Front Office Job Trends in Scotland

Front Office
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Front Office in permanent job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Front Office over the 6 months leading up to 16 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 139 147 153
Rank change year-on-year +8 +6 +78
Permanent jobs citing Front Office 13 5 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.47% 0.15% 0.084%
As % of the General category 0.72% 0.25% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £80,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £85,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +30.77% -3.70%
75th Percentile - £90,000 £67,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £113,750 £110,000 £110,000
% change year-on-year +3.41% - +7.32%

All General Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,800 1,977 1,740
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 65.10% 59.80% 72.83%
Number of salaries quoted 776 877 1,437
10th Percentile £25,684 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £39,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -35.24% - -7.08%
75th Percentile £55,000 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £74,017 £85,101 £83,750
UK median annual salary £51,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -14.17% - -

Front Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Front Office job vacancy trend in Scotland

Front Office
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Front Office.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Front Office

Front Office
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Front Office within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 16 November 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
Edinburgh - 9 - - 3
Glasgow -4 4 - - 3
Front Office
UK

Front Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) AWS
1 4 (30.77%) Azure
1 4 (30.77%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) Amazon Athena
1 4 (30.77%) KDB
1 4 (30.77%) Kdb+
1 4 (30.77%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) JIRA
General
1 13 (100.00%) Finance
2 5 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (30.77%) Banking
3 4 (30.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (30.77%) Law
3 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
4 3 (23.08%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Analyst
1 4 (30.77%) Business Analyst
1 4 (30.77%) Lead
1 4 (30.77%) Lead Software Engineer
1 4 (30.77%) Python Engineer
1 4 (30.77%) Python Software Engineer
1 4 (30.77%) Senior
1 4 (30.77%) Senior Analyst
1 4 (30.77%) Senior Business Analyst
1 4 (30.77%) Senior Technical Analyst
1 4 (30.77%) Senior Technical Business Analyst
1 4 (30.77%) Software Engineer
1 4 (30.77%) Technical Analyst
1 4 (30.77%) Technical Business Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Risk Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Platform Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Cloud Native
1 4 (30.77%) Derivative
1 4 (30.77%) Product Ownership
2 2 (15.38%) Equities
2 2 (15.38%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
1 2 (15.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Decision-Making
2 7 (53.85%) Mathematics
2 7 (53.85%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (46.15%) Asset Management
3 6 (46.15%) Coaching
3 6 (46.15%) Investment Management
3 6 (46.15%) Order Management
4 4 (30.77%) Agile
4 4 (30.77%) Computer Science
4 4 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (30.77%) Data Analysis
4 4 (30.77%) Data Engineering
4 4 (30.77%) Data Integration
4 4 (30.77%) DevOps
4 4 (30.77%) Functional Programming
4 4 (30.77%) Mentoring
4 4 (30.77%) Product Management
4 4 (30.77%) Software Engineering
4 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (30.77%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 10 (76.92%) SQL
2 7 (53.85%) Python
3 2 (15.38%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
1 3 (23.08%) Master's Degree
1 3 (23.08%) PhD
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Charles River
2 4 (30.77%) Oracle