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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 21 71
Rank change year-on-year -37 +50 -48
Permanent jobs citing Banking 740 1,425 1,298
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.84% 9.59% 3.86%
As % of the General category 6.68% 12.79% 6.34%
Number of salaries quoted 305 810 1,060
10th Percentile £45,000 £25,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £66,250 £25,313 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £74,870 £88,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.89% -14.92% +25.71%
75th Percentile £130,000 £110,000 £123,396
90th Percentile £131,500 £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 11,083 11,141 20,479
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.47% 74.95% 60.95%
Number of salaries quoted 7,223 6,123 15,128
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,750 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,873 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,343 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.09% +9.22% -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 5 June 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 (1.49%) SAS
2 6 (0.81%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.54%) Ethereum
4 3 (0.41%) Confluence
4 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 28 (3.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 35 (4.73%) Oracle Financials
2 18 (2.43%) Oracle ERP
3 9 (1.22%) Oracle Applications
4 4 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.27%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.14%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 213 (28.78%) AWS
2 134 (18.11%) SaaS
3 114 (15.41%) GCP
4 73 (9.86%) Azure
5 70 (9.46%) Amazon EKS
6 19 (2.57%) OCI
7 13 (1.76%) GitHub
7 13 (1.76%) Microsoft 365
8 11 (1.49%) GitHub Copilot
9 10 (1.35%) Azure AI
9 10 (1.35%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 10 (1.35%) Azure Machine Learning
9 10 (1.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 10 (1.35%) dbt
9 10 (1.35%) Snowflake
10 9 (1.22%) Azure Event Grid
11 8 (1.08%) Amazon MSK
11 8 (1.08%) OpenShift
12 7 (0.95%) Figma
13 6 (0.81%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 30 (4.05%) HTTP
2 29 (3.92%) TCP/IP
3 24 (3.24%) Firewall
4 21 (2.84%) CHAP
5 19 (2.57%) Broadband
6 15 (2.03%) LAN
6 15 (2.03%) WAN
7 14 (1.89%) Cisco ASA
8 13 (1.76%) VLAN
9 11 (1.49%) Cisco Firepower
10 10 (1.35%) Network Security
11 9 (1.22%) BGP
11 9 (1.22%) Unified Communications
11 9 (1.22%) WebEx
12 5 (0.68%) VPN
13 4 (0.54%) DHCP
13 4 (0.54%) DNS
14 3 (0.41%) SD-WAN
14 3 (0.41%) Software-Defined Networking
14 3 (0.41%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (3.24%) SQL Server
2 19 (2.57%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (1.49%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (1.22%) Looker
5 6 (0.81%) Data Lake
6 5 (0.68%) Oracle Database
6 5 (0.68%) Power BI
6 5 (0.68%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.68%) Tableau
7 4 (0.54%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.41%) SAS EBI
9 2 (0.27%) Db2
9 2 (0.27%) Flink
9 2 (0.27%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.14%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.14%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.14%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.14%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 54 (7.30%) TeamCity
2 7 (0.95%) JIRA
3 4 (0.54%) JUnit
4 1 (0.14%) Git
4 1 (0.14%) GitLab
4 1 (0.14%) IntelliJ
4 1 (0.14%) Karma Test Runner
4 1 (0.14%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 594 (80.27%) Finance
2 275 (37.16%) Social Skills
3 193 (26.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 193 (26.08%) Retail
4 173 (23.38%) Law
5 144 (19.46%) Financial Institution
6 122 (16.49%) Back Office
7 57 (7.70%) Investment Banking
8 53 (7.16%) Analytical Skills
9 46 (6.22%) Marketing
10 22 (2.97%) Legal
10 22 (2.97%) Public Sector
11 21 (2.84%) Front Office
11 21 (2.84%) Presentation Skills
12 20 (2.70%) Telecoms
13 19 (2.57%) Games
13 19 (2.57%) Polish Language
14 14 (1.89%) Italian Language
15 12 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
15 12 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 127 (17.16%) Senior
2 114 (15.41%) Software Engineer
3 85 (11.49%) Lead
4 64 (8.65%) Analyst
5 55 (7.43%) Developer
6 51 (6.89%) Product Manager
7 40 (5.41%) Senior Manager
8 39 (5.27%) Senior Software Engineer
9 38 (5.14%) Product Owner
10 35 (4.73%) Lead Software Engineer
11 34 (4.59%) Engineering Manager
11 34 (4.59%) Software Manager
12 33 (4.46%) Development Engineer
12 33 (4.46%) Software Development Engineer
13 32 (4.32%) Software Engineering Manager
14 27 (3.65%) Architect
14 27 (3.65%) Java Engineer
15 24 (3.24%) Auditor
16 23 (3.11%) Consultant
17 20 (2.70%) C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (7.16%) REST
2 24 (3.24%) React
3 22 (2.97%) Spring
4 15 (2.03%) .NET
4 15 (2.03%) Kafka
5 10 (1.35%) AngularJS
5 10 (1.35%) RESTful
6 9 (1.22%) Middleware
6 9 (1.22%) Spring Boot
6 9 (1.22%) XMPP
7 8 (1.08%) AWS CDK
8 7 (0.95%) OpenAPI
8 7 (0.95%) Sass
8 7 (0.95%) Swagger
9 5 (0.68%) Node.js
9 5 (0.68%) PyTorch
9 5 (0.68%) TensorFlow
10 4 (0.54%) LangChain
10 4 (0.54%) LangGraph
10 4 (0.54%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 156 (21.08%) Product Ownership
2 125 (16.89%) Cloud Native
3 48 (6.49%) Public Cloud
4 45 (6.08%) Management Information System
5 44 (5.95%) Blog
6 27 (3.65%) Distributed Systems
7 25 (3.38%) Onboarding
8 21 (2.84%) Security Posture
9 20 (2.70%) FPGA
10 19 (2.57%) Data Centre
11 17 (2.30%) Credit Risk
12 16 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
13 15 (2.03%) Hybrid Cloud
14 14 (1.89%) Blockchain
15 12 (1.62%) Hedge funds
16 11 (1.49%) Derivative
16 11 (1.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 10 (1.35%) Distributed Architecture
18 9 (1.22%) FlexPod
18 9 (1.22%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 44 (5.95%) Linux
2 24 (3.24%) Windows
3 16 (2.16%) Android
3 16 (2.16%) Apple iOS
4 12 (1.62%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.08%) Unix
6 2 (0.27%) AIX
7 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.14%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (25.68%) Roadmaps
2 179 (24.19%) Software Engineering
3 150 (20.27%) Agile
4 131 (17.70%) Problem-Solving
5 129 (17.43%) Fintech
6 116 (15.68%) Test Automation
7 97 (13.11%) CI/CD
8 89 (12.03%) Product Roadmap
9 75 (10.14%) Risk Management
10 74 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
11 73 (9.86%) Mentoring
12 71 (9.59%) DevOps
12 71 (9.59%) Microservices
13 66 (8.92%) Analytics
14 65 (8.78%) Stakeholder Management
15 64 (8.65%) AI
15 64 (8.65%) Disruptive Innovation
16 62 (8.38%) Continuous Improvement
17 60 (8.11%) Clean Code
18 59 (7.97%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 180 (24.32%) Java
2 97 (13.11%) Python
3 47 (6.35%) SQL
4 38 (5.14%) Go
5 28 (3.78%) TypeScript
6 25 (3.38%) C
6 25 (3.38%) C++
7 21 (2.84%) JavaScript
8 13 (1.76%) C#
9 8 (1.08%) PowerShell
10 7 (0.95%) Rust
11 5 (0.68%) Bash
12 4 (0.54%) R
13 3 (0.41%) Objective-C
13 3 (0.41%) Perl
13 3 (0.41%) Ruby
14 1 (0.14%) Cypher
14 1 (0.14%) Google Apps Script
14 1 (0.14%) RPG
Qualifications
1 63 (8.51%) Degree
2 35 (4.73%) CISSP
3 31 (4.19%) CISA
4 29 (3.92%) CISM
5 28 (3.78%) ACCA
6 24 (3.24%) CIMA
7 22 (2.97%) FFIEC
8 21 (2.84%) CGEIT
8 21 (2.84%) SANS
9 17 (2.30%) CREST Certified
9 17 (2.30%) OSCP
10 10 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (1.35%) Security Cleared
11 9 (1.22%) CRISC
12 7 (0.95%) Azure Certification
13 6 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (0.81%) CompTIA Security+
13 6 (0.81%) PMI Certification
13 6 (0.81%) SC Cleared
14 5 (0.68%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (5.00%) NIST
2 28 (3.78%) GDPR
3 27 (3.65%) COBIT
4 26 (3.51%) PCI DSS
5 22 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 22 (2.97%) SOC 2
6 15 (2.03%) GRC
7 14 (1.89%) COREP
7 14 (1.89%) FINREP
7 14 (1.89%) QA
8 11 (1.49%) Data Quality
8 11 (1.49%) EMIR
8 11 (1.49%) MiFID
9 8 (1.08%) IFRS
10 7 (0.95%) PMO
11 5 (0.68%) Accessibility
11 5 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.54%) GAAP
13 3 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.41%) SOC 1
System Software
1 18 (2.43%) Virtual Machines
2 13 (1.76%) Docker
3 12 (1.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.22%) Active Directory
5 6 (0.81%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 6 (0.81%) Virtual Servers
5 6 (0.81%) vSphere
6 5 (0.68%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 99 (13.38%) Terraform
2 85 (11.49%) Kubernetes
3 65 (8.78%) Grafana
4 12 (1.62%) Ansible
5 9 (1.22%) Cisco CUCM
6 8 (1.08%) Istio
7 4 (0.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.41%) Norton AntiVirus
9 2 (0.27%) Argo
9 2 (0.27%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.14%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 57 (7.70%) Oracle
2 47 (6.35%) Microsoft
3 20 (2.70%) Cisco
4 19 (2.57%) BT
5 16 (2.16%) ServiceNow
6 14 (1.89%) Palo Alto
6 14 (1.89%) VMware
7 12 (1.62%) Fortinet
7 12 (1.62%) Splunk
8 10 (1.35%) Databricks
9 9 (1.22%) Google
10 8 (1.08%) CheckPoint
10 8 (1.08%) Confluent
11 7 (0.95%) BMC
12 6 (0.81%) NetApp
12 6 (0.81%) SAP
12 6 (0.81%) Workday
13 4 (0.54%) Okta
13 4 (0.54%) OneLogin
13 4 (0.54%) Remedy