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 24 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 351 124 94
Rank change year-on-year -227 -30 +42
Permanent jobs citing Front Office 96 441 821
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.44% 2.68% 2.90%
As % of the General category 0.74% 3.70% 4.74%
Number of salaries quoted 72 406 783
10th Percentile £81,325 £87,500 £77,500
25th Percentile £102,500 £100,000 £88,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £135,000 £125,000 £115,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +8.70% +9.52%
75th Percentile £142,500 £137,500 £148,750
90th Percentile £150,000 £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 12,938 11,925 17,304
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.61% 72.42% 61.17%
Number of salaries quoted 8,326 6,676 12,131
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,982 £42,238
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £79,250 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £53,046
% change year-on-year - +3.68% -11.59%

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 24 July 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 (2.08%) Apache Spark
1 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.04%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (5.21%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 43 (44.79%) AWS
2 16 (16.67%) GCP
3 14 (14.58%) Azure
4 5 (5.21%) Copilot Studio
4 5 (5.21%) Microsoft Copilot
5 4 (4.17%) Power Platform
6 2 (2.08%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.08%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.08%) Rubrik
6 2 (2.08%) Snowflake
7 1 (1.04%) Amazon Cognito
7 1 (1.04%) Anthropic Claude
7 1 (1.04%) AWS Fargate
7 1 (1.04%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (1.04%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.04%) SaaS
7 1 (1.04%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.04%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
1 8 (8.33%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.13%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.04%) Apache Hudi
3 1 (1.04%) Apache Iceberg
3 1 (1.04%) Big Data
3 1 (1.04%) Delta Lake
3 1 (1.04%) Metadata
3 1 (1.04%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (5.21%) JIRA
General
1 75 (78.13%) Finance
2 30 (31.25%) Banking
3 17 (17.71%) Social Skills
4 14 (14.58%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (12.50%) Investment Banking
6 9 (9.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (5.21%) Legal
8 4 (4.17%) Financial Institution
9 2 (2.08%) Retail
10 1 (1.04%) Back Office
10 1 (1.04%) Japanese Language
10 1 (1.04%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 55 (57.29%) Developer
2 42 (43.75%) Software Engineer
3 41 (42.71%) Developer/Software Engineer
4 34 (35.42%) Lead
5 28 (29.17%) Lead Developer
5 28 (29.17%) Lead Software Developer
5 28 (29.17%) Lead Software Engineer
6 17 (17.71%) Analyst
7 13 (13.54%) React Developer
8 12 (12.50%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 12 (12.50%) Java Developer
9 10 (10.42%) Support Analyst
10 9 (9.38%) Full-Stack Developer
10 9 (9.38%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
10 9 (9.38%) Java Engineer
10 9 (9.38%) Java Software Engineer
11 8 (8.33%) Business Support Analyst
11 8 (8.33%) C# Developer
11 8 (8.33%) Front Office Developer
11 8 (8.33%) Java Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (46.88%) React
2 42 (43.75%) Node.js
3 41 (42.71%) Redux
4 34 (35.42%) Kafka
5 32 (33.33%) GraphQL
6 14 (14.58%) FIX Protocol
7 9 (9.38%) AngularJS
8 8 (8.33%) Vue
9 6 (6.25%) REST
10 3 (3.13%) FastAPI
10 3 (3.13%) Flask
10 3 (3.13%) LangChain
10 3 (3.13%) LangGraph
10 3 (3.13%) Semantic Kernel
11 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Graph
11 2 (2.08%) Pandas
11 2 (2.08%) RabbitMQ
11 2 (2.08%) WebSockets
12 1 (1.04%) .NET
12 1 (1.04%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 54 (56.25%) Fixed Income
2 16 (16.67%) Equities
3 12 (12.50%) Hedge funds
4 10 (10.42%) Derivative
5 8 (8.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (4.17%) Cloud Native
7 3 (3.13%) AI Agents
7 3 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (2.08%) Algorithms
8 2 (2.08%) Management Information System
9 1 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (1.04%) Client/Server
9 1 (1.04%) Distributed Applications
9 1 (1.04%) Distributed Architecture
9 1 (1.04%) Distributed Computing
9 1 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (1.04%) Onboarding
9 1 (1.04%) Private Cloud
9 1 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (15.63%) Linux
2 2 (2.08%) Unix
2 2 (2.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (51.04%) Agile
2 47 (48.96%) Investment Management
2 47 (48.96%) Software Engineering
3 41 (42.71%) Portfolio Management
4 33 (34.38%) Order Management
5 32 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
6 16 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (15.63%) Fintech
8 12 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (9.38%) Asset Management
9 9 (9.38%) Business Analysis
10 8 (8.33%) Functional Testing
10 8 (8.33%) Line Management
10 8 (8.33%) Mentoring
10 8 (8.33%) Performance Monitoring
10 8 (8.33%) Project Delivery
10 8 (8.33%) Regulatory Change
10 8 (8.33%) Release Management
11 7 (7.29%) Decision-Making
11 7 (7.29%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 49 (51.04%) Python
2 44 (45.83%) JavaScript
3 43 (44.79%) TypeScript
4 42 (43.75%) Java
5 32 (33.33%) Go
6 20 (20.83%) SQL
7 10 (10.42%) C#
8 9 (9.38%) C++
9 5 (5.21%) Tcl
10 1 (1.04%) VBA
10 1 (1.04%) VC++
Qualifications
1 11 (11.46%) Degree
2 2 (2.08%) ACCA
2 2 (2.08%) CIMA
3 1 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.17%) EMIR
2 3 (3.13%) MiFID
3 1 (1.04%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.04%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (1.04%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.13%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.04%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (8.33%) FIS
1 8 (8.33%) Microsoft
1 8 (8.33%) SunGard
2 5 (5.21%) IBM
2 5 (5.21%) Sybase
2 5 (5.21%) TIBCO
3 2 (2.08%) Databricks
3 2 (2.08%) Solace
4 1 (1.04%) Alteryx
4 1 (1.04%) CyberArk
4 1 (1.04%) Murex
4 1 (1.04%) Oracle
4 1 (1.04%) ServiceNow