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The table below looks at the demand for the Front Office Developer role in IT contracts within the London region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Front Office Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 4 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Front Office Developer
Location
3 months to
4 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank314213
Rank change on same period last yearDown-101
Matching contract IT job ads108349
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.146 %0.349 %
As % of the category below0.364 %0.801 %
Daily rates quoted67210
Average minimum daily rate£534£526
Average daily rate£569£558
% change on same period last year+2.05 %
Average maximum daily rate£604£590
UK excluding London average daily rate-£525
% change on same period last year-
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--
% change on same period last year-
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
London
Matching contract IT job ads2965643594
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled39.96 %43.62 %
Daily rates quoted1268816384
Average minimum daily rate£406£424
Average daily rate£436£453
% change on same period last year-3.82 %
Average maximum daily rate£465£482
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£355
% change on same period last year-0.01 %
Hourly rates quoted16402270
Average minimum hourly rate£23.79£23.97
Average hourly rate£25.45£25.69
% change on same period last year-0.92 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.11£27.41
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.87£25.62
% change on same period last year-6.81 %
Front Office Developer EnglandFront Office Developer
England

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 Developer
Demand Trend

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

London Front Office Developer Demand Trend

Front Office Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Front Office Developer Daily Rate Trend

Front Office Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Front Office Developer across the London region over the 3 months to 4 September 2008.

London Front Office Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Front Office Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Front Office Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Front Office Developer
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 Developer within the London region over the 3 months to 4 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonDown-8238£540-2.19 %
Docklands, LondonUp+214£600+11.11 %
Canary WharfUp+52--
Front Office Developer EnglandFront Office Developer
England

Front Office Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Front Office Developer in their job title 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 with Front Office Developer in their job title.

1271 (100.00 %)Front Office
2167 (61.62 %)C#
3166 (61.25 %)Derivative
4106 (39.11 %)Java
581 (29.89 %)Banking
679 (29.15 %)C++
778 (28.78 %)SQL
871 (26.20 %)SQL Server
871 (26.20 %)Equity Derivative
968 (25.09 %)VBA
1065 (23.99 %).NET
1159 (21.77 %)Finance
1258 (21.40 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1357 (21.03 %)Investment Banking
1438 (14.02 %)WinForms
1536 (13.28 %)Fixed Income
1631 (11.44 %)Credit Derivative
1730 (11.07 %)Microsoft
1827 (9.963 %)OO
1924 (8.856 %)Oracle
1924 (8.856 %)Risk Management
2021 (7.749 %)Sybase
2021 (7.749 %)Spreadsheet
2119 (7.011 %)RAD
2119 (7.011 %)MS Excel
2218 (6.642 %)Calypso
2317 (6.273 %)Windows
2416 (5.904 %)UNIX
2416 (5.904 %)Equities
2515 (5.535 %)XML

Front Office Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Front Office Developer in their job title 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 with Front Office Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
165 (23.99 %).NET
238 (14.02 %)WinForms
315 (5.535 %)XML
411 (4.059 %)Swing
58 (2.952 %)J2EE
67 (2.583 %)MFC
76 (2.214 %)Spring
76 (2.214 %)Hibernate
76 (2.214 %)FIX Protocol
76 (2.214 %)Murex Flex
85 (1.845 %)ASP.NET
94 (1.476 %)WebServices
94 (1.476 %)WPF
94 (1.476 %)Middleware
94 (1.476 %).NET Framework
103 (1.107 %).NET Remoting
103 (1.107 %)JDBC
112 (0.738 %)JSP
112 (0.738 %)ASP
112 (0.738 %)XSLT
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (1.107 %)Rendezvous
21 (0.369 %)WebLogic
21 (0.369 %)JBoss
21 (0.369 %)MTS
21 (0.369 %)BizTalk Server
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
121 (7.749 %)Spreadsheet
219 (7.011 %)MS Excel
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
17 (2.583 %)Summit
22 (0.738 %)FENICS FX
22 (0.738 %)Kondor+
31 (0.369 %)Endur
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
171 (26.20 %)SQL Server
211 (4.059 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
39 (3.321 %)SQL Server 2005
47 (2.583 %)SQL Server Integration Services
47 (2.583 %)RDBMS
47 (2.583 %)SQL Server 2000
56 (2.214 %)MS Access
62 (0.738 %)Oracle 8/8i
62 (0.738 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
62 (0.738 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
71 (0.369 %)DB2 UDB
71 (0.369 %)IDOL
71 (0.369 %)DTS
71 (0.369 %)DB2
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
110 (3.690 %)Visual Studio
25 (1.845 %)ClearCase
34 (1.476 %)ClearQuest
34 (1.476 %)NUnit
34 (1.476 %)CruiseControl
34 (1.476 %)Subversion
43 (1.107 %)Ant
43 (1.107 %)JUnit
52 (0.738 %)VSS/SourceSafe
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1271 (100.00 %)Front Office
281 (29.89 %)Banking
359 (21.77 %)Finance
457 (21.03 %)Investment Banking
56 (2.214 %)Education
65 (1.845 %)Financial Institution
74 (1.476 %)Back Office
83 (1.107 %)Retail
91 (0.369 %)Private Banking
91 (0.369 %)Marketing
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1166 (61.25 %)Derivative
271 (26.20 %)Equity Derivative
358 (21.40 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
436 (13.28 %)Fixed Income
531 (11.44 %)Credit Derivative
616 (5.904 %)Equities
710 (3.690 %)Multithreading
87 (2.583 %)Grid Computing
96 (2.214 %)Interest Rate Derivative
104 (1.476 %)Exotic Derivative
113 (1.107 %)Mathematics
122 (0.738 %)Credit Risk
122 (0.738 %)Market Risk
122 (0.738 %)Management Information System
122 (0.738 %)Client/Server
131 (0.369 %)Hybrid Derivative
131 (0.369 %)Index Arbitrage
131 (0.369 %)Statistical Arbitrage
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
117 (6.273 %)Windows
216 (5.904 %)UNIX
34 (1.476 %)Linux
34 (1.476 %)Windows NT
41 (0.369 %)Windows XP
41 (0.369 %)Windows 2000
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
127 (9.963 %)OO
224 (8.856 %)Risk Management
319 (7.011 %)RAD
413 (4.797 %)Agile Software Development
58 (2.952 %)Asset Management
66 (2.214 %)Web Development
75 (1.845 %)Project Management
75 (1.845 %)Risk Analysis
75 (1.845 %)Electronic Trading
75 (1.845 %)Greeks
84 (1.476 %)Algorithmic Trading
84 (1.476 %)E-Commerce
93 (1.107 %)Change Management
93 (1.107 %)Fund Management
93 (1.107 %)Quantitative Analysis
93 (1.107 %)Investment Management
102 (0.738 %)Business Development
102 (0.738 %)Data Analysis
102 (0.738 %)Software Engineering
102 (0.738 %)Migration
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1167 (61.62 %)C#
2106 (39.11 %)Java
379 (29.15 %)C++
478 (28.78 %)SQL
568 (25.09 %)VBA
610 (3.690 %)C
77 (2.583 %)Transact-SQL
77 (2.583 %)VB
83 (1.107 %)VC++
92 (0.738 %)PL/SQL
101 (0.369 %)Python
101 (0.369 %)Euclid
101 (0.369 %)VB.NET
101 (0.369 %)Perl
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
111 (4.059 %)Degree
21 (0.369 %)PhD
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.369 %)QA
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.369 %)AutoSys
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
130 (11.07 %)Microsoft
224 (8.856 %)Oracle
321 (7.749 %)Sybase
418 (6.642 %)Calypso
511 (4.059 %)DataSynapse
67 (2.583 %)Bloomberg
67 (2.583 %)Murex
75 (1.845 %)Reuters
84 (1.476 %)TIBCO
93 (1.107 %)EasyScreen
93 (1.107 %)GL TRADE
102 (0.738 %)Infragistics
102 (0.738 %)OpenLink
102 (0.738 %)Fidessa
111 (0.369 %)eSpeed
111 (0.369 %)Sophis