Banking Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 78 24
Rank change year-on-year +65 -54 +40
Permanent jobs citing Banking 2,500 1,260 3,797
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.95% 3.74% 9.18%
As % of the General category 17.82% 6.07% 13.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,368 1,068 2,736
10th Percentile - £50,000 £46,875
25th Percentile £23,504 £62,500 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,625 £83,577 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -69.34% +19.40% -6.67%
75th Percentile £93,778 £122,500 £97,290
90th Percentile £125,000 £148,750 £120,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £83,577 £75,000
% change year-on-year -25.22% +11.44% +2.95%

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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 14,029 20,750 27,292
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 78.27% 61.55% 66.01%
Number of salaries quoted 7,518 15,057 18,200
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,620 £41,750 £46,570
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,745 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.17% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,751
90th Percentile £105,000 £95,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Banking
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Banking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Banking trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Banking
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Banking.

Banking salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Banking
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Banking over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Banking salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Banking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 195 (7.80%) Confluence
2 88 (3.52%) Apache Airflow
3 86 (3.44%) Apache
4 16 (0.64%) SAS
5 11 (0.44%) Umbraco
6 9 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 5 (0.20%) NetWeaver
7 5 (0.20%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.12%) WordPress
9 2 (0.080%) CMS
9 2 (0.080%) nginx
9 2 (0.080%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.080%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.040%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.040%) CICS
10 1 (0.040%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.040%) SharePoint
Applications
1 39 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.080%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.040%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (0.20%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 4 (0.16%) Orchestrade
3 2 (0.080%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.040%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.040%) Endur
4 1 (0.040%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.040%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 1 (0.040%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 453 (18.12%) AWS
2 407 (16.28%) Azure
3 402 (16.08%) GCP
4 90 (3.60%) dbt
5 87 (3.48%) Snowflake
6 49 (1.96%) Amazon ECS
7 46 (1.84%) Amazon EC2
8 44 (1.76%) Power Platform
9 34 (1.36%) Amazon EKS
10 31 (1.24%) GitHub
11 29 (1.16%) Dagster
12 24 (0.96%) Serverless
13 22 (0.88%) AWS Lambda
13 22 (0.88%) SaaS
14 21 (0.84%) Apigee
15 20 (0.80%) AWS CloudFormation
16 19 (0.76%) Amazon S3
16 19 (0.76%) OpenShift
17 18 (0.72%) Amazon SQS
18 17 (0.68%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 1,201 (48.04%) Broadband
2 22 (0.88%) TCP/IP
3 20 (0.80%) Internet
4 14 (0.56%) Network Security
5 11 (0.44%) Firewall
6 8 (0.32%) DNS
7 7 (0.28%) VPN
8 6 (0.24%) DKIM
8 6 (0.24%) DMARC
8 6 (0.24%) DNSSEC
8 6 (0.24%) Multicast
8 6 (0.24%) SMTP
9 5 (0.20%) DHCP
9 5 (0.20%) NAS
9 5 (0.20%) SAN
9 5 (0.20%) VSAN
10 4 (0.16%) HTTP
10 4 (0.16%) LAN
10 4 (0.16%) WAN
11 2 (0.080%) SNA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 280 (11.20%) SQL Server
2 88 (3.52%) Amazon Athena
2 88 (3.52%) Apache Iceberg
2 88 (3.52%) Dremio
3 83 (3.32%) Apache Arrow
4 81 (3.24%) Data Lake
5 67 (2.68%) Apache Ignite
6 54 (2.16%) Big Data
7 44 (1.76%) NoSQL
8 43 (1.72%) Power BI
9 40 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
10 32 (1.28%) BigQuery
11 27 (1.08%) Tableau
12 20 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
12 20 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
13 19 (0.76%) Amazon Redshift
14 18 (0.72%) MongoDB
14 18 (0.72%) Relational Database
15 14 (0.56%) Data Hub
16 10 (0.40%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 301 (12.04%) JIRA
2 274 (10.96%) SonarQube
2 274 (10.96%) Sonatype Nexus
3 273 (10.92%) Maven
4 264 (10.56%) Cucumber
5 257 (10.28%) GitLab
6 251 (10.04%) Selenium
7 247 (9.88%) Bitbucket
8 88 (3.52%) Git
9 70 (2.80%) Jenkins
10 23 (0.92%) Oracle Forms
11 17 (0.68%) webpack
12 16 (0.64%) JUnit
13 14 (0.56%) IBM UrbanCode
14 11 (0.44%) Cypress.io
15 6 (0.24%) Visual Studio
16 5 (0.20%) TeamCity
16 5 (0.20%) Xcode
16 5 (0.20%) XCTest
17 4 (0.16%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1,196 (47.84%) Finance
2 706 (28.24%) Games
3 274 (10.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 222 (8.88%) Investment Banking
4 222 (8.88%) Social Skills
5 155 (6.20%) Front Office
6 118 (4.72%) Retail
7 93 (3.72%) Corporate Banking
8 81 (3.24%) Analytical Skills
9 36 (1.44%) Legal
10 17 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
11 16 (0.64%) Billing
12 15 (0.60%) Financial Institution
13 14 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
13 14 (0.56%) Retail Banking
14 12 (0.48%) Law
15 10 (0.40%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (0.28%) Back Office
16 7 (0.28%) Marketing
17 6 (0.24%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 734 (29.36%) Customer Service Advisor
2 456 (18.24%) Software Engineer
3 306 (12.24%) Senior
4 131 (5.24%) Developer
5 124 (4.96%) Analyst
6 116 (4.64%) Lead
7 114 (4.56%) AWS Engineer
8 94 (3.76%) Senior Software Engineer
9 83 (3.32%) AWS Software Engineer
10 81 (3.24%) Designer
11 80 (3.20%) Python Engineer
12 79 (3.16%) Java Engineer
12 79 (3.16%) Senior Designer
12 79 (3.16%) Senior UX Designer
12 79 (3.16%) UX Designer
13 76 (3.04%) Architect
14 70 (2.80%) Java Software Engineer
15 58 (2.32%) Python Software Engineer
15 58 (2.32%) Solutions Architect
16 54 (2.16%) Customer Service Representative
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 317 (12.68%) React
2 308 (12.32%) Spring Boot
3 302 (12.08%) Spring
4 279 (11.16%) Kafka
5 274 (10.96%) Redux
6 267 (10.68%) CSS
7 263 (10.52%) HTML
8 252 (10.08%) JPA
9 171 (6.84%) Hibernate
10 131 (5.24%) RESTful
11 105 (4.20%) Jest
11 105 (4.20%) REST
12 94 (3.76%) HTML5
13 93 (3.72%) CSS3
14 90 (3.60%) Sass
15 75 (3.00%) Pandas
16 70 (2.80%) NumPy
16 70 (2.80%) SciPy
17 69 (2.76%) gRPC
18 67 (2.68%) Protocol Buffers
Miscellaneous
1 355 (14.20%) Product Ownership
2 250 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
3 109 (4.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 108 (4.32%) Fixed Income
5 98 (3.92%) Derivative
6 91 (3.64%) Equities
7 86 (3.44%) Hedge funds
8 44 (1.76%) Public Cloud
9 43 (1.72%) Cloud Native
10 42 (1.68%) Pricing Data
11 40 (1.60%) Management Information System
12 30 (1.20%) Credit Risk
13 26 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
13 26 (1.04%) Mainframe
14 24 (0.96%) Algorithms
14 24 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
15 22 (0.88%) Mobile App
16 21 (0.84%) Private Cloud
17 19 (0.76%) Learning Management System
17 19 (0.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 86 (3.44%) Linux
2 45 (1.80%) Unix
3 36 (1.44%) Windows
4 20 (0.80%) Android
5 17 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 13 (0.52%) Apple iOS
7 9 (0.36%) zOS
8 6 (0.24%) Windows Server
9 4 (0.16%) CentOS
9 4 (0.16%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.12%) AIX
11 2 (0.080%) Rocky
12 1 (0.040%) Solaris
12 1 (0.040%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.040%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 831 (33.24%) Customer Service
2 829 (33.16%) Problem-Solving
3 778 (31.12%) Agile
4 611 (24.44%) Software Engineering
5 452 (18.08%) DevOps
6 402 (16.08%) CI/CD
7 384 (15.36%) Microservices
8 357 (14.28%) Containerisation
9 353 (14.12%) Test Automation
10 287 (11.48%) SDLC
11 283 (11.32%) Full-Stack Development
12 260 (10.40%) Front End Development
13 255 (10.20%) Performance Optimisation
14 236 (9.44%) User Experience
15 230 (9.20%) Continuous Improvement
15 230 (9.20%) TDD
16 222 (8.88%) Mentoring
17 175 (7.00%) Clean Code
18 169 (6.76%) Stakeholder Management
19 167 (6.68%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 518 (20.72%) Java
2 465 (18.60%) SQL
3 443 (17.72%) JavaScript
4 263 (10.52%) Python
5 201 (8.04%) TypeScript
6 47 (1.88%) C#
7 33 (1.32%) Go
8 30 (1.20%) Bash
9 27 (1.08%) C++
10 23 (0.92%) Kotlin
11 21 (0.84%) C
12 17 (0.68%) PowerShell
13 14 (0.56%) T-SQL
14 12 (0.48%) PL/SQL
15 9 (0.36%) R
16 8 (0.32%) JCL
17 7 (0.28%) Groovy
18 6 (0.24%) Shell Script
18 6 (0.24%) VBA
19 5 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 175 (7.00%) Degree
2 40 (1.60%) Master's Degree
3 25 (1.00%) CISSP
4 24 (0.96%) PhD
5 20 (0.80%) CISA
6 16 (0.64%) PMP
7 10 (0.40%) CISM
7 10 (0.40%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (0.24%) Azure Certification
8 6 (0.24%) PMI Certification
9 5 (0.20%) AAT
9 5 (0.20%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (0.20%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (0.20%) Oracle Certification
9 5 (0.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 4 (0.16%) A+ Certification
10 4 (0.16%) CCIE
10 4 (0.16%) CRISC
10 4 (0.16%) RHCSA
11 3 (0.12%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 280 (11.20%) QA
2 211 (8.44%) Accessibility
3 24 (0.96%) Data Quality
4 19 (0.76%) ITGC
5 13 (0.52%) GDPR
6 11 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 10 (0.40%) NIST
8 9 (0.36%) IFRS
8 9 (0.36%) IFRS 9
9 8 (0.32%) Basel III
9 8 (0.32%) PCI DSS
10 7 (0.28%) Basel II
10 7 (0.28%) Dodd-Frank
11 6 (0.24%) NIST 800
12 5 (0.20%) GRC
12 5 (0.20%) SLA
13 4 (0.16%) COREP
13 4 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 4 (0.16%) SOC 1
13 4 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 398 (15.92%) Docker
2 13 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.20%) VMware NSX
4 4 (0.16%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.12%) Firmware
6 2 (0.080%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.080%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.040%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 407 (16.28%) Kubernetes
2 83 (3.32%) Terraform
3 23 (0.92%) Istio
4 18 (0.72%) Ansible
5 11 (0.44%) Nagios
5 11 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.40%) Grafana
7 8 (0.32%) Progress Chef
7 8 (0.32%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.16%) CA Endevor
8 4 (0.16%) RSA Archer
8 4 (0.16%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 3 (0.12%) Argo
9 3 (0.12%) ITRS Geneos
10 2 (0.080%) Red Hat Satellite
10 2 (0.080%) Tivoli NetView
11 1 (0.040%) Avamar
11 1 (0.040%) CA Service Virtualization
11 1 (0.040%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.040%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1,201 (48.04%) BT
2 249 (9.96%) Solace
3 91 (3.64%) Microsoft
4 87 (3.48%) Google
5 46 (1.84%) Oracle
6 41 (1.64%) IBM
7 27 (1.08%) Sun
8 18 (0.72%) ServiceNow
9 14 (0.56%) VMware
10 13 (0.52%) Adobe
11 10 (0.40%) Red Hat
12 9 (0.36%) Cisco
12 9 (0.36%) Dynatrace
13 8 (0.32%) SolarWinds
13 8 (0.32%) Splunk
14 7 (0.28%) Confluent
14 7 (0.28%) SAP
15 6 (0.24%) Apple
15 6 (0.24%) IronPort
15 6 (0.24%) Veritas