The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Front Office in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Front Office over the 3 months to 21 May 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 Manchester 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Front Office
Rank 72 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Front Office 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.106% - -
As % of the General category 0.298% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £450 £400
% change year-on-year
-16.66% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £18.00 -
All of the General Category
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
336 448 415
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 35.59% 34.46% 41.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 210 166
Average daily rate £353 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.85% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £262 £260 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £550 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 9 19
Average hourly rate £14.50 £17.75 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.30% -1.38%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Front Office
North West

Front Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Front Office Daily Rate Trend

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 Manchester region.

Manchester Front Office Hourly Rate Trend

Front Office
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 1 (33.33%) UML
1 1 (33.33%) CRM
1 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
1 1 (33.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (33.33%) Sage
1 1 (33.33%) Back Office
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
1 1 (33.33%) Retail
1 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Dutch Language
1 1 (33.33%) Polish Language
1 1 (33.33%) Use Case
1 1 (33.33%) Performance Management
1 1 (33.33%) ERD
1 1 (33.33%) Social Media
1 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis

Front Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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.

General
1 1 (33.33%) Back Office
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
1 1 (33.33%) Retail
1 1 (33.33%) Dutch Language
1 1 (33.33%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Programme Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Operations Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (33.33%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) UML
1 1 (33.33%) CRM
1 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
1 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Use Case
1 1 (33.33%) Performance Management
1 1 (33.33%) ERD
1 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Sage