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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 23 57
Rank change year-on-year -49 +34 -34
Permanent jobs citing Banking 779 1,386 1,188
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.57% 8.41% 4.34%
As % of the General category 5.99% 11.60% 7.10%
Number of salaries quoted 331 779 974
10th Percentile £31,500 £25,000 £56,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £25,313 £77,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £78,810 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.03% -28.35% +55.85%
75th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £142,500
90th Percentile £132,500 £135,000 £165,000
UK median annual salary £82,500 £85,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -2.94% -5.56% +20.00%

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 13,013 11,945 16,741
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.60% 72.47% 61.14%
Number of salaries quoted 8,364 6,695 11,656
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,928 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £79,688 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year - +1.85% -10.00%

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 26 July 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%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.64%) SAS
3 4 (0.51%) Ethereum
4 3 (0.39%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 29 (3.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 33 (4.24%) Oracle Financials
2 19 (2.44%) Oracle ERP
3 16 (2.05%) Remedy ITSM
4 9 (1.16%) Oracle Applications
5 5 (0.64%) Oracle General Ledger
6 4 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.51%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.13%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.13%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 222 (28.50%) AWS
2 117 (15.02%) SaaS
3 108 (13.86%) GCP
4 80 (10.27%) Azure
5 59 (7.57%) Amazon EKS
6 19 (2.44%) Snowflake
7 18 (2.31%) OCI
8 15 (1.93%) Microsoft 365
9 14 (1.80%) Power Platform
10 11 (1.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 11 (1.41%) GitHub
11 10 (1.28%) Azure AI
11 10 (1.28%) Azure Machine Learning
11 10 (1.28%) GitHub Copilot
12 9 (1.16%) Amazon Bedrock
12 9 (1.16%) Anthropic Claude
13 8 (1.03%) Amazon MSK
13 8 (1.03%) OpenShift
14 7 (0.90%) dbt
15 6 (0.77%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 30 (3.85%) HTTP
2 27 (3.47%) Broadband
3 26 (3.34%) TCP/IP
4 22 (2.82%) Firewall
5 17 (2.18%) LAN
5 17 (2.18%) WAN
6 11 (1.41%) CHAP
6 11 (1.41%) Cisco Firepower
7 10 (1.28%) Cisco ASA
7 10 (1.28%) Network Security
7 10 (1.28%) VLAN
8 9 (1.16%) Unified Communications
8 9 (1.16%) WebEx
9 6 (0.77%) SD-WAN
9 6 (0.77%) Software-Defined Networking
9 6 (0.77%) VPN
10 5 (0.64%) BGP
11 4 (0.51%) DHCP
11 4 (0.51%) DNS
12 3 (0.39%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (3.08%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.80%) Azure SQL Database
3 12 (1.54%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (1.41%) Power BI
5 9 (1.16%) Data Lake
5 9 (1.16%) Looker
6 6 (0.77%) Tableau
7 5 (0.64%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.39%) Delta Lake
8 3 (0.39%) Metadata
8 3 (0.39%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.39%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.39%) SAS EBI
9 2 (0.26%) Db2
9 2 (0.26%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.26%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.26%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 48 (6.16%) TeamCity
2 9 (1.16%) Claude Code
3 8 (1.03%) Git
4 5 (0.64%) JUnit
5 4 (0.51%) JIRA
6 2 (0.26%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.13%) GitLab
7 1 (0.13%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.13%) Karma Test Runner
7 1 (0.13%) Maven
7 1 (0.13%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.13%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 647 (83.06%) Finance
2 305 (39.15%) Social Skills
3 170 (21.82%) Retail
4 166 (21.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 142 (18.23%) Law
6 113 (14.51%) Financial Institution
7 106 (13.61%) Back Office
8 68 (8.73%) Investment Banking
9 64 (8.22%) Analytical Skills
10 59 (7.57%) Legal
11 53 (6.80%) Presentation Skills
12 41 (5.26%) Marketing
13 31 (3.98%) Front Office
14 21 (2.70%) Games
15 19 (2.44%) Public Sector
16 18 (2.31%) Telecoms
17 15 (1.93%) Polish Language
18 14 (1.80%) Italian Language
19 11 (1.41%) German Language
20 10 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 123 (15.79%) Senior
2 112 (14.38%) Software Engineer
3 95 (12.20%) Lead
4 64 (8.22%) Analyst
5 51 (6.55%) Developer
6 49 (6.29%) Senior Manager
7 45 (5.78%) Product Manager
8 42 (5.39%) Engineering Manager
9 40 (5.13%) Software Engineering Manager
9 40 (5.13%) Software Manager
10 37 (4.75%) Lead Software Engineer
11 34 (4.36%) Architect
12 33 (4.24%) Development Engineer
12 33 (4.24%) Software Development Engineer
13 30 (3.85%) Senior Software Engineer
14 29 (3.72%) Product Owner
15 24 (3.08%) Consultant
15 24 (3.08%) Data Scientist
16 21 (2.70%) Java Engineer
17 20 (2.57%) Senior Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (6.80%) REST
2 26 (3.34%) Spring
3 23 (2.95%) React
4 19 (2.44%) LangChain
4 19 (2.44%) LangGraph
5 12 (1.54%) AngularJS
5 12 (1.54%) Kafka
5 12 (1.54%) scikit-learn
6 11 (1.41%) PyTorch
6 11 (1.41%) RESTful
6 11 (1.41%) TensorFlow
7 10 (1.28%) FIX Protocol
8 9 (1.16%) .NET
8 9 (1.16%) OpenAPI
8 9 (1.16%) Spring Boot
8 9 (1.16%) Swagger
8 9 (1.16%) XMPP
9 8 (1.03%) AWS CDK
9 8 (1.03%) Node.js
10 6 (0.77%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 158 (20.28%) Product Ownership
2 120 (15.40%) Cloud Native
3 53 (6.80%) Public Cloud
4 39 (5.01%) Web Conferencing
5 36 (4.62%) Management Information System
6 32 (4.11%) Podcast
7 26 (3.34%) Blog
8 22 (2.82%) Fixed Income
9 19 (2.44%) Onboarding
9 19 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
10 16 (2.05%) Credit Risk
10 16 (2.05%) Derivative
10 16 (2.05%) FPGA
10 16 (2.05%) Hedge funds
11 15 (1.93%) AI Agents
11 15 (1.93%) Distributed Systems
11 15 (1.93%) Security Posture
12 14 (1.80%) Distributed Architecture
13 13 (1.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 11 (1.41%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 46 (5.91%) Linux
2 23 (2.95%) Windows
3 13 (1.67%) Android
3 13 (1.67%) Apple iOS
4 12 (1.54%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.16%) Unix
6 2 (0.26%) AIX
7 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.13%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 224 (28.75%) Roadmaps
2 188 (24.13%) Software Engineering
3 142 (18.23%) Problem-Solving
4 125 (16.05%) Agile
5 115 (14.76%) Fintech
6 105 (13.48%) Test Automation
7 99 (12.71%) CI/CD
8 94 (12.07%) AI
9 91 (11.68%) Product Roadmap
10 84 (10.78%) Technical Leadership
11 78 (10.01%) Continuous Improvement
12 76 (9.76%) Coaching
13 69 (8.86%) DevOps
13 69 (8.86%) Mentoring
13 69 (8.86%) Risk Management
14 65 (8.34%) Analytics
15 64 (8.22%) Microservices
16 60 (7.70%) Machine Learning
17 58 (7.45%) Deployment Automation
17 58 (7.45%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 162 (20.80%) Java
2 102 (13.09%) Python
3 58 (7.45%) SQL
4 29 (3.72%) C++
5 28 (3.59%) Go
6 23 (2.95%) JavaScript
7 21 (2.70%) TypeScript
8 20 (2.57%) C
9 11 (1.41%) PowerShell
10 10 (1.28%) C#
10 10 (1.28%) R
11 8 (1.03%) Rust
12 5 (0.64%) VBA
13 4 (0.51%) Bash
14 3 (0.39%) Objective-C
14 3 (0.39%) Perl
14 3 (0.39%) Ruby
15 1 (0.13%) Google Apps Script
15 1 (0.13%) RPG
15 1 (0.13%) Scala
Qualifications
1 53 (6.80%) Degree
2 29 (3.72%) CISSP
3 27 (3.47%) ACCA
4 25 (3.21%) CIMA
4 25 (3.21%) CISM
5 23 (2.95%) CISA
6 12 (1.54%) CREST Certified
6 12 (1.54%) OSCP
7 11 (1.41%) CGEIT
7 11 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (1.41%) CRISC
7 11 (1.41%) FFIEC
7 11 (1.41%) SANS
8 9 (1.16%) Azure Certification
8 9 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (0.90%) ISACA
9 7 (0.90%) Security Cleared
10 6 (0.77%) CCNP
11 5 (0.64%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.51%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (5.91%) QA
2 32 (4.11%) NIST
3 27 (3.47%) GDPR
4 23 (2.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 22 (2.82%) COBIT
5 22 (2.82%) Data Quality
5 22 (2.82%) PCI DSS
6 16 (2.05%) SOC 2
7 15 (1.93%) FINREP
8 14 (1.80%) COREP
9 13 (1.67%) Accessibility
10 12 (1.54%) GRC
11 11 (1.41%) EMIR
11 11 (1.41%) MiFID
12 7 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
12 7 (0.90%) SOC 1
13 6 (0.77%) IFRS
14 5 (0.64%) EU AI Act
14 5 (0.64%) PMO
15 4 (0.51%) GAAP
System Software
1 19 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
2 13 (1.67%) Docker
3 8 (1.03%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.77%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (0.77%) Virtual Servers
4 6 (0.77%) vSphere
5 4 (0.51%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 84 (10.78%) Terraform
2 74 (9.50%) Kubernetes
3 63 (8.09%) Grafana
4 19 (2.44%) Ansible
5 9 (1.16%) Cisco CUCM
6 8 (1.03%) Istio
7 4 (0.51%) 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%) Argo
10 1 (0.13%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Flashback
10 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 56 (7.19%) Oracle
2 51 (6.55%) Microsoft
3 29 (3.72%) ServiceNow
4 27 (3.47%) BT
5 21 (2.70%) Databricks
6 19 (2.44%) BMC
7 18 (2.31%) Cisco
8 17 (2.18%) Palo Alto
9 16 (2.05%) Remedy
10 15 (1.93%) Fortinet
11 13 (1.67%) Splunk
11 13 (1.67%) VMware
12 10 (1.28%) FIS
13 9 (1.16%) SunGard
14 8 (1.03%) Confluent
15 7 (0.90%) CheckPoint
16 6 (0.77%) NetApp
16 6 (0.77%) SAP
16 6 (0.77%) Workday
17 5 (0.64%) Dynatrace