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 15 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 20 74
Rank change year-on-year -32 +54 -50
Permanent jobs citing Banking 749 1,448 1,275
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.04% 9.90% 3.93%
As % of the General category 7.25% 13.21% 6.33%
Number of salaries quoted 327 851 1,083
10th Percentile £45,000 £25,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £26,968 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,500 £74,870 £83,577
Median % change year-on-year +27.56% -10.42% +19.40%
75th Percentile £130,000 £102,500 £122,500
90th Percentile £133,500 £135,000 £148,750
UK median annual salary £87,500 £80,000 £83,577
% change year-on-year +9.38% -4.28% +11.44%

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 10,327 10,965 20,147
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 55.72% 74.94% 62.13%
Number of salaries quoted 6,870 6,354 15,064
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,750 £42,500 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,703 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 15 May 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 14 (1.87%) SAS
2 7 (0.93%) Confluence
3 6 (0.80%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.53%) Ethereum
5 2 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 28 (3.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 32 (4.27%) Oracle Financials
2 15 (2.00%) Oracle ERP
3 8 (1.07%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.27%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.13%) Actimize
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 201 (26.84%) AWS
2 136 (18.16%) SaaS
3 110 (14.69%) GCP
4 73 (9.75%) Amazon EKS
4 73 (9.75%) Azure
5 23 (3.07%) GitHub
6 17 (2.27%) OCI
7 16 (2.14%) GitHub Copilot
8 12 (1.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 11 (1.47%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 11 (1.47%) Microsoft 365
10 10 (1.34%) Azure AI
10 10 (1.34%) Azure Event Grid
10 10 (1.34%) Azure Machine Learning
10 10 (1.34%) dbt
10 10 (1.34%) Snowflake
11 8 (1.07%) Amazon MSK
11 8 (1.07%) Figma
11 8 (1.07%) OpenShift
11 8 (1.07%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 30 (4.01%) HTTP
2 26 (3.47%) Firewall
3 25 (3.34%) TCP/IP
4 23 (3.07%) CHAP
5 17 (2.27%) Broadband
5 17 (2.27%) LAN
5 17 (2.27%) WAN
6 15 (2.00%) Cisco ASA
7 13 (1.74%) VLAN
8 11 (1.47%) Cisco Firepower
8 11 (1.47%) Network Security
9 9 (1.20%) BGP
9 9 (1.20%) Unified Communications
9 9 (1.20%) WebEx
10 6 (0.80%) VPN
11 4 (0.53%) DHCP
11 4 (0.53%) DNS
11 4 (0.53%) SD-WAN
12 3 (0.40%) Software-Defined Networking
12 3 (0.40%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (3.34%) SQL Server
2 19 (2.54%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (1.47%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (1.20%) Looker
5 8 (1.07%) Power BI
6 7 (0.93%) Tableau
7 6 (0.80%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.80%) Flink
8 5 (0.67%) Oracle Database
8 5 (0.67%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.53%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.40%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (0.40%) SAS EBI
11 2 (0.27%) DB2
12 1 (0.13%) Neo4j
12 1 (0.13%) Oracle Exadata
12 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.13%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 53 (7.08%) TeamCity
2 10 (1.34%) JIRA
3 3 (0.40%) JUnit
4 2 (0.27%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.13%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 591 (78.91%) Finance
2 267 (35.65%) Social Skills
3 199 (26.57%) Retail
4 196 (26.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 179 (23.90%) Law
6 147 (19.63%) Financial Institution
7 126 (16.82%) Back Office
8 55 (7.34%) Investment Banking
9 51 (6.81%) Analytical Skills
10 48 (6.41%) Marketing
11 26 (3.47%) Front Office
12 24 (3.20%) Public Sector
13 22 (2.94%) Legal
13 22 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
14 21 (2.80%) Telecoms
15 19 (2.54%) Polish Language
16 17 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
16 17 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
17 16 (2.14%) Games
18 14 (1.87%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 127 (16.96%) Senior
2 110 (14.69%) Software Engineer
3 85 (11.35%) Lead
4 74 (9.88%) Analyst
5 45 (6.01%) Senior Software Engineer
6 41 (5.47%) Product Manager
7 40 (5.34%) Developer
7 40 (5.34%) Product Owner
8 33 (4.41%) Development Engineer
8 33 (4.41%) Software Development Engineer
9 30 (4.01%) Lead Software Engineer
10 29 (3.87%) Architect
10 29 (3.87%) Auditor
11 26 (3.47%) Java Engineer
12 24 (3.20%) Consultant
13 23 (3.07%) Senior Manager
13 23 (3.07%) Software Manager
14 22 (2.94%) Internal Auditor
14 22 (2.94%) Security Auditor
15 21 (2.80%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (6.54%) REST
2 23 (3.07%) React
3 21 (2.80%) Kafka
4 17 (2.27%) .NET
5 15 (2.00%) Spring
6 10 (1.34%) RESTful
7 9 (1.20%) Middleware
7 9 (1.20%) XMPP
8 7 (0.93%) AngularJS
8 7 (0.93%) AWS CDK
8 7 (0.93%) OpenAPI
8 7 (0.93%) Sass
8 7 (0.93%) Spring Boot
8 7 (0.93%) Swagger
9 5 (0.67%) Next.js
9 5 (0.67%) Node.js
10 4 (0.53%) ADO
10 4 (0.53%) web3js
10 4 (0.53%) WPF
10 4 (0.53%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 148 (19.76%) Product Ownership
2 121 (16.15%) Cloud Native
3 47 (6.28%) Management Information System
4 45 (6.01%) Public Cloud
5 44 (5.87%) Blog
6 28 (3.74%) Distributed Systems
6 28 (3.74%) Onboarding
7 23 (3.07%) Credit Risk
7 23 (3.07%) Data Centre
8 21 (2.80%) Security Posture
9 18 (2.40%) FPGA
9 18 (2.40%) Hybrid Cloud
10 17 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
11 15 (2.00%) Blockchain
12 12 (1.60%) Derivative
12 12 (1.60%) Hedge funds
13 11 (1.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 10 (1.34%) Market Risk
15 9 (1.20%) Mobile App
15 9 (1.20%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 41 (5.47%) Linux
2 22 (2.94%) Windows
3 17 (2.27%) Android
3 17 (2.27%) Apple iOS
4 12 (1.60%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.07%) Unix
6 2 (0.27%) AIX
7 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.13%) Solaris
7 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (24.57%) Roadmaps
2 161 (21.50%) Software Engineering
3 153 (20.43%) Agile
4 132 (17.62%) Fintech
5 123 (16.42%) Problem-Solving
6 109 (14.55%) Test Automation
7 94 (12.55%) CI/CD
8 91 (12.15%) Risk Management
9 89 (11.88%) Stakeholder Management
10 85 (11.35%) Product Roadmap
11 80 (10.68%) Information Security
12 79 (10.55%) Mentoring
13 73 (9.75%) DevOps
14 70 (9.35%) Microservices
15 66 (8.81%) Technical Leadership
16 64 (8.54%) Continuous Improvement
16 64 (8.54%) Cybersecurity
16 64 (8.54%) Disruptive Innovation
17 61 (8.14%) Product Management
18 59 (7.88%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 172 (22.96%) Java
2 92 (12.28%) Python
3 54 (7.21%) SQL
4 41 (5.47%) Go
5 27 (3.60%) TypeScript
6 23 (3.07%) C
6 23 (3.07%) C++
7 19 (2.54%) JavaScript
8 13 (1.74%) C#
9 7 (0.93%) PowerShell
9 7 (0.93%) Rust
10 5 (0.67%) Bash
11 4 (0.53%) R
12 3 (0.40%) Objective-C
12 3 (0.40%) Perl
12 3 (0.40%) Ruby
13 1 (0.13%) Cypher
13 1 (0.13%) Google Apps Script
13 1 (0.13%) RPG
13 1 (0.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 65 (8.68%) Degree
2 61 (8.14%) CISSP
3 58 (7.74%) CISA
4 34 (4.54%) CRISC
5 30 (4.01%) ACCA
5 30 (4.01%) CISM
6 24 (3.20%) FFIEC
7 23 (3.07%) CGEIT
7 23 (3.07%) CIMA
7 23 (3.07%) SANS
8 18 (2.40%) OSCP
9 17 (2.27%) CREST Certified
10 10 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (1.34%) Security Cleared
11 7 (0.93%) Azure Certification
11 7 (0.93%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (0.93%) PMI Certification
12 6 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (0.80%) SC Cleared
13 5 (0.67%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (8.28%) NIST
2 50 (6.68%) PCI DSS
3 31 (4.14%) GDPR
4 29 (3.87%) COBIT
5 23 (3.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 23 (3.07%) SOC 2
6 18 (2.40%) GRC
7 16 (2.14%) QA
8 15 (2.00%) COREP
9 13 (1.74%) FINREP
10 12 (1.60%) Data Quality
10 12 (1.60%) MiFID
11 11 (1.47%) EMIR
11 11 (1.47%) IFRS
12 7 (0.93%) PMO
13 5 (0.67%) Accessibility
13 5 (0.67%) Basel II
13 5 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.53%) GAAP
15 3 (0.40%) SOC 1
System Software
1 18 (2.40%) Virtual Machines
2 15 (2.00%) Docker
3 11 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.80%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.80%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (0.80%) Virtual Servers
4 6 (0.80%) vSphere
5 5 (0.67%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.13%) Firmware
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 101 (13.48%) Terraform
2 89 (11.88%) Kubernetes
3 64 (8.54%) Grafana
4 14 (1.87%) Ansible
5 9 (1.20%) Cisco CUCM
6 8 (1.07%) Istio
7 6 (0.80%) Argo
8 4 (0.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.27%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.13%) Control-M
10 1 (0.13%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 52 (6.94%) Oracle
2 42 (5.61%) Microsoft
3 21 (2.80%) Cisco
4 17 (2.27%) BT
5 14 (1.87%) Palo Alto
6 13 (1.74%) Fortinet
7 12 (1.60%) Databricks
7 12 (1.60%) ServiceNow
8 11 (1.47%) Splunk
8 11 (1.47%) VMware
9 10 (1.34%) Google
10 9 (1.20%) CheckPoint
11 8 (1.07%) Confluent
12 6 (0.80%) NetApp
12 6 (0.80%) Workday
13 5 (0.67%) BMC
13 5 (0.67%) SAP
14 4 (0.53%) Informatica
14 4 (0.53%) Okta
14 4 (0.53%) OneLogin