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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 22 57
Rank change year-on-year -46 +35 -34
Permanent jobs citing Banking 800 1,407 1,214
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.69% 8.54% 4.17%
As % of the General category 6.20% 11.80% 6.82%
Number of salaries quoted 331 800 998
10th Percentile £31,500 £25,000 £55,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £25,313 £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £78,810 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.03% -24.94% +47.89%
75th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £142,500
90th Percentile £136,250 £135,000 £165,000
UK median annual salary £82,500 £83,577 £90,000
% change year-on-year -1.29% -7.14% +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 12,894 11,926 17,804
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.50% 72.35% 61.18%
Number of salaries quoted 8,337 6,669 12,568
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £42,147
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £79,250 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £98,959 £107,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 22 July 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 8 (1.00%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.63%) SAS
3 4 (0.50%) Ethereum
4 3 (0.38%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 29 (3.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 33 (4.13%) Oracle Financials
2 19 (2.38%) Oracle ERP
3 16 (2.00%) Remedy ITSM
4 9 (1.13%) Oracle Applications
5 5 (0.63%) Oracle General Ledger
6 4 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.50%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.13%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.13%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 239 (29.88%) AWS
2 136 (17.00%) SaaS
3 122 (15.25%) GCP
4 80 (10.00%) Azure
5 72 (9.00%) Amazon EKS
6 19 (2.38%) Snowflake
7 18 (2.25%) OCI
8 14 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
9 13 (1.63%) Power Platform
10 11 (1.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 10 (1.25%) Azure AI
11 10 (1.25%) Azure Machine Learning
12 9 (1.13%) Amazon Bedrock
12 9 (1.13%) Anthropic Claude
12 9 (1.13%) dbt
12 9 (1.13%) GitHub
13 8 (1.00%) Amazon MSK
13 8 (1.00%) GitHub Copilot
13 8 (1.00%) OpenShift
14 7 (0.88%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 30 (3.75%) HTTP
2 28 (3.50%) TCP/IP
3 26 (3.25%) Broadband
4 22 (2.75%) Firewall
5 17 (2.13%) LAN
5 17 (2.13%) WAN
6 12 (1.50%) VLAN
7 11 (1.38%) CHAP
7 11 (1.38%) Cisco Firepower
8 10 (1.25%) Cisco ASA
8 10 (1.25%) Network Security
9 9 (1.13%) Unified Communications
9 9 (1.13%) WebEx
10 8 (1.00%) VPN
11 7 (0.88%) BGP
12 6 (0.75%) SD-WAN
12 6 (0.75%) Software-Defined Networking
13 4 (0.50%) DHCP
13 4 (0.50%) DNS
14 3 (0.38%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (3.13%) SQL Server
2 19 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (1.75%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (1.25%) Power BI
5 9 (1.13%) Data Lake
5 9 (1.13%) Looker
6 6 (0.75%) Tableau
7 5 (0.63%) Oracle Database
7 5 (0.63%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.38%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.38%) Delta Lake
8 3 (0.38%) Metadata
8 3 (0.38%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.38%) SAS EBI
9 2 (0.25%) Db2
9 2 (0.25%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.25%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 59 (7.38%) TeamCity
2 9 (1.13%) Claude Code
3 7 (0.88%) Git
4 5 (0.63%) JUnit
5 4 (0.50%) JIRA
6 2 (0.25%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.13%) GitLab
7 1 (0.13%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.13%) Karma Test Runner
7 1 (0.13%) Maven
7 1 (0.13%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.13%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 666 (83.25%) Finance
2 311 (38.88%) Social Skills
3 195 (24.38%) Retail
4 194 (24.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 170 (21.25%) Law
6 134 (16.75%) Financial Institution
7 125 (15.63%) Back Office
8 67 (8.38%) Investment Banking
9 63 (7.88%) Analytical Skills
10 60 (7.50%) Legal
11 53 (6.63%) Presentation Skills
12 41 (5.13%) Marketing
13 31 (3.88%) Front Office
14 20 (2.50%) Games
15 19 (2.38%) Polish Language
15 19 (2.38%) Public Sector
16 18 (2.25%) Telecoms
17 14 (1.75%) Italian Language
18 12 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
19 11 (1.38%) German Language
Job Titles
1 124 (15.50%) Senior
2 119 (14.88%) Software Engineer
3 98 (12.25%) Lead
4 65 (8.13%) Analyst
5 51 (6.38%) Developer
6 48 (6.00%) Senior Manager
7 45 (5.63%) Product Manager
8 42 (5.25%) Engineering Manager
9 41 (5.13%) Software Manager
10 40 (5.00%) Lead Software Engineer
10 40 (5.00%) Software Engineering Manager
11 36 (4.50%) Architect
12 33 (4.13%) Development Engineer
12 33 (4.13%) Software Development Engineer
13 32 (4.00%) Senior Software Engineer
14 29 (3.63%) Product Owner
15 24 (3.00%) Consultant
15 24 (3.00%) Java Engineer
16 23 (2.88%) Data Scientist
17 20 (2.50%) Digital Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (6.75%) REST
2 26 (3.25%) Spring
3 24 (3.00%) React
4 19 (2.38%) LangChain
4 19 (2.38%) LangGraph
5 14 (1.75%) Kafka
6 13 (1.63%) RESTful
7 12 (1.50%) AngularJS
8 11 (1.38%) PyTorch
8 11 (1.38%) scikit-learn
8 11 (1.38%) TensorFlow
9 10 (1.25%) .NET
9 10 (1.25%) OpenAPI
9 10 (1.25%) Swagger
10 9 (1.13%) FIX Protocol
10 9 (1.13%) Spring Boot
10 9 (1.13%) XMPP
11 8 (1.00%) AWS CDK
12 7 (0.88%) Node.js
13 6 (0.75%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 163 (20.38%) Product Ownership
2 136 (17.00%) Cloud Native
3 52 (6.50%) Public Cloud
4 40 (5.00%) Blog
5 39 (4.88%) Management Information System
5 39 (4.88%) Web Conferencing
6 32 (4.00%) Podcast
7 22 (2.75%) Onboarding
8 21 (2.63%) Fixed Income
8 21 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
9 20 (2.50%) Distributed Systems
10 17 (2.13%) Credit Risk
11 16 (2.00%) Derivative
11 16 (2.00%) FPGA
11 16 (2.00%) Hedge funds
11 16 (2.00%) Security Posture
12 14 (1.75%) AI Agents
13 13 (1.63%) Data Centre
13 13 (1.63%) Distributed Architecture
13 13 (1.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 47 (5.88%) Linux
2 23 (2.88%) Windows
3 13 (1.63%) Android
3 13 (1.63%) Apple iOS
4 12 (1.50%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.13%) Unix
6 2 (0.25%) AIX
7 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.13%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (27.88%) Roadmaps
2 197 (24.63%) Software Engineering
3 142 (17.75%) Problem-Solving
4 129 (16.13%) Fintech
5 127 (15.88%) Agile
6 117 (14.63%) Test Automation
7 112 (14.00%) CI/CD
8 93 (11.63%) Product Roadmap
9 87 (10.88%) AI
10 85 (10.63%) Technical Leadership
11 84 (10.50%) Continuous Improvement
12 79 (9.88%) Coaching
13 75 (9.38%) DevOps
14 73 (9.13%) Mentoring
15 72 (9.00%) Microservices
16 70 (8.75%) Risk Management
17 68 (8.50%) Deployment Automation
18 67 (8.38%) Clean Code
19 65 (8.13%) Disruptive Innovation
20 64 (8.00%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 181 (22.63%) Java
2 105 (13.13%) Python
3 59 (7.38%) SQL
4 31 (3.88%) Go
5 28 (3.50%) C++
6 24 (3.00%) JavaScript
7 22 (2.75%) TypeScript
8 20 (2.50%) C
9 13 (1.63%) C#
10 10 (1.25%) PowerShell
10 10 (1.25%) R
11 8 (1.00%) Rust
12 5 (0.63%) VBA
13 4 (0.50%) Bash
14 3 (0.38%) Objective-C
14 3 (0.38%) Perl
14 3 (0.38%) Ruby
15 1 (0.13%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.13%) RPG
15 1 (0.13%) Scala
Qualifications
1 55 (6.88%) Degree
2 31 (3.88%) CISSP
3 28 (3.50%) ACCA
4 25 (3.13%) CIMA
4 25 (3.13%) CISA
4 25 (3.13%) CISM
5 13 (1.63%) CREST Certified
5 13 (1.63%) CRISC
5 13 (1.63%) OSCP
6 11 (1.38%) CGEIT
6 11 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (1.38%) FFIEC
6 11 (1.38%) SANS
7 9 (1.13%) Azure Certification
7 9 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (0.88%) ISACA
8 7 (0.88%) Security Cleared
9 6 (0.75%) CCNP
9 6 (0.75%) CompTIA Security+
10 5 (0.63%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (5.75%) QA
2 32 (4.00%) NIST
3 28 (3.50%) PCI DSS
4 27 (3.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 25 (3.13%) GDPR
6 24 (3.00%) SOC 2
7 22 (2.75%) COBIT
8 20 (2.50%) Data Quality
9 15 (1.88%) FINREP
10 14 (1.75%) COREP
10 14 (1.75%) GRC
11 11 (1.38%) EMIR
11 11 (1.38%) MiFID
12 10 (1.25%) Accessibility
13 7 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
13 7 (0.88%) IFRS
13 7 (0.88%) SOC 1
14 5 (0.63%) PMO
15 4 (0.50%) EU AI Act
15 4 (0.50%) GAAP
System Software
1 18 (2.25%) Virtual Machines
2 13 (1.63%) Docker
3 8 (1.00%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.75%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
4 6 (0.75%) vSphere
5 4 (0.50%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 100 (12.50%) Terraform
2 87 (10.88%) Kubernetes
3 73 (9.13%) Grafana
4 18 (2.25%) Ansible
5 9 (1.13%) Cisco CUCM
6 8 (1.00%) Istio
7 4 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.38%) Norton AntiVirus
9 2 (0.25%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.13%) Argo
10 1 (0.13%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Flashback
10 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 56 (7.00%) Oracle
2 50 (6.25%) Microsoft
3 29 (3.63%) ServiceNow
4 26 (3.25%) BT
5 21 (2.63%) Databricks
6 19 (2.38%) BMC
7 18 (2.25%) Cisco
8 17 (2.13%) Palo Alto
9 16 (2.00%) Remedy
10 15 (1.88%) Fortinet
11 13 (1.63%) Splunk
11 13 (1.63%) VMware
12 9 (1.13%) FIS
13 8 (1.00%) Confluent
13 8 (1.00%) SunGard
14 7 (0.88%) CheckPoint
15 6 (0.75%) NetApp
15 6 (0.75%) SAP
15 6 (0.75%) Workday
16 5 (0.63%) Okta