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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 32 43
Rank change year-on-year -30 +11 -16
Permanent jobs citing Banking 880 1,162 1,209
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.77% 7.09% 4.97%
As % of the General category 6.24% 9.94% 8.07%
Number of salaries quoted 367 578 992
10th Percentile £31,500 £25,087 £60,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £25,313 £82,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £84,288 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.78% -23.37% +51.29%
75th Percentile £123,750 £115,000 £142,500
90th Percentile £142,500 £135,000 £165,000
UK median annual salary £80,500 £82,500 £92,500
% change year-on-year -2.42% -10.81% +23.33%

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 14,097 11,692 14,980
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.35% 71.34% 61.63%
Number of salaries quoted 8,834 6,543 9,391
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,750 £33,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £108,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,125 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.62% -1.59% -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 September 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 (1.25%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.45%) Ethereum
3 3 (0.34%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.11%) Confluence
4 1 (0.11%) SAS
Applications
1 29 (3.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 29 (3.30%) Oracle Financials
2 20 (2.27%) Oracle ERP
2 20 (2.27%) Remedy ITSM
3 9 (1.02%) Oracle Applications
4 6 (0.68%) Oracle General Ledger
5 5 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (0.57%) Oracle EBS R12
6 3 (0.34%) Actimize
7 2 (0.23%) FLEXCUBE
7 2 (0.23%) Temenos T24
8 1 (0.11%) Finacle
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 272 (30.91%) AWS
2 123 (13.98%) GCP
3 113 (12.84%) SaaS
4 86 (9.77%) Azure
5 60 (6.82%) Amazon EKS
6 39 (4.43%) Snowflake
7 27 (3.07%) Amazon Bedrock
7 27 (3.07%) Anthropic Claude
8 18 (2.05%) GitHub
8 18 (2.05%) Microsoft 365
8 18 (2.05%) OCI
9 15 (1.70%) Power Platform
10 14 (1.59%) GitHub Copilot
11 13 (1.48%) Serverless
12 11 (1.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 11 (1.25%) Datadog
13 10 (1.14%) Azure AI
13 10 (1.14%) Azure Machine Learning
14 9 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
15 8 (0.91%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 59 (6.70%) Broadband
2 33 (3.75%) HTTP
3 24 (2.73%) Firewall
4 22 (2.50%) TCP/IP
5 19 (2.16%) LAN
5 19 (2.16%) WAN
6 13 (1.48%) Network Security
6 13 (1.48%) VLAN
7 8 (0.91%) BGP
7 8 (0.91%) Cisco ASA
7 8 (0.91%) Cisco Firepower
7 8 (0.91%) OSPF
7 8 (0.91%) Unified Communications
7 8 (0.91%) WebEx
8 6 (0.68%) CHAP
8 6 (0.68%) DHCP
8 6 (0.68%) DNS
8 6 (0.68%) MPLS
8 6 (0.68%) SD-WAN
8 6 (0.68%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (2.61%) SQL Server
2 19 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
3 17 (1.93%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (1.59%) Azure SQL Database
5 12 (1.36%) Power BI
6 11 (1.25%) Data Lake
7 8 (0.91%) DynamoDB
8 7 (0.80%) Looker
9 6 (0.68%) Metadata
9 6 (0.68%) Relational Database
9 6 (0.68%) Tableau
10 4 (0.45%) Amazon Athena
10 4 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.34%) Delta Lake
11 3 (0.34%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.34%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (0.23%) Elasticsearch
12 2 (0.23%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.23%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 52 (5.91%) TeamCity
2 27 (3.07%) Claude Code
3 10 (1.14%) Git
4 7 (0.80%) JUnit
5 5 (0.57%) JIRA
6 3 (0.34%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.23%) Android Studio
7 2 (0.23%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.11%) GitLab
8 1 (0.11%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.11%) Karma Test Runner
8 1 (0.11%) Maven
8 1 (0.11%) SonarQube
General
1 694 (78.86%) Finance
2 324 (36.82%) Social Skills
3 180 (20.45%) Retail
4 168 (19.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 152 (17.27%) Law
6 109 (12.39%) Financial Institution
7 107 (12.16%) Back Office
8 67 (7.61%) Investment Banking
8 67 (7.61%) Legal
9 66 (7.50%) Analytical Skills
10 47 (5.34%) Marketing
11 46 (5.23%) Presentation Skills
12 37 (4.20%) Front Office
13 24 (2.73%) Public Sector
14 23 (2.61%) Telecoms
15 18 (2.05%) Games
16 14 (1.59%) Polish Language
17 12 (1.36%) German Language
17 12 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
18 11 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 132 (15.00%) Senior
2 122 (13.86%) Software Engineer
3 109 (12.39%) Lead
4 61 (6.93%) Architect
5 54 (6.14%) Analyst
6 53 (6.02%) Senior Manager
7 47 (5.34%) Developer
7 47 (5.34%) Engineering Manager
8 45 (5.11%) Software Engineering Manager
8 45 (5.11%) Software Manager
9 41 (4.66%) Lead Software Engineer
10 38 (4.32%) Product Manager
11 36 (4.09%) Development Engineer
11 36 (4.09%) Software Development Engineer
12 31 (3.52%) IT Manager
13 29 (3.30%) Product Owner
14 28 (3.18%) Enterprise Architect
14 28 (3.18%) Finance Manager
15 26 (2.95%) Senior Software Engineer
16 25 (2.84%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (11.25%) Terraform
2 53 (6.02%) REST
3 36 (4.09%) LangChain
3 36 (4.09%) LangGraph
4 32 (3.64%) Spring
5 23 (2.61%) React
6 15 (1.70%) AngularJS
6 15 (1.70%) RESTful
7 14 (1.59%) scikit-learn
8 13 (1.48%) PyTorch
8 13 (1.48%) TensorFlow
9 12 (1.36%) Kafka
9 12 (1.36%) Node.js
9 12 (1.36%) OpenAPI
9 12 (1.36%) Spring Boot
9 12 (1.36%) Swagger
10 10 (1.14%) FIX Protocol
11 8 (0.91%) AWS CDK
11 8 (0.91%) XMPP
12 6 (0.68%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 172 (19.55%) Product Ownership
2 127 (14.43%) Cloud Native
3 59 (6.70%) Public Cloud
4 43 (4.89%) Web Conferencing
5 38 (4.32%) Podcast
6 36 (4.09%) AI Agents
7 33 (3.75%) Hedge funds
8 32 (3.64%) Management Information System
9 24 (2.73%) Blog
10 22 (2.50%) Fixed Income
11 20 (2.27%) Onboarding
12 18 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
13 17 (1.93%) Derivative
13 17 (1.93%) Distributed Architecture
14 15 (1.70%) Security Posture
15 13 (1.48%) Credit Risk
15 13 (1.48%) Distributed Systems
16 11 (1.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 11 (1.25%) FPGA
16 11 (1.25%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 38 (4.32%) Linux
2 20 (2.27%) Windows
3 16 (1.82%) Android
4 14 (1.59%) Apple iOS
5 10 (1.14%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.68%) Unix
7 1 (0.11%) AIX
7 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 254 (28.86%) Roadmaps
2 209 (23.75%) Software Engineering
3 138 (15.68%) Problem-Solving
4 124 (14.09%) AI
5 122 (13.86%) Fintech
6 121 (13.75%) Agile
7 117 (13.30%) CI/CD
8 111 (12.61%) Test Automation
9 94 (10.68%) Technical Leadership
10 92 (10.45%) Product Roadmap
11 89 (10.11%) Continuous Improvement
12 86 (9.77%) Mentoring
13 84 (9.55%) Coaching
13 84 (9.55%) Machine Learning
14 79 (8.98%) DevOps
15 67 (7.61%) Deployment Automation
16 66 (7.50%) Microservices
16 66 (7.50%) Risk Management
17 65 (7.39%) Data Science
18 63 (7.16%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 175 (19.89%) Java
2 112 (12.73%) Python
3 69 (7.84%) SQL
4 27 (3.07%) Go
5 24 (2.73%) C++
5 24 (2.73%) JavaScript
5 24 (2.73%) TypeScript
6 15 (1.70%) C
6 15 (1.70%) PowerShell
7 8 (0.91%) R
7 8 (0.91%) Rust
8 7 (0.80%) C#
8 7 (0.80%) Kotlin
9 5 (0.57%) Bash
9 5 (0.57%) VBA
10 4 (0.45%) Bicep
11 3 (0.34%) Objective-C
11 3 (0.34%) Perl
11 3 (0.34%) Ruby
12 1 (0.11%) Scala
Qualifications
1 35 (3.98%) Degree
2 22 (2.50%) CISSP
3 21 (2.39%) ACCA
4 20 (2.27%) CISM
5 19 (2.16%) CIMA
6 16 (1.82%) CISA
7 11 (1.25%) CREST Certified
7 11 (1.25%) OSCP
8 9 (1.02%) Azure Certification
8 9 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (1.02%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (1.02%) CRISC
9 7 (0.80%) AWS Certification
9 7 (0.80%) ISACA
10 6 (0.68%) CCNP
10 6 (0.68%) CGEIT
10 6 (0.68%) FFIEC
10 6 (0.68%) SANS
10 6 (0.68%) Security Cleared
11 4 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (5.34%) QA
2 26 (2.95%) Data Quality
3 25 (2.84%) NIST
4 24 (2.73%) GDPR
5 18 (2.05%) COBIT
5 18 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 17 (1.93%) PCI DSS
7 16 (1.82%) Accessibility
8 14 (1.59%) FINREP
9 13 (1.48%) GRC
10 12 (1.36%) EMIR
10 12 (1.36%) MiFID
11 11 (1.25%) COREP
12 10 (1.14%) SOC 2
13 7 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
13 7 (0.80%) SOC 1
14 5 (0.57%) EU AI Act
15 4 (0.45%) IFRS
15 4 (0.45%) ISO 20022
15 4 (0.45%) PMO
System Software
1 20 (2.27%) Virtual Machines
2 16 (1.82%) Docker
3 7 (0.80%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.57%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 5 (0.57%) Virtual Servers
5 5 (0.57%) vSphere
6 4 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.34%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 80 (9.09%) Kubernetes
2 69 (7.84%) Grafana
3 24 (2.73%) Ansible
4 8 (0.91%) Cisco CUCM
4 8 (0.91%) Istio
5 4 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.34%) Norton AntiVirus
6 3 (0.34%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.11%) Argo
7 1 (0.11%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Flashback
7 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 59 (6.70%) BT
2 50 (5.68%) Oracle
3 49 (5.57%) Microsoft
4 43 (4.89%) Databricks
5 35 (3.98%) ServiceNow
6 23 (2.61%) BMC
7 20 (2.27%) Remedy
8 19 (2.16%) Cisco
9 14 (1.59%) Fortinet
9 14 (1.59%) Palo Alto
10 11 (1.25%) FIS
10 11 (1.25%) Splunk
10 11 (1.25%) VMware
11 9 (1.02%) Dynatrace
11 9 (1.02%) SunGard
12 8 (0.91%) Confluent
12 8 (0.91%) Google
13 6 (0.68%) CheckPoint
14 5 (0.57%) NetApp
14 5 (0.57%) SAP