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

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 23 61
Rank change year-on-year -29 +38 -37
Permanent jobs citing Banking 733 1,182 1,391
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.27% 9.16% 4.43%
As % of the General category 7.49% 12.77% 7.18%
Number of salaries quoted 352 925 1,118
10th Percentile £45,125 £25,000 £46,306
25th Percentile £70,000 £45,000 £58,664
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £78,810 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.54% +5.08% +7.14%
75th Percentile £130,000 £102,500 £102,500
90th Percentile £142,250 £140,000 £138,750
UK median annual salary £90,000 £85,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% +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 9,784 9,259 19,361
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.98% 71.76% 61.66%
Number of salaries quoted 6,534 6,408 15,023
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,956 £42,070
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,206 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.97% +7.38% -8.80%
75th Percentile £79,250 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -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 7 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 (2.59%) SAS
2 8 (1.09%) Confluence
3 6 (0.82%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (0.82%) Ethereum
4 4 (0.55%) Apache
4 4 (0.55%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.55%) Tomcat
4 4 (0.55%) WebSphere
4 4 (0.55%) WebSphere Application Server
5 3 (0.41%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.14%) WebLogic
Applications
1 17 (2.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 19 (2.59%) Oracle Financials
2 7 (0.95%) Oracle ERP
2 7 (0.95%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.41%) Oracle Applications
4 3 (0.41%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.41%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.41%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.27%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.27%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.14%) Actimize
6 1 (0.14%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.14%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 205 (27.97%) AWS
2 141 (19.24%) SaaS
3 114 (15.55%) GCP
4 82 (11.19%) Azure
5 80 (10.91%) Amazon EKS
6 33 (4.50%) GitHub
7 21 (2.86%) Snowflake
8 15 (2.05%) GitHub Actions
9 14 (1.91%) GitHub Copilot
10 13 (1.77%) Power Platform
11 12 (1.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 11 (1.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 10 (1.36%) Amazon Kinesis
13 10 (1.36%) Azure AI
13 10 (1.36%) Azure Event Grid
13 10 (1.36%) Azure Machine Learning
13 10 (1.36%) dbt
13 10 (1.36%) OCI
14 8 (1.09%) Amazon ECS
14 8 (1.09%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 28 (3.82%) TCP/IP
2 25 (3.41%) CHAP
2 25 (3.41%) Firewall
3 23 (3.14%) Broadband
4 20 (2.73%) HTTP
5 14 (1.91%) LAN
5 14 (1.91%) WAN
6 13 (1.77%) Cisco ASA
6 13 (1.77%) VLAN
7 12 (1.64%) BGP
8 11 (1.50%) Network Security
9 10 (1.36%) VPN
10 8 (1.09%) Cisco Firepower
11 6 (0.82%) Unified Communications
11 6 (0.82%) WebEx
12 4 (0.55%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (0.55%) SSL
13 3 (0.41%) SD-WAN
14 2 (0.27%) NX-OS
14 2 (0.27%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (4.37%) SQL Server
2 21 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (1.77%) Data Lake
3 13 (1.77%) Power BI
3 13 (1.77%) Tableau
4 10 (1.36%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (1.36%) Flink
5 7 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (0.82%) BigQuery
6 6 (0.82%) DB2
7 5 (0.68%) Metadata
7 5 (0.68%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.55%) Amazon Athena
8 4 (0.55%) Apache Arrow
8 4 (0.55%) Apache Iceberg
8 4 (0.55%) Apache Ignite
8 4 (0.55%) Dremio
8 4 (0.55%) Looker
8 4 (0.55%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.41%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 57 (7.78%) TeamCity
2 11 (1.50%) JIRA
3 9 (1.23%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.41%) ER Studio
4 3 (0.41%) ERwin
4 3 (0.41%) Git
4 3 (0.41%) PowerDesigner
5 1 (0.14%) JUnit
5 1 (0.14%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 567 (77.35%) Finance
2 246 (33.56%) Social Skills
3 201 (27.42%) Retail
4 180 (24.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 171 (23.33%) Law
6 158 (21.56%) Financial Institution
7 130 (17.74%) Back Office
8 58 (7.91%) Investment Banking
9 46 (6.28%) Analytical Skills
10 45 (6.14%) Marketing
11 38 (5.18%) Front Office
12 22 (3.00%) Games
13 21 (2.86%) Public Sector
14 19 (2.59%) Legal
14 19 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
15 18 (2.46%) Telecoms
16 17 (2.32%) Polish Language
17 15 (2.05%) Influencing Skills
18 14 (1.91%) Organisational Skills
19 12 (1.64%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 115 (15.69%) Senior
2 96 (13.10%) Software Engineer
3 75 (10.23%) Analyst
4 67 (9.14%) Lead
5 46 (6.28%) Senior Software Engineer
6 41 (5.59%) Developer
7 38 (5.18%) Auditor
8 36 (4.91%) Product Owner
9 33 (4.50%) Architect
10 30 (4.09%) AWS Engineer
11 28 (3.82%) Java Engineer
12 26 (3.55%) Java Software Engineer
13 24 (3.27%) Internal Auditor
13 24 (3.27%) Product Manager
13 24 (3.27%) Security Auditor
14 23 (3.14%) Business Analyst
15 22 (3.00%) Consultant
15 22 (3.00%) Customer Service Advisor
15 22 (3.00%) Development Engineer
15 22 (3.00%) Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (4.50%) REST
2 24 (3.27%) Kafka
3 21 (2.86%) .NET
4 18 (2.46%) React
5 13 (1.77%) RESTful
6 9 (1.23%) Middleware
7 7 (0.95%) OpenAPI
7 7 (0.95%) Sass
7 7 (0.95%) Swagger
8 6 (0.82%) Smart Contracts
8 6 (0.82%) web3js
8 6 (0.82%) XMPP
9 5 (0.68%) CSS
9 5 (0.68%) HTML
9 5 (0.68%) Next.js
9 5 (0.68%) Spring
10 4 (0.55%) .NET Core
10 4 (0.55%) gRPC
10 4 (0.55%) Pandas
10 4 (0.55%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 117 (15.96%) Cloud Native
2 111 (15.14%) Product Ownership
3 54 (7.37%) Management Information System
4 43 (5.87%) Blog
5 38 (5.18%) Public Cloud
6 33 (4.50%) Data Centre
6 33 (4.50%) Distributed Systems
7 25 (3.41%) Credit Risk
8 24 (3.27%) Onboarding
9 23 (3.14%) Security Posture
10 22 (3.00%) Hybrid Cloud
11 20 (2.73%) FPGA
11 20 (2.73%) Hedge funds
12 19 (2.59%) Blockchain
13 15 (2.05%) Derivative
14 14 (1.91%) Fixed Income
15 13 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
16 12 (1.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 12 (1.64%) Market Risk
17 7 (0.95%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 46 (6.28%) Linux
2 25 (3.41%) Windows
3 12 (1.64%) Android
3 12 (1.64%) Apple iOS
4 11 (1.50%) Unix
5 8 (1.09%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.55%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.14%) AIX
7 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (21.69%) Roadmaps
2 149 (20.33%) Agile
3 138 (18.83%) Software Engineering
4 111 (15.14%) Fintech
5 106 (14.46%) CI/CD
5 106 (14.46%) Risk Management
6 105 (14.32%) Problem-Solving
7 101 (13.78%) Test Automation
8 100 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
9 97 (13.23%) Information Security
10 87 (11.87%) Risk Assessment
11 74 (10.10%) DevOps
12 71 (9.69%) Microservices
13 68 (9.28%) Product Roadmap
14 64 (8.73%) Mentoring
14 64 (8.73%) Process Improvement
15 62 (8.46%) Cybersecurity
16 61 (8.32%) Continuous Improvement
17 58 (7.91%) Analytics
18 57 (7.78%) AI
Programming Languages
1 162 (22.10%) Java
2 95 (12.96%) Python
3 56 (7.64%) SQL
4 47 (6.41%) Go
5 29 (3.96%) TypeScript
6 25 (3.41%) C++
7 24 (3.27%) C
8 17 (2.32%) JavaScript
9 13 (1.77%) C#
10 9 (1.23%) Rust
11 8 (1.09%) Bash
12 6 (0.82%) PowerShell
13 4 (0.55%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.41%) Objective-C
14 3 (0.41%) Perl
14 3 (0.41%) R
14 3 (0.41%) Ruby
15 1 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.14%) RPG
15 1 (0.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 78 (10.64%) Degree
2 77 (10.50%) CISA
2 77 (10.50%) CISSP
3 52 (7.09%) CRISC
4 26 (3.55%) FFIEC
5 25 (3.41%) ACCA
5 25 (3.41%) CGEIT
5 25 (3.41%) CISM
5 25 (3.41%) SANS
6 19 (2.59%) CIMA
6 19 (2.59%) OSCP
7 17 (2.32%) CREST Certified
8 13 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (1.50%) Azure Certification
10 10 (1.36%) AWS Certification
10 10 (1.36%) Security Cleared
11 7 (0.95%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (0.95%) OSCE
11 7 (0.95%) PMI Certification
12 6 (0.82%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (10.78%) NIST
2 74 (10.10%) PCI DSS
3 34 (4.64%) GDPR
4 31 (4.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 30 (4.09%) SOC 2
6 25 (3.41%) COBIT
7 22 (3.00%) GRC
8 14 (1.91%) Data Quality
8 14 (1.91%) IFRS
9 12 (1.64%) COREP
10 10 (1.36%) EMIR
10 10 (1.36%) QA
10 10 (1.36%) SLA
11 9 (1.23%) FINREP
11 9 (1.23%) MiFID
12 8 (1.09%) GAAP
13 7 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.82%) Basel II
15 5 (0.68%) PMO
15 5 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 18 (2.46%) Virtual Machines
2 15 (2.05%) Docker
3 11 (1.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.82%) vSphere
5 5 (0.68%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 5 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
5 5 (0.68%) VMware NSX
6 4 (0.55%) Active Directory
7 2 (0.27%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 111 (15.14%) Terraform
2 95 (12.96%) Kubernetes
3 61 (8.32%) Grafana
4 17 (2.32%) Ansible
5 10 (1.36%) Argo
6 8 (1.09%) Istio
7 6 (0.82%) Cisco CUCM
8 4 (0.55%) Cilium
9 2 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.27%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.14%) Control-M
10 1 (0.14%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 41 (5.59%) Microsoft
2 34 (4.64%) Oracle
3 24 (3.27%) Databricks
4 23 (3.14%) BT
5 19 (2.59%) Cisco
6 15 (2.05%) ServiceNow
7 12 (1.64%) Google
8 11 (1.50%) VMware
9 10 (1.36%) Fortinet
9 10 (1.36%) Palo Alto
10 9 (1.23%) CheckPoint
10 9 (1.23%) IBM
10 9 (1.23%) Informatica
11 8 (1.09%) BMC
11 8 (1.09%) Confluent
11 8 (1.09%) Splunk
12 7 (0.95%) Remedy
12 7 (0.95%) SAP
13 5 (0.68%) NetApp
13 5 (0.68%) Salesforce