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

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 44 46
Rank change year-on-year -19 +2 -20
Permanent jobs citing Banking 606 947 1,580
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.74% 6.04% 5.72%
As % of the General category 6.35% 8.69% 9.23%
Number of salaries quoted 328 724 1,304
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,000 £46,306
25th Percentile £70,000 £51,698 £57,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £82,500 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +16.90% +0.82%
75th Percentile £130,000 £105,000 £96,539
90th Percentile £142,500 £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 9,540 10,901 17,121
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 58.87% 69.55% 61.99%
Number of salaries quoted 6,001 6,229 13,616
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £32,435
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £53,750 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.42% +9.09% -10.57%

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 11 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 18 (2.97%) SAS
2 16 (2.64%) Apache Airflow
3 14 (2.31%) Apache
4 12 (1.98%) Tomcat
4 12 (1.98%) WebSphere
4 12 (1.98%) WebSphere Application Server
5 8 (1.32%) Confluence
6 7 (1.16%) Ethereum
7 3 (0.50%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.33%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
Applications
1 10 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 14 (2.31%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.83%) SAP CO
3 5 (0.83%) SAP FI
3 5 (0.83%) SAP FI/CO
4 4 (0.66%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.50%) SAP PS
5 3 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.33%) Adaptiv
6 2 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.33%) SAP ERP
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
Cloud Services
1 166 (27.39%) AWS
2 101 (16.67%) SaaS
3 76 (12.54%) GCP
4 60 (9.90%) Amazon EKS
5 45 (7.43%) Azure
6 30 (4.95%) GitHub
7 22 (3.63%) Snowflake
8 18 (2.97%) dbt
9 15 (2.48%) GitHub Actions
10 13 (2.15%) Power Platform
11 10 (1.65%) Amazon EC2
11 10 (1.65%) Amazon Kinesis
11 10 (1.65%) Amazon S3
11 10 (1.65%) GitHub Copilot
11 10 (1.65%) Route 53
11 10 (1.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 9 (1.49%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 8 (1.32%) Azure Event Grid
14 7 (1.16%) Amazon ECS
15 6 (0.99%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 37 (6.11%) Broadband
2 23 (3.80%) TCP/IP
3 18 (2.97%) CHAP
4 14 (2.31%) Firewall
4 14 (2.31%) SSL
5 11 (1.82%) BGP
5 11 (1.82%) HTTP
6 10 (1.65%) VPN
7 8 (1.32%) Cisco ASA
8 7 (1.16%) VLAN
9 6 (0.99%) LAN
9 6 (0.99%) Network Security
9 6 (0.99%) WAN
10 4 (0.66%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (0.66%) NX-OS
10 4 (0.66%) WLAN
11 2 (0.33%) Wireshark
12 1 (0.17%) NetScaler
12 1 (0.17%) SD-WAN
12 1 (0.17%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (4.46%) PostgreSQL
2 24 (3.96%) SQL Server
3 23 (3.80%) Data Lake
4 14 (2.31%) Amazon Athena
4 14 (2.31%) Apache Arrow
4 14 (2.31%) Apache Iceberg
4 14 (2.31%) Apache Ignite
4 14 (2.31%) DB2
4 14 (2.31%) Dremio
5 13 (2.15%) Power BI
5 13 (2.15%) Tableau
6 10 (1.65%) Amazon RDS
6 10 (1.65%) Flink
7 7 (1.16%) BigQuery
8 6 (0.99%) Metadata
9 4 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.66%) DataStage
9 4 (0.66%) QlikView
10 3 (0.50%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 44 (7.26%) TeamCity
2 15 (2.48%) Jenkins
3 9 (1.49%) JIRA
4 4 (0.66%) ER Studio
4 4 (0.66%) ERwin
4 4 (0.66%) Git
4 4 (0.66%) PowerDesigner
5 1 (0.17%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 444 (73.27%) Finance
2 181 (29.87%) Social Skills
3 143 (23.60%) Retail
4 122 (20.13%) Financial Institution
5 121 (19.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 118 (19.47%) Law
7 91 (15.02%) Back Office
8 58 (9.57%) Investment Banking
9 42 (6.93%) Front Office
10 30 (4.95%) Games
11 24 (3.96%) Marketing
12 20 (3.30%) Analytical Skills
13 15 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
14 13 (2.15%) Polish Language
15 12 (1.98%) Public Sector
16 11 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
17 8 (1.32%) Telecoms
18 7 (1.16%) Legal
18 7 (1.16%) Retail Banking
19 6 (0.99%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 100 (16.50%) Senior
2 75 (12.38%) Software Engineer
3 49 (8.09%) Analyst
4 47 (7.76%) Lead
5 41 (6.77%) Senior Software Engineer
6 35 (5.78%) Developer
7 34 (5.61%) Auditor
8 32 (5.28%) Java Engineer
8 32 (5.28%) Java Software Engineer
9 31 (5.12%) Architect
9 31 (5.12%) AWS Engineer
9 31 (5.12%) Customer Service Advisor
10 23 (3.80%) Product Owner
11 22 (3.63%) Internal Auditor
11 22 (3.63%) Python Engineer
12 18 (2.97%) C++ Developer
12 18 (2.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 18 (2.97%) Security Auditor
12 18 (2.97%) Senior Java Engineer
12 18 (2.97%) Senior Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.47%) .NET
2 18 (2.97%) REST
3 16 (2.64%) Kafka
4 14 (2.31%) gRPC
4 14 (2.31%) NumPy
4 14 (2.31%) Pandas
4 14 (2.31%) Protocol Buffers
4 14 (2.31%) SciPy
5 12 (1.98%) LAPP Stack
5 12 (1.98%) LDAP
5 12 (1.98%) WebSphere MQ
6 11 (1.82%) React
7 10 (1.65%) RESTful
8 8 (1.32%) WPF
9 7 (1.16%) Middleware
9 7 (1.16%) Smart Contracts
9 7 (1.16%) web3js
10 6 (0.99%) CSS
10 6 (0.99%) HTML
10 6 (0.99%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 78 (12.87%) Cloud Native
2 69 (11.39%) Product Ownership
3 44 (7.26%) Management Information System
4 34 (5.61%) Blog
4 34 (5.61%) Data Centre
5 31 (5.12%) Public Cloud
6 30 (4.95%) Credit Risk
7 29 (4.79%) Hedge funds
8 27 (4.46%) Distributed Systems
9 22 (3.63%) Derivative
9 22 (3.63%) Fixed Income
9 22 (3.63%) Hybrid Cloud
10 17 (2.81%) Blockchain
10 17 (2.81%) FPGA
10 17 (2.81%) Security Posture
11 16 (2.64%) Onboarding
12 15 (2.48%) Market Risk
13 14 (2.31%) Equities
13 14 (2.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 14 (2.31%) Pricing Data
Operating Systems
1 42 (6.93%) Linux
2 23 (3.80%) Windows
3 15 (2.48%) Unix
4 13 (2.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (1.16%) Android
5 7 (1.16%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.66%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.17%) AIX
7 1 (0.17%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (17.33%) Software Engineering
2 104 (17.16%) Roadmaps
3 101 (16.67%) Agile
4 92 (15.18%) Risk Management
5 84 (13.86%) CI/CD
6 82 (13.53%) Stakeholder Management
7 80 (13.20%) Information Security
8 79 (13.04%) Risk Assessment
9 78 (12.87%) Fintech
10 76 (12.54%) Problem-Solving
11 68 (11.22%) Test Automation
12 58 (9.57%) Cybersecurity
13 56 (9.24%) Process Improvement
14 54 (8.91%) Microservices
15 50 (8.25%) Analytics
15 50 (8.25%) Continuous Improvement
16 49 (8.09%) Customer Service
16 49 (8.09%) DevOps
17 48 (7.92%) Due Diligence
18 47 (7.76%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 134 (22.11%) Java
2 93 (15.35%) Python
3 37 (6.11%) SQL
4 33 (5.45%) Go
4 33 (5.45%) TypeScript
5 20 (3.30%) JavaScript
6 19 (3.14%) C++
7 18 (2.97%) C
8 17 (2.81%) C#
9 7 (1.16%) Rust
10 5 (0.83%) Bash
11 4 (0.66%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.50%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.33%) R
14 1 (0.17%) COBOL
14 1 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.17%) VBA
Qualifications
1 73 (12.05%) CISA
2 69 (11.39%) CISSP
3 67 (11.06%) Degree
4 51 (8.42%) CRISC
5 19 (3.14%) FFIEC
6 18 (2.97%) CGEIT
6 18 (2.97%) CISM
6 18 (2.97%) SANS
7 16 (2.64%) AWS Certification
8 14 (2.31%) ITIL Certification
9 13 (2.15%) ACCA
10 12 (1.98%) OSCP
11 11 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
12 10 (1.65%) CREST Certified
12 10 (1.65%) PMI Certification
13 9 (1.49%) Security Cleared
14 8 (1.32%) Azure Certification
15 7 (1.16%) CIMA
16 6 (0.99%) CompTIA Security+
16 6 (0.99%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (12.38%) NIST
2 71 (11.72%) PCI DSS
3 31 (5.12%) GDPR
4 28 (4.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 27 (4.46%) SOC 2
6 20 (3.30%) COBIT
7 19 (3.14%) SLA
8 17 (2.81%) GRC
9 13 (2.15%) IFRS
9 13 (2.15%) QA
10 8 (1.32%) Data Quality
11 7 (1.16%) GAAP
12 6 (0.99%) Basel II
12 6 (0.99%) EMIR
13 5 (0.83%) MiFID
14 4 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
14 4 (0.66%) EU AI Act
14 4 (0.66%) PMO
15 3 (0.50%) PSD2
15 3 (0.50%) SEPA
System Software
1 7 (1.16%) Docker
2 5 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.66%) Firmware
3 4 (0.66%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.33%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 80 (13.20%) Terraform
2 69 (11.39%) Kubernetes
3 41 (6.77%) Grafana
4 16 (2.64%) Ansible
5 10 (1.65%) Argo
6 4 (0.66%) Cilium
7 2 (0.33%) Suricata
8 1 (0.17%) Control-M
8 1 (0.17%) Opsgenie
8 1 (0.17%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 37 (6.11%) BT
2 33 (5.45%) ServiceNow
3 22 (3.63%) Microsoft
4 17 (2.81%) IBM
5 15 (2.48%) Databricks
6 14 (2.31%) BMC
6 14 (2.31%) Remedy
7 13 (2.15%) Red Hat
8 12 (1.98%) Oracle
9 10 (1.65%) Cisco
9 10 (1.65%) Google
10 9 (1.49%) Informatica
10 9 (1.49%) Salesforce
11 8 (1.32%) CheckPoint
12 6 (0.99%) SAP
13 5 (0.83%) VMware
14 4 (0.66%) Fortinet
15 3 (0.50%) Alteryx
15 3 (0.50%) Concur
15 3 (0.50%) Murex