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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 26 46
Rank change year-on-year -41 +20 -21
Permanent jobs citing Banking 833 1,243 1,185
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.64% 7.52% 4.81%
As % of the General category 6.05% 10.46% 7.86%
Number of salaries quoted 358 640 978
10th Percentile £31,500 £25,000 £62,105
25th Percentile £55,000 £25,313 £82,682
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £82,750 £111,250
Median % change year-on-year +2.72% -25.62% +51.47%
75th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £142,500
90th Percentile £136,625 £135,000 £165,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £83,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -3.61% -7.78% +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 13,776 11,881 15,072
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.16% 71.84% 61.18%
Number of salaries quoted 8,699 6,582 10,023
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,025 £33,125
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,901 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -2.54% -5.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,421 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.06% -1.05% -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

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 18 August 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 (1.32%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.48%) Ethereum
3 3 (0.36%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.24%) SAS
5 1 (0.12%) Confluence
Applications
1 32 (3.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 30 (3.60%) Oracle Financials
2 20 (2.40%) Remedy ITSM
3 19 (2.28%) Oracle ERP
4 9 (1.08%) Oracle Applications
5 5 (0.60%) Oracle General Ledger
6 4 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.48%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.24%) FLEXCUBE
7 2 (0.24%) Temenos T24
8 1 (0.12%) Actimize
8 1 (0.12%) Finacle
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 243 (29.17%) AWS
2 108 (12.97%) GCP
3 102 (12.24%) SaaS
4 85 (10.20%) Azure
5 53 (6.36%) Amazon EKS
6 33 (3.96%) Snowflake
7 21 (2.52%) Amazon Bedrock
7 21 (2.52%) Anthropic Claude
8 18 (2.16%) Microsoft 365
8 18 (2.16%) OCI
9 16 (1.92%) GitHub
10 14 (1.68%) Power Platform
11 13 (1.56%) GitHub Copilot
12 12 (1.44%) Serverless
13 11 (1.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 10 (1.20%) Azure AI
14 10 (1.20%) Azure Machine Learning
15 9 (1.08%) Datadog
16 8 (0.96%) Azure DevOps
16 8 (0.96%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 48 (5.76%) Broadband
2 31 (3.72%) HTTP
3 25 (3.00%) Firewall
4 22 (2.64%) TCP/IP
5 20 (2.40%) LAN
5 20 (2.40%) WAN
6 13 (1.56%) Network Security
7 12 (1.44%) VLAN
8 11 (1.32%) Cisco Firepower
9 10 (1.20%) Cisco ASA
10 9 (1.08%) Unified Communications
10 9 (1.08%) WebEx
11 8 (0.96%) CHAP
12 7 (0.84%) BGP
13 6 (0.72%) MPLS
13 6 (0.72%) OSPF
13 6 (0.72%) SD-WAN
13 6 (0.72%) Software-Defined Networking
14 5 (0.60%) VPN
15 4 (0.48%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (3.12%) SQL Server
2 17 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (1.68%) Azure SQL Database
5 11 (1.32%) Data Lake
5 11 (1.32%) Power BI
6 7 (0.84%) Looker
7 6 (0.72%) DynamoDB
7 6 (0.72%) Metadata
7 6 (0.72%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.60%) Oracle Database
8 5 (0.60%) Tableau
9 4 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.36%) Amazon Athena
10 3 (0.36%) Delta Lake
10 3 (0.36%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.24%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.24%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.24%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 45 (5.40%) TeamCity
2 21 (2.52%) Claude Code
3 8 (0.96%) Git
4 5 (0.60%) JIRA
4 5 (0.60%) JUnit
5 3 (0.36%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.12%) GitLab
6 1 (0.12%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.12%) Karma Test Runner
6 1 (0.12%) Maven
6 1 (0.12%) SonarQube
General
1 668 (80.19%) Finance
2 320 (38.42%) Social Skills
3 163 (19.57%) Retail
4 150 (18.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 134 (16.09%) Law
6 99 (11.88%) Financial Institution
7 95 (11.40%) Back Office
8 67 (8.04%) Analytical Skills
8 67 (8.04%) Investment Banking
8 67 (8.04%) Legal
9 46 (5.52%) Marketing
9 46 (5.52%) Presentation Skills
10 36 (4.32%) Front Office
11 24 (2.88%) Public Sector
12 23 (2.76%) Telecoms
13 18 (2.16%) Games
14 13 (1.56%) Polish Language
15 11 (1.32%) German Language
15 11 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
16 10 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 123 (14.77%) Senior
2 111 (13.33%) Software Engineer
3 98 (11.76%) Lead
4 58 (6.96%) Analyst
5 52 (6.24%) Senior Manager
6 50 (6.00%) Architect
6 50 (6.00%) Developer
7 44 (5.28%) Engineering Manager
8 42 (5.04%) Software Engineering Manager
8 42 (5.04%) Software Manager
9 39 (4.68%) Product Manager
10 37 (4.44%) Lead Software Engineer
11 34 (4.08%) Development Engineer
11 34 (4.08%) Software Development Engineer
12 27 (3.24%) IT Manager
12 27 (3.24%) Product Owner
13 25 (3.00%) Senior Software Engineer
14 24 (2.88%) Data Scientist
15 22 (2.64%) Finance Manager
16 21 (2.52%) Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (6.12%) REST
2 31 (3.72%) LangChain
2 31 (3.72%) LangGraph
3 29 (3.48%) Spring
4 23 (2.76%) React
5 14 (1.68%) AngularJS
6 12 (1.44%) Kafka
6 12 (1.44%) Node.js
6 12 (1.44%) RESTful
6 12 (1.44%) scikit-learn
7 11 (1.32%) PyTorch
7 11 (1.32%) Spring Boot
7 11 (1.32%) TensorFlow
8 10 (1.20%) FIX Protocol
9 9 (1.08%) OpenAPI
9 9 (1.08%) Swagger
9 9 (1.08%) XMPP
10 8 (0.96%) AWS CDK
11 6 (0.72%) Pandas
11 6 (0.72%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 154 (18.49%) Product Ownership
2 115 (13.81%) Cloud Native
3 55 (6.60%) Public Cloud
4 43 (5.16%) Web Conferencing
5 38 (4.56%) Podcast
6 35 (4.20%) Management Information System
7 30 (3.60%) AI Agents
8 28 (3.36%) Hedge funds
9 22 (2.64%) Fixed Income
10 21 (2.52%) Blog
11 20 (2.40%) Onboarding
12 17 (2.04%) Derivative
12 17 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
13 15 (1.80%) Distributed Architecture
13 15 (1.80%) Security Posture
14 13 (1.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 13 (1.56%) FPGA
15 12 (1.44%) Credit Risk
15 12 (1.44%) Data Centre
16 11 (1.32%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 43 (5.16%) Linux
2 23 (2.76%) Windows
3 14 (1.68%) Android
3 14 (1.68%) Apple iOS
4 12 (1.44%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.96%) Unix
6 1 (0.12%) AIX
6 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.12%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (28.33%) Roadmaps
2 191 (22.93%) Software Engineering
3 137 (16.45%) Problem-Solving
4 123 (14.77%) Agile
5 113 (13.57%) Fintech
6 111 (13.33%) AI
7 102 (12.24%) CI/CD
8 100 (12.00%) Test Automation
9 86 (10.32%) Product Roadmap
10 85 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
10 85 (10.20%) Technical Leadership
11 78 (9.36%) Coaching
11 78 (9.36%) DevOps
11 78 (9.36%) Mentoring
12 74 (8.88%) Machine Learning
13 65 (7.80%) Analytics
14 64 (7.68%) Risk Management
15 63 (7.56%) ITIL
16 60 (7.20%) Microservices
17 57 (6.84%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 160 (19.21%) Java
2 108 (12.97%) Python
3 66 (7.92%) SQL
4 26 (3.12%) C++
4 26 (3.12%) Go
5 23 (2.76%) JavaScript
5 23 (2.76%) TypeScript
6 17 (2.04%) C
7 15 (1.80%) PowerShell
8 9 (1.08%) R
9 8 (0.96%) C#
9 8 (0.96%) Rust
10 5 (0.60%) Bash
10 5 (0.60%) VBA
11 4 (0.48%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.36%) Bicep
12 3 (0.36%) Objective-C
12 3 (0.36%) Perl
12 3 (0.36%) Ruby
13 1 (0.12%) Scala
Qualifications
1 39 (4.68%) Degree
2 26 (3.12%) ACCA
3 24 (2.88%) CIMA
3 24 (2.88%) CISSP
4 22 (2.64%) CISM
5 18 (2.16%) CISA
6 11 (1.32%) CREST Certified
6 11 (1.32%) OSCP
7 10 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (1.08%) Azure Certification
8 9 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (1.08%) CRISC
9 8 (0.96%) CGEIT
9 8 (0.96%) FFIEC
9 8 (0.96%) SANS
10 7 (0.84%) AWS Certification
10 7 (0.84%) ISACA
11 6 (0.72%) CCNP
11 6 (0.72%) Security Cleared
12 4 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (5.64%) QA
2 28 (3.36%) NIST
3 26 (3.12%) GDPR
4 25 (3.00%) Data Quality
5 20 (2.40%) COBIT
6 19 (2.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 17 (2.04%) FINREP
7 17 (2.04%) PCI DSS
8 15 (1.80%) Accessibility
9 14 (1.68%) COREP
10 11 (1.32%) EMIR
10 11 (1.32%) MiFID
11 10 (1.20%) GRC
11 10 (1.20%) SOC 2
12 7 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
12 7 (0.84%) SOC 1
13 5 (0.60%) EU AI Act
13 5 (0.60%) IFRS
14 4 (0.48%) PMO
15 3 (0.36%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 20 (2.40%) Virtual Machines
2 15 (1.80%) Docker
3 8 (0.96%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.72%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
4 6 (0.72%) vSphere
5 4 (0.48%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 87 (10.44%) Terraform
2 71 (8.52%) Kubernetes
3 61 (7.32%) Grafana
4 22 (2.64%) Ansible
5 9 (1.08%) Cisco CUCM
6 8 (0.96%) Istio
7 4 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.36%) Norton AntiVirus
9 2 (0.24%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.12%) Argo
10 1 (0.12%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Flashback
10 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 55 (6.60%) Microsoft
2 53 (6.36%) Oracle
3 48 (5.76%) BT
4 36 (4.32%) Databricks
4 36 (4.32%) ServiceNow
5 23 (2.76%) BMC
6 21 (2.52%) Cisco
7 20 (2.40%) Remedy
8 17 (2.04%) Palo Alto
9 15 (1.80%) Fortinet
10 13 (1.56%) Splunk
10 13 (1.56%) VMware
11 11 (1.32%) FIS
12 9 (1.08%) SunGard
13 8 (0.96%) Confluent
13 8 (0.96%) Dynatrace
14 7 (0.84%) CheckPoint
15 6 (0.72%) Google
15 6 (0.72%) NetApp
15 6 (0.72%) Workday