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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 21 64
Rank change year-on-year -29 +43 -40
Permanent jobs citing Banking 747 1,202 1,357
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.26% 9.11% 4.19%
As % of the General category 7.54% 12.69% 6.77%
Number of salaries quoted 344 931 1,092
10th Percentile £45,375 £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% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £130,000 £102,500 £107,500
90th Percentile £147,000 £140,000 £142,250
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 9,904 9,475 20,050
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.43% 71.82% 61.95%
Number of salaries quoted 6,575 6,439 15,199
10th Percentile £30,250 £30,500 £31,552
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,684 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.85% +13.68% -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 16 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 (2.54%) SAS
2 8 (1.07%) Confluence
3 5 (0.67%) Ethereum
3 5 (0.67%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.27%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.27%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.27%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (0.13%) WebLogic
Applications
1 19 (2.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 22 (2.95%) Oracle Financials
2 8 (1.07%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (0.80%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.54%) Oracle Applications
5 3 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
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
1 202 (27.04%) AWS
2 148 (19.81%) SaaS
3 117 (15.66%) GCP
4 83 (11.11%) Amazon EKS
5 78 (10.44%) Azure
6 32 (4.28%) GitHub
7 17 (2.28%) GitHub Copilot
8 14 (1.87%) GitHub Actions
9 12 (1.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 12 (1.61%) OCI
10 11 (1.47%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 11 (1.47%) Snowflake
11 10 (1.34%) Amazon Kinesis
11 10 (1.34%) Azure AI
11 10 (1.34%) Azure Event Grid
11 10 (1.34%) Azure Machine Learning
12 9 (1.20%) Power Platform
13 8 (1.07%) Amazon ECS
13 8 (1.07%) Amazon MSK
13 8 (1.07%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 29 (3.88%) TCP/IP
2 27 (3.61%) Firewall
3 25 (3.35%) CHAP
4 23 (3.08%) HTTP
5 20 (2.68%) Broadband
6 14 (1.87%) LAN
6 14 (1.87%) VLAN
6 14 (1.87%) WAN
7 13 (1.74%) Cisco ASA
7 13 (1.74%) Network Security
8 12 (1.61%) BGP
9 9 (1.20%) Cisco Firepower
9 9 (1.20%) VPN
10 7 (0.94%) Unified Communications
10 7 (0.94%) WebEx
11 4 (0.54%) DHCP
11 4 (0.54%) DNS
11 4 (0.54%) Intrusion Detection
12 3 (0.40%) SD-WAN
13 2 (0.27%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (4.28%) SQL Server
2 20 (2.68%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (1.34%) Azure SQL Database
3 10 (1.34%) Flink
4 9 (1.20%) Power BI
5 8 (1.07%) Tableau
6 6 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (0.80%) Data Lake
7 5 (0.67%) Looker
7 5 (0.67%) Oracle Database
7 5 (0.67%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.54%) DB2
9 3 (0.40%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (0.40%) SAS EBI
10 2 (0.27%) Metadata
11 1 (0.13%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.13%) Neo4j
11 1 (0.13%) Oracle Exadata
11 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 60 (8.03%) TeamCity
2 11 (1.47%) JIRA
3 6 (0.80%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.27%) Git
5 1 (0.13%) JUnit
5 1 (0.13%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 579 (77.51%) Finance
2 261 (34.94%) Social Skills
3 209 (27.98%) Retail
4 194 (25.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 181 (24.23%) Law
6 165 (22.09%) Financial Institution
7 137 (18.34%) Back Office
8 54 (7.23%) Investment Banking
9 52 (6.96%) Analytical Skills
10 47 (6.29%) Marketing
11 36 (4.82%) Front Office
12 23 (3.08%) Public Sector
13 22 (2.95%) Legal
14 20 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
15 19 (2.54%) Games
15 19 (2.54%) Telecoms
16 18 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
17 17 (2.28%) Polish Language
18 16 (2.14%) Organisational Skills
19 13 (1.74%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 121 (16.20%) Senior
2 98 (13.12%) Software Engineer
3 80 (10.71%) Analyst
4 71 (9.50%) Lead
5 47 (6.29%) Senior Software Engineer
6 39 (5.22%) Product Owner
7 37 (4.95%) Developer
8 36 (4.82%) Auditor
9 31 (4.15%) Architect
10 28 (3.75%) Java Engineer
10 28 (3.75%) Product Manager
11 26 (3.48%) AWS Engineer
12 25 (3.35%) Business Analyst
12 25 (3.35%) Development Engineer
12 25 (3.35%) Software Development Engineer
13 24 (3.21%) Consultant
13 24 (3.21%) Internal Auditor
13 24 (3.21%) Java Software Engineer
13 24 (3.21%) Security Auditor
14 22 (2.95%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (5.09%) REST
2 24 (3.21%) Kafka
3 19 (2.54%) .NET
3 19 (2.54%) React
4 14 (1.87%) RESTful
5 9 (1.20%) Middleware
6 8 (1.07%) OpenAPI
6 8 (1.07%) Spring
6 8 (1.07%) Swagger
7 7 (0.94%) Sass
7 7 (0.94%) XMPP
8 5 (0.67%) Next.js
8 5 (0.67%) Smart Contracts
8 5 (0.67%) web3js
9 4 (0.54%) ADO
9 4 (0.54%) AngularJS
9 4 (0.54%) HTML
9 4 (0.54%) Node.js
9 4 (0.54%) Spring Boot
9 4 (0.54%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 126 (16.87%) Cloud Native
2 121 (16.20%) Product Ownership
3 51 (6.83%) Management Information System
4 44 (5.89%) Blog
5 39 (5.22%) Public Cloud
6 32 (4.28%) Distributed Systems
7 30 (4.02%) Data Centre
8 26 (3.48%) Onboarding
9 24 (3.21%) Credit Risk
9 24 (3.21%) Security Posture
10 21 (2.81%) Hybrid Cloud
11 19 (2.54%) FPGA
12 18 (2.41%) Blockchain
13 16 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
14 15 (2.01%) Hedge funds
15 13 (1.74%) Derivative
16 12 (1.61%) Fixed Income
17 11 (1.47%) Market Risk
18 10 (1.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
19 8 (1.07%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 45 (6.02%) Linux
2 27 (3.61%) Windows
3 14 (1.87%) Android
3 14 (1.87%) Apple iOS
4 11 (1.47%) Unix
4 11 (1.47%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.54%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.27%) AIX
8 1 (0.13%) Solaris
8 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (22.22%) Roadmaps
2 150 (20.08%) Agile
3 142 (19.01%) Software Engineering
4 114 (15.26%) Fintech
5 111 (14.86%) Problem-Solving
6 109 (14.59%) Risk Management
7 108 (14.46%) CI/CD
8 106 (14.19%) Test Automation
9 100 (13.39%) Information Security
10 96 (12.85%) Stakeholder Management
11 85 (11.38%) Risk Assessment
12 76 (10.17%) DevOps
13 75 (10.04%) Microservices
14 74 (9.91%) Product Roadmap
15 71 (9.50%) Mentoring
16 66 (8.84%) Continuous Improvement
16 66 (8.84%) Process Improvement
17 64 (8.57%) Cybersecurity
18 60 (8.03%) Clean Code
19 57 (7.63%) AI
Programming Languages
1 168 (22.49%) Java
2 91 (12.18%) Python
3 56 (7.50%) SQL
4 48 (6.43%) Go
5 24 (3.21%) C++
5 24 (3.21%) TypeScript
6 23 (3.08%) C
7 14 (1.87%) JavaScript
8 12 (1.61%) C#
9 9 (1.20%) Bash
10 8 (1.07%) Rust
11 7 (0.94%) 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 (10.71%) CISSP
2 79 (10.58%) CISA
3 73 (9.77%) Degree
4 53 (7.10%) CRISC
5 28 (3.75%) CISM
6 26 (3.48%) ACCA
6 26 (3.48%) FFIEC
7 25 (3.35%) CGEIT
7 25 (3.35%) SANS
8 21 (2.81%) OSCP
9 19 (2.54%) CIMA
9 19 (2.54%) CREST Certified
10 10 (1.34%) Azure Certification
10 10 (1.34%) Security Cleared
11 9 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (1.07%) AWS Certification
13 7 (0.94%) CompTIA Security+
13 7 (0.94%) OSCE
13 7 (0.94%) PMI Certification
14 6 (0.80%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (10.98%) NIST
2 75 (10.04%) PCI DSS
3 35 (4.69%) GDPR
4 34 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 31 (4.15%) SOC 2
6 26 (3.48%) COBIT
7 22 (2.95%) GRC
8 14 (1.87%) COREP
8 14 (1.87%) EMIR
9 13 (1.74%) IFRS
9 13 (1.74%) MiFID
10 12 (1.61%) Data Quality
11 11 (1.47%) FINREP
12 9 (1.20%) QA
13 7 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (0.94%) SLA
14 6 (0.80%) Basel II
14 6 (0.80%) GAAP
15 5 (0.67%) PMO
15 5 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 18 (2.41%) Virtual Machines
2 14 (1.87%) Docker
3 11 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.80%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.80%) vSphere
5 5 (0.67%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 5 (0.67%) Virtual Servers
5 5 (0.67%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.13%) Firmware
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 113 (15.13%) Terraform
2 100 (13.39%) Kubernetes
3 65 (8.70%) Grafana
4 15 (2.01%) Ansible
5 10 (1.34%) Argo
6 8 (1.07%) Istio
7 7 (0.94%) Cisco CUCM
8 4 (0.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.54%) Cilium
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
10 1 (0.13%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 44 (5.89%) Microsoft
2 41 (5.49%) Oracle
3 21 (2.81%) Databricks
4 20 (2.68%) BT
5 19 (2.54%) Cisco
6 16 (2.14%) ServiceNow
7 11 (1.47%) Palo Alto
7 11 (1.47%) VMware
8 10 (1.34%) Fortinet
9 9 (1.20%) Google
9 9 (1.20%) Splunk
10 8 (1.07%) CheckPoint
10 8 (1.07%) Confluent
10 8 (1.07%) SAP
11 7 (0.94%) BMC
12 6 (0.80%) Informatica
12 6 (0.80%) Remedy
13 5 (0.67%) NetApp
13 5 (0.67%) Salesforce
14 4 (0.54%) Red Hat