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

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 47 46
Rank change year-on-year -13 -1 -19
Permanent jobs citing Banking 986 935 1,117
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.96% 5.63% 5.17%
As % of the General category 6.45% 7.95% 8.24%
Number of salaries quoted 402 426 886
10th Percentile £31,500 £25,087 £60,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £49,063 £80,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £85,000 £107,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -20.93% +52.32%
75th Percentile £130,000 £115,000 £142,500
90th Percentile £142,500 £135,000 £148,750
UK median annual salary £85,000 £85,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year - -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 15,294 11,758 13,560
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.48% 70.76% 62.80%
Number of salaries quoted 9,164 6,192 7,537
10th Percentile £31,645 £28,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,585 £38,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -8.80% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £84,964
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -4.17%

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 October 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 12 (1.22%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.51%) CMS
3 3 (0.30%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.30%) Confluence
3 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.20%) Ethereum
4 2 (0.20%) SAS
Applications
1 20 (2.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.10%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 20 (2.03%) Oracle ERP
1 20 (2.03%) Remedy ITSM
2 19 (1.93%) Oracle Financials
3 8 (0.81%) Actimize
3 8 (0.81%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (0.81%) Oracle EBS R12
3 8 (0.81%) Oracle General Ledger
4 5 (0.51%) Oracle Applications
5 3 (0.30%) Temenos T24
6 2 (0.20%) FLEXCUBE
6 2 (0.20%) Sage 50
7 1 (0.10%) Finacle
7 1 (0.10%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.10%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.10%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 313 (31.74%) AWS
2 172 (17.44%) GCP
3 152 (15.42%) SaaS
4 84 (8.52%) Amazon EKS
5 83 (8.42%) Azure
6 51 (5.17%) Amazon Bedrock
7 43 (4.36%) Anthropic Claude
8 39 (3.96%) Snowflake
9 23 (2.33%) GitHub
10 17 (1.72%) GitHub Copilot
10 17 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
10 17 (1.72%) Power Platform
11 15 (1.52%) OCI
12 12 (1.22%) Datadog
12 12 (1.22%) Serverless
13 10 (1.01%) Microsoft Copilot
14 9 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
15 8 (0.81%) AWS Lambda
15 8 (0.81%) Google Kubernetes Engine
15 8 (0.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 58 (5.88%) Broadband
2 25 (2.54%) HTTP
3 24 (2.43%) TCP/IP
4 20 (2.03%) Firewall
4 20 (2.03%) VLAN
5 19 (1.93%) BGP
6 18 (1.83%) LAN
7 16 (1.62%) WAN
8 13 (1.32%) Network Security
8 13 (1.32%) VPN
9 10 (1.01%) OSPF
10 7 (0.71%) Cisco Nexus
10 7 (0.71%) Structured Cabling
11 6 (0.61%) MPLS
12 5 (0.51%) Cisco ASA
12 5 (0.51%) DHCP
12 5 (0.51%) DNS
12 5 (0.51%) Unified Communications
12 5 (0.51%) VXLAN
12 5 (0.51%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (3.65%) PostgreSQL
2 24 (2.43%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
3 14 (1.42%) Power BI
4 12 (1.22%) Data Lake
4 12 (1.22%) SQL Server
5 9 (0.91%) DynamoDB
6 7 (0.71%) Metadata
6 7 (0.71%) Relational Database
7 6 (0.61%) Tableau
8 4 (0.41%) Amazon Athena
8 4 (0.41%) Amazon Redshift
8 4 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (0.41%) Looker
8 4 (0.41%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.41%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.30%) Delta Lake
10 2 (0.20%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.20%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.20%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 90 (9.13%) TeamCity
2 43 (4.36%) Claude Code
3 18 (1.83%) JUnit
4 12 (1.22%) Git
5 9 (0.91%) JIRA
6 7 (0.71%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.41%) Android Studio
7 4 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.10%) GitLab
8 1 (0.10%) Gradle
8 1 (0.10%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.10%) Karma Test Runner
8 1 (0.10%) Maven
8 1 (0.10%) SonarQube
General
1 720 (73.02%) Finance
2 385 (39.05%) Social Skills
3 254 (25.76%) Retail
4 234 (23.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 221 (22.41%) Law
6 144 (14.60%) Financial Institution
7 140 (14.20%) Back Office
8 69 (7.00%) Legal
9 67 (6.80%) Analytical Skills
10 65 (6.59%) Investment Banking
11 61 (6.19%) Front Office
12 57 (5.78%) Marketing
13 35 (3.55%) Presentation Skills
14 22 (2.23%) Public Sector
15 21 (2.13%) Telecoms
16 20 (2.03%) French Language
17 19 (1.93%) Retail Banking
18 18 (1.83%) Games
18 18 (1.83%) Polish Language
19 17 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 170 (17.24%) Software Engineer
2 160 (16.23%) Senior
3 146 (14.81%) Lead
4 86 (8.72%) Architect
5 69 (7.00%) Developer
6 60 (6.09%) Java Engineer
7 53 (5.38%) Lead Software Engineer
8 51 (5.17%) Analyst
8 51 (5.17%) Senior Manager
9 44 (4.46%) Engineering Manager
9 44 (4.46%) Senior Java Engineer
10 43 (4.36%) IT Manager
11 42 (4.26%) Software Engineering Manager
11 42 (4.26%) Software Manager
12 39 (3.96%) Finance Manager
12 39 (3.96%) Product Owner
12 39 (3.96%) Team Leader
13 37 (3.75%) Enterprise Architect
14 30 (3.04%) Product Manager
15 29 (2.94%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (12.98%) Terraform
2 55 (5.58%) LangChain
2 55 (5.58%) LangGraph
3 42 (4.26%) REST
4 31 (3.14%) RESTful
5 29 (2.94%) Spring
6 20 (2.03%) OpenAPI
6 20 (2.03%) Swagger
7 18 (1.83%) PyTorch
7 18 (1.83%) React
7 18 (1.83%) scikit-learn
7 18 (1.83%) TensorFlow
8 15 (1.52%) CrewAI
8 15 (1.52%) pydantic
9 14 (1.42%) OpenTelemetry
10 13 (1.32%) AngularJS
10 13 (1.32%) Dagger
10 13 (1.32%) RxJava
11 12 (1.22%) XML
12 10 (1.01%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 195 (19.78%) Product Ownership
2 150 (15.21%) Cloud Native
3 61 (6.19%) Hedge funds
4 60 (6.09%) AI Agents
5 50 (5.07%) Public Cloud
6 46 (4.67%) Web Conferencing
7 42 (4.26%) Blog
8 41 (4.16%) Podcast
9 27 (2.74%) Fixed Income
10 24 (2.43%) Derivative
11 23 (2.33%) Management Information System
12 22 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
12 22 (2.23%) Social Media
13 21 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
14 18 (1.83%) Security Posture
15 16 (1.62%) Distributed Architecture
15 16 (1.62%) Onboarding
16 15 (1.52%) Mobile Banking
17 14 (1.42%) Credit Risk
17 14 (1.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 31 (3.14%) Linux
2 29 (2.94%) Apple iOS
3 27 (2.74%) Android
4 16 (1.62%) Windows
5 6 (0.61%) macOS
6 4 (0.41%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.10%) AIX
7 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.10%) Solaris
7 1 (0.10%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 260 (26.37%) Software Engineering
2 232 (23.53%) Roadmaps
3 176 (17.85%) Fintech
4 166 (16.84%) AI
5 154 (15.62%) CI/CD
6 139 (14.10%) Test Automation
7 133 (13.49%) Problem-Solving
8 120 (12.17%) Disruptive Innovation
9 117 (11.87%) Continuous Improvement
10 103 (10.45%) Coaching
11 98 (9.94%) Machine Learning
12 96 (9.74%) Clean Code
13 93 (9.43%) Deployment Automation
14 91 (9.23%) Mentoring
15 88 (8.92%) Data Science
16 82 (8.32%) Technical Leadership
17 80 (8.11%) Agile
18 79 (8.01%) Product Roadmap
19 78 (7.91%) Microservices
20 76 (7.71%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 244 (24.75%) Java
2 154 (15.62%) Python
3 67 (6.80%) SQL
4 37 (3.75%) Go
5 27 (2.74%) TypeScript
6 24 (2.43%) Kotlin
7 23 (2.33%) R
8 19 (1.93%) Bash
9 18 (1.83%) JavaScript
10 16 (1.62%) C++
11 13 (1.32%) PowerShell
12 12 (1.22%) Rust
13 7 (0.71%) C
14 5 (0.51%) C#
14 5 (0.51%) VBA
15 4 (0.41%) Bicep
16 2 (0.20%) Swift
17 1 (0.10%) Google Apps Script
17 1 (0.10%) Scala
Qualifications
1 22 (2.23%) Degree
2 15 (1.52%) CISSP
3 13 (1.32%) Azure Certification
3 13 (1.32%) CISM
4 10 (1.01%) ACCA
4 10 (1.01%) CISA
5 8 (0.81%) CRISC
6 7 (0.71%) CIMA
6 7 (0.71%) Security Cleared
7 6 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (0.61%) CREST Certified
7 6 (0.61%) GCFA
7 6 (0.61%) GIAC
7 6 (0.61%) ISACA
7 6 (0.61%) OSCP
8 5 (0.51%) AWS Certification
8 5 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (0.41%) CCNP
9 4 (0.41%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (5.98%) QA
2 28 (2.84%) PCI DSS
3 27 (2.74%) Accessibility
4 24 (2.43%) COBIT
4 24 (2.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 21 (2.13%) NIST
6 20 (2.03%) GDPR
7 19 (1.93%) Data Quality
8 18 (1.83%) SOC 2
9 14 (1.42%) GRC
10 9 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (0.71%) FINREP
11 7 (0.71%) SOC 1
12 6 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
12 6 (0.61%) EMIR
12 6 (0.61%) MiFID
13 5 (0.51%) EU AI Act
14 4 (0.41%) COREP
14 4 (0.41%) SLA
15 3 (0.30%) Basel III
System Software
1 14 (1.42%) Docker
2 5 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.41%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (0.30%) VMware NSX
4 3 (0.30%) vSphere
5 1 (0.10%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 116 (11.76%) Kubernetes
2 105 (10.65%) Grafana
3 22 (2.23%) Ansible
4 16 (1.62%) Prometheus
5 9 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.51%) Cisco CUCM
7 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.30%) Norton AntiVirus
8 1 (0.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.10%) Argo
8 1 (0.10%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.10%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.10%) Oracle Flashback
8 1 (0.10%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 58 (5.88%) BT
2 43 (4.36%) Google
3 42 (4.26%) Databricks
4 41 (4.16%) Oracle
5 39 (3.96%) ServiceNow
6 30 (3.04%) Microsoft
7 22 (2.23%) BMC
8 20 (2.03%) Remedy
9 17 (1.72%) Cisco
10 12 (1.22%) Splunk
11 11 (1.12%) Fortinet
12 10 (1.01%) FIS
13 9 (0.91%) Dynatrace
13 9 (0.91%) Palo Alto
13 9 (0.91%) SunGard
13 9 (0.91%) VMware
14 6 (0.61%) Xero
15 4 (0.41%) Bloomberg
15 4 (0.41%) CrowdStrike
15 4 (0.41%) HubSpot