Front Office Job Trends in London

Front Office
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Front Office in permanent job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Front Office over the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 40 56
Rank change year-on-year -110 +16 +19
Permanent jobs citing Front Office 316 801 1,047
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.55% 6.33% 4.48%
As % of the General category 2.76% 8.30% 6.60%
Number of salaries quoted 221 739 956
10th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £73,125
25th Percentile £91,250 £90,000 £87,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £110,000 £115,000 £115,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +6.98%
75th Percentile £142,500 £138,750 £142,500
90th Percentile £150,000 £152,500 £157,500
England median annual salary £100,000 £115,000 £115,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% - +6.98%

All General Skills
London

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 general skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 11,436 9,651 15,870
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 56.09% 76.23% 67.89%
Number of salaries quoted 7,117 5,567 11,363
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -5.41%
75th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £126,250 £118,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,670 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.63% +9.85% -12.50%

Front Office
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Front Office relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Front Office job vacancy trend in London

Front Office
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Front Office.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Front Office

Front Office
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Front Office in London over the 6 months to 10 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Front Office in London

Front Office
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Front Office within the London region over the 6 months to 10 May 2026. 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
Central London +12 63 £95,000 -17.39% 38
South London - 1 £100,000 - 1
Front Office
England

Front Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 (1.27%) Confluence
2 2 (0.63%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 23 (7.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.27%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.63%) Temenos T24
3 1 (0.32%) Bloomberg AIM
3 1 (0.32%) ION Anvil
3 1 (0.32%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 76 (24.05%) AWS
2 39 (12.34%) Azure
3 31 (9.81%) GCP
4 9 (2.85%) GitHub
5 8 (2.53%) Amazon EKS
6 7 (2.22%) Amazon Kinesis
6 7 (2.22%) GitHub Actions
6 7 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (2.22%) Power Platform
7 4 (1.27%) Snowflake
8 3 (0.95%) SaaS
8 3 (0.95%) Serverless
9 2 (0.63%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (0.63%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.32%) Amazon ECS
10 1 (0.32%) AWS Fargate
10 1 (0.32%) dbt
10 1 (0.32%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.32%) Google Ads
10 1 (0.32%) Matillion
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.90%) Multicast
2 5 (1.58%) DNS
3 4 (1.27%) DHCP
3 4 (1.27%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.27%) VLAN
4 1 (0.32%) VPN
4 1 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.38%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (5.06%) SQL Server
3 10 (3.16%) Relational Database
4 9 (2.85%) NoSQL
5 7 (2.22%) Flink
5 7 (2.22%) Power BI
6 6 (1.90%) KDB
7 4 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.95%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.95%) MySQL
9 2 (0.63%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.63%) Tableau
10 1 (0.32%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.32%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.32%) Metadata
10 1 (0.32%) Power Query
10 1 (0.32%) Redis
10 1 (0.32%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (0.32%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 8 (2.53%) JIRA
2 7 (2.22%) Gradle
3 3 (0.95%) Git
4 2 (0.63%) GitLab
4 2 (0.63%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.32%) Cypress.io
General
1 195 (61.71%) Finance
2 59 (18.67%) Banking
3 33 (10.44%) Social Skills
4 23 (7.28%) Investment Banking
5 21 (6.65%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (6.01%) Financial Institution
7 14 (4.43%) Law
8 10 (3.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.85%) Legal
10 8 (2.53%) Marketing
11 5 (1.58%) Back Office
12 4 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.95%) Retail
14 2 (0.63%) Advertising
14 2 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.32%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.32%) Japanese Language
15 1 (0.32%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 187 (59.18%) Developer
2 63 (19.94%) Lead
2 63 (19.94%) Senior
3 56 (17.72%) Software Engineer
4 44 (13.92%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 41 (12.97%) Lead Developer
5 41 (12.97%) Python Developer
6 39 (12.34%) Senior Developer
7 33 (10.44%) Lead Software Engineer
7 33 (10.44%) React Developer
8 32 (10.13%) Lead Software Developer
9 30 (9.49%) Java Developer
10 27 (8.54%) Front Office Developer
10 27 (8.54%) Quantitative Developer
11 26 (8.23%) C++ Developer
12 24 (7.59%) Java Engineer
13 20 (6.33%) Senior Quantitative Developer
14 19 (6.01%) Low Latency C++ Developer
14 19 (6.01%) Senior C++ Developer
14 19 (6.01%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (26.90%) React
2 55 (17.41%) Kafka
3 53 (16.77%) Node.js
4 48 (15.19%) Redux
5 46 (14.56%) FIX Protocol
6 34 (10.76%) GraphQL
7 19 (6.01%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 18 (5.70%) WebSockets
9 13 (4.11%) .NET
10 11 (3.48%) Spring
10 11 (3.48%) Spring Boot
10 11 (3.48%) Vue
11 10 (3.16%) AngularJS
12 9 (2.85%) .NET Core
13 8 (2.53%) Highcharts JS
13 8 (2.53%) OpenFin
14 6 (1.90%) REST
15 5 (1.58%) XML
16 4 (1.27%) Java Concurrency
17 3 (0.95%) Spring Integration
Miscellaneous
1 104 (32.91%) Fixed Income
2 70 (22.15%) Equities
3 53 (16.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 51 (16.14%) Derivative
5 44 (13.92%) Hedge funds
6 28 (8.86%) Algorithms
7 26 (8.23%) Data Structures
8 24 (7.59%) Management Information System
9 12 (3.80%) Cloud Native
9 12 (3.80%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (2.22%) Product Ownership
11 5 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (1.58%) Distributed Architecture
12 3 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
13 2 (0.63%) Credit Risk
13 2 (0.63%) Greenfield Project
13 2 (0.63%) Legacy Applications
13 2 (0.63%) Legacy Systems
13 2 (0.63%) SIMD
Operating Systems
1 47 (14.87%) Linux
2 16 (5.06%) Windows
3 8 (2.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (1.58%) Unix
5 2 (0.63%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.32%) Android
6 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.32%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (28.80%) Low Latency
2 84 (26.58%) Software Engineering
3 81 (25.63%) Agile
4 63 (19.94%) Investment Management
4 63 (19.94%) Order Management
5 49 (15.51%) Portfolio Management
6 45 (14.24%) Electronic Trading
7 38 (12.03%) Full-Stack Development
8 35 (11.08%) CI/CD
8 35 (11.08%) Computer Science
9 34 (10.76%) OO
10 33 (10.44%) Test Automation
11 31 (9.81%) Analytics
12 30 (9.49%) Mentoring
13 29 (9.18%) Performance Optimisation
13 29 (9.18%) Problem-Solving
14 28 (8.86%) Fintech
15 27 (8.54%) DevOps
16 26 (8.23%) AI
17 25 (7.91%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 134 (42.41%) Python
2 115 (36.39%) Java
3 62 (19.62%) JavaScript
4 60 (18.99%) SQL
5 59 (18.67%) TypeScript
6 51 (16.14%) C#
7 39 (12.34%) C++
8 36 (11.39%) Go
9 11 (3.48%) VBA
10 9 (2.85%) Rust
11 8 (2.53%) PowerShell
12 4 (1.27%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.95%) C
14 2 (0.63%) VC++
15 1 (0.32%) Bash
15 1 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.32%) R
15 1 (0.32%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 44 (13.92%) Degree
2 32 (10.13%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (0.95%) Master's Degree
4 2 (0.63%) ACCA
4 2 (0.63%) CFA
4 2 (0.63%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.80%) Data Quality
2 6 (1.90%) MiFID
3 5 (1.58%) EMIR
4 4 (1.27%) QA
5 2 (0.63%) ITGC
6 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.32%) Basel II
6 1 (0.32%) GDPR
6 1 (0.32%) GRC
6 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.32%) NIST
6 1 (0.32%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (4.75%) Docker
2 7 (2.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 19 (6.01%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.22%) Argo
3 5 (1.58%) Terraform
4 4 (1.27%) SCCM
5 2 (0.63%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.32%) Grafana
Vendors
1 12 (3.80%) Microsoft
2 9 (2.85%) Bloomberg
2 9 (2.85%) Solace
3 8 (2.53%) Red Hat
4 7 (2.22%) Databricks
4 7 (2.22%) Oracle
4 7 (2.22%) Salesforce
5 2 (0.63%) Charles River
5 2 (0.63%) GoldenSource
5 2 (0.63%) IBM
5 2 (0.63%) SimCorp
5 2 (0.63%) Temenos
6 1 (0.32%) Cognizant
6 1 (0.32%) FXall
6 1 (0.32%) Google
6 1 (0.32%) Informatica
6 1 (0.32%) ION Trading
6 1 (0.32%) Reuters
6 1 (0.32%) Sybase
6 1 (0.32%) TIBCO