The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Front Office in IT contracts advertised for the Portsmouth region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Front Office over the 3 months to 17 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 Portsmouth 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Front Office
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Front Office 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Portsmouth 1.220% - -
As % of the General category 7.143% - -
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 - £18.50 -
All of the General Category
Portsmouth
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
14 31 53
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Portsmouth 17.07% 28.97% 33.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 14 18
Average daily rate £390 £375 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.00% +17.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £297 £259
10% offered a daily rate of more than £449 £470 £362
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 22
Average hourly rate - £31.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Front Office
Hampshire

Front Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Portsmouth Front Office Jobs Demand Trend

Front Office
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Portsmouth 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 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Maximo
2 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (50.00%) Syclo
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL

Front Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Portsmouth 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.

Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Maximo
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Syclo