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

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 39 48
Rank change year-on-year -22 +9 -23
Permanent jobs citing Banking 626 984 1,504
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.82% 6.42% 5.41%
As % of the General category 6.47% 9.13% 8.74%
Number of salaries quoted 322 762 1,244
10th Percentile £25,087 £25,313 £46,306
25th Percentile £70,000 £50,000 £57,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £80,000 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +13.35% +1.41%
75th Percentile £130,000 £102,500 £96,539
90th Percentile £149,250 £138,750 £124,681
UK median annual salary £90,000 £85,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% +13.33% -

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 9,673 10,774 17,218
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.05% 70.27% 61.98%
Number of salaries quoted 6,123 6,226 13,756
10th Percentile £29,750 £33,799 £32,343
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,056
UK median annual salary £52,501 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -9.84%

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 22 February 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 18 (2.88%) SAS
2 11 (1.76%) Tomcat
2 11 (1.76%) WebSphere
2 11 (1.76%) WebSphere Application Server
3 10 (1.60%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (1.28%) Apache
4 8 (1.28%) Confluence
5 7 (1.12%) Ethereum
6 3 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.32%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
Applications
1 10 (1.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 13 (2.08%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.80%) Oracle Financials
3 5 (0.80%) SAP CO
3 5 (0.80%) SAP FI
3 5 (0.80%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.48%) SAP PS
4 3 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.32%) Adaptiv
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.32%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.16%) Actimize
6 1 (0.16%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.16%) ION Anvil
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 174 (27.80%) AWS
2 120 (19.17%) SaaS
3 89 (14.22%) GCP
4 69 (11.02%) Amazon EKS
5 48 (7.67%) Azure
6 30 (4.79%) GitHub
7 16 (2.56%) Snowflake
8 15 (2.40%) GitHub Actions
9 13 (2.08%) Power Platform
10 12 (1.92%) dbt
11 10 (1.60%) Amazon EC2
11 10 (1.60%) Amazon Kinesis
11 10 (1.60%) Amazon S3
11 10 (1.60%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 10 (1.60%) GitHub Copilot
11 10 (1.60%) Route 53
11 10 (1.60%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 9 (1.44%) Azure Event Grid
13 7 (1.12%) Amazon ECS
14 6 (0.96%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 34 (5.43%) Broadband
2 24 (3.83%) TCP/IP
3 19 (3.04%) CHAP
4 16 (2.56%) Firewall
5 11 (1.76%) BGP
5 11 (1.76%) HTTP
5 11 (1.76%) SSL
5 11 (1.76%) VPN
6 9 (1.44%) Cisco ASA
7 8 (1.28%) LAN
7 8 (1.28%) VLAN
7 8 (1.28%) WAN
8 6 (0.96%) Network Security
9 4 (0.64%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (0.64%) NX-OS
9 4 (0.64%) WLAN
10 2 (0.32%) Cisco Firepower
11 1 (0.16%) Ethernet VPN
11 1 (0.16%) Structured Cabling
11 1 (0.16%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (4.31%) PostgreSQL
2 24 (3.83%) SQL Server
3 17 (2.72%) Data Lake
4 14 (2.24%) DB2
5 13 (2.08%) Power BI
5 13 (2.08%) Tableau
6 10 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
6 10 (1.60%) Flink
7 8 (1.28%) Amazon Athena
7 8 (1.28%) Apache Arrow
7 8 (1.28%) Apache Iceberg
7 8 (1.28%) Apache Ignite
7 8 (1.28%) Dremio
8 7 (1.12%) BigQuery
9 6 (0.96%) Metadata
10 4 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.64%) DataStage
10 4 (0.64%) QlikView
11 3 (0.48%) Relational Database
12 2 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 52 (8.31%) TeamCity
2 15 (2.40%) Jenkins
3 10 (1.60%) JIRA
4 4 (0.64%) ER Studio
4 4 (0.64%) ERwin
4 4 (0.64%) Git
4 4 (0.64%) PowerDesigner
5 1 (0.16%) JUnit
5 1 (0.16%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 460 (73.48%) Finance
2 193 (30.83%) Social Skills
3 168 (26.84%) Retail
4 145 (23.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 141 (22.52%) Law
6 137 (21.88%) Financial Institution
7 108 (17.25%) Back Office
8 53 (8.47%) Investment Banking
9 36 (5.75%) Front Office
10 27 (4.31%) Games
10 27 (4.31%) Marketing
11 26 (4.15%) Analytical Skills
12 16 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
13 15 (2.40%) Polish Language
14 13 (2.08%) Public Sector
15 11 (1.76%) Influencing Skills
16 10 (1.60%) Legal
17 9 (1.44%) Telecoms
18 8 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
19 7 (1.12%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 97 (15.50%) Senior
2 77 (12.30%) Software Engineer
3 55 (8.79%) Analyst
4 52 (8.31%) Lead
5 39 (6.23%) Senior Software Engineer
6 38 (6.07%) Developer
7 33 (5.27%) Architect
7 33 (5.27%) Auditor
8 28 (4.47%) Customer Service Advisor
8 28 (4.47%) Java Engineer
8 28 (4.47%) Java Software Engineer
9 26 (4.15%) AWS Engineer
10 24 (3.83%) Product Owner
11 20 (3.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 20 (3.19%) Internal Auditor
12 19 (3.04%) C++ Developer
13 18 (2.88%) Linux Developer
13 18 (2.88%) Linux Scripter
13 18 (2.88%) Low Latency C++ Developer
13 18 (2.88%) Security Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.51%) .NET
2 19 (3.04%) REST
3 16 (2.56%) Kafka
4 12 (1.92%) React
4 12 (1.92%) RESTful
5 11 (1.76%) LAPP Stack
5 11 (1.76%) LDAP
5 11 (1.76%) WebSphere MQ
6 8 (1.28%) gRPC
6 8 (1.28%) Middleware
6 8 (1.28%) NumPy
6 8 (1.28%) Pandas
6 8 (1.28%) Protocol Buffers
6 8 (1.28%) SciPy
6 8 (1.28%) WPF
7 7 (1.12%) Sass
7 7 (1.12%) Smart Contracts
7 7 (1.12%) web3js
8 6 (0.96%) CSS
8 6 (0.96%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 91 (14.54%) Cloud Native
2 77 (12.30%) Product Ownership
3 48 (7.67%) Management Information System
4 39 (6.23%) Blog
5 36 (5.75%) Data Centre
6 31 (4.95%) Public Cloud
7 30 (4.79%) Credit Risk
8 29 (4.63%) Distributed Systems
9 24 (3.83%) Hedge funds
10 22 (3.51%) Hybrid Cloud
11 19 (3.04%) Onboarding
12 18 (2.88%) Blockchain
12 18 (2.88%) FPGA
12 18 (2.88%) Security Posture
13 16 (2.56%) Fixed Income
14 15 (2.40%) Derivative
14 15 (2.40%) Market Risk
15 12 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
16 11 (1.76%) Linux Command Line
17 9 (1.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 41 (6.55%) Linux
2 21 (3.35%) Windows
3 14 (2.24%) Unix
4 11 (1.76%) Android
4 11 (1.76%) Apple iOS
4 11 (1.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.64%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.32%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.16%) AIX
7 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (17.41%) Roadmaps
1 109 (17.41%) Software Engineering
2 103 (16.45%) Agile
3 97 (15.50%) Risk Management
4 93 (14.86%) CI/CD
5 92 (14.70%) Fintech
6 88 (14.06%) Stakeholder Management
7 86 (13.74%) Information Security
8 81 (12.94%) Risk Assessment
9 80 (12.78%) Test Automation
10 77 (12.30%) Problem-Solving
11 61 (9.74%) Microservices
12 57 (9.11%) Cybersecurity
13 56 (8.95%) Process Improvement
14 54 (8.63%) Continuous Improvement
14 54 (8.63%) DevOps
15 51 (8.15%) Clean Code
16 49 (7.83%) Analytics
16 49 (7.83%) Business Continuity
16 49 (7.83%) Due Diligence
Programming Languages
1 137 (21.88%) Java
2 87 (13.90%) Python
3 38 (6.07%) SQL
4 35 (5.59%) Go
5 28 (4.47%) TypeScript
6 20 (3.19%) C++
7 19 (3.04%) C
8 15 (2.40%) C#
8 15 (2.40%) JavaScript
9 7 (1.12%) Rust
10 5 (0.80%) Bash
11 4 (0.64%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.48%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.32%) R
14 1 (0.16%) COBOL
14 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.16%) RPG
14 1 (0.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 76 (12.14%) Degree
2 73 (11.66%) CISA
3 71 (11.34%) CISSP
4 52 (8.31%) CRISC
5 20 (3.19%) FFIEC
6 19 (3.04%) CGEIT
6 19 (3.04%) CISM
6 19 (3.04%) SANS
7 16 (2.56%) ACCA
8 15 (2.40%) AWS Certification
8 15 (2.40%) OSCP
9 13 (2.08%) CREST Certified
9 13 (2.08%) ITIL Certification
10 12 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (1.60%) CIMA
11 10 (1.60%) PMI Certification
12 9 (1.44%) Security Cleared
13 8 (1.28%) Azure Certification
14 7 (1.12%) CompTIA Security+
15 6 (0.96%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (11.98%) NIST
2 74 (11.82%) PCI DSS
3 32 (5.11%) GDPR
4 30 (4.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 30 (4.79%) SOC 2
5 19 (3.04%) COBIT
5 19 (3.04%) GRC
6 18 (2.88%) SLA
7 13 (2.08%) IFRS
7 13 (2.08%) QA
8 8 (1.28%) Data Quality
9 7 (1.12%) GAAP
10 6 (0.96%) Basel II
10 6 (0.96%) EMIR
11 5 (0.80%) MiFID
12 4 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.64%) COREP
12 4 (0.64%) EU AI Act
12 4 (0.64%) PMO
13 3 (0.48%) PSD2
System Software
1 7 (1.12%) Docker
2 6 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.64%) Firmware
3 4 (0.64%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.32%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.32%) vSphere
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 91 (14.54%) Terraform
2 78 (12.46%) Kubernetes
3 51 (8.15%) Grafana
4 17 (2.72%) Ansible
5 10 (1.60%) Argo
6 4 (0.64%) Cilium
7 2 (0.32%) Opsgenie
8 1 (0.16%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.16%) Control-M
8 1 (0.16%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 34 (5.43%) BT
2 30 (4.79%) ServiceNow
3 23 (3.67%) Microsoft
4 17 (2.72%) IBM
5 15 (2.40%) Databricks
6 13 (2.08%) BMC
6 13 (2.08%) Remedy
7 12 (1.92%) Cisco
7 12 (1.92%) Oracle
8 11 (1.76%) Google
8 11 (1.76%) Red Hat
9 9 (1.44%) Informatica
9 9 (1.44%) Salesforce
10 8 (1.28%) CheckPoint
11 6 (0.96%) SAP
11 6 (0.96%) VMware
12 5 (0.80%) Fortinet
13 3 (0.48%) Alteryx
13 3 (0.48%) Ariba
13 3 (0.48%) Murex