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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 355 126 93
Rank change year-on-year -229 -33 +40
Permanent jobs citing Front Office 99 433 811
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.45% 2.63% 3.04%
As % of the General category 0.75% 3.62% 4.97%
Number of salaries quoted 74 400 775
10th Percentile £81,850 £87,500 £77,500
25th Percentile £102,500 £100,000 £90,000
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 13,126 11,954 16,318
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.59% 72.62% 61.19%
Number of salaries quoted 8,455 6,690 11,272
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,679 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,751
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £101,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 30 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 (2.02%) Apache Spark
1 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.01%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (5.05%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 43 (43.43%) AWS
2 16 (16.16%) GCP
3 14 (14.14%) Azure
4 5 (5.05%) Copilot Studio
4 5 (5.05%) Microsoft Copilot
5 4 (4.04%) Power Platform
6 2 (2.02%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.02%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.02%) Rubrik
6 2 (2.02%) Snowflake
7 1 (1.01%) Amazon Cognito
7 1 (1.01%) Anthropic Claude
7 1 (1.01%) AWS Fargate
7 1 (1.01%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (1.01%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.01%) SaaS
7 1 (1.01%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.01%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.08%) PostgreSQL
1 8 (8.08%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.03%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.01%) Apache Hudi
3 1 (1.01%) Apache Iceberg
3 1 (1.01%) Big Data
3 1 (1.01%) Delta Lake
3 1 (1.01%) DuckDB
3 1 (1.01%) Metadata
3 1 (1.01%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (5.05%) JIRA
General
1 78 (78.79%) Finance
2 31 (31.31%) Banking
3 19 (19.19%) Social Skills
4 15 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (13.13%) Investment Banking
6 10 (10.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (5.05%) Legal
8 4 (4.04%) Financial Institution
9 2 (2.02%) Retail
10 1 (1.01%) Back Office
10 1 (1.01%) Japanese Language
10 1 (1.01%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 55 (55.56%) Developer
2 42 (42.42%) Software Engineer
3 41 (41.41%) Developer/Software Engineer
4 34 (34.34%) Lead
5 28 (28.28%) Lead Developer
5 28 (28.28%) Lead Software Developer
5 28 (28.28%) Lead Software Engineer
6 18 (18.18%) Analyst
7 13 (13.13%) React Developer
8 12 (12.12%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 12 (12.12%) Java Developer
9 11 (11.11%) Support Analyst
10 9 (9.09%) Business Support Analyst
10 9 (9.09%) Full-Stack Developer
10 9 (9.09%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
10 9 (9.09%) Java Engineer
10 9 (9.09%) Java Software Engineer
11 8 (8.08%) C# Developer
11 8 (8.08%) Front Office Developer
11 8 (8.08%) Java Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (45.45%) React
2 42 (42.42%) Node.js
3 41 (41.41%) Redux
4 34 (34.34%) Kafka
5 32 (32.32%) GraphQL
6 15 (15.15%) FIX Protocol
7 9 (9.09%) AngularJS
8 8 (8.08%) Vue
9 6 (6.06%) REST
10 3 (3.03%) FastAPI
10 3 (3.03%) Flask
10 3 (3.03%) LangChain
10 3 (3.03%) LangGraph
10 3 (3.03%) Semantic Kernel
11 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Graph
11 2 (2.02%) Pandas
11 2 (2.02%) RabbitMQ
11 2 (2.02%) WebSockets
12 1 (1.01%) Blazor
12 1 (1.01%) OpenFin
Miscellaneous
1 55 (55.56%) Fixed Income
2 16 (16.16%) Equities
3 12 (12.12%) Hedge funds
4 10 (10.10%) Derivative
5 8 (8.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (4.04%) Cloud Native
7 3 (3.03%) AI Agents
7 3 (3.03%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (2.02%) Algorithms
8 2 (2.02%) Management Information System
9 1 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (1.01%) Client/Server
9 1 (1.01%) Distributed Applications
9 1 (1.01%) Distributed Architecture
9 1 (1.01%) Distributed Computing
9 1 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (1.01%) Onboarding
9 1 (1.01%) Private Cloud
9 1 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 16 (16.16%) Linux
2 2 (2.02%) Unix
2 2 (2.02%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (49.49%) Agile
2 48 (48.48%) Investment Management
3 47 (47.47%) Software Engineering
4 41 (41.41%) Portfolio Management
5 33 (33.33%) Order Management
6 32 (32.32%) Full-Stack Development
7 17 (17.17%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (15.15%) Fintech
9 14 (14.14%) Continuous Improvement
10 10 (10.10%) Business Analysis
11 9 (9.09%) Asset Management
11 9 (9.09%) Functional Testing
11 9 (9.09%) Mentoring
11 9 (9.09%) Performance Monitoring
11 9 (9.09%) Project Delivery
11 9 (9.09%) Release Management
12 8 (8.08%) Line Management
12 8 (8.08%) Regulatory Change
13 7 (7.07%) Decision-Making
13 7 (7.07%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 49 (49.49%) Python
2 44 (44.44%) JavaScript
3 43 (43.43%) TypeScript
4 42 (42.42%) Java
5 32 (32.32%) Go
6 20 (20.20%) SQL
7 10 (10.10%) C#
7 10 (10.10%) C++
8 5 (5.05%) Tcl
9 1 (1.01%) VBA
9 1 (1.01%) VC++
Qualifications
1 11 (11.11%) Degree
2 2 (2.02%) ACCA
2 2 (2.02%) CIMA
3 1 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.01%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.04%) EMIR
2 3 (3.03%) MiFID
3 1 (1.01%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.01%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (1.01%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.03%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.01%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (9.09%) FIS
1 9 (9.09%) SunGard
2 8 (8.08%) Microsoft
3 5 (5.05%) IBM
3 5 (5.05%) Sybase
3 5 (5.05%) TIBCO
4 2 (2.02%) Databricks
4 2 (2.02%) Solace
5 1 (1.01%) Alteryx
5 1 (1.01%) CyberArk
5 1 (1.01%) Murex
5 1 (1.01%) Oracle
5 1 (1.01%) ServiceNow