Hybrid/Remote Front Office Job Trends

Front Office
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Front Office in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Front Office over the 6 months leading up to 17 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 154 82 167
Rank change year-on-year -72 +85 +154
Permanent jobs citing Front Office 251 666 450
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.66% 3.38% 2.07%
As % of the General category 2.52% 5.39% 3.16%
Number of salaries quoted 227 643 429
10th Percentile £89,000 £77,500 £65,000
25th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £80,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £130,000 £112,500 £102,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.56% +9.76% +10.81%
75th Percentile £142,500 £142,500 £136,250
90th Percentile £150,000 £148,750 £152,500
UK median annual salary £113,750 £110,000 £110,000
% change year-on-year +3.41% - +7.32%

All General Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,962 12,361 14,226
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 65.73% 62.80% 65.38%
Number of salaries quoted 6,339 7,027 11,180
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £64,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.73% +3.20% +1.08%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £51,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -14.17% - -

Front Office
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

Front Office job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Front Office
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Front Office.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Front Office

Front Office
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Front Office over the 6 months to 17 November 2025.

Front Office salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Front Office
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
1 116 (46.22%) Apache Airflow
2 61 (24.30%) Apache
3 7 (2.79%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.20%) Aladdin
1 3 (1.20%) thinkFolio
2 1 (0.40%) ION Anvil
Cloud Services
1 156 (62.15%) AWS
2 116 (46.22%) dbt
3 69 (27.49%) GCP
4 61 (24.30%) Snowflake
5 20 (7.97%) Azure
6 10 (3.98%) GitHub
7 5 (1.99%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.59%) Amazon EKS
8 4 (1.59%) Amazon Kinesis
8 4 (1.59%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.40%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 1 (0.40%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.20%) FTP
1 3 (1.20%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.80%) Telnet
3 1 (0.40%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (46.22%) Amazon Athena
1 116 (46.22%) Apache Arrow
1 116 (46.22%) Apache Iceberg
1 116 (46.22%) Dremio
2 61 (24.30%) Apache Ignite
2 61 (24.30%) Data Lake
3 60 (23.90%) PostgreSQL
4 24 (9.56%) SQL Server
5 7 (2.79%) MySQL
6 4 (1.59%) Flink
6 4 (1.59%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.40%) KDB
7 1 (0.40%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.40%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.40%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 9 (3.59%) JIRA
2 6 (2.39%) Git
3 1 (0.40%) GCC
3 1 (0.40%) GDB
3 1 (0.40%) Visual Studio
General
1 192 (76.49%) Finance
2 95 (37.85%) Banking
3 67 (26.69%) Investment Banking
4 29 (11.55%) Social Skills
5 11 (4.38%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (1.99%) Back Office
8 2 (0.80%) Financial Institution
8 2 (0.80%) Marketing
9 1 (0.40%) Legal
Job Titles
1 149 (59.36%) Software Engineer
2 136 (54.18%) Developer
3 120 (47.81%) AWS Engineer
4 116 (46.22%) AWS Software Engineer
5 112 (44.62%) Python Engineer
6 108 (43.03%) Python Software Engineer
7 87 (34.66%) Developer/Software Engineer
8 84 (33.47%) Senior
9 76 (30.28%) Java Engineer
10 75 (29.88%) Java Software Engineer
11 60 (23.90%) Senior Software Engineer
12 59 (23.51%) Senior Java Engineer
12 59 (23.51%) Senior Java Software Engineer
13 56 (22.31%) Python Developer
14 55 (21.91%) AWS Developer
15 27 (10.76%) Lead
16 20 (7.97%) Analyst
16 20 (7.97%) C# Developer
17 19 (7.57%) Lead Developer
18 18 (7.17%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 118 (47.01%) NumPy
1 118 (47.01%) Pandas
2 116 (46.22%) SciPy
3 90 (35.86%) React
4 83 (33.07%) Node.js
5 69 (27.49%) AngularJS
6 65 (25.90%) Vue
7 62 (24.70%) gRPC
8 61 (24.30%) Protocol Buffers
9 34 (13.55%) Kafka
10 32 (12.75%) Redux
11 24 (9.56%) GraphQL
12 17 (6.77%) .NET
13 14 (5.58%) FIX Protocol
14 9 (3.59%) REST
15 7 (2.79%) XML
16 6 (2.39%) Java Concurrency
16 6 (2.39%) JSON
16 6 (2.39%) NHibernate
16 6 (2.39%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 166 (66.14%) Fixed Income
2 140 (55.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 139 (55.38%) Equities
4 85 (33.86%) Derivative
5 74 (29.48%) Hedge funds
6 61 (24.30%) Pricing Data
7 12 (4.78%) Algorithms
8 8 (3.19%) Management Information System
9 7 (2.79%) Product Ownership
9 7 (2.79%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (2.39%) BYOD
11 3 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (1.20%) Cloud Native
11 3 (1.20%) Data Structures
11 3 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (1.20%) Onboarding
12 2 (0.80%) Credit Risk
13 1 (0.40%) Data Protection Act
13 1 (0.40%) Grid Computing
13 1 (0.40%) Interest Rate Derivative
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.98%) Linux
2 7 (2.79%) Windows
3 4 (1.59%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.20%) Unix
5 2 (0.80%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (78.09%) Agile
2 162 (64.54%) Investment Management
3 155 (61.75%) Software Engineering
4 134 (53.39%) Asset Management
5 90 (35.86%) Order Management
6 70 (27.89%) Risk Management
7 67 (26.69%) Fintech
8 55 (21.91%) Performance Attribution
9 28 (11.16%) Full-Stack Development
9 28 (11.16%) Portfolio Management
10 23 (9.16%) DevOps
11 18 (7.17%) Analytics
12 17 (6.77%) Microservices
13 16 (6.37%) CI/CD
14 14 (5.58%) Low Latency
15 13 (5.18%) Computer Science
15 13 (5.18%) Electronic Trading
15 13 (5.18%) TDD
16 12 (4.78%) People Management
17 11 (4.38%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 169 (67.33%) Python
2 150 (59.76%) JavaScript
2 150 (59.76%) TypeScript
3 123 (49.00%) Java
4 47 (18.73%) C#
5 33 (13.15%) SQL
6 24 (9.56%) Go
7 19 (7.57%) C++
8 4 (1.59%) VBA
9 2 (0.80%) C
9 2 (0.80%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.80%) Scala
9 2 (0.80%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.40%) Clojure
10 1 (0.40%) Groovy
10 1 (0.40%) Rust
10 1 (0.40%) VC++
Qualifications
1 11 (4.38%) Degree
2 7 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (1.59%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.40%) Numerate Degree
4 1 (0.40%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.39%) Accessibility
2 2 (0.80%) QA
3 1 (0.40%) EMIR
3 1 (0.40%) MiFID
System Software
1 6 (2.39%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (4.38%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.59%) Argo
3 3 (1.20%) Control-M
Vendors
1 9 (3.59%) Charles River
2 6 (2.39%) Calypso
2 6 (2.39%) Trayport
3 5 (1.99%) Bloomberg
4 3 (1.20%) BISAM
4 3 (1.20%) SimCorp
5 2 (0.80%) Microsoft
5 2 (0.80%) Oracle
6 1 (0.40%) ION Trading
6 1 (0.40%) Murex
6 1 (0.40%) Reuters
6 1 (0.40%) Solace