Front Office Contracts

Front Office
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Front Office in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Front Office over the 6 months to 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 99 114
Rank change year-on-year -10 +15 -15
Contract jobs citing Front Office 872 1,386 2,063
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.01% 2.49% 2.34%
As % of the General category 3.50% 4.25% 4.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 765 1,171 1,712
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 £925 £863
UK excluding London median daily rate £453 £663 £500
% change year-on-year -31.70% +32.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 6
10th Percentile - - £26.00
25th Percentile £13.50 - £30.13
Median hourly rate £15.00 £50.00 £51.50
Median % change year-on-year -70.00% -2.91% -
75th Percentile £16.50 - £81.06
90th Percentile - - £134.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.00 £50.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -70.00% +16.28% -

All General Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 24,892 32,649 50,225
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 57.27% 58.55% 56.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,599 22,629 34,917
10th Percentile £275 £313 £325
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £769 £780 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +7.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,999 991 1,404
10th Percentile £12.78 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.50 £15.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +42.22% +4.65%
75th Percentile £52.50 £61.25 £47.40
90th Percentile £67.38 £71.28 £59.26
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.42 £27.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year +3.35% +41.03% +2.63%

Front Office
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Front Office in the UK

Front Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Front Office in the UK

Front Office
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Front Office over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Front Office in the UK

Front Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Front Office in the UK

Front Office
Top 11 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 7 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
England -13 864 £750 +3.45% 204
London -4 844 £750 +3.45% 179
Work from Home +21 430 £750 +3.45% 94
UK excluding London +24 19 £453 -31.70% 19
South East +3 8 £500 -50.00% 9
North of England +15 6 £515 -20.77% 3
North West +14 5 £405 -37.69% 2
East of England +10 3 £375 - 4
East Midlands - 2 £356 - 3
Midlands - 2 £356 - 3
Yorkshire - 1 £650 -

Front Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 232 (26.61%) Apache Airflow
2 223 (25.57%) Apache
3 12 (1.38%) Confluence
4 8 (0.92%) SAS
5 5 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.46%) MTS
7 1 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.11%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 38 (4.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (1.15%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 22 (2.52%) Endur
2 20 (2.29%) Aladdin
3 9 (1.03%) ION MarketView
4 7 (0.80%) SimCorp Dimension
5 6 (0.69%) Markit EDM
5 6 (0.69%) thinkFolio
6 4 (0.46%) EuroRunner
7 3 (0.34%) Aligne
8 2 (0.23%) Fidessa
9 1 (0.11%) Bloomberg AIM
9 1 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
9 1 (0.11%) RMDS
9 1 (0.11%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 352 (40.37%) AWS
2 215 (24.66%) GCP
3 203 (23.28%) Azure
4 150 (17.20%) dbt
5 117 (13.42%) Snowflake
6 24 (2.75%) Power Platform
7 17 (1.95%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (1.95%) Azure Service Bus
8 13 (1.49%) npm
9 9 (1.03%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 9 (1.03%) GitHub
10 8 (0.92%) Serverless
11 7 (0.80%) Amazon EC2
12 6 (0.69%) Azure App Service
12 6 (0.69%) OpenShift
13 5 (0.57%) Amazon EKS
13 5 (0.57%) Microsoft 365
14 4 (0.46%) Amazon ECS
14 4 (0.46%) AWS Lambda
14 4 (0.46%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.38%) FIX Connectivity
2 5 (0.57%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.34%) DHCP
3 3 (0.34%) DNS
3 3 (0.34%) Firewall
3 3 (0.34%) SSH
4 1 (0.11%) FTP
4 1 (0.11%) Multicast
4 1 (0.11%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 211 (24.20%) Apache Ignite
2 150 (17.20%) Dremio
3 147 (16.86%) Apache Arrow
4 142 (16.28%) Amazon Athena
5 127 (14.56%) Data Lake
6 67 (7.68%) PostgreSQL
7 39 (4.47%) SQL Server
8 26 (2.98%) NoSQL
8 26 (2.98%) Relational Database
9 23 (2.64%) KDB
9 23 (2.64%) Power BI
10 18 (2.06%) Tableau
11 12 (1.38%) MongoDB
12 8 (0.92%) Big Data
13 7 (0.80%) Crystal Reports
13 7 (0.80%) Redis
14 6 (0.69%) Kdb+
14 6 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 6 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 3 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 59 (6.77%) JIRA
2 57 (6.54%) Cypress.io
3 32 (3.67%) Cucumber
4 30 (3.44%) Git
4 30 (3.44%) Jenkins
5 28 (3.21%) TeamCity
6 15 (1.72%) GitLab
6 15 (1.72%) JUnit
7 13 (1.49%) webpack
8 12 (1.38%) Mockito
9 11 (1.26%) NUnit
10 10 (1.15%) Moq
10 10 (1.15%) SpecFlow
11 7 (0.80%) Visual Studio
12 6 (0.69%) Maven
12 6 (0.69%) MLflow
12 6 (0.69%) Selenium
13 4 (0.46%) Bitbucket
14 3 (0.34%) FitNesse
14 3 (0.34%) TestRail
General
1 619 (70.99%) Finance
2 409 (46.90%) Banking
3 240 (27.52%) Investment Banking
4 127 (14.56%) Social Skills
5 78 (8.94%) Analytical Skills
6 54 (6.19%) Back Office
7 9 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (0.92%) Financial Institution
8 8 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (0.69%) Law
10 5 (0.57%) Corporate Banking
11 4 (0.46%) Retail Banking
12 3 (0.34%) Aviation
12 3 (0.34%) Marketing
12 3 (0.34%) Prime Brokerage
12 3 (0.34%) Publishing
13 2 (0.23%) Agriculture
13 2 (0.23%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.23%) Wholesale Banking
14 1 (0.11%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 446 (51.15%) Developer
2 222 (25.46%) Software Engineer
3 153 (17.55%) Developer/Software Engineer
4 150 (17.20%) Analyst
5 146 (16.74%) Python Developer
6 134 (15.37%) Python Engineer
7 133 (15.25%) Senior
8 131 (15.02%) Python Software Engineer
9 112 (12.84%) React Developer
10 99 (11.35%) Business Analyst
10 99 (11.35%) Java Developer
11 83 (9.52%) C# Developer
12 75 (8.60%) Full Stack Developer
13 66 (7.57%) Front Office Developer
13 66 (7.57%) Lead
14 59 (6.77%) Finance Manager
15 56 (6.42%) AWS Engineer
16 55 (6.31%) AWS Software Engineer
17 53 (6.08%) Financial Analyst
18 52 (5.96%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 223 (25.57%) gRPC
2 219 (25.11%) Protocol Buffers
3 194 (22.25%) React
4 168 (19.27%) Pandas
5 161 (18.46%) NumPy
6 151 (17.32%) SciPy
7 125 (14.33%) Redux
8 102 (11.70%) .NET
9 77 (8.83%) Material-UI
10 54 (6.19%) AngularJS
11 36 (4.13%) .NET Core
12 33 (3.78%) REST
13 27 (3.10%) Node.js
13 27 (3.10%) WPF
14 22 (2.52%) FIX Protocol
15 21 (2.41%) ASP.NET
15 21 (2.41%) Spring
15 21 (2.41%) Vue
16 20 (2.29%) Spring Boot
17 18 (2.06%) RxJS
Miscellaneous
1 392 (44.95%) Fixed Income
2 336 (38.53%) Derivative
3 320 (36.70%) Hedge funds
4 286 (32.80%) Equities
5 263 (30.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 51 (5.85%) Product Ownership
7 31 (3.56%) Greenfield Project
8 26 (2.98%) Algorithms
9 23 (2.64%) Equity Derivative
10 21 (2.41%) Market Risk
11 20 (2.29%) Data Structures
12 17 (1.95%) Distributed Systems
13 16 (1.83%) Pricing Data
14 13 (1.49%) Credit Derivative
15 11 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
16 7 (0.80%) Distributed Computing
17 6 (0.69%) Management Information System
18 5 (0.57%) Reference Data
18 5 (0.57%) Solar Panel
18 5 (0.57%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 46 (5.28%) Windows
2 41 (4.70%) Linux
3 35 (4.01%) Unix
4 3 (0.34%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.34%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.23%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.23%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.11%) Android
6 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 467 (53.56%) Agile
2 358 (41.06%) Asset Management
3 341 (39.11%) Software Engineering
4 297 (34.06%) Investment Management
5 146 (16.74%) Full Stack Development
6 113 (12.96%) Artificial Intelligence
7 106 (12.16%) Machine Learning
8 103 (11.81%) Electronic Trading
9 91 (10.44%) Analytics
10 89 (10.21%) DevOps
11 77 (8.83%) Fintech
12 72 (8.26%) Automated Trading
13 68 (7.80%) CI/CD
13 68 (7.80%) TDD
14 63 (7.22%) Line Management
15 58 (6.65%) Computer Science
16 57 (6.54%) Problem-Solving
17 52 (5.96%) Risk Management
18 50 (5.73%) Test Automation
19 46 (5.28%) Greeks
Programming Languages
1 450 (51.61%) Python
2 282 (32.34%) TypeScript
3 269 (30.85%) Java
4 262 (30.05%) SQL
5 223 (25.57%) JavaScript
6 207 (23.74%) C#
7 42 (4.82%) C++
8 35 (4.01%) PowerShell
9 18 (2.06%) VBA
10 14 (1.61%) Scala
11 13 (1.49%) Kotlin
12 11 (1.26%) R
13 9 (1.03%) Rust
14 7 (0.80%) Perl
15 6 (0.69%) Ruby
16 5 (0.57%) Groovy
17 4 (0.46%) Bicep
17 4 (0.46%) Shell Script
18 3 (0.34%) T-SQL
18 3 (0.34%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 91 (10.44%) Degree
2 29 (3.33%) Master's Degree
3 25 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (1.15%) Numerate Degree
5 8 (0.92%) PhD
6 7 (0.80%) CISM
6 7 (0.80%) CISSP
7 6 (0.69%) CISA
7 6 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (0.46%) PMI Certification
8 4 (0.46%) PMP
9 3 (0.34%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.34%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.11%) CCNA
10 1 (0.11%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.11%) PgMP
10 1 (0.11%) Six Sigma Black Belt
10 1 (0.11%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (6.88%) Data Quality
2 49 (5.62%) QA
3 14 (1.61%) MiFID
4 10 (1.15%) Dodd-Frank
5 9 (1.03%) EMIR
6 4 (0.46%) PMO
6 4 (0.46%) SEPA
7 3 (0.34%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 3 (0.34%) SLA
8 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 23 (2.64%) Docker
2 10 (1.15%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.46%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (1.26%) Kubernetes
2 7 (0.80%) ITRS Geneos
3 6 (0.69%) Grafana
4 5 (0.57%) Podman
4 5 (0.57%) Terraform
5 4 (0.46%) Control-M
5 4 (0.46%) SCCM
6 3 (0.34%) WSUS
7 1 (0.11%) Ansible
7 1 (0.11%) Nagios
7 1 (0.11%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 65 (7.45%) Google
2 56 (6.42%) Bloomberg
3 29 (3.33%) ION Trading
4 25 (2.87%) Oracle
5 18 (2.06%) Microsoft
6 15 (1.72%) ServiceNow
7 14 (1.61%) Murex
7 14 (1.61%) OpenLink
8 12 (1.38%) BISAM
9 11 (1.26%) MarketAxess
9 11 (1.26%) TIBCO
9 11 (1.26%) Tradeweb
10 10 (1.15%) IBM
11 9 (1.03%) Citrix
11 9 (1.03%) Reuters
11 9 (1.03%) Salesforce
12 7 (0.80%) Databricks
12 7 (0.80%) SimCorp
13 6 (0.69%) Splunk
14 5 (0.57%) Dynatrace