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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 39 41
Rank change year-on-year -23 +2 -14
Permanent jobs citing Banking 958 1,001 1,169
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.89% 6.20% 5.18%
As % of the General category 6.36% 8.62% 8.28%
Number of salaries quoted 397 447 924
10th Percentile £31,500 £25,087 £62,105
25th Percentile £62,500 £32,500 £82,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £85,000 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -22.73% +55.86%
75th Percentile £130,000 £115,000 £142,500
90th Percentile £142,500 £135,000 £148,750
UK median annual salary £82,500 £85,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -2.94% -5.56% +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 15,061 11,613 14,117
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.23% 71.87% 62.61%
Number of salaries quoted 9,215 6,269 8,136
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £39,377 £45,000
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 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £56,988
% change year-on-year +1.85% -5.24% -5.02%

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 23 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 13 (1.36%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.42%) Ethereum
3 3 (0.31%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.31%) CMS
3 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.10%) Confluence
4 1 (0.10%) SAS
Applications
1 27 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.73%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 26 (2.71%) Oracle Financials
2 23 (2.40%) Oracle ERP
3 20 (2.09%) Remedy ITSM
4 9 (0.94%) Oracle Applications
4 9 (0.94%) Oracle General Ledger
5 8 (0.84%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.84%) Oracle EBS R12
6 6 (0.63%) Actimize
7 3 (0.31%) Temenos T24
8 2 (0.21%) FLEXCUBE
8 2 (0.21%) Sage 50
9 1 (0.10%) Finacle
9 1 (0.10%) Oracle Assets
9 1 (0.10%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 311 (32.46%) AWS
2 155 (16.18%) GCP
3 130 (13.57%) SaaS
4 83 (8.66%) Azure
5 73 (7.62%) Amazon EKS
6 48 (5.01%) Snowflake
7 42 (4.38%) Amazon Bedrock
8 37 (3.86%) Anthropic Claude
9 21 (2.19%) GitHub
10 17 (1.77%) Microsoft 365
10 17 (1.77%) OCI
11 16 (1.67%) GitHub Copilot
11 16 (1.67%) Power Platform
12 14 (1.46%) Serverless
13 12 (1.25%) Datadog
14 11 (1.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 10 (1.04%) Azure AI
15 10 (1.04%) Azure Machine Learning
16 9 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
17 8 (0.84%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 58 (6.05%) Broadband
2 33 (3.44%) HTTP
3 23 (2.40%) Firewall
4 22 (2.30%) TCP/IP
5 19 (1.98%) LAN
6 18 (1.88%) WAN
7 15 (1.57%) Network Security
7 15 (1.57%) VLAN
8 12 (1.25%) BGP
9 10 (1.04%) OSPF
10 7 (0.73%) Cisco Nexus
10 7 (0.73%) DHCP
10 7 (0.73%) DNS
10 7 (0.73%) Structured Cabling
11 6 (0.63%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (0.63%) Cisco Firepower
11 6 (0.63%) MPLS
11 6 (0.63%) Unified Communications
11 6 (0.63%) VPN
11 6 (0.63%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (2.71%) PostgreSQL
2 22 (2.30%) Data Warehouse
2 22 (2.30%) SQL Server
3 14 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
4 13 (1.36%) Power BI
5 11 (1.15%) Data Lake
6 9 (0.94%) DynamoDB
7 8 (0.84%) Relational Database
8 7 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (0.73%) Metadata
9 6 (0.63%) Looker
9 6 (0.63%) Tableau
10 4 (0.42%) Amazon Athena
10 4 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.31%) Delta Lake
11 3 (0.31%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.31%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.21%) Elasticsearch
12 2 (0.21%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.21%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 76 (7.93%) TeamCity
2 37 (3.86%) Claude Code
3 12 (1.25%) Git
4 11 (1.15%) JUnit
5 5 (0.52%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.52%) JIRA
6 4 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.31%) Android Studio
8 1 (0.10%) GitLab
8 1 (0.10%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.10%) Karma Test Runner
8 1 (0.10%) Maven
8 1 (0.10%) SonarQube
General
1 728 (75.99%) Finance
2 360 (37.58%) Social Skills
3 219 (22.86%) Retail
4 206 (21.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 190 (19.83%) Law
6 126 (13.15%) Financial Institution
7 121 (12.63%) Back Office
8 70 (7.31%) Legal
9 66 (6.89%) Analytical Skills
10 64 (6.68%) Investment Banking
11 47 (4.91%) Front Office
12 46 (4.80%) Marketing
13 36 (3.76%) Presentation Skills
14 23 (2.40%) Public Sector
15 22 (2.30%) Telecoms
16 18 (1.88%) Games
16 18 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
17 15 (1.57%) Polish Language
18 13 (1.36%) French Language
18 13 (1.36%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 149 (15.55%) Senior
2 146 (15.24%) Software Engineer
3 134 (13.99%) Lead
4 78 (8.14%) Architect
5 56 (5.85%) Analyst
6 54 (5.64%) Senior Manager
7 53 (5.53%) Developer
8 50 (5.22%) Lead Software Engineer
9 49 (5.11%) Engineering Manager
10 47 (4.91%) Software Engineering Manager
10 47 (4.91%) Software Manager
11 41 (4.28%) Java Engineer
12 39 (4.07%) Finance Manager
13 37 (3.86%) Enterprise Architect
14 36 (3.76%) Product Manager
15 35 (3.65%) Development Engineer
15 35 (3.65%) IT Manager
15 35 (3.65%) Software Development Engineer
16 34 (3.55%) Product Owner
17 31 (3.24%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 117 (12.21%) Terraform
2 51 (5.32%) REST
3 44 (4.59%) LangChain
3 44 (4.59%) LangGraph
4 34 (3.55%) Spring
5 23 (2.40%) React
6 20 (2.09%) RESTful
7 16 (1.67%) AngularJS
7 16 (1.67%) scikit-learn
8 15 (1.57%) OpenAPI
8 15 (1.57%) PyTorch
8 15 (1.57%) Swagger
8 15 (1.57%) TensorFlow
9 13 (1.36%) Spring Boot
10 12 (1.25%) Node.js
11 10 (1.04%) FIX Protocol
12 8 (0.84%) AWS CDK
12 8 (0.84%) Oracle Fusion
13 7 (0.73%) OpenTelemetry
13 7 (0.73%) RxJava
Miscellaneous
1 195 (20.35%) Product Ownership
2 140 (14.61%) Cloud Native
3 60 (6.26%) Public Cloud
4 50 (5.22%) AI Agents
5 48 (5.01%) Hedge funds
6 45 (4.70%) Web Conferencing
7 41 (4.28%) Podcast
8 33 (3.44%) Blog
9 27 (2.82%) Management Information System
10 23 (2.40%) Fixed Income
11 20 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
12 19 (1.98%) Derivative
12 19 (1.98%) Onboarding
12 19 (1.98%) Security Posture
13 18 (1.88%) Distributed Architecture
14 16 (1.67%) Social Media
15 15 (1.57%) Distributed Systems
16 13 (1.36%) Credit Risk
17 12 (1.25%) Data Centre
17 12 (1.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 36 (3.76%) Linux
2 24 (2.51%) Apple iOS
3 22 (2.30%) Android
4 21 (2.19%) Windows
5 7 (0.73%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.52%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.52%) Unix
7 1 (0.10%) AIX
7 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.10%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 258 (26.93%) Roadmaps
2 240 (25.05%) Software Engineering
3 150 (15.66%) AI
4 148 (15.45%) Fintech
5 146 (15.24%) CI/CD
6 140 (14.61%) Problem-Solving
7 127 (13.26%) Test Automation
8 107 (11.17%) Continuous Improvement
9 99 (10.33%) Mentoring
10 98 (10.23%) Agile
10 98 (10.23%) Coaching
11 97 (10.13%) Machine Learning
11 97 (10.13%) Technical Leadership
12 95 (9.92%) Disruptive Innovation
13 86 (8.98%) Product Roadmap
14 83 (8.66%) Deployment Automation
15 81 (8.46%) Microservices
16 80 (8.35%) DevOps
17 79 (8.25%) Clean Code
18 76 (7.93%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 217 (22.65%) Java
2 121 (12.63%) Python
3 72 (7.52%) SQL
4 28 (2.92%) Go
5 24 (2.51%) TypeScript
6 23 (2.40%) JavaScript
7 20 (2.09%) C++
8 14 (1.46%) PowerShell
8 14 (1.46%) R
9 13 (1.36%) Bash
10 11 (1.15%) C
10 11 (1.15%) Kotlin
11 7 (0.73%) Rust
12 5 (0.52%) C#
12 5 (0.52%) VBA
13 4 (0.42%) Bicep
14 2 (0.21%) Objective-C
14 2 (0.21%) Perl
14 2 (0.21%) Ruby
15 1 (0.10%) Scala
Qualifications
1 27 (2.82%) Degree
2 19 (1.98%) CISSP
3 17 (1.77%) CISM
4 16 (1.67%) ACCA
5 13 (1.36%) CISA
6 12 (1.25%) CIMA
7 11 (1.15%) CREST Certified
7 11 (1.15%) OSCP
8 9 (0.94%) CRISC
9 8 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (0.73%) Azure Certification
10 7 (0.73%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (0.73%) ISACA
10 7 (0.73%) Security Cleared
11 6 (0.63%) AWS Certification
12 5 (0.52%) CCNP
12 5 (0.52%) GCFA
12 5 (0.52%) GIAC
12 5 (0.52%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.42%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (5.64%) QA
2 24 (2.51%) NIST
3 22 (2.30%) Data Quality
3 22 (2.30%) GDPR
3 22 (2.30%) PCI DSS
4 21 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 20 (2.09%) Accessibility
6 19 (1.98%) COBIT
7 13 (1.36%) SOC 2
8 12 (1.25%) GRC
8 12 (1.25%) MiFID
9 11 (1.15%) EMIR
9 11 (1.15%) FINREP
10 8 (0.84%) COREP
10 8 (0.84%) SOC 1
11 7 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
12 5 (0.52%) EU AI Act
13 3 (0.31%) Basel III
13 3 (0.31%) ISO 20022
13 3 (0.31%) PMO
System Software
1 14 (1.46%) Virtual Machines
2 12 (1.25%) Docker
3 6 (0.63%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (0.31%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.31%) vSphere
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 101 (10.54%) Kubernetes
2 92 (9.60%) Grafana
3 23 (2.40%) Ansible
4 9 (0.94%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.63%) Cisco CUCM
6 3 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.31%) Norton AntiVirus
6 3 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.10%) Argo
7 1 (0.10%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.10%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.10%) Oracle Flashback
7 1 (0.10%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 58 (6.05%) BT
2 52 (5.43%) Databricks
3 50 (5.22%) Oracle
4 46 (4.80%) Microsoft
5 38 (3.97%) ServiceNow
6 23 (2.40%) BMC
7 20 (2.09%) Remedy
8 18 (1.88%) Cisco
8 18 (1.88%) Google
9 12 (1.25%) Fortinet
9 12 (1.25%) Splunk
10 11 (1.15%) FIS
10 11 (1.15%) Palo Alto
11 9 (0.94%) Dynatrace
11 9 (0.94%) SunGard
11 9 (0.94%) VMware
12 6 (0.63%) Xero
13 5 (0.52%) CheckPoint
14 4 (0.42%) Sage
14 4 (0.42%) SAP