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 26 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 361 140 83
Rank change year-on-year -221 -57 +48
Permanent jobs citing Front Office 82 389 829
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.35% 2.35% 3.34%
As % of the General category 0.59% 3.30% 5.46%
Number of salaries quoted 54 360 800
10th Percentile £71,500 £87,500 £77,500
25th Percentile £88,750 £100,000 £90,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 £127,500 £115,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +10.87% +9.52%
75th Percentile £130,000 £137,500 £147,813
90th Percentile £142,500 £142,500 £165,000
UK median annual salary £100,000 £115,000 £115,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% - +9.52%

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 13,998 11,790 15,194
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.32% 71.31% 61.28%
Number of salaries quoted 8,801 6,592 9,823
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £43,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £79,688 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -8.33%

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 26 August 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 2 (2.44%) Apache Spark
1 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.22%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (6.10%) Fidessa
2 1 (1.22%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 17 (20.73%) AWS
2 8 (9.76%) Azure
3 5 (6.10%) Copilot Studio
3 5 (6.10%) Microsoft Copilot
4 4 (4.88%) GCP
4 4 (4.88%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.44%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.44%) GitHub
5 2 (2.44%) GitHub Copilot
5 2 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.44%) Rubrik
5 2 (2.44%) Snowflake
6 1 (1.22%) Amazon Cognito
6 1 (1.22%) Anthropic Claude
6 1 (1.22%) AWS Fargate
6 1 (1.22%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (1.22%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.22%) SaaS
6 1 (1.22%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.22%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (10.98%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.66%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.22%) Apache Hudi
4 1 (1.22%) Apache Iceberg
4 1 (1.22%) Big Data
4 1 (1.22%) Delta Lake
4 1 (1.22%) DuckDB
4 1 (1.22%) Metadata
4 1 (1.22%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (6.10%) JIRA
General
1 56 (68.29%) Finance
2 38 (46.34%) Banking
3 22 (26.83%) Social Skills
4 18 (21.95%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (18.29%) Investment Banking
6 12 (14.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (6.10%) Legal
8 4 (4.88%) Back Office
8 4 (4.88%) Financial Institution
9 3 (3.66%) Law
9 3 (3.66%) Retail
10 1 (1.22%) Japanese Language
10 1 (1.22%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 29 (35.37%) Developer
2 19 (23.17%) Analyst
3 14 (17.07%) Software Engineer
4 13 (15.85%) Lead
5 11 (13.41%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 11 (13.41%) Senior
5 11 (13.41%) Support Analyst
6 9 (10.98%) Business Support Analyst
6 9 (10.98%) Front Office Developer
7 8 (9.76%) C# Developer
8 7 (8.54%) Lead Developer
8 7 (8.54%) Lead Software Developer
8 7 (8.54%) Lead Software Engineer
9 6 (7.32%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 6 (7.32%) Java Developer
10 5 (6.10%) Business Analyst
10 5 (6.10%) Python Developer
10 5 (6.10%) Senior Developer
11 4 (4.88%) Applications Support
11 4 (4.88%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (19.51%) React
2 15 (18.29%) FIX Protocol
3 12 (14.63%) Node.js
4 11 (13.41%) Redux
5 10 (12.20%) Kafka
6 8 (9.76%) GraphQL
7 6 (7.32%) REST
8 3 (3.66%) AngularJS
8 3 (3.66%) FastAPI
8 3 (3.66%) Flask
8 3 (3.66%) LangChain
8 3 (3.66%) LangGraph
8 3 (3.66%) Semantic Kernel
9 2 (2.44%) .NET
9 2 (2.44%) Blazor
9 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Graph
9 2 (2.44%) Pandas
9 2 (2.44%) RabbitMQ
9 2 (2.44%) Vue
9 2 (2.44%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 27 (32.93%) Fixed Income
2 12 (14.63%) Hedge funds
3 10 (12.20%) Equities
4 9 (10.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 6 (7.32%) Derivative
6 4 (4.88%) Cloud Native
7 3 (3.66%) AI Agents
7 3 (3.66%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (3.66%) Product Ownership
8 2 (2.44%) Algorithms
8 2 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (1.22%) Client/Server
9 1 (1.22%) Credit Derivative
9 1 (1.22%) DTCC
9 1 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (1.22%) Management Information System
9 1 (1.22%) OTC Derivatives
9 1 (1.22%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (19.51%) Linux
2 2 (2.44%) Unix
2 2 (2.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (28.05%) Software Engineering
2 19 (23.17%) Agile
2 19 (23.17%) Investment Management
3 18 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (18.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 14 (17.07%) Full-Stack Development
6 12 (14.63%) Portfolio Management
7 10 (12.20%) Business Analysis
7 10 (12.20%) Decision-Making
7 10 (12.20%) Functional Testing
7 10 (12.20%) Project Delivery
8 9 (10.98%) Fintech
8 9 (10.98%) Order Management
8 9 (10.98%) Performance Monitoring
8 9 (10.98%) Regulatory Change
8 9 (10.98%) Release Management
9 8 (9.76%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (8.54%) AI
10 7 (8.54%) DevOps
11 6 (7.32%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 30 (36.59%) Python
2 22 (26.83%) SQL
3 18 (21.95%) Java
4 14 (17.07%) JavaScript
5 13 (15.85%) TypeScript
6 11 (13.41%) C#
6 11 (13.41%) C++
7 8 (9.76%) Go
8 5 (6.10%) Tcl
9 1 (1.22%) VBA
9 1 (1.22%) VC++
Qualifications
1 10 (12.20%) Degree
2 1 (1.22%) ACCA
2 1 (1.22%) CIMA
2 1 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (1.22%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.10%) EMIR
2 3 (3.66%) MiFID
3 1 (1.22%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.22%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.22%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.66%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (10.98%) FIS
1 9 (10.98%) SunGard
2 8 (9.76%) Microsoft
3 5 (6.10%) IBM
3 5 (6.10%) Sybase
3 5 (6.10%) TIBCO
4 2 (2.44%) Databricks
4 2 (2.44%) Solace
5 1 (1.22%) Alteryx
5 1 (1.22%) Charles River
5 1 (1.22%) CyberArk
5 1 (1.22%) Murex
5 1 (1.22%) Oracle
5 1 (1.22%) ServiceNow