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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 34 44
Rank change year-on-year -27 +10 -17
Permanent jobs citing Banking 911 1,102 1,196
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.80% 6.78% 5.10%
As % of the General category 6.28% 9.46% 8.17%
Number of salaries quoted 374 528 961
10th Percentile £31,500 £25,087 £62,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £26,968 £82,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £85,000 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -22.73% +51.72%
75th Percentile £126,875 £115,000 £142,500
90th Percentile £142,500 £135,000 £150,000
UK median annual salary £82,500 £82,500 £90,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +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 14,512 11,643 14,632
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.52% 71.68% 62.38%
Number of salaries quoted 9,045 6,429 8,676
10th Percentile £32,250 £28,750 £34,953
25th Percentile £42,250 £39,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -8.33%

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 11 September 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 13 (1.43%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.44%) Ethereum
3 3 (0.33%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.22%) CMS
5 1 (0.11%) Confluence
5 1 (0.11%) SAS
Applications
1 28 (3.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 29 (3.18%) Oracle Financials
2 21 (2.31%) Oracle ERP
3 20 (2.20%) Remedy ITSM
4 9 (0.99%) Oracle Applications
5 7 (0.77%) Oracle General Ledger
6 6 (0.66%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (0.66%) Oracle EBS R12
7 5 (0.55%) Actimize
8 2 (0.22%) FLEXCUBE
8 2 (0.22%) Sage 50
8 2 (0.22%) Temenos T24
9 1 (0.11%) Finacle
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Assets
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 287 (31.50%) AWS
2 134 (14.71%) GCP
3 119 (13.06%) SaaS
4 85 (9.33%) Azure
5 63 (6.92%) Amazon EKS
6 42 (4.61%) Snowflake
7 30 (3.29%) Amazon Bedrock
7 30 (3.29%) Anthropic Claude
8 19 (2.09%) GitHub
9 18 (1.98%) Microsoft 365
9 18 (1.98%) OCI
10 15 (1.65%) Power Platform
11 14 (1.54%) GitHub Copilot
11 14 (1.54%) Serverless
12 12 (1.32%) Datadog
13 11 (1.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 10 (1.10%) Azure AI
14 10 (1.10%) Azure Machine Learning
15 9 (0.99%) Azure DevOps
16 8 (0.88%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 57 (6.26%) Broadband
2 34 (3.73%) HTTP
3 24 (2.63%) Firewall
4 22 (2.41%) TCP/IP
5 20 (2.20%) LAN
5 20 (2.20%) WAN
6 14 (1.54%) Network Security
6 14 (1.54%) VLAN
7 10 (1.10%) BGP
7 10 (1.10%) OSPF
8 7 (0.77%) Cisco ASA
8 7 (0.77%) Cisco Firepower
8 7 (0.77%) Cisco Nexus
8 7 (0.77%) DHCP
8 7 (0.77%) DNS
8 7 (0.77%) Structured Cabling
8 7 (0.77%) Unified Communications
8 7 (0.77%) WebEx
9 6 (0.66%) SD-WAN
9 6 (0.66%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (2.41%) SQL Server
2 21 (2.31%) Data Warehouse
2 21 (2.31%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (1.54%) Azure SQL Database
4 12 (1.32%) Power BI
5 11 (1.21%) Data Lake
6 9 (0.99%) DynamoDB
7 7 (0.77%) Looker
7 7 (0.77%) Relational Database
8 6 (0.66%) Metadata
8 6 (0.66%) Tableau
9 4 (0.44%) Amazon Athena
9 4 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.33%) Delta Lake
10 3 (0.33%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.33%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.22%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.22%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.22%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 58 (6.37%) TeamCity
2 30 (3.29%) Claude Code
3 12 (1.32%) Git
4 9 (0.99%) JUnit
5 5 (0.55%) JIRA
6 4 (0.44%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.33%) Android Studio
7 3 (0.33%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.11%) GitLab
8 1 (0.11%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.11%) Karma Test Runner
8 1 (0.11%) Maven
8 1 (0.11%) SonarQube
General
1 709 (77.83%) Finance
2 338 (37.10%) Social Skills
3 197 (21.62%) Retail
4 184 (20.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 167 (18.33%) Law
6 112 (12.29%) Back Office
7 110 (12.07%) Financial Institution
8 66 (7.24%) Investment Banking
8 66 (7.24%) Legal
9 62 (6.81%) Analytical Skills
10 49 (5.38%) Marketing
11 46 (5.05%) Presentation Skills
12 38 (4.17%) Front Office
13 24 (2.63%) Public Sector
13 24 (2.63%) Telecoms
14 17 (1.87%) Games
15 14 (1.54%) Polish Language
16 13 (1.43%) French Language
16 13 (1.43%) German Language
16 13 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 141 (15.48%) Senior
2 133 (14.60%) Software Engineer
3 118 (12.95%) Lead
4 68 (7.46%) Architect
5 54 (5.93%) Senior Manager
6 53 (5.82%) Analyst
7 49 (5.38%) Engineering Manager
8 47 (5.16%) Developer
8 47 (5.16%) Software Engineering Manager
8 47 (5.16%) Software Manager
9 43 (4.72%) Lead Software Engineer
10 38 (4.17%) Product Manager
11 37 (4.06%) Development Engineer
11 37 (4.06%) Software Development Engineer
12 34 (3.73%) Product Owner
13 31 (3.40%) Enterprise Architect
13 31 (3.40%) Finance Manager
13 31 (3.40%) IT Manager
14 29 (3.18%) Java Engineer
15 27 (2.96%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (11.53%) Terraform
2 53 (5.82%) REST
3 38 (4.17%) LangChain
3 38 (4.17%) LangGraph
4 34 (3.73%) Spring
5 24 (2.63%) React
6 17 (1.87%) RESTful
7 16 (1.76%) AngularJS
7 16 (1.76%) scikit-learn
8 15 (1.65%) PyTorch
8 15 (1.65%) TensorFlow
9 14 (1.54%) OpenAPI
9 14 (1.54%) Swagger
10 13 (1.43%) Node.js
10 13 (1.43%) Spring Boot
11 10 (1.10%) FIX Protocol
11 10 (1.10%) Kafka
12 8 (0.88%) AWS CDK
13 7 (0.77%) XMPP
14 6 (0.66%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 187 (20.53%) Product Ownership
2 136 (14.93%) Cloud Native
3 62 (6.81%) Public Cloud
4 42 (4.61%) Web Conferencing
5 39 (4.28%) AI Agents
6 38 (4.17%) Podcast
7 36 (3.95%) Hedge funds
8 30 (3.29%) Management Information System
9 28 (3.07%) Blog
10 22 (2.41%) Fixed Income
11 20 (2.20%) Onboarding
12 18 (1.98%) Distributed Architecture
13 17 (1.87%) Derivative
13 17 (1.87%) Security Posture
13 17 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
14 13 (1.43%) Credit Risk
14 13 (1.43%) Data Centre
14 13 (1.43%) Distributed Systems
15 12 (1.32%) Social Media
16 11 (1.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 38 (4.17%) Linux
2 20 (2.20%) Windows
3 19 (2.09%) Android
4 18 (1.98%) Apple iOS
5 8 (0.88%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.66%) Unix
7 2 (0.22%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.11%) AIX
8 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 262 (28.76%) Roadmaps
2 225 (24.70%) Software Engineering
3 136 (14.93%) Problem-Solving
4 132 (14.49%) AI
5 131 (14.38%) Fintech
6 129 (14.16%) CI/CD
7 119 (13.06%) Test Automation
8 116 (12.73%) Agile
9 98 (10.76%) Technical Leadership
10 94 (10.32%) Product Roadmap
11 91 (9.99%) Machine Learning
12 90 (9.88%) Continuous Improvement
13 88 (9.66%) Mentoring
14 85 (9.33%) Coaching
15 78 (8.56%) DevOps
16 74 (8.12%) Deployment Automation
17 73 (8.01%) Disruptive Innovation
18 70 (7.68%) Data Science
18 70 (7.68%) Microservices
19 66 (7.24%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 191 (20.97%) Java
2 116 (12.73%) Python
3 73 (8.01%) SQL
4 27 (2.96%) Go
5 25 (2.74%) TypeScript
6 24 (2.63%) JavaScript
7 23 (2.52%) C++
8 15 (1.65%) PowerShell
9 14 (1.54%) C
10 11 (1.21%) Kotlin
11 8 (0.88%) R
11 8 (0.88%) Rust
12 7 (0.77%) Bash
12 7 (0.77%) C#
13 5 (0.55%) VBA
14 4 (0.44%) Bicep
15 3 (0.33%) Objective-C
15 3 (0.33%) Perl
15 3 (0.33%) Ruby
16 1 (0.11%) Scala
Qualifications
1 33 (3.62%) Degree
2 20 (2.20%) ACCA
2 20 (2.20%) CISSP
3 18 (1.98%) CISM
4 17 (1.87%) CIMA
5 14 (1.54%) CISA
6 11 (1.21%) CREST Certified
6 11 (1.21%) OSCP
7 9 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (0.99%) CRISC
8 8 (0.88%) Azure Certification
8 8 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (0.77%) AWS Certification
9 7 (0.77%) ISACA
10 6 (0.66%) CCNP
10 6 (0.66%) Security Cleared
11 5 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.44%) CEH
12 4 (0.44%) CGEIT
12 4 (0.44%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (5.38%) QA
2 24 (2.63%) Data Quality
3 23 (2.52%) NIST
4 22 (2.41%) GDPR
5 18 (1.98%) Accessibility
5 18 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 17 (1.87%) PCI DSS
7 16 (1.76%) COBIT
8 13 (1.43%) FINREP
8 13 (1.43%) MiFID
9 12 (1.32%) EMIR
9 12 (1.32%) GRC
10 10 (1.10%) COREP
10 10 (1.10%) SOC 2
11 7 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (0.77%) SOC 1
12 5 (0.55%) EU AI Act
13 4 (0.44%) ISO 20022
13 4 (0.44%) PMO
14 3 (0.33%) IFRS
System Software
1 18 (1.98%) Virtual Machines
2 16 (1.76%) Docker
3 6 (0.66%) Active Directory
4 5 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 4 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
5 4 (0.44%) vSphere
6 3 (0.33%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 85 (9.33%) Kubernetes
2 75 (8.23%) Grafana
3 25 (2.74%) Ansible
4 7 (0.77%) Cisco CUCM
5 6 (0.66%) Istio
6 5 (0.55%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.33%) Norton AntiVirus
8 1 (0.11%) Argo
8 1 (0.11%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Flashback
8 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 57 (6.26%) BT
2 51 (5.60%) Oracle
3 47 (5.16%) Microsoft
4 46 (5.05%) Databricks
5 36 (3.95%) ServiceNow
6 23 (2.52%) BMC
7 20 (2.20%) Cisco
7 20 (2.20%) Remedy
8 13 (1.43%) Fortinet
8 13 (1.43%) Palo Alto
9 11 (1.21%) FIS
9 11 (1.21%) Splunk
10 10 (1.10%) VMware
11 9 (0.99%) Dynatrace
11 9 (0.99%) SunGard
12 8 (0.88%) Google
13 6 (0.66%) CheckPoint
13 6 (0.66%) Confluent
14 5 (0.55%) SAP
14 5 (0.55%) Xero