Hybrid/Remote Financial Institution Job Trends

Financial Institution
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Financial Institution in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Financial Institution over the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 233 401 336
Rank change year-on-year +168 -65 +3
Permanent jobs citing Financial Institution 144 31 156
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.96% 0.19% 0.72%
As % of the General category 1.59% 0.27% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 56 25 109
10th Percentile £53,125 £44,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £71,875 £50,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £60,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +45.83% -25.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 £115,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £132,000 £120,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year - +9.68% +3.33%

All General Skills
Work from Home

Financial Institution 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 9,037 11,306 13,569
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.46% 68.80% 62.35%
Number of salaries quoted 5,717 6,403 10,570
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £39,250 £47,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.60% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,200 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £58,158
% change year-on-year -12.50% +3.17% -5.89%

Financial Institution
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Financial Institution and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Financial Institution job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Financial Institution
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Financial Institution.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Financial Institution

Financial Institution
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Financial Institution over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Financial Institution salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Financial Institution
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 3 (2.08%) Apache
2 1 (0.69%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.69%) Confluence
2 1 (0.69%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 55 (38.19%) SaaS
2 48 (33.33%) AWS
3 31 (21.53%) GCP
4 21 (14.58%) Amazon EKS
5 9 (6.25%) Azure
6 4 (2.78%) GitHub
6 4 (2.78%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (2.08%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (2.08%) Amazon ECS
7 3 (2.08%) Amazon S3
7 3 (2.08%) AWS Direct Connect
7 3 (2.08%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 3 (2.08%) Route 53
7 3 (2.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 2 (1.39%) Google Analytics
8 2 (1.39%) MailChimp
8 2 (1.39%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.69%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.69%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.69%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 14 (9.72%) CHAP
2 4 (2.78%) Firewall
2 4 (2.78%) Intrusion Detection
2 4 (2.78%) Network Security
3 3 (2.08%) BGP
3 3 (2.08%) TCP/IP
3 3 (2.08%) VLAN
3 3 (2.08%) VPN
4 2 (1.39%) SSL
4 2 (1.39%) Wireshark
5 1 (0.69%) Multicast
5 1 (0.69%) NetScaler
5 1 (0.69%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.25%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (2.78%) MongoDB
2 4 (2.78%) NoSQL
3 3 (2.08%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (2.08%) Apache Ignite
4 2 (1.39%) DB2
4 2 (1.39%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.69%) ClickHouse
5 1 (0.69%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.69%) IMS/DB
5 1 (0.69%) Metadata
5 1 (0.69%) Redis
Development Applications
1 19 (13.19%) TeamCity
2 4 (2.78%) Git
3 1 (0.69%) JIRA
3 1 (0.69%) NUnit
3 1 (0.69%) Postman
3 1 (0.69%) Selenium
General
1 144 (100.00%) Finance
2 75 (52.08%) Banking
3 56 (38.89%) Retail
4 53 (36.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 48 (33.33%) Law
6 47 (32.64%) Back Office
7 41 (28.47%) Social Skills
8 10 (6.94%) Analytical Skills
9 9 (6.25%) Marketing
10 7 (4.86%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (2.78%) Polish Language
12 3 (2.08%) Front Office
12 3 (2.08%) Legal
12 3 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (1.39%) Advertising
13 2 (1.39%) French Language
13 2 (1.39%) International Banking
13 2 (1.39%) Mandarin Language
13 2 (1.39%) Portuguese Language
13 2 (1.39%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 37 (25.69%) Senior
2 26 (18.06%) Software Engineer
3 19 (13.19%) Lead
4 14 (9.72%) Auditor
4 14 (9.72%) Internal Auditor
4 14 (9.72%) Security Auditor
5 12 (8.33%) Senior Software Engineer
6 10 (6.94%) Analyst
6 10 (6.94%) Java Engineer
7 9 (6.25%) Java Software Engineer
8 6 (4.17%) Product Lead
8 6 (4.17%) Senior Java Engineer
9 5 (3.47%) Account Manager
9 5 (3.47%) AWS Engineer
9 5 (3.47%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (3.47%) Consultant
9 5 (3.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (3.47%) Programme Manager
9 5 (3.47%) Security Engineer
9 5 (3.47%) Senior Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.25%) Spring
1 9 (6.25%) Spring Boot
2 7 (4.86%) REST
3 5 (3.47%) Kafka
3 5 (3.47%) Micronaut
3 5 (3.47%) RESTful
4 4 (2.78%) RabbitMQ
4 4 (2.78%) XML
5 2 (1.39%) OpenAPI
5 2 (1.39%) Swagger
5 2 (1.39%) XSLT
6 1 (0.69%) Akka
6 1 (0.69%) D3.js
6 1 (0.69%) FastAPI
6 1 (0.69%) Flask
6 1 (0.69%) Next.js
6 1 (0.69%) React
6 1 (0.69%) RxJava
6 1 (0.69%) Spring WebFlux
6 1 (0.69%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 32 (22.22%) Cloud Native
2 21 (14.58%) Product Ownership
3 17 (11.81%) Management Information System
4 16 (11.11%) Onboarding
5 14 (9.72%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (7.64%) Data Centre
7 9 (6.25%) Blog
8 8 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (4.86%) Algorithms
9 7 (4.86%) Blockchain
9 7 (4.86%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (3.47%) Security Posture
11 4 (2.78%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (2.78%) Cyberattack
11 4 (2.78%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 4 (2.78%) Insider Threat
12 3 (2.08%) Mobile App
12 3 (2.08%) Web Conferencing
13 2 (1.39%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 2 (1.39%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 10 (6.94%) Linux
1 10 (6.94%) Windows
2 4 (2.78%) Mac OS
3 3 (2.08%) Android
3 3 (2.08%) Apple iOS
3 3 (2.08%) Unix
4 2 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.39%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.69%) AIX
5 1 (0.69%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (25.00%) CI/CD
1 36 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 33 (22.92%) Fintech
3 28 (19.44%) Test Automation
4 27 (18.75%) Risk Management
5 26 (18.06%) Analytics
6 24 (16.67%) Incident Response
6 24 (16.67%) Information Security
6 24 (16.67%) Red Team
7 23 (15.97%) Mentoring
7 23 (15.97%) Vulnerability Management
8 22 (15.28%) Agile
8 22 (15.28%) Microservices
9 19 (13.19%) Continuous Improvement
9 19 (13.19%) Cybersecurity
10 18 (12.50%) Project Management
11 17 (11.81%) DevOps
11 17 (11.81%) PRINCE2
11 17 (11.81%) Risk Assessment
11 17 (11.81%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 39 (27.08%) Java
2 16 (11.11%) Python
3 11 (7.64%) Go
4 8 (5.56%) SQL
5 5 (3.47%) Kotlin
6 4 (2.78%) Bash
6 4 (2.78%) C#
6 4 (2.78%) C++
7 3 (2.08%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.39%) TypeScript
8 2 (1.39%) VBA
8 2 (1.39%) VC++
9 1 (0.69%) C
9 1 (0.69%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.69%) JCL
9 1 (0.69%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.69%) PL/1
Qualifications
1 18 (12.50%) CISA
1 18 (12.50%) CISSP
2 14 (9.72%) CGEIT
2 14 (9.72%) CISM
2 14 (9.72%) FFIEC
2 14 (9.72%) SANS
3 5 (3.47%) CRISC
4 4 (2.78%) AWS Certification
4 4 (2.78%) Azure Certification
4 4 (2.78%) CompTIA Security+
4 4 (2.78%) CREST Certified
4 4 (2.78%) OSCE
4 4 (2.78%) OSCP
4 4 (2.78%) PMI Certification
5 3 (2.08%) Degree
6 2 (1.39%) GCFA
6 2 (1.39%) GCIA
6 2 (1.39%) GCIH
6 2 (1.39%) PMP
7 1 (0.69%) CAPM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (14.58%) NIST
2 19 (13.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (12.50%) GDPR
4 17 (11.81%) COBIT
5 15 (10.42%) PCI DSS
5 15 (10.42%) SOC 2
6 8 (5.56%) GRC
7 4 (2.78%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (2.78%) EU AI Act
7 4 (2.78%) QA
7 4 (2.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (2.08%) EMIR
8 3 (2.08%) SLA
9 2 (1.39%) Data Quality
9 2 (1.39%) PMO
10 1 (0.69%) Basel III
10 1 (0.69%) FATCA
10 1 (0.69%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.69%) MiFID
10 1 (0.69%) SEPA
System Software
1 6 (4.17%) Docker
2 2 (1.39%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.69%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.69%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 36 (25.00%) Kubernetes
2 27 (18.75%) Terraform
3 15 (10.42%) Grafana
4 4 (2.78%) Cilium
5 2 (1.39%) Suricata
6 1 (0.69%) Ansible
6 1 (0.69%) CA Endevor
6 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.69%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.69%) Puppet
Vendors
1 6 (4.17%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.47%) Google
2 5 (3.47%) HubSpot
2 5 (3.47%) Salesforce
3 3 (2.08%) Oracle
3 3 (2.08%) Solace
4 2 (1.39%) Hootsuite
4 2 (1.39%) Instagram
4 2 (1.39%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.39%) YouTube
5 1 (0.69%) Citrix
5 1 (0.69%) IBM
5 1 (0.69%) Nexthink
5 1 (0.69%) Planview
5 1 (0.69%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.69%) SAP
5 1 (0.69%) Syncsort