14 13 (1.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 11 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 45 (5.56%) Linux
2 25 (3.09%) Windows
3 14 (1.73%) Android
3 14 (1.73%) Apple iOS
4 13 (1.60%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.11%) Unix
6 2 (0.25%) AIX
7 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.12%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (28.89%) Roadmaps
2 194 (23.95%) Software Engineering
3 141 (17.41%) Problem-Solving
4 126 (15.56%) Agile
5 121 (14.94%) Fintech
6 108 (13.33%) Test Automation
7 106 (13.09%) CI/CD
8 101 (12.47%) AI
9 92 (11.36%) Product Roadmap
10 86 (10.62%) Technical Leadership
11 85 (10.49%) Continuous Improvement
12 78 (9.63%) Coaching
13 76 (9.38%) Mentoring
14 75 (9.26%) DevOps
15 72 (8.89%) Risk Management
16 66 (8.15%) Machine Learning
17 65 (8.02%) Microservices
18 64 (7.90%) Analytics
19 63 (7.78%) Deployment Automation
20 59 (7.28%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 166 (20.49%) Java
2 104 (12.84%) Python
3 61 (7.53%) SQL
4 27 (3.33%) C++
4 27 (3.33%) Go
5 24 (2.96%) JavaScript
6 23 (2.84%) TypeScript
7 18 (2.22%) C
8 14 (1.73%) PowerShell
9 10 (1.23%) R
10 9 (1.11%) C#
11 8 (0.99%) Rust
12 5 (0.62%) Bash
12 5 (0.62%) VBA
13 3 (0.37%) Objective-C
13 3 (0.37%) Perl
13 3 (0.37%) Ruby
14 2 (0.25%) Bicep
14 2 (0.25%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.12%) Cypher
Qualifications
1 50 (6.17%) Degree
2 27 (3.33%) ACCA
2 27 (3.33%) CISSP
3 25 (3.09%) CIMA
4 23 (2.84%) CISM
5 21 (2.59%) CISA
6 12 (1.48%) CREST Certified
6 12 (1.48%) OSCP
7 11 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (1.36%) CRISC
8 9 (1.11%) Azure Certification
8 9 (1.11%) CGEIT
8 9 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (1.11%) FFIEC
8 9 (1.11%) SANS
9 7 (0.86%) ISACA
9 7 (0.86%) Security Cleared
10 6 (0.74%) CCNP
11 5 (0.62%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.49%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (5.68%) QA
2 31 (3.83%) NIST
3 26 (3.21%) GDPR
4 23 (2.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 22 (2.72%) Data Quality
5 22 (2.72%) PCI DSS
6 21 (2.59%) COBIT
7 16 (1.98%) FINREP
8 15 (1.85%) Accessibility
8 15 (1.85%) SOC 2
9 14 (1.73%) COREP
10 13 (1.60%) GRC
11 11 (1.36%) EMIR
11 11 (1.36%) MiFID
12 7 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
12 7 (0.86%) SOC 1
13 6 (0.74%) IFRS
14 5 (0.62%) EU AI Act
15 4 (0.49%) GAAP
15 4 (0.49%) PMO
System Software
1 20 (2.47%) Virtual Machines
2 14 (1.73%) Docker
3 9 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.99%) Active Directory
5 7 (0.86%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 7 (0.86%) Virtual Servers
5 7 (0.86%) vSphere
6 4 (0.49%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 92 (11.36%) Terraform
2 77 (9.51%) Kubernetes
3 69 (8.52%) Grafana
4 22 (2.72%) Ansible
5 10 (1.23%) Cisco CUCM
6 8 (0.99%) Istio
7 4 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.37%) Norton AntiVirus
9 2 (0.25%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.12%) Argo
10 1 (0.12%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Flashback
10 1 (0.12%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 54 (6.67%) Oracle
2 51 (6.30%) Microsoft
3 38 (4.69%) BT
4 34 (4.20%) ServiceNow
5 27 (3.33%) Databricks
6 22 (2.72%) BMC
7 19 (2.35%) Cisco
7 19 (2.35%) Remedy
8 18 (2.22%) Palo Alto
9 16 (1.98%) Fortinet
10 14 (1.73%) Splunk
10 14 (1.73%) VMware
11 10 (1.23%) FIS
12 9 (1.11%) SunGard
13 8 (0.99%) Confluent
14 7 (0.86%) CheckPoint
14 7 (0.86%) Dynatrace
14 7 (0.86%) NetApp
15 6 (0.74%) Google
15 6 (0.74%) SAP