The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Front Office in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Front Office over the 3 months to 19 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 Edinburgh 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Front Office
Rank 52 58 68
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +10
Contract jobs citing Front Office 10 6 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 1.101% 0.563% 0.300%
As % of the General category 2.141% 0.830% 0.439%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 3
Average daily rate £500 £425 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.64% +6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £425 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £660 £425 £640
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
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
467 723 912
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 51.43% 67.82% 68.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 345 482
Average daily rate £425 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.33% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £270 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £520 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 6 5
Average hourly rate £10.00 £12.00 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% -17.24%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £7.50 £10.00 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.15 £32.00 £18.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £24.99 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+0.05% -3.89%
Front Office
Scotland

Front Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Edinburgh Front Office Daily Rate Histogram

Front Office
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Front Office across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Front Office Hourly Rate Trend

Front Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 (81.25%) Asset Management
2 11 (68.75%) Finance
2 11 (68.75%) Investment Management
3 9 (56.25%) SQL
3 9 (56.25%) Charles River
4 6 (37.50%) Banking
5 5 (31.25%) Cadis
6 4 (25.00%) Supplier Management
6 4 (25.00%) Investment Banking
6 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (25.00%) Project Management
7 2 (12.50%) Degree
7 2 (12.50%) Fixed Income
7 2 (12.50%) Data Management
7 2 (12.50%) PMI
7 2 (12.50%) PMI Certification
8 1 (6.250%) PRINCE2
8 1 (6.250%) Python
8 1 (6.250%) MS Excel
8 1 (6.250%) Microsoft
8 1 (6.250%) C#
8 1 (6.250%) C++
8 1 (6.250%) Java
8 1 (6.250%) Perl
8 1 (6.250%) Retail
8 1 (6.250%) Change Management
8 1 (6.250%) Back Office
8 1 (6.250%) Workflow
8 1 (6.250%) Enterprise Data Management
8 1 (6.250%) Fund Management

Front Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

Applications
1 1 (6.250%) MS Excel
1 1 (6.250%) MS PowerPoint
General
1 11 (68.75%) Finance
2 6 (37.50%) Banking
3 4 (25.00%) Investment Banking
4 1 (6.250%) Retail
4 1 (6.250%) Back Office
4 1 (6.250%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Project Manager
2 4 (25.00%) Applications Support
2 4 (25.00%) Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Systems Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Consultant
3 3 (18.75%) Systems Support
3 3 (18.75%) Support Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Systems Support Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Senior Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (6.250%) C++ Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Business Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Applications Consultant
4 1 (6.250%) Support Consultant
4 1 (6.250%) C++/C# Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Applications Support Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Fixed Income
1 2 (12.50%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (81.25%) Asset Management
2 11 (68.75%) Investment Management
3 4 (25.00%) Supplier Management
3 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (25.00%) Project Management
4 2 (12.50%) Data Management
5 1 (6.250%) PRINCE2
5 1 (6.250%) Change Management
5 1 (6.250%) Workflow
5 1 (6.250%) Enterprise Data Management
5 1 (6.250%) Fund Management
5 1 (6.250%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (6.250%) Multithreading
5 1 (6.250%) Systems Analysis
5 1 (6.250%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 9 (56.25%) SQL
2 1 (6.250%) Python
2 1 (6.250%) C#
2 1 (6.250%) C++
2 1 (6.250%) Java
2 1 (6.250%) Perl
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
1 2 (12.50%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 9 (56.25%) Charles River
2 5 (31.25%) Cadis
3 1 (6.250%) Microsoft