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

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 48 46
Rank change year-on-year -16 -2 -19
Permanent jobs citing Banking 593 915 1,594
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.70% 5.76% 5.74%
As % of the General category 6.28% 8.30% 9.24%
Number of salaries quoted 327 692 1,317
10th Percentile £25,087 £40,125 £46,306
25th Percentile £70,000 £58,970 £57,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £85,000 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +20.44% +0.82%
75th Percentile £130,000 £107,729 £96,539
90th Percentile £141,000 £140,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £90,000 £85,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +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 9,437 11,023 17,246
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 58.94% 69.41% 62.12%
Number of salaries quoted 5,946 6,278 13,699
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £64,177 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +11.61% -8.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,647 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.26% +9.09% -11.29%

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 8 February 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 17 (2.87%) SAS
2 16 (2.70%) Apache Airflow
3 14 (2.36%) Apache
4 13 (2.19%) Tomcat
4 13 (2.19%) WebSphere
4 13 (2.19%) WebSphere Application Server
5 8 (1.35%) Confluence
6 7 (1.18%) Ethereum
7 3 (0.51%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.51%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
Applications
1 12 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 14 (2.36%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.84%) SAP CO
3 5 (0.84%) SAP FI
3 5 (0.84%) SAP FI/CO
4 4 (0.67%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.51%) SAP PS
6 2 (0.34%) Adaptiv
6 2 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.34%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.17%) Actimize
7 1 (0.17%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.17%) ION Anvil
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.17%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 160 (26.98%) AWS
2 90 (15.18%) SaaS
3 69 (11.64%) GCP
4 55 (9.27%) Amazon EKS
5 45 (7.59%) Azure
6 30 (5.06%) GitHub
7 22 (3.71%) Snowflake
8 18 (3.04%) dbt
9 15 (2.53%) GitHub Actions
10 12 (2.02%) Power Platform
11 10 (1.69%) Amazon EC2
11 10 (1.69%) Amazon Kinesis
11 10 (1.69%) Amazon S3
11 10 (1.69%) GitHub Copilot
11 10 (1.69%) Route 53
11 10 (1.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 9 (1.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 8 (1.35%) Azure Event Grid
14 7 (1.18%) Amazon ECS
15 6 (1.01%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 38 (6.41%) Broadband
2 24 (4.05%) TCP/IP
3 18 (3.04%) CHAP
4 15 (2.53%) SSL
5 14 (2.36%) Firewall
6 11 (1.85%) BGP
6 11 (1.85%) HTTP
7 10 (1.69%) VPN
8 8 (1.35%) Cisco ASA
9 7 (1.18%) VLAN
10 6 (1.01%) LAN
10 6 (1.01%) Network Security
10 6 (1.01%) WAN
11 4 (0.67%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (0.67%) NX-OS
11 4 (0.67%) WLAN
12 2 (0.34%) Wireshark
13 1 (0.17%) Ethernet VPN
13 1 (0.17%) Internet
13 1 (0.17%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (4.38%) PostgreSQL
2 23 (3.88%) Data Lake
2 23 (3.88%) SQL Server
3 15 (2.53%) DB2
4 14 (2.36%) Amazon Athena
4 14 (2.36%) Apache Arrow
4 14 (2.36%) Apache Iceberg
4 14 (2.36%) Apache Ignite
4 14 (2.36%) Dremio
5 12 (2.02%) Power BI
5 12 (2.02%) Tableau
6 10 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
6 10 (1.69%) Flink
7 7 (1.18%) BigQuery
8 6 (1.01%) Metadata
9 4 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.67%) DataStage
9 4 (0.67%) QlikView
10 3 (0.51%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 39 (6.58%) TeamCity
2 15 (2.53%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.35%) JIRA
4 4 (0.67%) ER Studio
4 4 (0.67%) ERwin
4 4 (0.67%) Git
4 4 (0.67%) PowerDesigner
General
1 434 (73.19%) Finance
2 176 (29.68%) Social Skills
3 128 (21.59%) Retail
4 116 (19.56%) Financial Institution
5 104 (17.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 103 (17.37%) Law
7 81 (13.66%) Back Office
8 59 (9.95%) Investment Banking
9 42 (7.08%) Front Office
10 31 (5.23%) Games
11 20 (3.37%) Marketing
12 18 (3.04%) Analytical Skills
12 18 (3.04%) Organisational Skills
13 12 (2.02%) Public Sector
14 11 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
14 11 (1.85%) Polish Language
15 8 (1.35%) Telecoms
16 7 (1.18%) Retail Banking
17 6 (1.01%) International Banking
18 5 (0.84%) Legal
Job Titles
1 98 (16.53%) Senior
2 71 (11.97%) Software Engineer
3 47 (7.93%) Analyst
4 44 (7.42%) Lead
5 40 (6.75%) Senior Software Engineer
6 36 (6.07%) Developer
7 33 (5.56%) Auditor
8 32 (5.40%) Customer Service Advisor
9 31 (5.23%) Architect
9 31 (5.23%) AWS Engineer
9 31 (5.23%) Java Engineer
9 31 (5.23%) Java Software Engineer
10 23 (3.88%) Product Owner
11 22 (3.71%) Internal Auditor
11 22 (3.71%) Python Engineer
12 19 (3.20%) C++ Developer
13 18 (3.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 18 (3.04%) Security Auditor
13 18 (3.04%) Senior Java Engineer
13 18 (3.04%) Senior Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.54%) .NET
2 17 (2.87%) REST
3 16 (2.70%) Kafka
4 14 (2.36%) gRPC
4 14 (2.36%) NumPy
4 14 (2.36%) Pandas
4 14 (2.36%) Protocol Buffers
4 14 (2.36%) SciPy
5 13 (2.19%) LAPP Stack
5 13 (2.19%) LDAP
5 13 (2.19%) WebSphere MQ
6 10 (1.69%) React
6 10 (1.69%) RESTful
7 7 (1.18%) Middleware
7 7 (1.18%) Smart Contracts
7 7 (1.18%) web3js
7 7 (1.18%) WPF
8 6 (1.01%) CSS
8 6 (1.01%) HTML
9 5 (0.84%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 68 (11.47%) Cloud Native
2 67 (11.30%) Product Ownership
3 43 (7.25%) Management Information System
4 34 (5.73%) Data Centre
5 31 (5.23%) Blog
5 31 (5.23%) Public Cloud
6 29 (4.89%) Credit Risk
6 29 (4.89%) Hedge funds
7 26 (4.38%) Distributed Systems
8 22 (3.71%) Derivative
8 22 (3.71%) Fixed Income
8 22 (3.71%) Hybrid Cloud
9 18 (3.04%) FPGA
10 17 (2.87%) Blockchain
10 17 (2.87%) Security Posture
11 15 (2.53%) Onboarding
12 14 (2.36%) Equities
12 14 (2.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 14 (2.36%) Market Risk
12 14 (2.36%) Pricing Data
Operating Systems
1 44 (7.42%) Linux
2 24 (4.05%) Windows
3 16 (2.70%) Unix
4 14 (2.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (1.18%) Android
5 7 (1.18%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.67%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.17%) AIX
7 1 (0.17%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (17.03%) Software Engineering
2 100 (16.86%) Roadmaps
3 97 (16.36%) Agile
4 88 (14.84%) Risk Management
5 82 (13.83%) Stakeholder Management
6 79 (13.32%) CI/CD
6 79 (13.32%) Information Security
7 78 (13.15%) Risk Assessment
8 72 (12.14%) Problem-Solving
9 71 (11.97%) Fintech
10 63 (10.62%) Test Automation
11 57 (9.61%) Cybersecurity
12 56 (9.44%) Process Improvement
13 51 (8.60%) Microservices
14 48 (8.09%) Analytics
14 48 (8.09%) Continuous Improvement
14 48 (8.09%) Customer Service
15 47 (7.93%) DevOps
15 47 (7.93%) Due Diligence
16 45 (7.59%) Business Continuity Management
Programming Languages
1 130 (21.92%) Java
2 93 (15.68%) Python
3 37 (6.24%) SQL
4 33 (5.56%) Go
5 32 (5.40%) TypeScript
6 20 (3.37%) C++
7 19 (3.20%) C
7 19 (3.20%) JavaScript
8 16 (2.70%) C#
9 7 (1.18%) Rust
10 5 (0.84%) Bash
11 4 (0.67%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.51%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.17%) COBOL
13 1 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.17%) R
13 1 (0.17%) VBA
Qualifications
1 72 (12.14%) CISA
2 68 (11.47%) CISSP
3 63 (10.62%) Degree
4 50 (8.43%) CRISC
5 19 (3.20%) FFIEC
6 18 (3.04%) CGEIT
6 18 (3.04%) CISM
6 18 (3.04%) SANS
7 17 (2.87%) AWS Certification
8 15 (2.53%) ITIL Certification
9 12 (2.02%) ACCA
9 12 (2.02%) OSCP
10 11 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (1.69%) CREST Certified
11 10 (1.69%) PMI Certification
12 8 (1.35%) Azure Certification
12 8 (1.35%) Security Cleared
13 6 (1.01%) CIMA
13 6 (1.01%) PMP
14 5 (0.84%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (12.48%) NIST
2 69 (11.64%) PCI DSS
3 32 (5.40%) GDPR
4 26 (4.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 25 (4.22%) SOC 2
6 20 (3.37%) COBIT
6 20 (3.37%) SLA
7 15 (2.53%) GRC
8 13 (2.19%) QA
9 12 (2.02%) IFRS
10 9 (1.52%) Data Quality
11 6 (1.01%) Basel II
11 6 (1.01%) EMIR
11 6 (1.01%) GAAP
12 5 (0.84%) MiFID
13 4 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (0.67%) EU AI Act
13 4 (0.67%) PMO
14 3 (0.51%) COREP
14 3 (0.51%) PSD2
System Software
1 7 (1.18%) Docker
2 5 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.67%) Firmware
3 4 (0.67%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.34%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 75 (12.65%) Terraform
2 64 (10.79%) Kubernetes
3 35 (5.90%) Grafana
4 16 (2.70%) Ansible
5 10 (1.69%) Argo
6 4 (0.67%) Cilium
7 2 (0.34%) Suricata
8 1 (0.17%) Control-M
8 1 (0.17%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 38 (6.41%) BT
2 34 (5.73%) ServiceNow
3 24 (4.05%) Microsoft
4 18 (3.04%) IBM
5 15 (2.53%) Databricks
6 14 (2.36%) BMC
6 14 (2.36%) Red Hat
6 14 (2.36%) Remedy
7 11 (1.85%) Oracle
8 10 (1.69%) Cisco
9 9 (1.52%) Google
9 9 (1.52%) Salesforce
10 8 (1.35%) CheckPoint
10 8 (1.35%) Informatica
11 5 (0.84%) SAP
11 5 (0.84%) VMware
12 4 (0.67%) Fortinet
12 4 (0.67%) Sage
13 3 (0.51%) Ariba
13 3 (0.51%) Murex