The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Front Office in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Front Office over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Front Office
Rank 109 68 121
Rank change year-on-year
-41 +53
Contract jobs citing Front Office 12 66 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.504% 2.122% 0.300%
As % of the General category 1.176% 4.183% 0.698%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 4 0
Average daily rate £220 £215 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.32% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £430 £400
% change year-on-year
+4.65% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £18.00 -
All of the General Category
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
1020 1578 1289
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 42.86% 50.72% 43.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 381 492 458
Average daily rate £375 £340 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.29% +4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £178
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 27 43
Average hourly rate £17.50 £15.59 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.28% -10.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £9.80 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.50 £51.25 £39.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Front Office
South East

Front Office
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Front Office across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Berkshire Front Office Jobs Demand Trend

Front Office
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Front Office across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Front Office Daily Rate Trend

Front Office
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Front Office across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Berkshire Front Office Daily Rate Histogram

Front Office
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Front Office within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Bracknell - 2 £850 -
Front Office
South East

Front Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Front Office also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Front Office.

1 13 (59.09%) Telecoms
2 10 (45.45%) ATM
2 10 (45.45%) SDH
2 10 (45.45%) Ethernet
3 6 (27.27%) Internet
3 6 (27.27%) HTML
3 6 (27.27%) SEO
4 5 (22.73%) CMS
4 5 (22.73%) Content Management
4 5 (22.73%) JavaScript
4 5 (22.73%) Photoshop
4 5 (22.73%) SLA
4 5 (22.73%) OpenCms
4 5 (22.73%) jQuery
5 4 (18.18%) UMTS
5 4 (18.18%) GSM
6 3 (13.64%) OpenLink
6 3 (13.64%) Endur
6 3 (13.64%) Risk Management
6 3 (13.64%) Back Office
6 3 (13.64%) ETRM
7 2 (9.091%) Radio Access Network
7 2 (9.091%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (9.091%) NEC
7 2 (9.091%) 2G
7 2 (9.091%) 3G
7 2 (9.091%) Nokia
8 1 (4.545%) Siemens
8 1 (4.545%) Microsoft
8 1 (4.545%) RNC

Front Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Front Office also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Front Office. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (27.27%) HTML
2 5 (22.73%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 5 (22.73%) CMS
1 5 (22.73%) OpenCms
Applications
1 5 (22.73%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Endur
Communications & Networking
1 10 (45.45%) ATM
1 10 (45.45%) SDH
1 10 (45.45%) Ethernet
2 6 (27.27%) Internet
3 4 (18.18%) UMTS
3 4 (18.18%) GSM
4 2 (9.091%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (9.091%) 2G
4 2 (9.091%) 3G
5 1 (4.545%) RNC
5 1 (4.545%) Nokia NetAct
General
1 13 (59.09%) Telecoms
2 3 (13.64%) Back Office
3 1 (4.545%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (45.45%) Transmission Engineer
2 6 (27.27%) Developer
2 6 (27.27%) Programmer
2 6 (27.27%) HTML Developer
3 2 (9.091%) RAN Performance Engineer
3 2 (9.091%) RAN Engineer
3 2 (9.091%) Performance Engineer
4 1 (4.545%) Graduate
4 1 (4.545%) Graduate Developer
4 1 (4.545%) Trainee Programmer
4 1 (4.545%) Trainee Developer
4 1 (4.545%) Trainee
4 1 (4.545%) Consultant
4 1 (4.545%) Graduate Programmer
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (27.27%) SEO
2 5 (22.73%) Content Management
3 3 (13.64%) Risk Management
3 3 (13.64%) ETRM
4 2 (9.091%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (4.545%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (22.73%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (22.73%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) OpenLink
2 2 (9.091%) NEC
2 2 (9.091%) Nokia
3 1 (4.545%) Siemens
3 1 (4.545%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.545%) Nokia Siemens Networks