Front Office Contracts in the City of London

Front Office
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Front Office in contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Front Office over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 62 25 45
Rank change year-on-year -37 +20 -16
Contract jobs citing Front Office 64 261 221
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 2.91% 7.18% 5.22%
As % of the General category 4.39% 11.53% 9.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 161 147
10th Percentile £531 £613 £550
25th Percentile £653 £650 £628
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £763 £750 £725
Median % change year-on-year +1.67% +3.45% +7.41%
75th Percentile £838 £950 £813
90th Percentile £906 £1,063 £913
Central London median daily rate £775 £750 £725
% change year-on-year +3.33% +3.45% +7.41%

All General Skills
City of 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 the City of London with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,459 2,263 2,441
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 66.26% 62.22% 57.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,039 1,593 1,776
10th Percentile £340 £363 £354
25th Percentile £450 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £694 £738 £680
90th Percentile £803 £825 £775
Central London median daily rate £560 £600 £570
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.26% +6.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 12 26
10th Percentile £19.53 £15.61 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £19.32 £21.00
Median hourly rate £24.00 £28.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -37.08% +154.29%
75th Percentile £27.38 £55.00 £57.00
90th Percentile £52.60 £58.75 £64.13
Central London median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.57% -21.35% +122.50%

Front Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Front Office in the City of London

Front Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for Front Office in the City of London

Front Office
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Front Office in the City of London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Front Office in the City of London

Front Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Hourly rate trend for Front Office in the City of London

Front Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 3 (4.69%) MTS
2 1 (1.56%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.56%) MQSeries
2 1 (1.56%) SAS
2 1 (1.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.13%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (4.69%) Aligne
1 3 (4.69%) Endur
1 3 (4.69%) EuroRunner
2 2 (3.13%) Fidessa
2 2 (3.13%) Orchestrade
3 1 (1.56%) Aladdin
3 1 (1.56%) ION MarketView
Cloud Services
1 6 (9.38%) Azure
2 5 (7.81%) AWS
3 4 (6.25%) Power Platform
4 2 (3.13%) GCP
5 1 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.56%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.56%) FIX Connectivity
1 1 (1.56%) SAN
1 1 (1.56%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.81%) KDB
2 4 (6.25%) Power BI
2 4 (6.25%) Relational Database
3 3 (4.69%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.56%) Kdb+
4 1 (1.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (9.38%) Jenkins
2 3 (4.69%) Cucumber
2 3 (4.69%) JIRA
2 3 (4.69%) Selenium
2 3 (4.69%) WebDriver
3 2 (3.13%) Bitbucket
3 2 (3.13%) TeamCity
4 1 (1.56%) GitLab
General
1 25 (39.06%) Banking
2 20 (31.25%) Finance
3 17 (26.56%) Investment Banking
4 15 (23.44%) Social Skills
5 9 (14.06%) Back Office
6 5 (7.81%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (4.69%) Agriculture
7 3 (4.69%) Legal
7 3 (4.69%) Prime Brokerage
8 2 (3.13%) French Language
8 2 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (3.13%) Retail
9 1 (1.56%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (1.56%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.56%) Retail Banking
9 1 (1.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 26 (40.63%) Developer
2 16 (25.00%) Analyst
3 11 (17.19%) Java Developer
4 10 (15.63%) Business Analyst
4 10 (15.63%) Project Manager
5 7 (10.94%) C# Developer
6 5 (7.81%) Data Analyst
6 5 (7.81%) Quantitative Developer
7 4 (6.25%) Full Stack Developer
7 4 (6.25%) Python Developer
8 3 (4.69%) Applications Support
8 3 (4.69%) Automation Tester
8 3 (4.69%) Front Office Developer
8 3 (4.69%) Senior
8 3 (4.69%) Tester
9 2 (3.13%) C++/Java Developer
9 2 (3.13%) Lead
9 2 (3.13%) Programme Manager
9 2 (3.13%) Project Analyst
9 2 (3.13%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.38%) React
2 5 (7.81%) .NET
3 4 (6.25%) Spring
4 3 (4.69%) AngularJS
4 3 (4.69%) Spring Boot
5 2 (3.13%) .NET Core
5 2 (3.13%) FIX Protocol
5 2 (3.13%) Web Services
6 1 (1.56%) ADO
6 1 (1.56%) CSS
6 1 (1.56%) HTML
6 1 (1.56%) Middleware
6 1 (1.56%) Rendezvous
6 1 (1.56%) RESTful
6 1 (1.56%) RxJS
6 1 (1.56%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.50%) Equities
1 8 (12.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 8 (12.50%) Market Risk
2 7 (10.94%) Fixed Income
3 4 (6.25%) Greenfield Project
3 4 (6.25%) Hedge funds
4 3 (4.69%) Algorithms
4 3 (4.69%) Derivative
4 3 (4.69%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.56%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.56%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (1.56%) HP Storage
5 1 (1.56%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.56%) Spread Betting
5 1 (1.56%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 8 (12.50%) Windows
2 3 (4.69%) Linux
3 2 (3.13%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (25.00%) Agile
2 9 (14.06%) Project Management
2 9 (14.06%) Risk Management
3 8 (12.50%) Electronic Trading
4 5 (7.81%) Business Analysis
4 5 (7.81%) Data Analysis
4 5 (7.81%) ETRM
4 5 (7.81%) Multithreading
4 5 (7.81%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (7.81%) Project Delivery
5 4 (6.25%) Analytics
5 4 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (6.25%) Computer Science
5 4 (6.25%) Data Modelling
5 4 (6.25%) Full Stack Development
5 4 (6.25%) Low Latency
5 4 (6.25%) Microservices
5 4 (6.25%) Test Automation
6 3 (4.69%) Continuous Integration
6 3 (4.69%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 17 (26.56%) Java
1 17 (26.56%) Python
2 15 (23.44%) C#
3 13 (20.31%) SQL
4 4 (6.25%) PowerShell
5 3 (4.69%) JavaScript
5 3 (4.69%) TypeScript
6 2 (3.13%) C++
7 1 (1.56%) Scala
Qualifications
1 7 (10.94%) Degree
2 4 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.56%) CCNA
3 1 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.56%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (1.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.56%) Data Quality
1 1 (1.56%) EMIR
1 1 (1.56%) MiFID
System Software
1 1 (1.56%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.56%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 4 (6.25%) Murex
2 3 (4.69%) Bloomberg
3 2 (3.13%) Barracuda Networks
3 2 (3.13%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.13%) ServiceNow
3 2 (3.13%) Sophis
4 1 (1.56%) Arista
4 1 (1.56%) Atlassian
4 1 (1.56%) Cisco
4 1 (1.56%) CyberArk
4 1 (1.56%) FIS
4 1 (1.56%) IBM
4 1 (1.56%) ION Trading
4 1 (1.56%) MarketAxess
4 1 (1.56%) Progress
4 1 (1.56%) Refinitiv
4 1 (1.56%) Solace
4 1 (1.56%) Sun
4 1 (1.56%) Tradeweb
4 1 (1.56%) VMware