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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 23 56
Rank change year-on-year -49 +33 -34
Permanent jobs citing Banking 783 1,383 1,187
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.57% 8.40% 4.39%
As % of the General category 6.01% 11.58% 7.18%
Number of salaries quoted 334 776 973
10th Percentile £31,500 £25,000 £56,050
25th Percentile £56,313 £25,313 £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £88,750 £78,810 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.61% -28.35% +55.86%
75th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £142,500
90th Percentile £136,250 £135,000 £165,000
UK median annual salary £82,500 £85,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -2.94% -5.56% +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 13,028 11,942 16,543
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.45% 72.56% 61.13%
Number of salaries quoted 8,379 6,682 11,496
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,273
% change year-on-year - +1.34% -9.55%

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 28 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 9 (1.15%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.64%) SAS
3 4 (0.51%) Ethereum
4 3 (0.38%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 30 (3.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 33 (4.21%) Oracle Financials
2 19 (2.43%) Oracle ERP
3 18 (2.30%) Remedy ITSM
4 9 (1.15%) Oracle Applications
5 5 (0.64%) 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%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.13%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 226 (28.86%) AWS
2 119 (15.20%) SaaS
3 109 (13.92%) GCP
4 80 (10.22%) Azure
5 59 (7.54%) Amazon EKS
6 22 (2.81%) Snowflake
7 18 (2.30%) OCI
8 15 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
8 15 (1.92%) Power Platform
9 12 (1.53%) Amazon Bedrock
9 12 (1.53%) Anthropic Claude
10 11 (1.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 11 (1.40%) GitHub
11 10 (1.28%) Azure AI
11 10 (1.28%) Azure Machine Learning
11 10 (1.28%) GitHub Copilot
12 8 (1.02%) Amazon MSK
12 8 (1.02%) OpenShift
13 7 (0.89%) dbt
14 6 (0.77%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 30 (3.83%) HTTP
2 25 (3.19%) Broadband
2 25 (3.19%) TCP/IP
3 22 (2.81%) Firewall
4 17 (2.17%) LAN
4 17 (2.17%) WAN
5 11 (1.40%) CHAP
5 11 (1.40%) Cisco Firepower
6 10 (1.28%) Cisco ASA
6 10 (1.28%) Network Security
6 10 (1.28%) VLAN
7 9 (1.15%) Unified Communications
7 9 (1.15%) WebEx
8 6 (0.77%) SD-WAN
8 6 (0.77%) Software-Defined Networking
8 6 (0.77%) VPN
9 5 (0.64%) BGP
10 4 (0.51%) DHCP
10 4 (0.51%) DNS
11 3 (0.38%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (3.07%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.79%) Azure SQL Database
3 12 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (1.53%) Power BI
4 11 (1.40%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (1.15%) Data Lake
5 9 (1.15%) Looker
6 6 (0.77%) Tableau
7 5 (0.64%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.38%) Delta Lake
8 3 (0.38%) Metadata
8 3 (0.38%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.38%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.38%) SAS EBI
9 2 (0.26%) Db2
9 2 (0.26%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.26%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.26%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 48 (6.13%) TeamCity
2 12 (1.53%) Claude Code
3 8 (1.02%) Git
4 5 (0.64%) JIRA
4 5 (0.64%) JUnit
5 2 (0.26%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.13%) GitLab
6 1 (0.13%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.13%) Karma Test Runner
6 1 (0.13%) Maven
6 1 (0.13%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.13%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 651 (83.14%) Finance
2 308 (39.34%) Social Skills
3 172 (21.97%) Retail
4 168 (21.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 144 (18.39%) Law
6 114 (14.56%) Financial Institution
7 108 (13.79%) Back Office
8 67 (8.56%) Investment Banking
9 65 (8.30%) Analytical Skills
10 59 (7.54%) Legal
11 53 (6.77%) Presentation Skills
12 42 (5.36%) Marketing
13 31 (3.96%) Front Office
14 19 (2.43%) Games
14 19 (2.43%) Public Sector
15 18 (2.30%) Telecoms
16 16 (2.04%) Polish Language
17 14 (1.79%) Italian Language
18 12 (1.53%) German Language
19 10 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 122 (15.58%) Senior
2 111 (14.18%) Software Engineer
3 96 (12.26%) Lead
4 65 (8.30%) Analyst
5 50 (6.39%) Developer
6 49 (6.26%) Senior Manager
7 45 (5.75%) Product Manager
8 42 (5.36%) Engineering Manager
9 40 (5.11%) Software Engineering Manager
9 40 (5.11%) Software Manager
10 37 (4.73%) Architect
10 37 (4.73%) Lead Software Engineer
11 33 (4.21%) Development Engineer
11 33 (4.21%) Software Development Engineer
12 29 (3.70%) Product Owner
12 29 (3.70%) Senior Software Engineer
13 24 (3.07%) Consultant
13 24 (3.07%) Data Scientist
14 21 (2.68%) Java Engineer
15 20 (2.55%) Senior Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (6.77%) REST
2 26 (3.32%) Spring
3 23 (2.94%) React
4 22 (2.81%) LangChain
4 22 (2.81%) LangGraph
5 12 (1.53%) AngularJS
5 12 (1.53%) Kafka
5 12 (1.53%) scikit-learn
6 11 (1.40%) PyTorch
6 11 (1.40%) RESTful
6 11 (1.40%) TensorFlow
7 10 (1.28%) FIX Protocol
8 9 (1.15%) OpenAPI
8 9 (1.15%) Spring Boot
8 9 (1.15%) Swagger
8 9 (1.15%) XMPP
9 8 (1.02%) .NET
9 8 (1.02%) AWS CDK
9 8 (1.02%) Node.js
10 6 (0.77%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 158 (20.18%) Product Ownership
2 121 (15.45%) Cloud Native
3 53 (6.77%) Public Cloud
4 39 (4.98%) Web Conferencing
5 36 (4.60%) Management Information System
6 32 (4.09%) Podcast
7 26 (3.32%) Blog
8 22 (2.81%) Fixed Income
9 19 (2.43%) Hedge funds
9 19 (2.43%) Onboarding
9 19 (2.43%) Self-Motivation
10 18 (2.30%) AI Agents
11 16 (2.04%) Credit Risk
11 16 (2.04%) Derivative
12 15 (1.92%) Distributed Systems
12 15 (1.92%) FPGA
12 15 (1.92%) Security Posture
13 14 (1.79%) Distributed Architecture
14 13 (1.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 11 (1.40%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 45 (5.75%) Linux
2 23 (2.94%) Windows
3 13 (1.66%) Android
3 13 (1.66%) Apple iOS
4 12 (1.53%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.15%) Unix
6 2 (0.26%) AIX
7 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.13%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 227 (28.99%) Roadmaps
2 187 (23.88%) Software Engineering
3 140 (17.88%) Problem-Solving
4 127 (16.22%) Agile
5 115 (14.69%) Fintech
6 104 (13.28%) Test Automation
7 99 (12.64%) CI/CD
8 97 (12.39%) AI
9 91 (11.62%) Product Roadmap
10 84 (10.73%) Technical Leadership
11 78 (9.96%) Continuous Improvement
12 76 (9.71%) Coaching
13 69 (8.81%) DevOps
13 69 (8.81%) Mentoring
13 69 (8.81%) Risk Management
14 65 (8.30%) Analytics
15 63 (8.05%) Machine Learning
15 63 (8.05%) Microservices
16 58 (7.41%) Deployment Automation
16 58 (7.41%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 161 (20.56%) Java
2 102 (13.03%) Python
3 59 (7.54%) SQL
4 28 (3.58%) C++
4 28 (3.58%) Go
5 23 (2.94%) JavaScript
6 21 (2.68%) TypeScript
7 19 (2.43%) C
8 11 (1.40%) PowerShell
9 10 (1.28%) C#
9 10 (1.28%) R
10 8 (1.02%) Rust
11 5 (0.64%) VBA
12 4 (0.51%) Bash
13 3 (0.38%) Objective-C
13 3 (0.38%) Perl
13 3 (0.38%) Ruby
14 1 (0.13%) Google Apps Script
14 1 (0.13%) RPG
14 1 (0.13%) Scala
Qualifications
1 53 (6.77%) Degree
2 29 (3.70%) CISSP
3 27 (3.45%) ACCA
4 25 (3.19%) CIMA
4 25 (3.19%) CISM
5 23 (2.94%) CISA
6 12 (1.53%) CREST Certified
6 12 (1.53%) OSCP
7 11 (1.40%) CGEIT
7 11 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (1.40%) CRISC
7 11 (1.40%) FFIEC
7 11 (1.40%) SANS
8 9 (1.15%) Azure Certification
8 9 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (0.89%) ISACA
9 7 (0.89%) Security Cleared
10 6 (0.77%) CCNP
11 5 (0.64%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.51%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (5.87%) QA
2 32 (4.09%) NIST
3 27 (3.45%) GDPR
4 23 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 22 (2.81%) COBIT
5 22 (2.81%) Data Quality
5 22 (2.81%) PCI DSS
6 16 (2.04%) SOC 2
7 15 (1.92%) FINREP
8 14 (1.79%) COREP
9 13 (1.66%) Accessibility
10 12 (1.53%) GRC
11 11 (1.40%) EMIR
11 11 (1.40%) MiFID
12 7 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
12 7 (0.89%) SOC 1
13 6 (0.77%) IFRS
14 5 (0.64%) EU AI Act
14 5 (0.64%) PMO
15 4 (0.51%) GAAP
System Software
1 19 (2.43%) Virtual Machines
2 13 (1.66%) Docker
3 8 (1.02%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.77%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (0.77%) Virtual Servers
4 6 (0.77%) vSphere
5 4 (0.51%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 84 (10.73%) Terraform
2 74 (9.45%) Kubernetes
3 63 (8.05%) Grafana
4 19 (2.43%) Ansible
5 9 (1.15%) Cisco CUCM
6 8 (1.02%) Istio
7 4 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.38%) Norton AntiVirus
9 2 (0.26%) 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
10 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 56 (7.15%) Oracle
2 51 (6.51%) Microsoft
3 31 (3.96%) ServiceNow
4 25 (3.19%) BT
5 24 (3.07%) Databricks
6 21 (2.68%) BMC
7 18 (2.30%) Cisco
7 18 (2.30%) Remedy
8 17 (2.17%) Palo Alto
9 15 (1.92%) Fortinet
10 13 (1.66%) Splunk
10 13 (1.66%) VMware
11 10 (1.28%) FIS
12 9 (1.15%) SunGard
13 8 (1.02%) Confluent
14 7 (0.89%) CheckPoint
15 6 (0.77%) Google
15 6 (0.77%) NetApp
15 6 (0.77%) SAP
15 6 (0.77%) Workday