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 11 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 341 114 151
Rank change year-on-year -227 +37 -12
Permanent jobs citing Front Office 83 483 714
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.42% 3.20% 2.09%
As % of the General category 0.73% 4.26% 3.45%
Number of salaries quoted 59 451 671
10th Percentile £74,750 £85,000 £75,000
25th Percentile £121,250 £100,000 £86,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £135,000 £115,000 £115,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.39% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £142,500 £137,500 £146,250
90th Percentile £150,000 £150,000 £165,000
UK median annual salary £100,000 £115,000 £115,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% - +6.98%

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 general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 11,336 11,326 20,715
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.75% 74.92% 60.61%
Number of salaries quoted 7,382 6,220 15,237
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £43,000 £40,931 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.65% +7.62% -12.50%

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 11 June 2026.

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 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.41%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 45 (54.22%) AWS
2 16 (19.28%) GCP
3 12 (14.46%) Azure
4 4 (4.82%) Copilot Studio
4 4 (4.82%) Microsoft Copilot
5 3 (3.61%) Power Platform
6 2 (2.41%) Amazon EKS
6 2 (2.41%) Amazon Kinesis
6 2 (2.41%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (2.41%) GitHub
6 2 (2.41%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (2.41%) Serverless
7 1 (1.20%) Amazon Cognito
7 1 (1.20%) Amazon S3
7 1 (1.20%) AWS Fargate
7 1 (1.20%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.20%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.20%) Rubrik
7 1 (1.20%) SaaS
7 1 (1.20%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.41%) Telnet
2 1 (1.20%) FIX Connectivity
2 1 (1.20%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.64%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (8.43%) SQL Server
3 4 (4.82%) Relational Database
4 2 (2.41%) Flink
5 1 (1.20%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 4 (4.82%) JIRA
General
1 66 (79.52%) Finance
2 23 (27.71%) Banking
3 9 (10.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (9.64%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (6.02%) Financial Institution
5 5 (6.02%) Legal
5 5 (6.02%) Social Skills
6 4 (4.82%) Investment Banking
7 2 (2.41%) Marketing
8 1 (1.20%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 53 (63.86%) Developer
2 43 (51.81%) Software Engineer
3 41 (49.40%) Developer/Software Engineer
4 32 (38.55%) Lead
5 28 (33.73%) Lead Developer
5 28 (33.73%) Lead Software Developer
5 28 (33.73%) Lead Software Engineer
6 13 (15.66%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 13 (15.66%) React Developer
7 10 (12.05%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
7 10 (12.05%) Java Engineer
7 10 (12.05%) Java Software Engineer
8 9 (10.84%) C# Developer
8 9 (10.84%) Front Office Developer
8 9 (10.84%) Java Developer
9 8 (9.64%) Full-Stack Developer
9 8 (9.64%) Java Software Developer
10 6 (7.23%) Analyst
11 5 (6.02%) Python Developer
11 5 (6.02%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (54.22%) React
2 42 (50.60%) Node.js
3 41 (49.40%) Redux
4 35 (42.17%) Kafka
5 32 (38.55%) GraphQL
6 8 (9.64%) AngularJS
6 8 (9.64%) Vue
7 7 (8.43%) FIX Protocol
8 5 (6.02%) REST
9 3 (3.61%) FastAPI
9 3 (3.61%) Flask
9 3 (3.61%) LangChain
9 3 (3.61%) LangGraph
9 3 (3.61%) Semantic Kernel
10 2 (2.41%) .NET
10 2 (2.41%) Pandas
10 2 (2.41%) XML
11 1 (1.20%) NumPy
11 1 (1.20%) RabbitMQ
11 1 (1.20%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 47 (56.63%) Fixed Income
2 15 (18.07%) Equities
3 12 (14.46%) Hedge funds
4 10 (12.05%) Derivative
5 7 (8.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (3.61%) AI Agents
6 3 (3.61%) Algorithms
6 3 (3.61%) Management Information System
7 2 (2.41%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (2.41%) Cloud Native
8 1 (1.20%) Distributed Applications
8 1 (1.20%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (1.20%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.02%) Linux
2 4 (4.82%) Windows
3 2 (2.41%) Unix
3 2 (2.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (59.04%) Agile
2 48 (57.83%) Software Engineering
3 47 (56.63%) Investment Management
4 40 (48.19%) Portfolio Management
5 35 (42.17%) Order Management
6 31 (37.35%) Full-Stack Development
7 14 (16.87%) Fintech
8 10 (12.05%) Asset Management
9 9 (10.84%) Mentoring
10 8 (9.64%) Line Management
11 7 (8.43%) CI/CD
11 7 (8.43%) Decision-Making
11 7 (8.43%) DevOps
11 7 (8.43%) ITIL
11 7 (8.43%) Problem-Solving
12 5 (6.02%) Coaching
12 5 (6.02%) Regulatory Change
12 5 (6.02%) Test Automation
13 4 (4.82%) AI
13 4 (4.82%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 49 (59.04%) Python
2 44 (53.01%) JavaScript
3 43 (51.81%) TypeScript
4 41 (49.40%) Java
5 34 (40.96%) Go
6 19 (22.89%) SQL
7 12 (14.46%) C#
8 2 (2.41%) C++
8 2 (2.41%) PowerShell
8 2 (2.41%) Tcl
9 1 (1.20%) C
9 1 (1.20%) VBA
9 1 (1.20%) VC++
Qualifications
1 10 (12.05%) Degree
2 3 (3.61%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.41%) ACCA
3 2 (2.41%) CIMA
4 1 (1.20%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.82%) EMIR
2 3 (3.61%) MiFID
3 1 (1.20%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (4.82%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (6.02%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.61%) Terraform
3 2 (2.41%) Argo
Vendors
1 5 (6.02%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.61%) IBM
3 2 (2.41%) Charles River
3 2 (2.41%) Databricks
3 2 (2.41%) Sybase
3 2 (2.41%) TIBCO
4 1 (1.20%) Oracle
4 1 (1.20%) Solace