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

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 20 75
Rank change year-on-year -41 +55 -51
Permanent jobs citing Banking 727 1,417 1,286
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.80% 9.52% 3.84%
As % of the General category 6.64% 12.69% 6.29%
Number of salaries quoted 306 809 1,049
10th Percentile £45,000 £25,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £66,563 £25,313 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £74,870 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year +26.89% -14.43% +25.00%
75th Percentile £130,000 £107,500 £122,500
90th Percentile £133,750 £135,000 £148,750
UK median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% +13.33%

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 10,950 11,166 20,456
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.26% 74.98% 61.04%
Number of salaries quoted 7,209 6,145 15,129
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £43,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,750 £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 2 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 11 (1.51%) SAS
2 6 (0.83%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.55%) Ethereum
4 3 (0.41%) Confluence
5 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 28 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 35 (4.81%) Oracle Financials
2 17 (2.34%) Oracle ERP
3 9 (1.24%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.28%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.14%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 210 (28.89%) AWS
2 136 (18.71%) SaaS
3 115 (15.82%) GCP
4 73 (10.04%) Amazon EKS
5 72 (9.90%) Azure
6 19 (2.61%) OCI
7 15 (2.06%) GitHub
8 12 (1.65%) Microsoft 365
9 11 (1.51%) GitHub Copilot
10 10 (1.38%) Azure AI
10 10 (1.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 10 (1.38%) Azure Machine Learning
10 10 (1.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 10 (1.38%) dbt
10 10 (1.38%) Snowflake
11 9 (1.24%) Azure Event Grid
12 8 (1.10%) Amazon MSK
12 8 (1.10%) OpenShift
13 7 (0.96%) Figma
14 6 (0.83%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 29 (3.99%) HTTP
2 28 (3.85%) TCP/IP
3 25 (3.44%) Firewall
4 21 (2.89%) CHAP
5 19 (2.61%) Broadband
6 16 (2.20%) LAN
6 16 (2.20%) WAN
7 15 (2.06%) Cisco ASA
8 13 (1.79%) VLAN
9 11 (1.51%) Cisco Firepower
10 10 (1.38%) Network Security
11 9 (1.24%) BGP
11 9 (1.24%) Unified Communications
11 9 (1.24%) WebEx
12 6 (0.83%) VPN
13 4 (0.55%) DHCP
13 4 (0.55%) DNS
14 3 (0.41%) SD-WAN
14 3 (0.41%) Software-Defined Networking
14 3 (0.41%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (3.16%) SQL Server
2 19 (2.61%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (1.51%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (1.24%) Looker
5 6 (0.83%) Data Lake
5 6 (0.83%) Power BI
5 6 (0.83%) Tableau
6 5 (0.69%) Oracle Database
6 5 (0.69%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.55%) BigQuery
7 4 (0.55%) Flink
8 3 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.41%) SAS EBI
9 2 (0.28%) DB2
9 2 (0.28%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.14%) Data Mart
10 1 (0.14%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.14%) Neo4j
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 55 (7.57%) TeamCity
2 7 (0.96%) JIRA
3 4 (0.55%) JUnit
4 1 (0.14%) Git
4 1 (0.14%) GitLab
4 1 (0.14%) IntelliJ
4 1 (0.14%) Karma Test Runner
4 1 (0.14%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 579 (79.64%) Finance
2 268 (36.86%) Social Skills
3 196 (26.96%) Retail
4 194 (26.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 176 (24.21%) Law
6 145 (19.94%) Financial Institution
7 124 (17.06%) Back Office
8 56 (7.70%) Investment Banking
9 53 (7.29%) Analytical Skills
10 46 (6.33%) Marketing
11 23 (3.16%) Front Office
12 22 (3.03%) Legal
12 22 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
12 22 (3.03%) Public Sector
13 20 (2.75%) Telecoms
14 19 (2.61%) Games
14 19 (2.61%) Polish Language
15 14 (1.93%) Italian Language
16 12 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
16 12 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 121 (16.64%) Senior
2 114 (15.68%) Software Engineer
3 88 (12.10%) Lead
4 64 (8.80%) Analyst
5 51 (7.02%) Developer
6 46 (6.33%) Product Manager
7 39 (5.36%) Senior Software Engineer
8 38 (5.23%) Product Owner
9 35 (4.81%) Lead Software Engineer
10 33 (4.54%) Senior Manager
11 32 (4.40%) Development Engineer
11 32 (4.40%) Software Development Engineer
12 30 (4.13%) Engineering Manager
12 30 (4.13%) Software Manager
13 28 (3.85%) Software Engineering Manager
14 27 (3.71%) Architect
14 27 (3.71%) Java Engineer
15 24 (3.30%) Auditor
16 23 (3.16%) Consultant
17 20 (2.75%) C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (7.02%) REST
2 26 (3.58%) React
3 20 (2.75%) Spring
4 17 (2.34%) Kafka
5 15 (2.06%) .NET
6 10 (1.38%) AngularJS
6 10 (1.38%) RESTful
7 9 (1.24%) Middleware
7 9 (1.24%) Spring Boot
7 9 (1.24%) XMPP
8 8 (1.10%) AWS CDK
9 7 (0.96%) OpenAPI
9 7 (0.96%) Sass
9 7 (0.96%) Swagger
10 5 (0.69%) Next.js
10 5 (0.69%) Node.js
11 4 (0.55%) .NET Core
11 4 (0.55%) PyTorch
11 4 (0.55%) Smart Contracts
11 4 (0.55%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 154 (21.18%) Product Ownership
2 125 (17.19%) Cloud Native
3 45 (6.19%) Management Information System
3 45 (6.19%) Public Cloud
4 44 (6.05%) Blog
5 28 (3.85%) Distributed Systems
6 26 (3.58%) Onboarding
7 20 (2.75%) Data Centre
7 20 (2.75%) FPGA
7 20 (2.75%) Security Posture
8 16 (2.20%) Credit Risk
8 16 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
9 15 (2.06%) Hybrid Cloud
10 14 (1.93%) Blockchain
11 12 (1.65%) Hedge funds
12 11 (1.51%) Derivative
12 11 (1.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 10 (1.38%) Distributed Architecture
14 9 (1.24%) FlexPod
14 9 (1.24%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 44 (6.05%) Linux
2 23 (3.16%) Windows
3 16 (2.20%) Android
3 16 (2.20%) Apple iOS
4 12 (1.65%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.10%) Unix
6 2 (0.28%) AIX
7 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.14%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (23.93%) Roadmaps
1 174 (23.93%) Software Engineering
2 153 (21.05%) Agile
3 130 (17.88%) Fintech
4 128 (17.61%) Problem-Solving
5 114 (15.68%) Test Automation
6 97 (13.34%) CI/CD
7 87 (11.97%) Product Roadmap
8 76 (10.45%) Mentoring
9 74 (10.18%) DevOps
10 72 (9.90%) Microservices
11 70 (9.63%) Risk Management
11 70 (9.63%) Technical Leadership
12 69 (9.49%) Stakeholder Management
13 65 (8.94%) Disruptive Innovation
14 61 (8.39%) Clean Code
14 61 (8.39%) Continuous Improvement
15 59 (8.12%) Analytics
16 58 (7.98%) AI
16 58 (7.98%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 180 (24.76%) Java
2 94 (12.93%) Python
3 47 (6.46%) SQL
4 41 (5.64%) Go
5 29 (3.99%) TypeScript
6 25 (3.44%) C
6 25 (3.44%) C++
7 20 (2.75%) JavaScript
8 13 (1.79%) C#
9 7 (0.96%) PowerShell
9 7 (0.96%) Rust
10 5 (0.69%) Bash
11 4 (0.55%) R
12 3 (0.41%) Objective-C
12 3 (0.41%) Perl
12 3 (0.41%) Ruby
13 1 (0.14%) Cypher
13 1 (0.14%) Google Apps Script
13 1 (0.14%) RPG
Qualifications
1 63 (8.67%) Degree
2 34 (4.68%) CISSP
3 31 (4.26%) CISA
4 29 (3.99%) ACCA
5 28 (3.85%) CISM
6 24 (3.30%) CIMA
7 22 (3.03%) FFIEC
8 21 (2.89%) CGEIT
8 21 (2.89%) SANS
9 17 (2.34%) CREST Certified
9 17 (2.34%) OSCP
10 10 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (1.38%) Security Cleared
11 9 (1.24%) CRISC
12 7 (0.96%) Azure Certification
13 6 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (0.83%) CompTIA Security+
13 6 (0.83%) PMI Certification
13 6 (0.83%) SC Cleared
14 5 (0.69%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (4.95%) NIST
2 28 (3.85%) GDPR
3 27 (3.71%) COBIT
4 25 (3.44%) PCI DSS
5 22 (3.03%) SOC 2
6 21 (2.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 16 (2.20%) GRC
8 14 (1.93%) COREP
8 14 (1.93%) FINREP
8 14 (1.93%) QA
9 11 (1.51%) Data Quality
9 11 (1.51%) EMIR
9 11 (1.51%) MiFID
10 9 (1.24%) IFRS
11 7 (0.96%) PMO
12 5 (0.69%) Accessibility
12 5 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.55%) GAAP
14 3 (0.41%) PSD2
14 3 (0.41%) SOC 1
System Software
1 18 (2.48%) Virtual Machines
2 15 (2.06%) Docker
3 12 (1.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.10%) Active Directory
5 6 (0.83%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 6 (0.83%) Virtual Servers
5 6 (0.83%) vSphere
6 5 (0.69%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.14%) Firmware
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 103 (14.17%) Terraform
2 88 (12.10%) Kubernetes
3 66 (9.08%) Grafana
4 12 (1.65%) Ansible
5 9 (1.24%) Cisco CUCM
6 8 (1.10%) Istio
7 4 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.55%) Argo
8 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.28%) Norton AntiVirus
8 2 (0.28%) Opsgenie
9 1 (0.14%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 56 (7.70%) Oracle
2 45 (6.19%) Microsoft
3 21 (2.89%) Cisco
4 19 (2.61%) BT
5 14 (1.93%) Palo Alto
6 13 (1.79%) Fortinet
6 13 (1.79%) ServiceNow
6 13 (1.79%) VMware
7 11 (1.51%) Splunk
8 10 (1.38%) Databricks
8 10 (1.38%) Google
9 9 (1.24%) CheckPoint
10 8 (1.10%) Confluent
11 6 (0.83%) NetApp
11 6 (0.83%) SAP
11 6 (0.83%) Workday
12 5 (0.69%) BMC
13 4 (0.55%) Okta
13 4 (0.55%) OneLogin
14 3 (0.41%) Informatica