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 20 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 20 73
Rank change year-on-year -40 +53 -49
Permanent jobs citing Banking 774 1,474 1,319
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.84% 9.53% 3.80%
As % of the General category 6.59% 12.78% 6.30%
Number of salaries quoted 323 854 1,083
10th Percentile £31,500 £25,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £25,313 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £74,870 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.87% -16.81% +24.14%
75th Percentile £127,500 £110,000 £139,375
90th Percentile £130,000 £135,000 £148,750
UK median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £87,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -8.57% +16.67%

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 11,737 11,530 20,950
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 58.27% 74.51% 60.33%
Number of salaries quoted 7,665 6,364 15,324
10th Percentile £31,550 £27,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £79,207 £80,063 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £96,250
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

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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 20 June 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 9 (1.16%) SAS
2 7 (0.90%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.52%) Ethereum
4 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 29 (3.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 34 (4.39%) Oracle Financials
2 19 (2.45%) Oracle ERP
3 9 (1.16%) Oracle Applications
4 8 (1.03%) Remedy ITSM
5 4 (0.52%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.39%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.13%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.13%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 215 (27.78%) AWS
2 129 (16.67%) SaaS
3 112 (14.47%) GCP
4 78 (10.08%) Azure
5 67 (8.66%) Amazon EKS
6 19 (2.45%) OCI
7 13 (1.68%) Microsoft 365
8 11 (1.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 11 (1.42%) Power Platform
9 10 (1.29%) Azure AI
9 10 (1.29%) Azure Machine Learning
9 10 (1.29%) dbt
9 10 (1.29%) GitHub
9 10 (1.29%) GitHub Copilot
9 10 (1.29%) Snowflake
10 9 (1.16%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 8 (1.03%) Amazon MSK
11 8 (1.03%) Azure Event Grid
11 8 (1.03%) Figma
11 8 (1.03%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 30 (3.88%) HTTP
2 29 (3.75%) TCP/IP
3 23 (2.97%) Broadband
3 23 (2.97%) Firewall
4 17 (2.20%) CHAP
5 16 (2.07%) LAN
5 16 (2.07%) WAN
6 13 (1.68%) VLAN
7 12 (1.55%) Cisco ASA
8 11 (1.42%) Cisco Firepower
9 10 (1.29%) Network Security
10 9 (1.16%) Unified Communications
10 9 (1.16%) WebEx
11 8 (1.03%) BGP
12 6 (0.78%) VPN
13 4 (0.52%) DHCP
13 4 (0.52%) DNS
13 4 (0.52%) SD-WAN
13 4 (0.52%) Software-Defined Networking
14 3 (0.39%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (3.36%) SQL Server
2 19 (2.45%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (1.68%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (1.16%) Data Lake
4 9 (1.16%) Looker
5 8 (1.03%) Power BI
6 6 (0.78%) Tableau
7 5 (0.65%) Oracle Database
7 5 (0.65%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.52%) BigQuery
8 4 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.39%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (0.39%) SAS EBI
10 2 (0.26%) Db2
10 2 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.26%) Metadata
11 1 (0.13%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.13%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 53 (6.85%) TeamCity
2 4 (0.52%) JIRA
2 4 (0.52%) JUnit
3 2 (0.26%) Git
4 1 (0.13%) GitLab
4 1 (0.13%) IntelliJ
4 1 (0.13%) Karma Test Runner
4 1 (0.13%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 637 (82.30%) Finance
2 305 (39.41%) Social Skills
3 186 (24.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 184 (23.77%) Retail
5 163 (21.06%) Law
6 137 (17.70%) Financial Institution
7 118 (15.25%) Back Office
8 58 (7.49%) Investment Banking
9 56 (7.24%) Analytical Skills
9 56 (7.24%) Legal
10 53 (6.85%) Presentation Skills
11 42 (5.43%) Marketing
12 22 (2.84%) Public Sector
13 21 (2.71%) Front Office
14 20 (2.58%) Polish Language
15 19 (2.45%) Games
15 19 (2.45%) Telecoms
16 14 (1.81%) Italian Language
17 12 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
18 11 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 124 (16.02%) Senior
2 113 (14.60%) Software Engineer
3 86 (11.11%) Lead
4 58 (7.49%) Analyst
4 58 (7.49%) Developer
5 50 (6.46%) Product Manager
6 42 (5.43%) Senior Manager
7 38 (4.91%) Engineering Manager
7 38 (4.91%) Product Owner
8 37 (4.78%) Lead Software Engineer
8 37 (4.78%) Senior Software Engineer
8 37 (4.78%) Software Manager
9 36 (4.65%) Software Engineering Manager
10 33 (4.26%) Development Engineer
10 33 (4.26%) Software Development Engineer
11 25 (3.23%) Architect
11 25 (3.23%) Java Engineer
12 24 (3.10%) Consultant
13 20 (2.58%) Auditor
13 20 (2.58%) Senior Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (7.11%) REST
2 24 (3.10%) React
2 24 (3.10%) Spring
3 15 (1.94%) .NET
4 14 (1.81%) Kafka
5 12 (1.55%) AngularJS
6 10 (1.29%) RESTful
7 9 (1.16%) PyTorch
7 9 (1.16%) Spring Boot
7 9 (1.16%) TensorFlow
7 9 (1.16%) XMPP
8 8 (1.03%) AWS CDK
8 8 (1.03%) LangChain
8 8 (1.03%) LangGraph
8 8 (1.03%) Middleware
9 7 (0.90%) Node.js
9 7 (0.90%) OpenAPI
9 7 (0.90%) Swagger
10 5 (0.65%) .NET Core
10 5 (0.65%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 161 (20.80%) Product Ownership
2 127 (16.41%) Cloud Native
3 50 (6.46%) Public Cloud
4 42 (5.43%) Management Information System
5 40 (5.17%) Blog
6 39 (5.04%) Web Conferencing
7 32 (4.13%) Podcast
8 23 (2.97%) Onboarding
9 22 (2.84%) Distributed Systems
10 20 (2.58%) Security Posture
11 19 (2.45%) FPGA
11 19 (2.45%) Self-Motivation
12 16 (2.07%) Data Centre
13 14 (1.81%) Credit Risk
14 13 (1.68%) Hybrid Cloud
15 12 (1.55%) Blockchain
15 12 (1.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 12 (1.55%) Hedge funds
16 11 (1.42%) Distributed Architecture
17 10 (1.29%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 43 (5.56%) Linux
2 23 (2.97%) Windows
3 12 (1.55%) Android
3 12 (1.55%) Apple iOS
3 12 (1.55%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.16%) Unix
5 2 (0.26%) AIX
6 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.13%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (25.71%) Roadmaps
2 184 (23.77%) Software Engineering
3 141 (18.22%) Agile
4 135 (17.44%) Problem-Solving
5 128 (16.54%) Fintech
6 114 (14.73%) Test Automation
7 99 (12.79%) CI/CD
8 89 (11.50%) Product Roadmap
9 79 (10.21%) Technical Leadership
10 74 (9.56%) Risk Management
11 73 (9.43%) Coaching
12 71 (9.17%) Microservices
13 69 (8.91%) AI
13 69 (8.91%) Mentoring
14 67 (8.66%) Continuous Improvement
14 67 (8.66%) DevOps
15 66 (8.53%) Analytics
16 60 (7.75%) Disruptive Innovation
16 60 (7.75%) ERP
17 59 (7.62%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 174 (22.48%) Java
2 100 (12.92%) Python
3 54 (6.98%) SQL
4 31 (4.01%) Go
5 24 (3.10%) TypeScript
6 23 (2.97%) C
6 23 (2.97%) C++
6 23 (2.97%) JavaScript
7 14 (1.81%) C#
8 8 (1.03%) PowerShell
9 7 (0.90%) Rust
10 6 (0.78%) R
11 4 (0.52%) Bash
12 3 (0.39%) Objective-C
12 3 (0.39%) Perl
12 3 (0.39%) Ruby
13 2 (0.26%) VBA
14 1 (0.13%) Cypher
14 1 (0.13%) Google Apps Script
14 1 (0.13%) RPG
Qualifications
1 63 (8.14%) Degree
2 34 (4.39%) CISSP
3 29 (3.75%) CISM
4 28 (3.62%) ACCA
4 28 (3.62%) CISA
5 24 (3.10%) CIMA
6 18 (2.33%) FFIEC
7 17 (2.20%) CGEIT
7 17 (2.20%) SANS
8 16 (2.07%) CREST Certified
8 16 (2.07%) OSCP
9 11 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (1.29%) CRISC
10 10 (1.29%) Security Cleared
11 8 (1.03%) Azure Certification
12 7 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (0.65%) CompTIA Security+
13 5 (0.65%) ISACA
13 5 (0.65%) PMI Certification
13 5 (0.65%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (5.94%) QA
2 36 (4.65%) NIST
3 27 (3.49%) GDPR
3 27 (3.49%) PCI DSS
4 26 (3.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 25 (3.23%) COBIT
6 21 (2.71%) SOC 2
7 15 (1.94%) GRC
8 14 (1.81%) COREP
8 14 (1.81%) Data Quality
8 14 (1.81%) FINREP
9 11 (1.42%) EMIR
9 11 (1.42%) MiFID
10 8 (1.03%) IFRS
11 6 (0.78%) Accessibility
11 6 (0.78%) PMO
12 5 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
12 5 (0.65%) SOC 1
13 4 (0.52%) GAAP
13 4 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 18 (2.33%) Virtual Machines
2 12 (1.55%) Docker
3 10 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.03%) Active Directory
5 6 (0.78%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 6 (0.78%) Virtual Servers
5 6 (0.78%) vSphere
6 4 (0.52%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 93 (12.02%) Terraform
2 81 (10.47%) Kubernetes
3 65 (8.40%) Grafana
4 14 (1.81%) Ansible
5 9 (1.16%) Cisco CUCM
6 8 (1.03%) Istio
7 4 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.39%) Norton AntiVirus
9 2 (0.26%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.13%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 58 (7.49%) Oracle
2 50 (6.46%) Microsoft
3 23 (2.97%) BT
4 19 (2.45%) Cisco
4 19 (2.45%) ServiceNow
5 15 (1.94%) Palo Alto
6 14 (1.81%) Splunk
7 13 (1.68%) Fortinet
7 13 (1.68%) VMware
8 11 (1.42%) BMC
8 11 (1.42%) Databricks
9 8 (1.03%) Confluent
9 8 (1.03%) Remedy
10 7 (0.90%) CheckPoint
11 6 (0.78%) Google
11 6 (0.78%) NetApp
11 6 (0.78%) SAP
11 6 (0.78%) Workday
12 4 (0.52%) Okta
12 4 (0.52%) OneLogin