The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Front Office in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Front Office over the 3 months to 20 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 Reading 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Front Office
Rank 71 57 73
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +16
Contract jobs citing Front Office 4 22 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.450% 1.949% 0.100%
As % of the General category 1.187% 4.878% 0.364%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 0
Average daily rate £538 £218 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+147.12% -
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
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
337 451 275
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 37.91% 39.95% 27.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 146 115
Average daily rate £370 £315 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.46% -4.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £100 £221 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 9 9
Average hourly rate £27.50 £14.67 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+87.45% +33.36%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Front Office
Berkshire

Front Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading 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 Reading region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Reading Front Office Daily Rate Histogram

Front Office
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 9 (90.00%) Telecoms
2 7 (70.00%) ATM
2 7 (70.00%) SDH
2 7 (70.00%) Ethernet
3 4 (40.00%) SLA
4 2 (20.00%) Nokia
4 2 (20.00%) 2G
4 2 (20.00%) 3G
4 2 (20.00%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (20.00%) NEC
5 1 (10.00%) ETRM
5 1 (10.00%) Nokia NetAct
5 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
5 1 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (10.00%) Nokia Siemens Networks
5 1 (10.00%) OpenLink
5 1 (10.00%) Endur
5 1 (10.00%) Back Office
5 1 (10.00%) RNC
5 1 (10.00%) Siemens
5 1 (10.00%) UMTS
5 1 (10.00%) GSM

Front Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 1 (10.00%) Endur
Communications & Networking
1 7 (70.00%) ATM
1 7 (70.00%) SDH
1 7 (70.00%) Ethernet
2 2 (20.00%) 2G
2 2 (20.00%) 3G
2 2 (20.00%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (10.00%) Nokia NetAct
3 1 (10.00%) RNC
3 1 (10.00%) UMTS
3 1 (10.00%) GSM
General
1 9 (90.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (10.00%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Transmission Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Performance Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) RAN Performance Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) RAN Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (10.00%) ETRM
1 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Nokia
1 2 (20.00%) NEC
2 1 (10.00%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 1 (10.00%) OpenLink
2 1 (10.00%) Siemens
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