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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Front Office' in contract IT jobs within the Bristol region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Front Office over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFront Office
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank54-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.744 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£350-
Average daily rate£425-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£500-
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£449
% change on same period last year-20.58 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.80£27.25
% change on same period last year-12.66 %
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads403562
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.573 %0.568 %
Daily rates quoted137275
Average minimum daily rate£358£361
Average daily rate£381£373
% change on same period last year+2.15 %
Average maximum daily rate£404£385
UK excluding London average daily rate£384£381
% change on same period last year+0.86 %
Hourly rates quoted7141
Average minimum hourly rate£31.86£24.67
Average hourly rate£32.73£27.07
% change on same period last year+20.87 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.59£29.48
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.08£26.75
% change on same period last year+4.96 %
Front Office South WestFront Office
South West

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Front Office
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Front Office across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Bristol Front Office Demand Trend

Front Office
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bristol Front Office Daily Rate Trend

Front Office
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

13 (100.00 %)C#
13 (100.00 %)Finance
22 (66.67 %)Back Office
22 (66.67 %)SQL
22 (66.67 %).NET
22 (66.67 %)SQL Server
31 (33.33 %)Crystal Reports
31 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
31 (33.33 %)WebServices
31 (33.33 %)MS Excel
31 (33.33 %)N-Tier
31 (33.33 %)VB
31 (33.33 %)VBA
31 (33.33 %)Risk Management
31 (33.33 %)Telecoms
31 (33.33 %)Regression Testing
31 (33.33 %)VB6
31 (33.33 %)Integration Testing

Front Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (66.67 %).NET
21 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
21 (33.33 %)WebServices
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (33.33 %)MS Excel
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (66.67 %)SQL Server
21 (33.33 %)Crystal Reports
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (100.00 %)Finance
22 (66.67 %)Back Office
31 (33.33 %)Telecoms
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (66.67 %)C# Developer
12 (66.67 %)Developer
21 (33.33 %).NET Developer
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (33.33 %)N-Tier
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (33.33 %)Risk Management
11 (33.33 %)Regression Testing
11 (33.33 %)Integration Testing
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (100.00 %)C#
22 (66.67 %)SQL
31 (33.33 %)VB
31 (33.33 %)VBA
31 (33.33 %)VB6