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

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 22 62
Rank change year-on-year -43 +40 -37
Permanent jobs citing Banking 789 1,456 1,312
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.74% 8.97% 3.98%
As % of the General category 6.32% 12.31% 6.52%
Number of salaries quoted 331 839 1,087
10th Percentile £31,500 £25,000 £52,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £25,313 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £75,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -25.00% +41.77%
75th Percentile £123,750 £112,500 £142,500
90th Percentile £130,000 £135,000 £150,000
UK median annual salary £82,500 £80,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% -11.11% +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 12,493 11,824 20,113
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.25% 72.83% 61.08%
Number of salaries quoted 8,186 6,618 14,621
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.42% +8.64% -12.00%
75th Percentile £78,989 £80,000 £75,772
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 July 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 8 (1.01%) SAS
2 7 (0.89%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.51%) Ethereum
4 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 29 (3.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 34 (4.31%) Oracle Financials
2 20 (2.53%) Oracle ERP
3 12 (1.52%) Remedy ITSM
4 9 (1.14%) Oracle Applications
5 5 (0.63%) Oracle General Ledger
6 4 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.51%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.13%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.13%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 220 (27.88%) AWS
2 135 (17.11%) SaaS
3 115 (14.58%) GCP
4 77 (9.76%) Azure
5 71 (9.00%) Amazon EKS
6 19 (2.41%) OCI
7 13 (1.65%) Microsoft 365
7 13 (1.65%) Power Platform
7 13 (1.65%) Snowflake
8 11 (1.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 10 (1.27%) Azure AI
9 10 (1.27%) Azure Machine Learning
9 10 (1.27%) dbt
10 9 (1.14%) GitHub
11 8 (1.01%) Amazon MSK
11 8 (1.01%) Figma
11 8 (1.01%) GitHub Copilot
11 8 (1.01%) OpenShift
12 7 (0.89%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 6 (0.76%) Azure Event Grid
Communications & Networking
1 28 (3.55%) HTTP
1 28 (3.55%) TCP/IP
2 25 (3.17%) Broadband
3 23 (2.92%) Firewall
4 17 (2.15%) LAN
4 17 (2.15%) WAN
5 15 (1.90%) CHAP
6 13 (1.65%) VLAN
7 12 (1.52%) Cisco ASA
8 11 (1.39%) Cisco Firepower
9 10 (1.27%) Network Security
10 9 (1.14%) BGP
10 9 (1.14%) Unified Communications
10 9 (1.14%) WebEx
11 7 (0.89%) VPN
12 5 (0.63%) SD-WAN
12 5 (0.63%) Software-Defined Networking
13 4 (0.51%) DHCP
13 4 (0.51%) DNS
14 3 (0.38%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (3.42%) SQL Server
2 20 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (1.65%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (1.27%) Data Lake
4 10 (1.27%) Power BI
5 9 (1.14%) Looker
6 7 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (0.89%) Tableau
7 5 (0.63%) Oracle Database
7 5 (0.63%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.51%) BigQuery
8 4 (0.51%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (0.51%) SAS EBI
9 3 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.38%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.25%) Db2
10 2 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.25%) Metadata
11 1 (0.13%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.13%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 57 (7.22%) TeamCity
2 4 (0.51%) Git
2 4 (0.51%) JIRA
2 4 (0.51%) JUnit
3 3 (0.38%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.13%) GitLab
4 1 (0.13%) IntelliJ
4 1 (0.13%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.13%) Karma Test Runner
4 1 (0.13%) Maven
4 1 (0.13%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.13%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 655 (83.02%) Finance
2 311 (39.42%) Social Skills
3 194 (24.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 192 (24.33%) Retail
5 168 (21.29%) Law
6 140 (17.74%) Financial Institution
7 124 (15.72%) Back Office
8 67 (8.49%) Investment Banking
9 61 (7.73%) Analytical Skills
10 59 (7.48%) Legal
11 53 (6.72%) Presentation Skills
12 43 (5.45%) Marketing
13 28 (3.55%) Front Office
14 23 (2.92%) Public Sector
15 20 (2.53%) Polish Language
15 20 (2.53%) Telecoms
16 19 (2.41%) Games
17 14 (1.77%) Italian Language
18 12 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
19 10 (1.27%) German Language
Job Titles
1 126 (15.97%) Senior
2 112 (14.20%) Software Engineer
3 91 (11.53%) Lead
4 64 (8.11%) Analyst
5 55 (6.97%) Developer
6 48 (6.08%) Product Manager
7 44 (5.58%) Senior Manager
8 38 (4.82%) Engineering Manager
8 38 (4.82%) Lead Software Engineer
9 37 (4.69%) Software Manager
10 36 (4.56%) Software Engineering Manager
11 35 (4.44%) Product Owner
12 34 (4.31%) Senior Software Engineer
13 31 (3.93%) Development Engineer
13 31 (3.93%) Software Development Engineer
14 26 (3.30%) Architect
15 25 (3.17%) Java Engineer
16 24 (3.04%) Consultant
17 21 (2.66%) Data Scientist
18 20 (2.53%) Digital Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (6.72%) REST
2 24 (3.04%) React
2 24 (3.04%) Spring
3 14 (1.77%) Kafka
4 13 (1.65%) .NET
5 12 (1.52%) AngularJS
6 11 (1.39%) LangChain
6 11 (1.39%) LangGraph
7 10 (1.27%) RESTful
8 9 (1.14%) PyTorch
8 9 (1.14%) Spring Boot
8 9 (1.14%) TensorFlow
8 9 (1.14%) XMPP
9 8 (1.01%) AWS CDK
10 7 (0.89%) FIX Protocol
10 7 (0.89%) Node.js
10 7 (0.89%) OpenAPI
10 7 (0.89%) scikit-learn
10 7 (0.89%) Swagger
11 6 (0.76%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 160 (20.28%) Product Ownership
2 133 (16.86%) Cloud Native
3 48 (6.08%) Public Cloud
4 43 (5.45%) Management Information System
5 41 (5.20%) Blog
6 39 (4.94%) Web Conferencing
7 32 (4.06%) Podcast
8 23 (2.92%) Onboarding
9 21 (2.66%) Distributed Systems
9 21 (2.66%) Self-Motivation
10 20 (2.53%) Security Posture
11 17 (2.15%) Data Centre
11 17 (2.15%) Fixed Income
11 17 (2.15%) FPGA
12 16 (2.03%) Credit Risk
13 14 (1.77%) Derivative
14 13 (1.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 13 (1.65%) Hedge funds
14 13 (1.65%) Hybrid Cloud
15 11 (1.39%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 46 (5.83%) Linux
2 23 (2.92%) Windows
3 12 (1.52%) Android
3 12 (1.52%) Apple iOS
3 12 (1.52%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.14%) Unix
5 2 (0.25%) AIX
6 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.13%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 200 (25.35%) Roadmaps
2 183 (23.19%) Software Engineering
3 139 (17.62%) Problem-Solving
4 136 (17.24%) Agile
5 130 (16.48%) Fintech
6 115 (14.58%) Test Automation
7 104 (13.18%) CI/CD
8 87 (11.03%) Product Roadmap
9 80 (10.14%) Continuous Improvement
10 78 (9.89%) Coaching
11 77 (9.76%) Risk Management
11 77 (9.76%) Technical Leadership
12 74 (9.38%) AI
13 72 (9.13%) Microservices
14 71 (9.00%) DevOps
15 70 (8.87%) Mentoring
16 67 (8.49%) Analytics
17 63 (7.98%) Clean Code
18 62 (7.86%) Deployment Automation
18 62 (7.86%) Disruptive Innovation
Programming Languages
1 174 (22.05%) Java
2 102 (12.93%) Python
3 59 (7.48%) SQL
4 30 (3.80%) Go
5 26 (3.30%) C++
6 23 (2.92%) JavaScript
6 23 (2.92%) TypeScript
7 21 (2.66%) C
8 14 (1.77%) C#
9 9 (1.14%) R
10 8 (1.01%) PowerShell
11 7 (0.89%) Rust
12 4 (0.51%) Bash
12 4 (0.51%) VBA
13 3 (0.38%) Objective-C
13 3 (0.38%) Perl
13 3 (0.38%) Ruby
14 1 (0.13%) Cypher
14 1 (0.13%) Google Apps Script
14 1 (0.13%) RPG
Qualifications
1 62 (7.86%) Degree
2 35 (4.44%) CISSP
3 29 (3.68%) CISA
3 29 (3.68%) CISM
4 28 (3.55%) ACCA
5 24 (3.04%) CIMA
6 16 (2.03%) CREST Certified
6 16 (2.03%) OSCP
7 15 (1.90%) CGEIT
7 15 (1.90%) FFIEC
7 15 (1.90%) SANS
8 13 (1.65%) CRISC
9 11 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (1.27%) Security Cleared
11 8 (1.01%) Azure Certification
11 8 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (0.89%) ISACA
13 6 (0.76%) CompTIA Security+
14 5 (0.63%) AWS Certification
14 5 (0.63%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (5.83%) QA
2 35 (4.44%) NIST
3 29 (3.68%) GDPR
3 29 (3.68%) PCI DSS
4 28 (3.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 26 (3.30%) COBIT
6 24 (3.04%) SOC 2
7 17 (2.15%) Data Quality
8 16 (2.03%) GRC
9 14 (1.77%) COREP
9 14 (1.77%) FINREP
10 12 (1.52%) EMIR
10 12 (1.52%) MiFID
11 8 (1.01%) IFRS
12 7 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
12 7 (0.89%) SOC 1
13 6 (0.76%) Accessibility
13 6 (0.76%) PMO
14 4 (0.51%) GAAP
14 4 (0.51%) PSD2
System Software
1 18 (2.28%) Virtual Machines
2 13 (1.65%) Docker
3 10 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.01%) Active Directory
5 6 (0.76%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 6 (0.76%) Virtual Servers
5 6 (0.76%) vSphere
6 5 (0.63%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 97 (12.29%) Terraform
2 86 (10.90%) Kubernetes
3 69 (8.75%) Grafana
4 15 (1.90%) Ansible
5 9 (1.14%) Cisco CUCM
6 8 (1.01%) Istio
7 4 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.38%) Norton AntiVirus
9 2 (0.25%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.13%) Argo
10 1 (0.13%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 60 (7.60%) Oracle
2 50 (6.34%) Microsoft
3 25 (3.17%) BT
3 25 (3.17%) ServiceNow
4 20 (2.53%) Cisco
5 16 (2.03%) Palo Alto
6 15 (1.90%) BMC
7 14 (1.77%) Databricks
7 14 (1.77%) Fortinet
7 14 (1.77%) VMware
8 13 (1.65%) Splunk
9 12 (1.52%) Remedy
10 8 (1.01%) CheckPoint
10 8 (1.01%) Confluent
11 6 (0.76%) FIS
11 6 (0.76%) NetApp
11 6 (0.76%) SAP
11 6 (0.76%) Workday
12 5 (0.63%) Google
12 5 (0.63%) SunGard