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 6 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 48 46
Rank change year-on-year -13 -2 -19
Permanent jobs citing Banking 984 940 1,128
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.95% 5.61% 5.15%
As % of the General category 6.45% 7.94% 8.22%
Number of salaries quoted 408 423 895
10th Percentile £31,500 £25,087 £60,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £40,000 £80,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £85,000 £107,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -20.93% +52.32%
75th Percentile £130,000 £115,000 £142,500
90th Percentile £142,500 £135,000 £148,750
UK median annual salary £85,000 £85,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year - -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 15,254 11,846 13,726
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.28% 70.66% 62.72%
Number of salaries quoted 9,199 6,170 7,665
10th Percentile £31,515 £28,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,585 £38,750 £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 £78,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £111,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -4.17%

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 6 October 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 12 (1.22%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.51%) CMS
3 3 (0.30%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.30%) Confluence
3 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.20%) Ethereum
4 2 (0.20%) SAS
Applications
1 24 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.10%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (2.24%) Oracle Financials
2 21 (2.13%) Oracle ERP
3 20 (2.03%) Remedy ITSM
4 8 (0.81%) Actimize
4 8 (0.81%) Oracle EBS
4 8 (0.81%) Oracle EBS R12
4 8 (0.81%) Oracle General Ledger
5 6 (0.61%) Oracle Applications
6 3 (0.30%) Temenos T24
7 2 (0.20%) FLEXCUBE
7 2 (0.20%) Sage 50
8 1 (0.10%) Finacle
8 1 (0.10%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.10%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 306 (31.10%) AWS
2 162 (16.46%) GCP
3 142 (14.43%) SaaS
4 79 (8.03%) Azure
5 76 (7.72%) Amazon EKS
6 48 (4.88%) Amazon Bedrock
7 43 (4.37%) Snowflake
8 41 (4.17%) Anthropic Claude
9 23 (2.34%) GitHub
10 17 (1.73%) GitHub Copilot
10 17 (1.73%) Power Platform
11 16 (1.63%) Microsoft 365
11 16 (1.63%) OCI
12 14 (1.42%) Serverless
13 12 (1.22%) Datadog
14 9 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
15 8 (0.81%) Amazon S3
15 8 (0.81%) AWS Lambda
15 8 (0.81%) Microsoft Copilot
16 7 (0.71%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 58 (5.89%) Broadband
2 28 (2.85%) HTTP
3 22 (2.24%) TCP/IP
4 20 (2.03%) Firewall
5 17 (1.73%) LAN
6 15 (1.52%) BGP
6 15 (1.52%) VLAN
6 15 (1.52%) WAN
7 14 (1.42%) Network Security
8 10 (1.02%) OSPF
9 9 (0.91%) VPN
10 7 (0.71%) Cisco Nexus
10 7 (0.71%) Structured Cabling
11 6 (0.61%) DHCP
11 6 (0.61%) DNS
11 6 (0.61%) MPLS
12 5 (0.51%) Ethernet VPN
12 5 (0.51%) Internet
12 5 (0.51%) VXLAN
13 4 (0.41%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (3.05%) PostgreSQL
2 24 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
3 17 (1.73%) SQL Server
4 14 (1.42%) Power BI
5 12 (1.22%) Data Lake
6 10 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
7 9 (0.91%) DynamoDB
8 8 (0.81%) Azure SQL Database
9 7 (0.71%) Metadata
9 7 (0.71%) Relational Database
10 6 (0.61%) Tableau
11 5 (0.51%) Looker
12 4 (0.41%) Amazon Athena
12 4 (0.41%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.41%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.41%) NoSQL
13 3 (0.30%) Delta Lake
13 3 (0.30%) Oracle Database
14 2 (0.20%) Big Data
14 2 (0.20%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 81 (8.23%) TeamCity
2 41 (4.17%) Claude Code
3 15 (1.52%) JUnit
4 12 (1.22%) Git
5 9 (0.91%) JIRA
6 7 (0.71%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.41%) Android Studio
7 4 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.10%) GitLab
8 1 (0.10%) Gradle
8 1 (0.10%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.10%) Karma Test Runner
8 1 (0.10%) Maven
8 1 (0.10%) SonarQube
General
1 727 (73.88%) Finance
2 386 (39.23%) Social Skills
3 237 (24.09%) Retail
4 222 (22.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 205 (20.83%) Law
6 135 (13.72%) Financial Institution
7 131 (13.31%) Back Office
8 71 (7.22%) Legal
9 68 (6.91%) Analytical Skills
10 65 (6.61%) Investment Banking
11 58 (5.89%) Front Office
12 53 (5.39%) Marketing
13 36 (3.66%) Presentation Skills
14 22 (2.24%) Public Sector
15 20 (2.03%) Telecoms
16 18 (1.83%) Games
16 18 (1.83%) Polish Language
17 17 (1.73%) French Language
17 17 (1.73%) Influencing Skills
18 13 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 156 (15.85%) Senior
1 156 (15.85%) Software Engineer
2 148 (15.04%) Lead
3 83 (8.43%) Architect
4 65 (6.61%) Developer
5 55 (5.59%) Analyst
6 54 (5.49%) Java Engineer
7 52 (5.28%) Lead Software Engineer
8 51 (5.18%) Senior Manager
9 46 (4.67%) Engineering Manager
10 44 (4.47%) Software Engineering Manager
10 44 (4.47%) Software Manager
11 40 (4.07%) IT Manager
12 39 (3.96%) Finance Manager
12 39 (3.96%) Product Owner
12 39 (3.96%) Team Leader
13 38 (3.86%) Senior Java Engineer
14 37 (3.76%) Enterprise Architect
15 33 (3.35%) Product Manager
16 28 (2.85%) Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (12.09%) Terraform
2 51 (5.18%) LangChain
2 51 (5.18%) LangGraph
3 46 (4.67%) REST
4 31 (3.15%) Spring
5 24 (2.44%) RESTful
6 19 (1.93%) React
7 17 (1.73%) OpenAPI
7 17 (1.73%) PyTorch
7 17 (1.73%) scikit-learn
7 17 (1.73%) Swagger
7 17 (1.73%) TensorFlow
8 14 (1.42%) AngularJS
9 12 (1.22%) CrewAI
9 12 (1.22%) pydantic
10 11 (1.12%) Spring Boot
11 10 (1.02%) Dagger
11 10 (1.02%) FIX Protocol
11 10 (1.02%) Node.js
11 10 (1.02%) RxJava
Miscellaneous
1 197 (20.02%) Product Ownership
2 144 (14.63%) Cloud Native
3 57 (5.79%) AI Agents
4 56 (5.69%) Hedge funds
5 53 (5.39%) Public Cloud
6 45 (4.57%) Web Conferencing
7 41 (4.17%) Podcast
8 36 (3.66%) Blog
9 26 (2.64%) Fixed Income
10 25 (2.54%) Management Information System
11 23 (2.34%) Derivative
11 23 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
12 21 (2.13%) Social Media
13 17 (1.73%) Distributed Architecture
13 17 (1.73%) Distributed Systems
13 17 (1.73%) Security Posture
14 16 (1.63%) Onboarding
15 14 (1.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 13 (1.32%) Credit Risk
17 12 (1.22%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 32 (3.25%) Linux
2 26 (2.64%) Apple iOS
3 25 (2.54%) Android
4 16 (1.63%) Windows
5 5 (0.51%) Mac OS
5 5 (0.51%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.30%) Unix
7 1 (0.10%) AIX
7 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.10%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 245 (24.90%) Software Engineering
2 240 (24.39%) Roadmaps
3 161 (16.36%) Fintech
4 158 (16.06%) AI
5 148 (15.04%) CI/CD
6 140 (14.23%) Problem-Solving
7 131 (13.31%) Test Automation
8 115 (11.69%) Continuous Improvement
9 106 (10.77%) Disruptive Innovation
10 105 (10.67%) Coaching
11 96 (9.76%) Machine Learning
12 93 (9.45%) Mentoring
13 90 (9.15%) Agile
14 88 (8.94%) Technical Leadership
15 87 (8.84%) Deployment Automation
16 84 (8.54%) Clean Code
17 82 (8.33%) Data Science
18 81 (8.23%) Product Roadmap
19 78 (7.93%) DevOps
19 78 (7.93%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 233 (23.68%) Java
2 139 (14.13%) Python
3 71 (7.22%) SQL
4 29 (2.95%) Go
5 23 (2.34%) TypeScript
6 20 (2.03%) R
7 19 (1.93%) JavaScript
8 17 (1.73%) C++
8 17 (1.73%) Kotlin
9 14 (1.42%) Bash
10 13 (1.32%) PowerShell
11 8 (0.81%) C
12 7 (0.71%) Rust
13 5 (0.51%) C#
13 5 (0.51%) VBA
14 4 (0.41%) Bicep
15 1 (0.10%) Google Apps Script
15 1 (0.10%) Scala
15 1 (0.10%) Swift
Qualifications
1 25 (2.54%) Degree
2 19 (1.93%) CISSP
3 17 (1.73%) CISM
4 13 (1.32%) ACCA
4 13 (1.32%) CISA
5 9 (0.91%) Azure Certification
5 9 (0.91%) CIMA
5 9 (0.91%) CRISC
6 8 (0.81%) CREST Certified
6 8 (0.81%) OSCP
7 7 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (0.71%) ISACA
7 7 (0.71%) Security Cleared
8 6 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (0.51%) AWS Certification
9 5 (0.51%) GCFA
9 5 (0.51%) GIAC
9 5 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.41%) CCNP
10 4 (0.41%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (5.69%) QA
2 25 (2.54%) NIST
2 25 (2.54%) PCI DSS
3 24 (2.44%) Accessibility
3 24 (2.44%) COBIT
4 23 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 22 (2.24%) GDPR
6 20 (2.03%) Data Quality
7 15 (1.52%) SOC 2
8 13 (1.32%) GRC
9 9 (0.91%) EMIR
9 9 (0.91%) FINREP
9 9 (0.91%) MiFID
10 8 (0.81%) SOC 1
11 7 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 6 (0.61%) COREP
13 5 (0.51%) EU AI Act
14 4 (0.41%) SLA
15 3 (0.30%) Basel III
System Software
1 13 (1.32%) Docker
2 9 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.51%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.30%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.20%) vSphere
7 1 (0.10%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 107 (10.87%) Kubernetes
2 95 (9.65%) Grafana
3 21 (2.13%) Ansible
4 12 (1.22%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.41%) Cisco CUCM
7 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.30%) Norton AntiVirus
8 2 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.10%) Argo
9 1 (0.10%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.10%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.10%) Oracle Flashback
9 1 (0.10%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 58 (5.89%) BT
2 47 (4.78%) Oracle
3 46 (4.67%) Databricks
4 40 (4.07%) ServiceNow
5 36 (3.66%) Microsoft
6 29 (2.95%) Google
7 22 (2.24%) BMC
8 20 (2.03%) Remedy
9 16 (1.63%) Cisco
10 10 (1.02%) FIS
10 10 (1.02%) Fortinet
10 10 (1.02%) Splunk
11 9 (0.91%) Dynatrace
11 9 (0.91%) SunGard
12 8 (0.81%) Palo Alto
12 8 (0.81%) VMware
13 6 (0.61%) Xero
14 4 (0.41%) Bloomberg
14 4 (0.41%) HubSpot
14 4 (0.41%) Sage