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

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 23 62
Rank change year-on-year -27 +39 -38
Permanent jobs citing Banking 744 1,189 1,389
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.30% 9.16% 4.39%
As % of the General category 7.55% 12.76% 7.12%
Number of salaries quoted 350 932 1,110
10th Percentile £48,000 £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 £105,000
90th Percentile £150,000 £140,000 £140,000
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 9,851 9,316 19,503
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.93% 71.74% 61.62%
Number of salaries quoted 6,554 6,427 15,138
10th Percentile £30,125 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,000 £44,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,743 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.22% +6.57% -8.80%
75th Percentile £80,000 £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 10 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 (2.55%) SAS
2 8 (1.08%) Confluence
3 6 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (0.81%) Ethereum
4 4 (0.54%) Apache
4 4 (0.54%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.54%) Tomcat
4 4 (0.54%) WebSphere
4 4 (0.54%) WebSphere Application Server
5 3 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.13%) WebLogic
Applications
1 16 (2.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 20 (2.69%) Oracle Financials
2 8 (1.08%) Oracle ERP
3 7 (0.94%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.54%) Oracle Applications
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
1 205 (27.55%) AWS
2 145 (19.49%) SaaS
3 113 (15.19%) GCP
4 81 (10.89%) Amazon EKS
5 79 (10.62%) Azure
6 31 (4.17%) GitHub
7 17 (2.28%) Snowflake
8 15 (2.02%) GitHub Copilot
9 14 (1.88%) GitHub Actions
10 12 (1.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 11 (1.48%) OCI
12 10 (1.34%) Amazon Kinesis
12 10 (1.34%) Azure AI
12 10 (1.34%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 10 (1.34%) Azure Event Grid
12 10 (1.34%) Azure Machine Learning
12 10 (1.34%) dbt
12 10 (1.34%) Power Platform
13 8 (1.08%) Amazon ECS
13 8 (1.08%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 29 (3.90%) TCP/IP
2 25 (3.36%) CHAP
2 25 (3.36%) Firewall
3 21 (2.82%) HTTP
4 20 (2.69%) Broadband
5 13 (1.75%) LAN
5 13 (1.75%) VLAN
5 13 (1.75%) WAN
6 12 (1.61%) BGP
6 12 (1.61%) Cisco ASA
6 12 (1.61%) Network Security
7 9 (1.21%) VPN
8 8 (1.08%) Cisco Firepower
9 6 (0.81%) Unified Communications
9 6 (0.81%) WebEx
10 4 (0.54%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (0.54%) SSL
11 3 (0.40%) DHCP
11 3 (0.40%) DNS
11 3 (0.40%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (4.30%) SQL Server
2 21 (2.82%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (1.48%) Data Lake
4 10 (1.34%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (1.34%) Flink
4 10 (1.34%) Power BI
4 10 (1.34%) Tableau
5 7 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (0.81%) DB2
7 5 (0.67%) Looker
7 5 (0.67%) Oracle Database
7 5 (0.67%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.54%) Amazon Athena
8 4 (0.54%) Apache Arrow
8 4 (0.54%) Apache Iceberg
8 4 (0.54%) Apache Ignite
8 4 (0.54%) BigQuery
8 4 (0.54%) Dremio
9 3 (0.40%) Metadata
9 3 (0.40%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 57 (7.66%) TeamCity
2 11 (1.48%) JIRA
3 8 (1.08%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.40%) Git
5 1 (0.13%) ER Studio
5 1 (0.13%) ERwin
5 1 (0.13%) JUnit
5 1 (0.13%) PowerDesigner
5 1 (0.13%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 579 (77.82%) Finance
2 255 (34.27%) Social Skills
3 204 (27.42%) Retail
4 188 (25.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 176 (23.66%) Law
6 161 (21.64%) Financial Institution
7 133 (17.88%) Back Office
8 59 (7.93%) Investment Banking
9 50 (6.72%) Analytical Skills
10 47 (6.32%) Marketing
11 40 (5.38%) Front Office
12 22 (2.96%) Legal
12 22 (2.96%) Public Sector
13 20 (2.69%) Presentation Skills
14 19 (2.55%) Games
15 18 (2.42%) Telecoms
16 17 (2.28%) Polish Language
17 16 (2.15%) Influencing Skills
18 14 (1.88%) Organisational Skills
19 13 (1.75%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 119 (15.99%) Senior
2 97 (13.04%) Software Engineer
3 78 (10.48%) Analyst
4 69 (9.27%) Lead
5 47 (6.32%) Senior Software Engineer
6 39 (5.24%) Developer
7 38 (5.11%) Product Owner
8 37 (4.97%) Auditor
9 31 (4.17%) Architect
10 30 (4.03%) AWS Engineer
11 29 (3.90%) Java Engineer
12 26 (3.49%) Java Software Engineer
12 26 (3.49%) Product Manager
13 25 (3.36%) Business Analyst
14 24 (3.23%) Consultant
14 24 (3.23%) Internal Auditor
14 24 (3.23%) Security Auditor
15 23 (3.09%) Development Engineer
15 23 (3.09%) Software Development Engineer
16 21 (2.82%) C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (4.70%) REST
2 24 (3.23%) Kafka
3 20 (2.69%) .NET
4 18 (2.42%) React
5 13 (1.75%) RESTful
6 9 (1.21%) Middleware
7 7 (0.94%) OpenAPI
7 7 (0.94%) Sass
7 7 (0.94%) Spring
7 7 (0.94%) Swagger
8 6 (0.81%) Smart Contracts
8 6 (0.81%) web3js
8 6 (0.81%) XMPP
9 5 (0.67%) CSS
9 5 (0.67%) HTML
9 5 (0.67%) Next.js
10 4 (0.54%) gRPC
10 4 (0.54%) LAPP Stack
10 4 (0.54%) Pandas
10 4 (0.54%) Protocol Buffers
Miscellaneous
1 121 (16.26%) Cloud Native
2 117 (15.73%) Product Ownership
3 53 (7.12%) Management Information System
4 44 (5.91%) Blog
5 39 (5.24%) Public Cloud
6 32 (4.30%) Distributed Systems
7 31 (4.17%) Data Centre
8 24 (3.23%) Credit Risk
8 24 (3.23%) Onboarding
8 24 (3.23%) Security Posture
9 21 (2.82%) Hybrid Cloud
10 20 (2.69%) FPGA
10 20 (2.69%) Hedge funds
11 19 (2.55%) Blockchain
12 16 (2.15%) Derivative
13 15 (2.02%) Fixed Income
14 14 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
15 13 (1.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 11 (1.48%) Market Risk
17 8 (1.08%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 47 (6.32%) Linux
2 27 (3.63%) Windows
3 13 (1.75%) Android
3 13 (1.75%) Apple iOS
3 13 (1.75%) Unix
4 10 (1.34%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.54%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.13%) AIX
6 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (21.91%) Roadmaps
2 153 (20.56%) Agile
3 140 (18.82%) Software Engineering
4 111 (14.92%) Fintech
5 109 (14.65%) Problem-Solving
6 108 (14.52%) Risk Management
7 105 (14.11%) CI/CD
8 101 (13.58%) Test Automation
9 99 (13.31%) Information Security
10 98 (13.17%) Stakeholder Management
11 86 (11.56%) Risk Assessment
12 74 (9.95%) DevOps
13 71 (9.54%) Microservices
13 71 (9.54%) Product Roadmap
14 65 (8.74%) Mentoring
14 65 (8.74%) Process Improvement
15 64 (8.60%) Continuous Improvement
16 62 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
17 57 (7.66%) Clean Code
18 56 (7.53%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 166 (22.31%) Java
2 95 (12.77%) Python
3 57 (7.66%) SQL
4 48 (6.45%) Go
5 28 (3.76%) TypeScript
6 25 (3.36%) C++
7 24 (3.23%) C
8 17 (2.28%) JavaScript
9 12 (1.61%) C#
10 9 (1.21%) Rust
11 8 (1.08%) Bash
12 6 (0.81%) PowerShell
13 4 (0.54%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.40%) Objective-C
14 3 (0.40%) Perl
14 3 (0.40%) R
14 3 (0.40%) Ruby
15 1 (0.13%) Cypher
15 1 (0.13%) RPG
15 1 (0.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 79 (10.62%) CISA
1 79 (10.62%) CISSP
1 79 (10.62%) Degree
2 53 (7.12%) CRISC
3 27 (3.63%) CISM
4 26 (3.49%) ACCA
4 26 (3.49%) FFIEC
5 25 (3.36%) CGEIT
5 25 (3.36%) SANS
6 20 (2.69%) OSCP
7 19 (2.55%) CIMA
8 18 (2.42%) CREST Certified
9 11 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (1.34%) AWS Certification
10 10 (1.34%) Azure Certification
10 10 (1.34%) Security Cleared
11 7 (0.94%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (0.94%) OSCE
11 7 (0.94%) PMI Certification
12 6 (0.81%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (10.89%) NIST
2 75 (10.08%) PCI DSS
3 35 (4.70%) GDPR
4 33 (4.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 31 (4.17%) SOC 2
6 26 (3.49%) COBIT
7 22 (2.96%) GRC
8 14 (1.88%) IFRS
9 13 (1.75%) COREP
9 13 (1.75%) EMIR
10 12 (1.61%) Data Quality
10 12 (1.61%) MiFID
11 10 (1.34%) FINREP
11 10 (1.34%) QA
11 10 (1.34%) SLA
12 7 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
12 7 (0.94%) GAAP
13 6 (0.81%) Basel II
14 5 (0.67%) PMO
14 5 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 18 (2.42%) Virtual Machines
2 14 (1.88%) Docker
3 11 (1.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.81%) vSphere
5 5 (0.67%) Active Directory
5 5 (0.67%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 5 (0.67%) Virtual Servers
5 5 (0.67%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.13%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 111 (14.92%) Terraform
2 95 (12.77%) Kubernetes
3 61 (8.20%) Grafana
4 16 (2.15%) Ansible
5 10 (1.34%) Argo
6 8 (1.08%) Istio
7 6 (0.81%) Cisco CUCM
8 4 (0.54%) Cilium
9 3 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.27%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.13%) Control-M
11 1 (0.13%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 42 (5.65%) Microsoft
2 38 (5.11%) Oracle
3 22 (2.96%) Databricks
4 20 (2.69%) BT
5 18 (2.42%) Cisco
6 17 (2.28%) ServiceNow
7 11 (1.48%) VMware
8 10 (1.34%) Google
8 10 (1.34%) Palo Alto
9 9 (1.21%) Fortinet
10 8 (1.08%) BMC
10 8 (1.08%) CheckPoint
10 8 (1.08%) Confluent
10 8 (1.08%) SAP
10 8 (1.08%) Splunk
11 7 (0.94%) IBM
11 7 (0.94%) Informatica
11 7 (0.94%) Remedy
12 5 (0.67%) NetApp
12 5 (0.67%) Red Hat