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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 19 75
Rank change year-on-year -28 +56 -51
Permanent jobs citing Banking 765 1,476 1,269
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.17% 10.45% 3.91%
As % of the General category 7.51% 14.22% 6.31%
Number of salaries quoted 345 934 1,067
10th Percentile £45,000 £25,000 £49,800
25th Percentile £70,000 £43,290 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £74,935 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.45% -6.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £130,000 £103,438 £115,000
90th Percentile £134,000 £138,750 £142,500
UK median annual salary £90,000 £82,750 £83,577
% change year-on-year +8.76% -0.99% +11.44%

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 10,182 10,382 20,111
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 55.56% 73.49% 61.92%
Number of salaries quoted 6,777 6,511 15,101
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,913 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 6 May 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 14 (1.83%) SAS
2 8 (1.05%) Confluence
3 7 (0.92%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.65%) Ethereum
5 2 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 27 (3.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 28 (3.66%) Oracle Financials
2 12 (1.57%) Oracle ERP
3 7 (0.92%) Oracle Applications
4 4 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.26%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.26%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.26%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.13%) Actimize
7 1 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 193 (25.23%) AWS
2 128 (16.73%) SaaS
3 102 (13.33%) GCP
4 77 (10.07%) Azure
5 70 (9.15%) Amazon EKS
6 27 (3.53%) GitHub
7 17 (2.22%) GitHub Copilot
8 16 (2.09%) OCI
9 12 (1.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 11 (1.44%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 11 (1.44%) Snowflake
11 10 (1.31%) Azure AI
11 10 (1.31%) Azure Event Grid
11 10 (1.31%) Azure Machine Learning
12 9 (1.18%) GitHub Actions
12 9 (1.18%) Microsoft 365
12 9 (1.18%) Power Platform
13 8 (1.05%) Amazon Kinesis
13 8 (1.05%) Amazon MSK
13 8 (1.05%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 30 (3.92%) HTTP
2 27 (3.53%) CHAP
2 27 (3.53%) TCP/IP
3 26 (3.40%) Firewall
4 19 (2.48%) Broadband
5 16 (2.09%) LAN
5 16 (2.09%) WAN
6 14 (1.83%) Cisco ASA
7 13 (1.70%) VLAN
8 12 (1.57%) Network Security
9 10 (1.31%) BGP
9 10 (1.31%) Cisco Firepower
10 8 (1.05%) Unified Communications
10 8 (1.05%) WebEx
11 7 (0.92%) VPN
12 4 (0.52%) DHCP
12 4 (0.52%) DNS
12 4 (0.52%) SD-WAN
13 3 (0.39%) Software-Defined Networking
13 3 (0.39%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (3.66%) SQL Server
2 17 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (1.44%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (1.18%) Power BI
5 8 (1.05%) Flink
5 8 (1.05%) Tableau
6 6 (0.78%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.78%) Looker
7 5 (0.65%) Oracle Database
7 5 (0.65%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.39%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.39%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (0.39%) SAS EBI
10 2 (0.26%) DB2
10 2 (0.26%) Metadata
11 1 (0.13%) Amazon Redshift
11 1 (0.13%) Elasticsearch
11 1 (0.13%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 48 (6.27%) TeamCity
2 11 (1.44%) JIRA
3 3 (0.39%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.13%) JUnit
4 1 (0.13%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 600 (78.43%) Finance
2 269 (35.16%) Social Skills
3 181 (23.66%) Retail
4 177 (23.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 163 (21.31%) Law
6 143 (18.69%) Financial Institution
7 118 (15.42%) Back Office
8 55 (7.19%) Investment Banking
9 51 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
10 48 (6.27%) Marketing
11 31 (4.05%) Front Office
12 25 (3.27%) Public Sector
13 21 (2.75%) Legal
13 21 (2.75%) Presentation Skills
13 21 (2.75%) Telecoms
14 18 (2.35%) Games
14 18 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
14 18 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
15 16 (2.09%) Polish Language
16 14 (1.83%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 122 (15.95%) Senior
2 102 (13.33%) Software Engineer
3 82 (10.72%) Lead
4 78 (10.20%) Analyst
5 43 (5.62%) Developer
5 43 (5.62%) Senior Software Engineer
6 39 (5.10%) Product Owner
7 36 (4.71%) Product Manager
8 35 (4.58%) Auditor
9 32 (4.18%) Development Engineer
9 32 (4.18%) Software Development Engineer
10 30 (3.92%) Architect
11 26 (3.40%) Internal Auditor
11 26 (3.40%) Lead Software Engineer
11 26 (3.40%) Security Auditor
12 25 (3.27%) Consultant
13 24 (3.14%) Java Engineer
14 23 (3.01%) Business Analyst
15 22 (2.88%) AWS Engineer
16 20 (2.61%) Senior Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (5.88%) REST
2 22 (2.88%) Kafka
2 22 (2.88%) React
3 18 (2.35%) .NET
4 12 (1.57%) Spring
5 10 (1.31%) RESTful
6 8 (1.05%) Middleware
6 8 (1.05%) XMPP
7 7 (0.92%) Sass
8 6 (0.78%) AngularJS
8 6 (0.78%) AWS CDK
8 6 (0.78%) OpenAPI
8 6 (0.78%) Spring Boot
8 6 (0.78%) Swagger
9 5 (0.65%) Next.js
9 5 (0.65%) Node.js
9 5 (0.65%) Smart Contracts
9 5 (0.65%) web3js
10 4 (0.52%) .NET Core
10 4 (0.52%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 133 (17.39%) Product Ownership
2 114 (14.90%) Cloud Native
3 50 (6.54%) Management Information System
4 46 (6.01%) Public Cloud
5 40 (5.23%) Blog
6 27 (3.53%) Onboarding
7 26 (3.40%) Distributed Systems
8 25 (3.27%) Data Centre
9 24 (3.14%) Credit Risk
10 22 (2.88%) Security Posture
11 19 (2.48%) FPGA
11 19 (2.48%) Hybrid Cloud
12 18 (2.35%) Blockchain
13 17 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
14 14 (1.83%) Hedge funds
15 12 (1.57%) Derivative
16 11 (1.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 11 (1.44%) Market Risk
17 10 (1.31%) Fixed Income
18 9 (1.18%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 40 (5.23%) Linux
2 21 (2.75%) Windows
3 14 (1.83%) Android
3 14 (1.83%) Apple iOS
4 11 (1.44%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.05%) Unix
6 2 (0.26%) AIX
7 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.13%) Solaris
7 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (25.23%) Roadmaps
2 157 (20.52%) Agile
3 149 (19.48%) Software Engineering
4 122 (15.95%) Problem-Solving
5 118 (15.42%) Fintech
6 113 (14.77%) Risk Management
7 101 (13.20%) Information Security
7 101 (13.20%) Test Automation
8 91 (11.90%) Stakeholder Management
9 88 (11.50%) CI/CD
10 84 (10.98%) Risk Assessment
11 80 (10.46%) Product Roadmap
12 74 (9.67%) Mentoring
13 73 (9.54%) DevOps
14 69 (9.02%) Process Improvement
15 68 (8.89%) Cybersecurity
16 66 (8.63%) Microservices
17 63 (8.24%) Technical Leadership
18 61 (7.97%) Product Management
19 60 (7.84%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 164 (21.44%) Java
2 94 (12.29%) Python
3 54 (7.06%) SQL
4 43 (5.62%) Go
5 27 (3.53%) TypeScript
6 24 (3.14%) C
6 24 (3.14%) C++
7 18 (2.35%) JavaScript
8 13 (1.70%) C#
9 8 (1.05%) Rust
10 7 (0.92%) PowerShell
11 6 (0.78%) Bash
12 4 (0.52%) R
13 3 (0.39%) Objective-C
13 3 (0.39%) Perl
13 3 (0.39%) Ruby
14 1 (0.13%) Cypher
14 1 (0.13%) RPG
14 1 (0.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 85 (11.11%) CISSP
2 82 (10.72%) CISA
3 68 (8.89%) Degree
4 54 (7.06%) CRISC
5 33 (4.31%) CISM
6 31 (4.05%) ACCA
7 28 (3.66%) FFIEC
8 27 (3.53%) CGEIT
8 27 (3.53%) SANS
9 23 (3.01%) CIMA
10 18 (2.35%) OSCP
11 16 (2.09%) CREST Certified
12 11 (1.44%) Security Cleared
13 10 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
14 7 (0.92%) Azure Certification
14 7 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
14 7 (0.92%) CompTIA Security+
14 7 (0.92%) PMI Certification
15 6 (0.78%) AWS Certification
15 6 (0.78%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (10.98%) NIST
2 70 (9.15%) PCI DSS
3 34 (4.44%) GDPR
4 30 (3.92%) COBIT
5 25 (3.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 24 (3.14%) SOC 2
7 20 (2.61%) GRC
8 16 (2.09%) COREP
9 14 (1.83%) IFRS
9 14 (1.83%) QA
10 13 (1.70%) FINREP
11 12 (1.57%) Data Quality
11 12 (1.57%) EMIR
11 12 (1.57%) MiFID
12 6 (0.78%) Basel II
12 6 (0.78%) GAAP
12 6 (0.78%) PMO
13 5 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 3 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
14 3 (0.39%) PSD2
System Software
1 18 (2.35%) Virtual Machines
2 15 (1.96%) Docker
3 11 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.78%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.78%) vSphere
5 5 (0.65%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 5 (0.65%) Virtual Servers
5 5 (0.65%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.13%) Firmware
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 95 (12.42%) Terraform
2 84 (10.98%) Kubernetes
3 57 (7.45%) Grafana
4 14 (1.83%) Ansible
5 8 (1.05%) Argo
5 8 (1.05%) Cisco CUCM
5 8 (1.05%) Istio
6 4 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.26%) Opsgenie
8 1 (0.13%) Cilium
8 1 (0.13%) Control-M
8 1 (0.13%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Flashback
8 1 (0.13%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 49 (6.41%) Oracle
2 42 (5.49%) Microsoft
3 21 (2.75%) Cisco
4 19 (2.48%) BT
5 15 (1.96%) Databricks
6 13 (1.70%) Palo Alto
7 12 (1.57%) Fortinet
7 12 (1.57%) ServiceNow
8 11 (1.44%) VMware
9 10 (1.31%) Splunk
10 9 (1.18%) CheckPoint
10 9 (1.18%) Google
11 8 (1.05%) Confluent
12 7 (0.92%) BMC
12 7 (0.92%) SAP
13 6 (0.78%) Informatica
13 6 (0.78%) Workday
14 5 (0.65%) NetApp
15 4 (0.52%) OneLogin
15 4 (0.52%) Remedy