Front Office Contracts in London

Front Office
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Front Office in contract job vacancies advertised in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Front Office over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 40 49
Rank change year-on-year 0 +9 -6
Contract jobs citing Front Office 836 1,321 1,955
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 4.77% 5.19% 5.06%
As % of the General category 7.62% 8.20% 8.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 742 1,124 1,627
10th Percentile £538 £525 £538
25th Percentile £625 £600 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £725 £700
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +3.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £850 £835 £800
90th Percentile £888 £906 £863
England median daily rate £750 £725 £700
% change year-on-year +3.45% +3.57% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £26.00
Median hourly rate - - £60.00
75th Percentile - - £87.25
90th Percentile - - £143.65
England median hourly rate £15.00 £50.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -70.00% -16.67% -

All General Skills
London

Front Office is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 10,976 16,110 23,454
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 62.68% 63.34% 60.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,837 11,743 17,033
10th Percentile £335 £375 £385
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £580
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +3.45% +7.91%
75th Percentile £700 £725 £700
90th Percentile £825 £825 £800
England median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 200 283
10th Percentile £16.00 £16.13 £18.09
25th Percentile £18.25 £20.86 £25.68
Median hourly rate £30.00 £30.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year - -15.49% +23.05%
75th Percentile £48.44 £52.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.90 £70.00 £64.55
England median hourly rate £30.44 £31.92 £21.50
% change year-on-year -4.65% +48.47% +2.14%

Front Office
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Front Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Front Office in London

Front Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Front Office in London.

Daily rate trend for Front Office in London

Front Office
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Front Office in London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Front Office in London

Front Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Front Office in London.

Hourly rate trend for Front Office in London

Front Office
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Front Office within the London region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -51 56 £750 -1.28% 13
East London -4 6 £800 -15.79% 1
South London +2 5 £800 +15.52% 1
West London - 5 £450 -
Front Office
England

Front Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 215 (25.72%) Apache Airflow
2 206 (24.64%) Apache
3 11 (1.32%) Confluence
4 8 (0.96%) SAS
5 5 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.48%) MTS
7 1 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.12%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.12%) SharePoint
Applications
1 40 (4.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (1.32%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 23 (2.75%) Aladdin
2 21 (2.51%) Endur
3 10 (1.20%) ION MarketView
4 7 (0.84%) SimCorp Dimension
5 6 (0.72%) Markit EDM
5 6 (0.72%) thinkFolio
6 4 (0.48%) EuroRunner
7 3 (0.36%) Aligne
8 2 (0.24%) Fidessa
9 1 (0.12%) Bloomberg AIM
9 1 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
9 1 (0.12%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 333 (39.83%) AWS
2 208 (24.88%) GCP
3 203 (24.28%) Azure
4 133 (15.91%) dbt
5 104 (12.44%) Snowflake
6 22 (2.63%) Power Platform
7 17 (2.03%) Azure Service Bus
8 16 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
8 16 (1.91%) npm
9 9 (1.08%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 9 (1.08%) GitHub
10 7 (0.84%) Serverless
11 6 (0.72%) Azure App Service
12 5 (0.60%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (0.60%) OpenShift
13 4 (0.48%) Entra ID
14 3 (0.36%) AWS Lambda
15 2 (0.24%) Amazon EC2
15 2 (0.24%) Amazon MSK
15 2 (0.24%) Dagster
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.56%) FIX Connectivity
2 3 (0.36%) SSH
3 2 (0.24%) Firewall
4 1 (0.12%) FTP
4 1 (0.12%) LAN
4 1 (0.12%) Multicast
4 1 (0.12%) SAN
4 1 (0.12%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.12%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 196 (23.44%) Apache Ignite
2 133 (15.91%) Dremio
3 131 (15.67%) Apache Arrow
4 127 (15.19%) Amazon Athena
5 111 (13.28%) Data Lake
6 67 (8.01%) PostgreSQL
7 39 (4.67%) SQL Server
8 27 (3.23%) Relational Database
9 24 (2.87%) KDB
9 24 (2.87%) NoSQL
10 21 (2.51%) Power BI
11 16 (1.91%) Tableau
12 11 (1.32%) MongoDB
13 7 (0.84%) Crystal Reports
13 7 (0.84%) Kdb+
13 7 (0.84%) Redis
14 6 (0.72%) Big Data
14 6 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 6 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 3 (0.36%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 61 (7.30%) JIRA
2 57 (6.82%) Cypress.io
3 32 (3.83%) Cucumber
4 30 (3.59%) TeamCity
5 29 (3.47%) Git
6 28 (3.35%) Jenkins
7 16 (1.91%) webpack
8 15 (1.79%) GitLab
8 15 (1.79%) JUnit
9 12 (1.44%) Mockito
10 11 (1.32%) NUnit
11 10 (1.20%) Moq
11 10 (1.20%) SpecFlow
12 7 (0.84%) Visual Studio
13 6 (0.72%) Selenium
14 5 (0.60%) Maven
14 5 (0.60%) MLflow
15 4 (0.48%) Bitbucket
16 3 (0.36%) FitNesse
16 3 (0.36%) WebDriver
General
1 590 (70.57%) Finance
2 388 (46.41%) Banking
3 223 (26.67%) Investment Banking
4 124 (14.83%) Social Skills
5 81 (9.69%) Analytical Skills
6 59 (7.06%) Back Office
7 9 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (0.72%) Financial Institution
9 6 (0.72%) Law
10 4 (0.48%) Retail Banking
11 3 (0.36%) Aviation
11 3 (0.36%) Corporate Banking
11 3 (0.36%) Prime Brokerage
12 2 (0.24%) Agriculture
12 2 (0.24%) Marketing
12 2 (0.24%) Publishing
12 2 (0.24%) Wholesale Banking
13 1 (0.12%) Legal
13 1 (0.12%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 430 (51.44%) Developer
2 213 (25.48%) Software Engineer
3 149 (17.82%) Developer/Software Engineer
4 145 (17.34%) Analyst
5 134 (16.03%) Python Developer
6 127 (15.19%) Senior
7 125 (14.95%) Python Engineer
8 123 (14.71%) Python Software Engineer
9 107 (12.80%) React Developer
10 96 (11.48%) Business Analyst
10 96 (11.48%) Java Developer
11 84 (10.05%) C# Developer
12 74 (8.85%) Full Stack Developer
13 65 (7.78%) Front Office Developer
14 60 (7.18%) Lead
15 59 (7.06%) Finance Manager
16 53 (6.34%) Financial Analyst
17 49 (5.86%) AWS Engineer
17 49 (5.86%) Senior Developer
18 48 (5.74%) AWS Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 208 (24.88%) gRPC
2 204 (24.40%) Protocol Buffers
3 192 (22.97%) React
4 151 (18.06%) Pandas
5 144 (17.22%) NumPy
6 134 (16.03%) SciPy
7 126 (15.07%) Redux
8 101 (12.08%) .NET
9 78 (9.33%) Material-UI
10 55 (6.58%) AngularJS
11 36 (4.31%) .NET Core
11 36 (4.31%) REST
12 26 (3.11%) Node.js
12 26 (3.11%) WPF
13 22 (2.63%) ASP.NET
13 22 (2.63%) RxJS
14 21 (2.51%) FIX Protocol
14 21 (2.51%) Spring
14 21 (2.51%) Vue
15 20 (2.39%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 373 (44.62%) Fixed Income
2 320 (38.28%) Derivative
3 307 (36.72%) Hedge funds
4 272 (32.54%) Equities
5 236 (28.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 46 (5.50%) Product Ownership
7 29 (3.47%) Greenfield Project
8 27 (3.23%) Algorithms
9 24 (2.87%) Equity Derivative
10 20 (2.39%) Market Risk
11 19 (2.27%) Data Structures
12 18 (2.15%) Distributed Systems
13 14 (1.67%) Pricing Data
14 13 (1.56%) Credit Derivative
15 11 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
16 6 (0.72%) Distributed Computing
16 6 (0.72%) Management Information System
17 5 (0.60%) Reference Data
17 5 (0.60%) Renewable Energy
17 5 (0.60%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 45 (5.38%) Windows
2 34 (4.07%) Unix
3 32 (3.83%) Linux
4 3 (0.36%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.24%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.24%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.12%) Android
6 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 446 (53.35%) Agile
2 348 (41.63%) Asset Management
3 331 (39.59%) Software Engineering
4 294 (35.17%) Investment Management
5 144 (17.22%) Full Stack Development
6 112 (13.40%) Artificial Intelligence
7 105 (12.56%) Machine Learning
8 104 (12.44%) Electronic Trading
9 88 (10.53%) DevOps
10 85 (10.17%) Analytics
11 74 (8.85%) Fintech
12 71 (8.49%) Automated Trading
13 68 (8.13%) TDD
14 65 (7.78%) CI/CD
15 53 (6.34%) Problem-Solving
16 52 (6.22%) Line Management
16 52 (6.22%) Risk Management
17 51 (6.10%) Computer Science
18 49 (5.86%) Test Automation
19 47 (5.62%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 422 (50.48%) Python
2 272 (32.54%) TypeScript
3 256 (30.62%) SQL
4 254 (30.38%) Java
5 213 (25.48%) C#
6 211 (25.24%) JavaScript
7 37 (4.43%) C++
8 34 (4.07%) PowerShell
9 17 (2.03%) VBA
10 13 (1.56%) Scala
11 12 (1.44%) R
12 10 (1.20%) Kotlin
13 9 (1.08%) Rust
14 7 (0.84%) Perl
15 6 (0.72%) Ruby
16 4 (0.48%) Bicep
16 4 (0.48%) Groovy
16 4 (0.48%) Shell Script
17 3 (0.36%) T-SQL
18 1 (0.12%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 85 (10.17%) Degree
2 27 (3.23%) Master's Degree
3 21 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (1.20%) Numerate Degree
5 8 (0.96%) PhD
6 7 (0.84%) CISM
6 7 (0.84%) CISSP
7 6 (0.72%) CISA
8 3 (0.36%) ISTQB
8 3 (0.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 3 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.12%) CCNA
9 1 (0.12%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.12%) PgMP
9 1 (0.12%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.12%) PMP
9 1 (0.12%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 1 (0.12%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (6.70%) Data Quality
2 49 (5.86%) QA
3 15 (1.79%) MiFID
4 11 (1.32%) Dodd-Frank
5 10 (1.20%) EMIR
6 4 (0.48%) PMO
6 4 (0.48%) SEPA
7 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.12%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (2.51%) Docker
2 7 (0.84%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (0.96%) Kubernetes
2 7 (0.84%) ITRS Geneos
3 6 (0.72%) Grafana
4 5 (0.60%) Podman
5 4 (0.48%) Control-M
5 4 (0.48%) SCCM
5 4 (0.48%) Terraform
6 1 (0.12%) Ansible
6 1 (0.12%) Nagios
6 1 (0.12%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 65 (7.78%) Google
2 53 (6.34%) Bloomberg
3 29 (3.47%) ION Trading
4 22 (2.63%) Oracle
5 15 (1.79%) ServiceNow
6 14 (1.67%) Microsoft
7 13 (1.56%) Murex
7 13 (1.56%) OpenLink
8 12 (1.44%) BISAM
8 12 (1.44%) MarketAxess
8 12 (1.44%) Tradeweb
9 11 (1.32%) TIBCO
10 10 (1.20%) IBM
11 9 (1.08%) Citrix
12 7 (0.84%) SimCorp
13 6 (0.72%) Databricks
13 6 (0.72%) Splunk
14 5 (0.60%) Dynatrace
14 5 (0.60%) Reuters
15 3 (0.36%) Trayport