Front Office Jobs in England

Front Office
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Front Office in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Front Office over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 163 227 226
Rank change year-on-year +64 -1 +107
Permanent jobs citing Front Office 847 1,070 1,520
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.84% 1.26% 1.64%
As % of the General category 2.73% 2.12% 2.40%
Number of salaries quoted 759 935 1,346
10th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £70,000
25th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £83,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £115,000 £115,000 £107,500
Median % change year-on-year - +6.98% +2.38%
75th Percentile £138,750 £142,500 £137,500
90th Percentile £152,500 £157,500 £150,000
UK median annual salary £113,750 £115,000 £107,500
% change year-on-year -1.09% +6.98% +2.38%

All General Skills
England

Front Office falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring common skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 31,047 50,509 63,464
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 67.42% 59.28% 68.59%
Number of salaries quoted 16,351 35,638 34,346
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,445 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -12.86% +0.42%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £83,426
90th Percentile £102,500 £93,750 £103,750
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Front Office
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Front Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Front Office in England

Front Office
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Front Office in England.

Salary trend for Front Office in England

Front Office
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Front Office in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Front Office in England

Front Office
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Front Office within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +20 820 £115,000 - 407
North of England +74 10 £75,000 +114.29% 14
Midlands +89 8 £85,000 +165.63% 1
East Midlands - 8 £85,000 -
North West +33 7 £75,000 +114.29% 8
South East +109 6 - - 116
East of England +58 3 £75,319 -24.68% 2
North East - 2 £87,500 - 5
Yorkshire +62 1 - - 1
Front Office
UK

Front Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 264 (31.17%) Apache Airflow
2 209 (24.68%) Apache
3 72 (8.50%) Apache Spark
4 6 (0.71%) Confluence
5 4 (0.47%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.35%) GemFire
7 2 (0.24%) SAS
8 1 (0.12%) Jetty
8 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.12%) MTS
8 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 52 (6.14%) Aladdin
2 28 (3.31%) thinkFolio
3 4 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.24%) Eikon
4 2 (0.24%) RMDS
5 1 (0.12%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.12%) ION MarketView
Cloud Services
1 392 (46.28%) AWS
2 260 (30.70%) dbt
3 173 (20.43%) GCP
4 141 (16.65%) Amazon ECS
5 121 (14.29%) Serverless
6 112 (13.22%) AWS Lambda
7 107 (12.63%) Snowflake
8 84 (9.92%) OpenShift
9 80 (9.45%) Azure
10 70 (8.26%) Amazon EC2
11 57 (6.73%) Dagster
12 42 (4.96%) Amazon S3
13 36 (4.25%) Amazon SQS
13 36 (4.25%) AWS CloudFormation
14 35 (4.13%) Amazon EKS
15 12 (1.42%) GitHub
16 8 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
17 6 (0.71%) GitHub Actions
18 5 (0.59%) Azure Sentinel
18 5 (0.59%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.06%) Firewall
2 8 (0.94%) Network Security
3 6 (0.71%) VPN
4 3 (0.35%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.24%) BGP
5 2 (0.24%) Ethernet
5 2 (0.24%) Internet
5 2 (0.24%) MPLS
5 2 (0.24%) VPLS
6 1 (0.12%) FIX Connectivity
6 1 (0.12%) FTP
6 1 (0.12%) SSH
6 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 260 (30.70%) Amazon Athena
1 260 (30.70%) Apache Iceberg
1 260 (30.70%) Dremio
2 235 (27.74%) Apache Arrow
3 196 (23.14%) Data Lake
4 173 (20.43%) Apache Ignite
5 83 (9.80%) PostgreSQL
6 39 (4.60%) Amazon Redshift
7 36 (4.25%) Amazon RDS
8 17 (2.01%) Relational Database
9 15 (1.77%) MongoDB
10 13 (1.53%) NoSQL
10 13 (1.53%) SQL Server
11 5 (0.59%) Tableau
12 4 (0.47%) Big Data
12 4 (0.47%) Data Mining
12 4 (0.47%) Redis
13 3 (0.35%) InterSystems Cache
13 3 (0.35%) KDB
13 3 (0.35%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 83 (9.80%) Artifactory
2 21 (2.48%) Jenkins
3 12 (1.42%) Git
4 10 (1.18%) TeamCity
5 8 (0.94%) GitLab
5 8 (0.94%) Gradle
5 8 (0.94%) JIRA
6 5 (0.59%) Maven
6 5 (0.59%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.47%) JUnit
7 4 (0.47%) Selenium
7 4 (0.47%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 3 (0.35%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.35%) MSTest
8 3 (0.35%) NUnit
8 3 (0.35%) SpecFlow
8 3 (0.35%) webpack
9 2 (0.24%) Babel
9 2 (0.24%) JetBrains Rider
General
1 726 (85.71%) Finance
2 268 (31.64%) Banking
3 145 (17.12%) Investment Banking
4 65 (7.67%) Social Skills
5 30 (3.54%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (2.01%) Back Office
7 10 (1.18%) Legal
8 9 (1.06%) Agriculture
8 9 (1.06%) Financial Institution
8 9 (1.06%) Law
9 6 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (0.35%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (0.35%) Retail
11 2 (0.24%) Advertising
11 2 (0.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.24%) Marketing
12 1 (0.12%) French Language
12 1 (0.12%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.12%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 273 (32.23%) AWS Engineer
2 259 (30.58%) Developer
3 245 (28.93%) Python Engineer
4 228 (26.92%) Software Engineer
5 164 (19.36%) AWS Software Engineer
6 139 (16.41%) Developer/Software Engineer
7 131 (15.47%) Analyst
8 125 (14.76%) Senior
9 117 (13.81%) Python Software Engineer
10 113 (13.34%) DevOps Engineer
11 109 (12.87%) AWS DevOps
11 109 (12.87%) AWS DevOps Engineer
12 102 (12.04%) Data Engineer
13 98 (11.57%) Java Engineer
14 97 (11.45%) AWS Developer
15 96 (11.33%) Business Analyst
16 94 (11.10%) Python Developer
17 93 (10.98%) Java Software Engineer
18 68 (8.03%) Business Manager
19 65 (7.67%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 160 (18.89%) Pandas
1 160 (18.89%) PySpark
2 159 (18.77%) NumPy
3 155 (18.30%) SciPy
4 133 (15.70%) React
5 99 (11.69%) gRPC
5 99 (11.69%) Protocol Buffers
6 97 (11.45%) Node.js
7 96 (11.33%) AngularJS
8 91 (10.74%) Kafka
9 81 (9.56%) J2EE
10 73 (8.62%) Redux
11 71 (8.38%) Vue
12 35 (4.13%) .NET
13 15 (1.77%) HTML
14 14 (1.65%) Boost C++ Libraries
15 13 (1.53%) CSS
15 13 (1.53%) REST
15 13 (1.53%) Spring
16 12 (1.42%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 452 (53.36%) Fixed Income
2 347 (40.97%) Hedge funds
3 343 (40.50%) Equities
4 340 (40.14%) Derivative
5 325 (38.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 91 (10.74%) Product Ownership
7 46 (5.43%) Onboarding
8 40 (4.72%) Pricing Data
9 30 (3.54%) Algorithms
10 27 (3.19%) Data Structures
11 26 (3.07%) Management Information System
12 21 (2.48%) Greenfield Project
13 17 (2.01%) Cloud Native
14 16 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
15 13 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
16 10 (1.18%) Tandem
17 9 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
18 8 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
19 7 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
19 7 (0.83%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 53 (6.26%) Linux
2 27 (3.19%) Apple iOS
3 18 (2.13%) Windows
4 14 (1.65%) Unix
5 8 (0.94%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.12%) VMS
6 1 (0.12%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 602 (71.07%) Agile
2 432 (51.00%) Asset Management
3 393 (46.40%) Software Engineering
4 373 (44.04%) Investment Management
5 160 (18.89%) Roadmaps
6 157 (18.54%) Migration
7 156 (18.42%) CI/CD
8 151 (17.83%) Fintech
9 142 (16.77%) DevOps
10 122 (14.40%) Regulatory Compliance
11 119 (14.05%) Data Governance
12 117 (13.81%) Analytics
13 115 (13.58%) Data Management
14 111 (13.11%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 101 (11.92%) Data Engineering
16 100 (11.81%) Portfolio Management
17 84 (9.92%) Order Management
18 81 (9.56%) Open Source
19 73 (8.62%) Risk Management
20 70 (8.26%) Performance Attribution
Programming Languages
1 524 (61.87%) Python
2 312 (36.84%) Java
3 230 (27.15%) JavaScript
4 202 (23.85%) TypeScript
5 173 (20.43%) SQL
6 84 (9.92%) Go
7 50 (5.90%) C#
8 42 (4.96%) C++
9 13 (1.53%) PowerShell
10 4 (0.47%) Kotlin
10 4 (0.47%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.35%) Bash
12 2 (0.24%) Bicep
12 2 (0.24%) Groovy
12 2 (0.24%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.24%) Rust
12 2 (0.24%) Scala
13 1 (0.12%) C
13 1 (0.12%) F#
13 1 (0.12%) Haskell
Qualifications
1 108 (12.75%) Degree
2 25 (2.95%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (1.06%) Master's Degree
4 6 (0.71%) PhD
5 2 (0.24%) CCNA
5 2 (0.24%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (0.24%) SC Cleared
5 2 (0.24%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.12%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (0.12%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (7.32%) MiFID
2 13 (1.53%) Accessibility
3 7 (0.83%) GDPR
4 5 (0.59%) HIPAA
4 5 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (0.59%) NIST
5 4 (0.47%) EMIR
5 4 (0.47%) QA
6 2 (0.24%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.12%) Dodd-Frank
7 1 (0.12%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.12%) ITGC
7 1 (0.12%) Solvency II
System Software
1 126 (14.88%) Docker
2 6 (0.71%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 142 (16.77%) Kubernetes
2 120 (14.17%) Terraform
3 7 (0.83%) Ansible
4 5 (0.59%) ITRS Geneos
4 5 (0.59%) Nagios
5 4 (0.47%) SCCM
6 2 (0.24%) Argo
6 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.24%) Packer
7 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.12%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 49 (5.79%) BISAM
2 34 (4.01%) Charles River
3 28 (3.31%) Calypso
3 28 (3.31%) SimCorp
4 17 (2.01%) Microsoft
5 11 (1.30%) Oracle
6 10 (1.18%) Solace
7 9 (1.06%) Bloomberg
7 9 (1.06%) Trayport
8 8 (0.94%) Databricks
9 7 (0.83%) Murex
10 6 (0.71%) Reuters
11 5 (0.59%) Tanium
12 4 (0.47%) Remedy
12 4 (0.47%) SolarWinds
13 3 (0.35%) Sophis
13 3 (0.35%) TIBCO
14 2 (0.24%) Cisco
14 2 (0.24%) Nokia
14 2 (0.24%) Salesforce