Hybrid/Remote Investment Banking Job Trends

Investment Banking
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Investment Banking in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Investment Banking over the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 373 225 179
Rank change year-on-year -148 -46 +189
Permanent jobs citing Investment Banking 67 236 576
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.31% 1.44% 1.88%
As % of the General category 0.52% 1.99% 3.07%
Number of salaries quoted 38 124 549
10th Percentile £55,000 £97,500 £85,000
25th Percentile £88,500 £105,000 £100,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 £115,000 £135,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -14.81% +18.68%
75th Percentile £118,438 £135,000 £148,750
90th Percentile £130,750 £138,750 £165,000
UK median annual salary £105,000 £112,500 £115,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% -2.17% +4.55%

All General Skills
Work from Home

Investment 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 12,799 11,885 18,779
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.56% 72.34% 61.32%
Number of salaries quoted 8,292 6,649 13,411
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £32,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,933
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £79,207 £80,000 £76,500
90th Percentile £99,220 £107,500 £98,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

Investment Banking
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

Investment Banking job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Investment Banking
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Investment Banking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Investment Banking

Investment Banking
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Investment Banking over the 6 months to 18 July 2026.

Investment Banking salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Investment 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 4 (5.97%) Ethereum
2 3 (4.48%) SAS
3 1 (1.49%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (7.46%) Oracle ERP
1 5 (7.46%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (1.49%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 6 (8.96%) Azure
2 5 (7.46%) OCI
3 4 (5.97%) AWS
4 3 (4.48%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 16 (23.88%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.46%) Data Lake
2 3 (4.48%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (4.48%) Power BI
2 3 (4.48%) SAS EBI
2 3 (4.48%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.48%) Tableau
3 2 (2.99%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (2.99%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (2.99%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.49%) Data Mart
General
1 67 (100.00%) Banking
2 54 (80.60%) Finance
3 20 (29.85%) Social Skills
4 11 (16.42%) Front Office
5 8 (11.94%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (4.48%) Corporate Banking
6 3 (4.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (4.48%) Legal
7 1 (1.49%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.49%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 23 (34.33%) Developer
2 16 (23.88%) C++ Developer
2 16 (23.88%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
2 16 (23.88%) Linux Developer
2 16 (23.88%) Linux Scripter
2 16 (23.88%) Low Latency C++ Developer
3 13 (19.40%) Analyst
4 8 (11.94%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 8 (11.94%) Java Engineer
5 7 (10.45%) Business Support Analyst
5 7 (10.45%) Senior
5 7 (10.45%) Support Analyst
6 5 (7.46%) Business Analyst
6 5 (7.46%) Lead
6 5 (7.46%) Service Owner
7 4 (5.97%) Lead Business Analyst
8 3 (4.48%) Auditor
8 3 (4.48%) Junior
8 3 (4.48%) Junior Developer
8 3 (4.48%) Senior Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (14.93%) React
2 8 (11.94%) AngularJS
2 8 (11.94%) REST
2 8 (11.94%) Spring
2 8 (11.94%) Spring Boot
3 7 (10.45%) FIX Protocol
4 4 (5.97%) Smart Contracts
4 4 (5.97%) web3js
5 3 (4.48%) .NET
6 2 (2.99%) .NET Core
6 2 (2.99%) .NET Framework
6 2 (2.99%) ASP.NET
6 2 (2.99%) ASP.NET Core
6 2 (2.99%) ASP.NET Web API
6 2 (2.99%) Blazor
6 2 (2.99%) FpML
6 2 (2.99%) Node.js
6 2 (2.99%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 16 (23.88%) FPGA
2 14 (20.90%) Fixed Income
3 10 (14.93%) Derivative
4 8 (11.94%) Product Ownership
5 7 (10.45%) Credit Risk
5 7 (10.45%) Hedge funds
6 5 (7.46%) Reference Data
7 4 (5.97%) Blockchain
7 4 (5.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (5.97%) Web3
8 3 (4.48%) Data Structures
9 2 (2.99%) Tandem
10 1 (1.49%) DTCC
10 1 (1.49%) Management Information System
10 1 (1.49%) Market Risk
10 1 (1.49%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 26 (38.81%) Linux
2 3 (4.48%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (35.82%) Agile
2 20 (29.85%) Low Latency
3 19 (28.36%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (17.91%) Design Patterns
5 11 (16.42%) Test Automation
6 10 (14.93%) Business Analysis
6 10 (14.93%) Full-Stack Development
7 9 (13.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (11.94%) Architectural Patterns
8 8 (11.94%) ETL
8 8 (11.94%) Mentoring
8 8 (11.94%) Observability
8 8 (11.94%) Project Delivery
8 8 (11.94%) Secure Coding
9 7 (10.45%) Functional Testing
9 7 (10.45%) Performance Monitoring
9 7 (10.45%) Release Management
10 6 (8.96%) AI
10 6 (8.96%) Computer Science
10 6 (8.96%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 26 (38.81%) Java
2 23 (34.33%) C++
3 16 (23.88%) C
4 14 (20.90%) SQL
5 12 (17.91%) Python
6 8 (11.94%) R
7 5 (7.46%) VBA
8 4 (5.97%) Go
8 4 (5.97%) Rust
8 4 (5.97%) TypeScript
9 3 (4.48%) C#
10 2 (2.99%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 9 (13.43%) Degree
2 6 (8.96%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.99%) Data Quality
1 2 (2.99%) ISO 20022
2 1 (1.49%) COBIT
2 1 (1.49%) EMIR
2 1 (1.49%) FINREP
2 1 (1.49%) GRC
2 1 (1.49%) MiFID
Vendors
1 9 (13.43%) Oracle
2 7 (10.45%) FIS
2 7 (10.45%) SunGard
3 3 (4.48%) Alteryx
3 3 (4.48%) Informatica
3 3 (4.48%) Microsoft
3 3 (4.48%) Talend
4 2 (2.99%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.49%) CyberArk
5 1 (1.49%) Murex