The banking sector in Poland is undergoing a transformation, which results in an increase in demand for employees with digital competences, especially in the IT area – according to the report “Recruitment trends in the banking sector”, prepared by justjoin portals. it and rocketjobs. pl in cooperation with mBank.
As reported at the end of November 2025 on justjoin portals. it and rocketjobs. pl there are almost 6,918 job advertisements in financial institutions, a the end-year forecast indicates a record increase of 121%. y/y – to over 7,200 offers – which means that the number of offers will be more than twice as high as last year.
Three factors are driving growth
It was pointed out that the growth was driven by three main factors: 2024 recruitment postponedwhen banks suspended hiring in the face of macroeconomic uncertainty, acceleration of digital projects resulting from regulations (DORA, PSD3) and the implementation of AI and process automation, as well as changing recruitment strategies.
“In the context of recruitment, this year is unprecedented for the banking sector. After a decline in the number of vacancies between 2023 and 2024, banks are again starting to intensively search for specialists, especially in areas related to digital transformation. Changing needs and the increasing importance of technology make the banking sector one of the key areas of recruitment in Poland,” said Piotr Nowosielski, CEO of justjoin, quoted in the press release. it and rocketjobs. pl.
Java programmers at the top of the sought-after employees
It was reported that the IT specialists most sought after by banks in the last 5 years are Java programmers with 1,225 job offers in 5 years, of which 345 are in 2025 alone – that's 28%. whole. It is closely followed by the Data categories (892 announcements in total, 235 in 2025, giving 26%) and Admin (975 for 5 years, 224 in 2025, giving 23%).
DevOps with 786 announcements, including 219 in 2025 (28%), is as dynamic as Java. Almost 1/3 of all recruitment activity in these technologies from the last 5 years took place in one year – 2025.
In turn, in the area of business roles, banks were looking for jobs on rocketjobs. pl mainly specialists in the banking and finance sector, as well as salespeople and data analysts. It is significant that the banking business sector published more offers in 2025 than in the previous 4 years combined – the banking category generated as much as 67% in 2025 alone. offers, sales – 74 percent, and finance 40 percent.
It was indicated that the banking sector records a systematic increase in the number of applications from IT specialists on justjoin.it – after dynamic growth in 2021-2023 (+180% and +89%), there was a correction in 2024 (-6%), but forecasts for the end of 2025 indicate a return to growth at the level of +26%. Comparing this with the data on the number of advertisements, it can be seen that after the normalization period, there are more candidates for each banking job offer.
In the banking sector, rocketjobs.pl also shows a clear increase in applications: after increases in 2020-2022, in 2023 there was a slowdown to +15%, but forecasts for the end of 2025 indicate a return to strong growth of as much as +160%. relative to 2024.
“Unfortunately, pay transparency in the banking sector is at the lowest level in years. Only 11 percent of advertisements provide salary ranges – this is a drop of 15 percentage points compared to 2020 and as much as 22 points less than in the record-breaking year of 2021, when every third offer (33 percent) included information on salary,” it was written.
It was reported that the trend is clear: in 2022, 28% of offers, in 2023 – 21%, in 2024 – 14%, this year only 11%. In practice, 9 out of 10 banking employers do not provide salary amounts.
The banking sector is ending the period of dynamic price increases
It was pointed out that the banking sector was ending the period of dynamic price increases. After four years of consistent percentage increases in wages, the first percentage decline is observed in 2025 – the lower median dropped by 11%, the upper one by 13%.
“Despite the adjustment of rates, the banking sector still offers attractive salaries, especially in the technology area, where in 2025 the median is PLN 20-25 thousand. Employees in business areas (finance, sales, customer service) applying on rocketjobs.pl could count on significantly lower salaries, receiving PLN 6-14 thousand. This gap is systematically widening,” it was written.
“In 2020, the difference between the lower median of IT and business was approximately PLN 5,000, in 2025 it is already PLN 14,000. Banks reward technological competences – programmers, cybersecurity specialists and data analysts are increasingly valued and remunerated proportionally higher than employees of other departments,” it added.
As reported, in relation to the banking labor market, Warsaw remains the main recruitment center. According to forecasts, by the end of 2025 the number of applications for positions in the capital will increase by 56%. y/y, which means that more than half of CVs in the banking sector will go to Warsaw financial institutions. (PAP Business)
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