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

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 21 63
Rank change year-on-year -28 +42 -39
Permanent jobs citing Banking 745 1,189 1,387
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.30% 9.14% 4.38%
As % of the General category 7.57% 12.75% 7.11%
Number of salaries quoted 348 929 1,109
10th Percentile £48,000 £25,000 £46,306
25th Percentile £70,000 £45,000 £58,664
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% - +8.00%
75th Percentile £130,000 £102,500 £105,000
90th Percentile £143,000 £140,000 £140,000
UK median annual salary £90,000 £83,577 £80,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +4.47% +6.67%

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 9,837 9,329 19,516
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.76% 71.70% 61.61%
Number of salaries quoted 6,544 6,431 15,137
10th Percentile £30,325 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £41,976
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,639 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% +7.32% -9.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -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 11 April 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 (2.55%) SAS
2 8 (1.07%) Confluence
3 6 (0.81%) Ethereum
4 4 (0.54%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.54%) Tomcat
4 4 (0.54%) WebSphere
4 4 (0.54%) WebSphere Application Server
5 3 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.13%) WebLogic
Applications
1 17 (2.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 20 (2.68%) Oracle Financials
2 8 (1.07%) Oracle ERP
3 7 (0.94%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.54%) Oracle Applications
5 3 (0.40%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.40%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.40%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.27%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.27%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.13%) Actimize
7 1 (0.13%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.13%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 204 (27.38%) AWS
2 146 (19.60%) SaaS
3 116 (15.57%) GCP
4 82 (11.01%) Amazon EKS
5 79 (10.60%) Azure
6 31 (4.16%) GitHub
7 15 (2.01%) GitHub Copilot
8 14 (1.88%) GitHub Actions
9 13 (1.74%) Snowflake
10 12 (1.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 11 (1.48%) OCI
12 10 (1.34%) Amazon Kinesis
12 10 (1.34%) Azure AI
12 10 (1.34%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 10 (1.34%) Azure Event Grid
12 10 (1.34%) Azure Machine Learning
12 10 (1.34%) Power Platform
13 8 (1.07%) Amazon ECS
13 8 (1.07%) Amazon MSK
13 8 (1.07%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 29 (3.89%) TCP/IP
2 25 (3.36%) CHAP
2 25 (3.36%) Firewall
3 21 (2.82%) HTTP
4 20 (2.68%) Broadband
5 13 (1.74%) LAN
5 13 (1.74%) Network Security
5 13 (1.74%) VLAN
5 13 (1.74%) WAN
6 12 (1.61%) BGP
6 12 (1.61%) Cisco ASA
7 9 (1.21%) VPN
8 8 (1.07%) Cisco Firepower
9 6 (0.81%) Unified Communications
9 6 (0.81%) WebEx
10 4 (0.54%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (0.54%) SSL
11 3 (0.40%) DHCP
11 3 (0.40%) DNS
11 3 (0.40%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (4.30%) SQL Server
2 21 (2.82%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (1.34%) Azure SQL Database
3 10 (1.34%) Flink
3 10 (1.34%) Power BI
3 10 (1.34%) Tableau
4 7 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
4 7 (0.94%) Data Lake
5 6 (0.81%) DB2
6 5 (0.67%) Looker
6 5 (0.67%) Oracle Database
6 5 (0.67%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.54%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.40%) Metadata
8 3 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.40%) SAS EBI
9 1 (0.13%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.13%) DataStage
9 1 (0.13%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.13%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 58 (7.79%) TeamCity
2 11 (1.48%) JIRA
3 8 (1.07%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.40%) Git
5 1 (0.13%) ER Studio
5 1 (0.13%) ERwin
5 1 (0.13%) JUnit
5 1 (0.13%) PowerDesigner
5 1 (0.13%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 579 (77.72%) Finance
2 256 (34.36%) Social Skills
3 206 (27.65%) Retail
4 190 (25.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 178 (23.89%) Law
6 162 (21.74%) Financial Institution
7 134 (17.99%) Back Office
8 55 (7.38%) Investment Banking
9 50 (6.71%) Analytical Skills
10 47 (6.31%) Marketing
11 36 (4.83%) Front Office
12 22 (2.95%) Legal
12 22 (2.95%) Public Sector
13 20 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
14 19 (2.55%) Games
15 18 (2.42%) Telecoms
16 17 (2.28%) Polish Language
17 16 (2.15%) Influencing Skills
18 15 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
19 13 (1.74%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 118 (15.84%) Senior
2 94 (12.62%) Software Engineer
3 78 (10.47%) Analyst
4 70 (9.40%) Lead
5 45 (6.04%) Senior Software Engineer
6 39 (5.23%) Developer
7 37 (4.97%) Auditor
7 37 (4.97%) Product Owner
8 32 (4.30%) Architect
9 27 (3.62%) Product Manager
10 26 (3.49%) AWS Engineer
10 26 (3.49%) Java Engineer
11 25 (3.36%) Business Analyst
12 24 (3.22%) Consultant
12 24 (3.22%) Internal Auditor
12 24 (3.22%) Security Auditor
13 23 (3.09%) Development Engineer
13 23 (3.09%) Java Software Engineer
13 23 (3.09%) Software Development Engineer
14 21 (2.82%) C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (4.70%) REST
2 24 (3.22%) Kafka
3 20 (2.68%) .NET
4 18 (2.42%) React
5 13 (1.74%) RESTful
6 9 (1.21%) Middleware
7 7 (0.94%) OpenAPI
7 7 (0.94%) Sass
7 7 (0.94%) Spring
7 7 (0.94%) Swagger
8 6 (0.81%) Smart Contracts
8 6 (0.81%) web3js
8 6 (0.81%) XMPP
9 5 (0.67%) CSS
9 5 (0.67%) HTML
9 5 (0.67%) Next.js
10 4 (0.54%) LAPP Stack
10 4 (0.54%) LDAP
10 4 (0.54%) WebSphere MQ
10 4 (0.54%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 124 (16.64%) Cloud Native
2 116 (15.57%) Product Ownership
3 54 (7.25%) Management Information System
4 44 (5.91%) Blog
5 39 (5.23%) Public Cloud
6 32 (4.30%) Distributed Systems
7 31 (4.16%) Data Centre
8 24 (3.22%) Credit Risk
8 24 (3.22%) Onboarding
8 24 (3.22%) Security Posture
9 21 (2.82%) Hybrid Cloud
10 20 (2.68%) FPGA
11 19 (2.55%) Blockchain
12 16 (2.15%) Hedge funds
13 14 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
14 12 (1.61%) Derivative
15 11 (1.48%) Fixed Income
15 11 (1.48%) Market Risk
16 9 (1.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 8 (1.07%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 47 (6.31%) Linux
2 27 (3.62%) Windows
3 14 (1.88%) Android
3 14 (1.88%) Apple iOS
4 13 (1.74%) Unix
5 10 (1.34%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.54%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.13%) AIX
7 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (22.01%) Roadmaps
2 151 (20.27%) Agile
3 138 (18.52%) Software Engineering
4 112 (15.03%) Fintech
5 111 (14.90%) Problem-Solving
6 108 (14.50%) CI/CD
6 108 (14.50%) Risk Management
7 103 (13.83%) Test Automation
8 100 (13.42%) Information Security
9 98 (13.15%) Stakeholder Management
10 86 (11.54%) Risk Assessment
11 76 (10.20%) DevOps
12 74 (9.93%) Microservices
13 71 (9.53%) Product Roadmap
14 67 (8.99%) Mentoring
15 65 (8.72%) Process Improvement
16 64 (8.59%) Continuous Improvement
17 63 (8.46%) Cybersecurity
18 58 (7.79%) Clean Code
19 56 (7.52%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 164 (22.01%) Java
2 92 (12.35%) Python
3 57 (7.65%) SQL
4 49 (6.58%) Go
5 25 (3.36%) C++
5 25 (3.36%) TypeScript
6 24 (3.22%) C
7 14 (1.88%) JavaScript
8 12 (1.61%) C#
9 9 (1.21%) Rust
10 8 (1.07%) Bash
11 6 (0.81%) PowerShell
12 4 (0.54%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.40%) Objective-C
13 3 (0.40%) Perl
13 3 (0.40%) R
13 3 (0.40%) Ruby
14 1 (0.13%) Cypher
14 1 (0.13%) RPG
14 1 (0.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 80 (10.74%) CISSP
2 79 (10.60%) CISA
2 79 (10.60%) Degree
3 53 (7.11%) CRISC
4 28 (3.76%) CISM
5 26 (3.49%) ACCA
5 26 (3.49%) FFIEC
6 25 (3.36%) CGEIT
6 25 (3.36%) SANS
7 21 (2.82%) OSCP
8 19 (2.55%) CIMA
8 19 (2.55%) CREST Certified
9 11 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (1.34%) AWS Certification
10 10 (1.34%) Azure Certification
10 10 (1.34%) Security Cleared
11 7 (0.94%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (0.94%) OSCE
11 7 (0.94%) PMI Certification
12 6 (0.81%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (11.01%) NIST
2 75 (10.07%) PCI DSS
3 35 (4.70%) GDPR
4 34 (4.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 31 (4.16%) SOC 2
6 26 (3.49%) COBIT
7 22 (2.95%) GRC
8 14 (1.88%) IFRS
9 13 (1.74%) COREP
9 13 (1.74%) Data Quality
9 13 (1.74%) EMIR
10 12 (1.61%) MiFID
11 10 (1.34%) FINREP
11 10 (1.34%) QA
11 10 (1.34%) SLA
12 7 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
12 7 (0.94%) GAAP
13 6 (0.81%) Basel II
14 5 (0.67%) PMO
14 5 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 18 (2.42%) Virtual Machines
2 14 (1.88%) Docker
3 11 (1.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.81%) vSphere
5 5 (0.67%) Active Directory
5 5 (0.67%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 5 (0.67%) Virtual Servers
5 5 (0.67%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.13%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 112 (15.03%) Terraform
2 97 (13.02%) Kubernetes
3 62 (8.32%) Grafana
4 16 (2.15%) Ansible
5 10 (1.34%) Argo
6 8 (1.07%) Istio
7 6 (0.81%) Cisco CUCM
8 4 (0.54%) Cilium
9 3 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.27%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.13%) Control-M
11 1 (0.13%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 43 (5.77%) Microsoft
2 38 (5.10%) Oracle
3 22 (2.95%) Databricks
4 20 (2.68%) BT
5 18 (2.42%) Cisco
6 17 (2.28%) ServiceNow
7 11 (1.48%) VMware
8 10 (1.34%) Google
8 10 (1.34%) Palo Alto
9 9 (1.21%) Fortinet
10 8 (1.07%) BMC
10 8 (1.07%) CheckPoint
10 8 (1.07%) Confluent
10 8 (1.07%) SAP
10 8 (1.07%) Splunk
11 7 (0.94%) IBM
11 7 (0.94%) Informatica
11 7 (0.94%) Remedy
12 6 (0.81%) Salesforce
13 5 (0.67%) NetApp