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 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 51 29
Rank change year-on-year -14 -22 +3
Permanent jobs citing Banking 561 909 1,559
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.70% 5.31% 7.67%
As % of the General category 6.02% 7.80% 12.14%
Number of salaries quoted 335 683 1,295
10th Percentile £25,087 £45,000 £46,306
25th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £61,180
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £87,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +20.69% +2.50%
75th Percentile £120,000 £116,250 £96,539
90th Percentile £135,000 £142,500 £121,156
UK median annual salary £87,500 £85,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +2.94% +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 9,312 11,659 12,845
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.47% 68.11% 63.17%
Number of salaries quoted 5,890 6,708 9,965
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £35,500
25th Percentile £38,984 £46,713 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,100 £62,500 £62,400
Median % change year-on-year -11.84% +0.16% -0.16%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £81,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -2.36%

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 31 December 2025.

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 38 (6.77%) Apache Airflow
2 37 (6.60%) Apache
3 16 (2.85%) Tomcat
3 16 (2.85%) WebSphere
3 16 (2.85%) WebSphere Application Server
4 11 (1.96%) SAS
5 8 (1.43%) Confluence
6 7 (1.25%) Ethereum
7 3 (0.53%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.53%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.18%) WebLogic
Applications
1 13 (2.32%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 16 (2.85%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.89%) SAP CO
3 5 (0.89%) SAP FI
3 5 (0.89%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.53%) SAP PS
5 2 (0.36%) Adaptiv
5 2 (0.36%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.18%) Actimize
6 1 (0.18%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.18%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.18%) ION Anvil
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.18%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 155 (27.63%) AWS
2 58 (10.34%) SaaS
3 45 (8.02%) GCP
3 45 (8.02%) Snowflake
4 44 (7.84%) Azure
5 39 (6.95%) dbt
6 36 (6.42%) Amazon EKS
7 29 (5.17%) GitHub
8 15 (2.67%) GitHub Actions
9 11 (1.96%) Power Platform
10 10 (1.78%) Amazon Kinesis
10 10 (1.78%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 9 (1.60%) Amazon EC2
11 9 (1.60%) Amazon S3
11 9 (1.60%) GitHub Copilot
11 9 (1.60%) Route 53
12 6 (1.07%) Amazon ECR
12 6 (1.07%) AWS CloudFormation
12 6 (1.07%) AWS Lambda
12 6 (1.07%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 51 (9.09%) Broadband
2 21 (3.74%) TCP/IP
3 18 (3.21%) SSL
4 13 (2.32%) Firewall
5 12 (2.14%) CHAP
6 10 (1.78%) HTTP
7 7 (1.25%) VPN
8 6 (1.07%) Cisco ASA
9 5 (0.89%) BGP
9 5 (0.89%) LAN
9 5 (0.89%) Network Security
9 5 (0.89%) WAN
10 4 (0.71%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (0.71%) NX-OS
10 4 (0.71%) WLAN
11 3 (0.53%) VLAN
12 2 (0.36%) Wireshark
13 1 (0.18%) Internet
13 1 (0.18%) NetScaler
13 1 (0.18%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (8.02%) Data Lake
2 37 (6.60%) Amazon Athena
2 37 (6.60%) Apache Arrow
2 37 (6.60%) Apache Iceberg
2 37 (6.60%) Apache Ignite
2 37 (6.60%) Dremio
3 22 (3.92%) SQL Server
4 20 (3.57%) PostgreSQL
5 18 (3.21%) DB2
6 11 (1.96%) Power BI
6 11 (1.96%) Tableau
7 10 (1.78%) Flink
8 9 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
8 9 (1.60%) Metadata
9 6 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.71%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.71%) DataStage
10 4 (0.71%) QlikView
11 2 (0.36%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 21 (3.74%) TeamCity
2 15 (2.67%) Jenkins
3 13 (2.32%) JIRA
4 6 (1.07%) Git
5 4 (0.71%) ER Studio
5 4 (0.71%) ERwin
5 4 (0.71%) PowerDesigner
6 1 (0.18%) Postman
6 1 (0.18%) Storybook
General
1 404 (72.01%) Finance
2 150 (26.74%) Social Skills
3 86 (15.33%) Investment Banking
4 79 (14.08%) Retail
5 72 (12.83%) Financial Institution
6 63 (11.23%) Front Office
7 59 (10.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 56 (9.98%) Law
9 49 (8.73%) Back Office
10 35 (6.24%) Games
11 20 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
12 19 (3.39%) Marketing
13 16 (2.85%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (1.25%) Public Sector
15 7 (1.25%) Retail Banking
16 6 (1.07%) Billing
17 5 (0.89%) Legal
17 5 (0.89%) Telecoms
18 4 (0.71%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 112 (19.96%) Senior
2 73 (13.01%) Software Engineer
3 53 (9.45%) Senior Software Engineer
4 49 (8.73%) Java Engineer
5 48 (8.56%) AWS Engineer
5 48 (8.56%) Java Software Engineer
6 44 (7.84%) Python Engineer
7 41 (7.31%) Analyst
8 38 (6.77%) Senior Java Engineer
8 38 (6.77%) Senior Java Software Engineer
9 37 (6.60%) AWS Software Engineer
9 37 (6.60%) Lead
9 37 (6.60%) Python Software Engineer
10 36 (6.42%) Customer Service Advisor
11 34 (6.06%) Developer
12 30 (5.35%) Architect
13 26 (4.63%) Auditor
14 19 (3.39%) C++ Developer
15 18 (3.21%) Linux Developer
15 18 (3.21%) Linux Scripter
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (6.60%) gRPC
1 37 (6.60%) NumPy
1 37 (6.60%) Pandas
1 37 (6.60%) Protocol Buffers
1 37 (6.60%) SciPy
2 16 (2.85%) LAPP Stack
2 16 (2.85%) LDAP
2 16 (2.85%) WebSphere MQ
3 15 (2.67%) .NET
3 15 (2.67%) Kafka
4 14 (2.50%) REST
5 8 (1.43%) React
6 7 (1.25%) CSS
6 7 (1.25%) HTML
6 7 (1.25%) Smart Contracts
6 7 (1.25%) web3js
7 6 (1.07%) RESTful
8 5 (0.89%) Next.js
9 4 (0.71%) Middleware
9 4 (0.71%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 49 (8.73%) Hedge funds
2 46 (8.20%) Derivative
3 45 (8.02%) Fixed Income
4 39 (6.95%) Management Information System
5 37 (6.60%) Equities
5 37 (6.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 37 (6.60%) Pricing Data
6 36 (6.42%) Cloud Native
7 35 (6.24%) Product Ownership
8 30 (5.35%) Public Cloud
9 28 (4.99%) Data Centre
10 21 (3.74%) Credit Risk
11 20 (3.57%) Hybrid Cloud
12 18 (3.21%) FPGA
13 17 (3.03%) Distributed Systems
14 16 (2.85%) Linux Command Line
15 15 (2.67%) Security Posture
16 13 (2.32%) Blockchain
17 12 (2.14%) Blog
18 11 (1.96%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 46 (8.20%) Linux
2 28 (4.99%) Windows
3 20 (3.57%) Unix
4 17 (3.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.89%) Android
5 5 (0.89%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.71%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.18%) AIX
7 1 (0.18%) Solaris
7 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (19.07%) Agile
2 101 (18.00%) Software Engineering
3 97 (17.29%) Roadmaps
4 77 (13.73%) Risk Management
5 74 (13.19%) Risk Assessment
6 72 (12.83%) Problem-Solving
7 71 (12.66%) Information Security
8 70 (12.48%) Asset Management
9 65 (11.59%) CI/CD
10 59 (10.52%) Stakeholder Management
11 56 (9.98%) Process Improvement
12 51 (9.09%) Customer Service
13 48 (8.56%) Cybersecurity
13 48 (8.56%) Investment Management
14 47 (8.38%) Due Diligence
15 46 (8.20%) ITIL
16 45 (8.02%) Business Continuity
16 45 (8.02%) Business Continuity Management
16 45 (8.02%) Operations Management
16 45 (8.02%) Supply Chain Management
Programming Languages
1 122 (21.75%) Java
2 110 (19.61%) Python
3 53 (9.45%) TypeScript
4 40 (7.13%) JavaScript
5 37 (6.60%) SQL
6 28 (4.99%) Go
7 20 (3.57%) C++
8 19 (3.39%) C
9 11 (1.96%) C#
10 7 (1.25%) Bash
10 7 (1.25%) PowerShell
10 7 (1.25%) Rust
11 4 (0.71%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.18%) COBOL
12 1 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.18%) LookML
12 1 (0.18%) Perl
12 1 (0.18%) R
12 1 (0.18%) VBA
Qualifications
1 64 (11.41%) CISA
2 61 (10.87%) Degree
3 60 (10.70%) CISSP
4 52 (9.27%) CRISC
5 20 (3.57%) AWS Certification
6 19 (3.39%) ITIL Certification
7 16 (2.85%) CISM
8 13 (2.32%) FFIEC
9 12 (2.14%) CGEIT
9 12 (2.14%) SANS
10 11 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (1.78%) ACCA
12 9 (1.60%) Master's Degree
13 8 (1.43%) Azure Certification
13 8 (1.43%) OSCP
14 6 (1.07%) CIMA
14 6 (1.07%) CREST Certified
14 6 (1.07%) Security Cleared
15 5 (0.89%) ISTQB
15 5 (0.89%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (13.55%) NIST
2 61 (10.87%) PCI DSS
3 26 (4.63%) GDPR
4 24 (4.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 23 (4.10%) SLA
6 19 (3.39%) SOC 2
7 15 (2.67%) GRC
8 14 (2.50%) COBIT
8 14 (2.50%) Data Quality
8 14 (2.50%) QA
9 10 (1.78%) IFRS
10 6 (1.07%) Basel II
10 6 (1.07%) GAAP
11 4 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.71%) EMIR
11 4 (0.71%) EU AI Act
11 4 (0.71%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.71%) PMO
11 4 (0.71%) SOC 1
12 3 (0.53%) COREP
System Software
1 8 (1.43%) Docker
2 5 (0.89%) Firmware
3 3 (0.53%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.36%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 50 (8.91%) Terraform
2 42 (7.49%) Kubernetes
3 18 (3.21%) Ansible
4 17 (3.03%) Grafana
5 10 (1.78%) Argo
6 4 (0.71%) Cilium
6 4 (0.71%) RSA Archer
7 2 (0.36%) Suricata
8 1 (0.18%) Control-M
8 1 (0.18%) SCCM
8 1 (0.18%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 51 (9.09%) BT
2 39 (6.95%) ServiceNow
3 25 (4.46%) Microsoft
4 20 (3.57%) IBM
5 19 (3.39%) Red Hat
6 16 (2.85%) BMC
6 16 (2.85%) Databricks
6 16 (2.85%) Remedy
7 12 (2.14%) Salesforce
8 10 (1.78%) Google
9 7 (1.25%) Cisco
9 7 (1.25%) Informatica
10 6 (1.07%) CheckPoint
11 5 (0.89%) Oracle
11 5 (0.89%) SAP
12 4 (0.71%) Fortinet
12 4 (0.71%) Sage
13 3 (0.53%) Ariba
13 3 (0.53%) Murex
13 3 (0.53%) Sitecore