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 21 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 30 62
Rank change year-on-year -24 +32 -38
Permanent jobs citing Banking 669 1,105 1,402
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.92% 8.26% 4.64%
As % of the General category 6.88% 11.52% 7.56%
Number of salaries quoted 331 889 1,138
10th Percentile £42,000 £25,000 £46,306
25th Percentile £70,000 £45,000 £57,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £75,780 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.36% +1.04% +8.00%
75th Percentile £127,500 £100,000 £98,750
90th Percentile £142,500 £140,000 £137,913
UK median annual salary £90,000 £85,000 £79,632
% change year-on-year +5.88% +6.74% +6.18%

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 9,722 9,591 18,556
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.04% 71.69% 61.45%
Number of salaries quoted 6,246 6,275 14,709
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £40,902 £45,000 £42,287
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,979 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%

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 21 March 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 19 (2.84%) SAS
2 8 (1.20%) Confluence
3 7 (1.05%) Tomcat
3 7 (1.05%) WebSphere
3 7 (1.05%) WebSphere Application Server
4 6 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.75%) Ethereum
6 4 (0.60%) Apache
7 3 (0.45%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.45%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 12 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (1.79%) Oracle Financials
2 9 (1.35%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.45%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.45%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.45%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.30%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.15%) Actimize
6 1 (0.15%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.15%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 182 (27.20%) AWS
2 139 (20.78%) SaaS
3 103 (15.40%) GCP
4 78 (11.66%) Amazon EKS
5 64 (9.57%) Azure
6 30 (4.48%) GitHub
7 15 (2.24%) GitHub Actions
8 14 (2.09%) Power Platform
9 12 (1.79%) Snowflake
10 11 (1.64%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 10 (1.49%) Amazon Kinesis
11 10 (1.49%) Azure Event Grid
11 10 (1.49%) GitHub Copilot
12 9 (1.35%) dbt
13 8 (1.20%) Amazon EC2
13 8 (1.20%) Amazon MSK
13 8 (1.20%) Amazon S3
13 8 (1.20%) OpenShift
13 8 (1.20%) Route 53
13 8 (1.20%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 27 (4.04%) TCP/IP
2 26 (3.89%) Broadband
3 24 (3.59%) CHAP
4 23 (3.44%) Firewall
5 13 (1.94%) Cisco ASA
5 13 (1.94%) LAN
5 13 (1.94%) WAN
6 12 (1.79%) BGP
6 12 (1.79%) HTTP
6 12 (1.79%) VPN
7 11 (1.64%) VLAN
8 8 (1.20%) Network Security
9 7 (1.05%) SSL
10 6 (0.90%) Cisco Firepower
11 4 (0.60%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (0.60%) NX-OS
11 4 (0.60%) Unified Communications
11 4 (0.60%) WebEx
11 4 (0.60%) WLAN
12 2 (0.30%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (3.59%) PostgreSQL
1 24 (3.59%) SQL Server
2 14 (2.09%) Power BI
2 14 (2.09%) Tableau
3 13 (1.94%) Data Lake
4 10 (1.49%) DB2
4 10 (1.49%) Flink
5 8 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (1.05%) BigQuery
7 6 (0.90%) Metadata
8 4 (0.60%) Amazon Athena
8 4 (0.60%) Apache Arrow
8 4 (0.60%) Apache Iceberg
8 4 (0.60%) Apache Ignite
8 4 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.60%) DataStage
8 4 (0.60%) Dremio
8 4 (0.60%) QlikView
8 4 (0.60%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 55 (8.22%) TeamCity
2 11 (1.64%) Jenkins
2 11 (1.64%) JIRA
3 4 (0.60%) ER Studio
3 4 (0.60%) ERwin
3 4 (0.60%) Git
3 4 (0.60%) PowerDesigner
4 1 (0.15%) JUnit
4 1 (0.15%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 502 (75.04%) Finance
2 228 (34.08%) Social Skills
3 194 (29.00%) Retail
4 168 (25.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 161 (24.07%) Law
6 154 (23.02%) Financial Institution
7 127 (18.98%) Back Office
8 54 (8.07%) Investment Banking
9 43 (6.43%) Marketing
10 39 (5.83%) Analytical Skills
11 36 (5.38%) Front Office
12 25 (3.74%) Games
13 19 (2.84%) Public Sector
14 18 (2.69%) Presentation Skills
15 17 (2.54%) Polish Language
16 15 (2.24%) Legal
16 15 (2.24%) Organisational Skills
16 15 (2.24%) Telecoms
17 11 (1.64%) Italian Language
18 10 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 103 (15.40%) Senior
2 81 (12.11%) Software Engineer
3 67 (10.01%) Analyst
4 57 (8.52%) Lead
5 41 (6.13%) Developer
6 40 (5.98%) Senior Software Engineer
7 37 (5.53%) Auditor
8 34 (5.08%) Architect
9 31 (4.63%) Product Owner
10 30 (4.48%) AWS Engineer
11 25 (3.74%) Customer Service Advisor
11 25 (3.74%) Java Engineer
11 25 (3.74%) Java Software Engineer
12 23 (3.44%) Internal Auditor
12 23 (3.44%) Security Auditor
13 22 (3.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 21 (3.14%) C++ Developer
14 21 (3.14%) Consultant
15 20 (2.99%) Business Analyst
15 20 (2.99%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (3.59%) .NET
1 24 (3.59%) Kafka
2 23 (3.44%) REST
3 14 (2.09%) React
4 13 (1.94%) RESTful
5 8 (1.20%) Middleware
6 7 (1.05%) CSS
6 7 (1.05%) HTML
6 7 (1.05%) LAPP Stack
6 7 (1.05%) LDAP
6 7 (1.05%) OpenAPI
6 7 (1.05%) Sass
6 7 (1.05%) Swagger
6 7 (1.05%) WebSphere MQ
7 6 (0.90%) WPF
8 5 (0.75%) .NET Core
8 5 (0.75%) Next.js
8 5 (0.75%) Smart Contracts
8 5 (0.75%) web3js
9 4 (0.60%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 110 (16.44%) Cloud Native
2 91 (13.60%) Product Ownership
3 54 (8.07%) Management Information System
4 41 (6.13%) Blog
5 35 (5.23%) Data Centre
6 32 (4.78%) Distributed Systems
7 28 (4.19%) Public Cloud
8 27 (4.04%) Credit Risk
9 21 (3.14%) Hybrid Cloud
10 20 (2.99%) FPGA
10 20 (2.99%) Onboarding
10 20 (2.99%) Security Posture
11 19 (2.84%) Hedge funds
12 18 (2.69%) Blockchain
13 14 (2.09%) Market Risk
14 13 (1.94%) Fixed Income
14 13 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
15 12 (1.79%) Derivative
16 8 (1.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 7 (1.05%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 45 (6.73%) Linux
2 23 (3.44%) Windows
3 12 (1.79%) Unix
4 11 (1.64%) Android
4 11 (1.64%) Apple iOS
5 7 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.90%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.60%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.15%) AIX
8 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (19.13%) Agile
2 123 (18.39%) Roadmaps
3 113 (16.89%) Software Engineering
4 105 (15.70%) Fintech
5 102 (15.25%) Risk Management
6 100 (14.95%) Stakeholder Management
7 97 (14.50%) CI/CD
8 94 (14.05%) Problem-Solving
9 92 (13.75%) Information Security
10 89 (13.30%) Test Automation
11 86 (12.86%) Risk Assessment
12 70 (10.46%) DevOps
13 66 (9.87%) Microservices
14 60 (8.97%) Cybersecurity
15 58 (8.67%) Process Improvement
16 56 (8.37%) Analytics
16 56 (8.37%) Product Roadmap
17 54 (8.07%) Clean Code
18 53 (7.92%) Continuous Improvement
19 52 (7.77%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 142 (21.23%) Java
2 93 (13.90%) Python
3 44 (6.58%) SQL
4 42 (6.28%) Go
5 24 (3.59%) TypeScript
6 23 (3.44%) C++
7 22 (3.29%) C
8 14 (2.09%) C#
9 13 (1.94%) JavaScript
10 6 (0.90%) Bash
10 6 (0.90%) Rust
11 4 (0.60%) Kotlin
11 4 (0.60%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.45%) R
13 1 (0.15%) COBOL
13 1 (0.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.15%) Perl
13 1 (0.15%) RPG
13 1 (0.15%) Ruby
13 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 80 (11.96%) Degree
2 76 (11.36%) CISA
2 76 (11.36%) CISSP
3 52 (7.77%) CRISC
4 25 (3.74%) FFIEC
5 24 (3.59%) CGEIT
5 24 (3.59%) CISM
5 24 (3.59%) SANS
6 21 (3.14%) ACCA
7 16 (2.39%) OSCP
8 15 (2.24%) CIMA
9 14 (2.09%) CREST Certified
10 13 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
11 12 (1.79%) AWS Certification
12 10 (1.49%) Azure Certification
12 10 (1.49%) Security Cleared
13 7 (1.05%) CompTIA Security+
13 7 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (1.05%) PMI Certification
14 6 (0.90%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (11.66%) NIST
2 74 (11.06%) PCI DSS
3 33 (4.93%) GDPR
4 31 (4.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 30 (4.48%) SOC 2
6 24 (3.59%) COBIT
7 22 (3.29%) GRC
8 16 (2.39%) IFRS
9 14 (2.09%) SLA
10 12 (1.79%) Data Quality
11 10 (1.49%) GAAP
11 10 (1.49%) QA
12 8 (1.20%) COREP
13 7 (1.05%) EMIR
14 6 (0.90%) Basel II
14 6 (0.90%) MiFID
15 5 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
15 5 (0.75%) FINREP
15 5 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 4 (0.60%) PMO
System Software
1 15 (2.24%) Docker
2 10 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.75%) VMware NSX
4 5 (0.75%) vSphere
5 4 (0.60%) Firmware
5 4 (0.60%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 4 (0.60%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 106 (15.84%) Terraform
2 91 (13.60%) Kubernetes
3 57 (8.52%) Grafana
4 16 (2.39%) Ansible
5 10 (1.49%) Argo
6 8 (1.20%) Istio
7 4 (0.60%) Cilium
7 4 (0.60%) Cisco CUCM
8 2 (0.30%) Opsgenie
9 1 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.15%) Control-M
9 1 (0.15%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 30 (4.48%) Microsoft
2 26 (3.89%) BT
3 22 (3.29%) Oracle
4 21 (3.14%) ServiceNow
5 18 (2.69%) Cisco
6 15 (2.24%) Databricks
7 13 (1.94%) IBM
8 12 (1.79%) Google
9 10 (1.49%) CheckPoint
9 10 (1.49%) Informatica
9 10 (1.49%) VMware
10 9 (1.35%) BMC
10 9 (1.35%) Fortinet
10 9 (1.35%) Remedy
11 8 (1.20%) Confluent
12 7 (1.05%) Palo Alto
12 7 (1.05%) Red Hat
12 7 (1.05%) Salesforce
13 6 (0.90%) Splunk
14 5 (0.75%) SAP