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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 373 133 84
Rank change year-on-year -240 -49 +47
Permanent jobs citing Front Office 89 406 826
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.39% 2.44% 3.35%
As % of the General category 0.65% 3.40% 5.49%
Number of salaries quoted 61 376 794
10th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £77,500
25th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 £125,000 £115,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +8.70% +9.52%
75th Percentile £142,500 £137,500 £148,438
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 13,711 11,945 15,039
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.09% 71.92% 61.08%
Number of salaries quoted 8,666 6,617 10,029
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,150 £33,125
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -2.54% -5.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -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 17 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 (2.25%) Apache Spark
1 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.12%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (5.62%) Fidessa
2 1 (1.12%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 26 (29.21%) AWS
2 10 (11.24%) Azure
3 8 (8.99%) GCP
4 5 (5.62%) Copilot Studio
4 5 (5.62%) Microsoft Copilot
5 4 (4.49%) Power Platform
6 2 (2.25%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.25%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.25%) Rubrik
6 2 (2.25%) Snowflake
7 1 (1.12%) Amazon Cognito
7 1 (1.12%) Anthropic Claude
7 1 (1.12%) AWS Fargate
7 1 (1.12%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (1.12%) GitHub
7 1 (1.12%) GitHub Copilot
7 1 (1.12%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.12%) SaaS
7 1 (1.12%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.12%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (10.11%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.49%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (3.37%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.12%) Apache Hudi
4 1 (1.12%) Apache Iceberg
4 1 (1.12%) Big Data
4 1 (1.12%) Delta Lake
4 1 (1.12%) DuckDB
4 1 (1.12%) Metadata
4 1 (1.12%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (5.62%) JIRA
General
1 65 (73.03%) Finance
2 36 (40.45%) Banking
3 21 (23.60%) Social Skills
4 17 (19.10%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (16.85%) Investment Banking
6 11 (12.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (5.62%) Legal
8 4 (4.49%) Back Office
8 4 (4.49%) Financial Institution
9 2 (2.25%) Retail
10 1 (1.12%) Japanese Language
10 1 (1.12%) Law
10 1 (1.12%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 38 (42.70%) Developer
2 23 (25.84%) Software Engineer
3 21 (23.60%) Developer/Software Engineer
4 20 (22.47%) Lead
5 18 (20.22%) Analyst
6 14 (15.73%) Lead Developer
6 14 (15.73%) Lead Software Developer
6 14 (15.73%) Lead Software Engineer
7 11 (12.36%) Support Analyst
8 9 (10.11%) Business Support Analyst
8 9 (10.11%) Front Office Developer
8 9 (10.11%) Senior
9 8 (8.99%) C# Developer
9 8 (8.99%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 8 (8.99%) Java Developer
10 7 (7.87%) React Developer
11 5 (5.62%) Business Analyst
11 5 (5.62%) Full-Stack Developer
11 5 (5.62%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
11 5 (5.62%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (29.21%) React
2 22 (24.72%) Node.js
3 21 (23.60%) Redux
4 18 (20.22%) Kafka
5 16 (17.98%) GraphQL
6 15 (16.85%) FIX Protocol
7 6 (6.74%) REST
8 5 (5.62%) AngularJS
9 4 (4.49%) Vue
10 3 (3.37%) FastAPI
10 3 (3.37%) Flask
10 3 (3.37%) LangChain
10 3 (3.37%) LangGraph
10 3 (3.37%) Semantic Kernel
11 2 (2.25%) .NET
11 2 (2.25%) Blazor
11 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Graph
11 2 (2.25%) Pandas
11 2 (2.25%) RabbitMQ
11 2 (2.25%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 36 (40.45%) Fixed Income
2 12 (13.48%) Equities
2 12 (13.48%) Hedge funds
3 8 (8.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 7 (7.87%) Derivative
5 4 (4.49%) Cloud Native
6 3 (3.37%) AI Agents
6 3 (3.37%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (2.25%) Algorithms
7 2 (2.25%) Management Information System
7 2 (2.25%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.12%) Client/Server
8 1 (1.12%) Credit Derivative
8 1 (1.12%) Distributed Applications
8 1 (1.12%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.12%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.12%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (17.98%) Linux
2 2 (2.25%) Unix
2 2 (2.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (34.83%) Software Engineering
2 30 (33.71%) Investment Management
3 29 (32.58%) Agile
4 22 (24.72%) Portfolio Management
5 20 (22.47%) Full-Stack Development
6 17 (19.10%) Order Management
6 17 (19.10%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (16.85%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (12.36%) Fintech
9 10 (11.24%) Business Analysis
9 10 (11.24%) Decision-Making
10 9 (10.11%) Functional Testing
10 9 (10.11%) Performance Monitoring
10 9 (10.11%) Project Delivery
10 9 (10.11%) Release Management
11 8 (8.99%) Regulatory Change
11 8 (8.99%) Stakeholder Management
12 7 (7.87%) Asset Management
12 7 (7.87%) DevOps
13 6 (6.74%) KYC
Programming Languages
1 36 (40.45%) Python
2 26 (29.21%) Java
3 24 (26.97%) JavaScript
4 23 (25.84%) TypeScript
5 22 (24.72%) SQL
6 16 (17.98%) Go
7 11 (12.36%) C#
7 11 (12.36%) C++
8 5 (5.62%) Tcl
9 1 (1.12%) VBA
9 1 (1.12%) VC++
Qualifications
1 11 (12.36%) Degree
2 2 (2.25%) ACCA
2 2 (2.25%) CIMA
3 1 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.49%) EMIR
2 3 (3.37%) MiFID
3 1 (1.12%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.12%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.12%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.12%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.37%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.12%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (10.11%) FIS
1 9 (10.11%) SunGard
2 8 (8.99%) Microsoft
3 5 (5.62%) IBM
3 5 (5.62%) Sybase
3 5 (5.62%) TIBCO
4 2 (2.25%) Databricks
4 2 (2.25%) Solace
5 1 (1.12%) Alteryx
5 1 (1.12%) Charles River
5 1 (1.12%) CyberArk
5 1 (1.12%) Murex
5 1 (1.12%) Oracle
5 1 (1.12%) ServiceNow