Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Front Office' in contract IT jobs within the Scotland region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Front Office over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFront Office
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank95117
Rank change on same period last yearUp+22
Matching contract IT job ads1010
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.014 %0.010 %
As % of the category below1.144 %0.711 %
Daily rates quoted25
Average minimum daily rate£325£336
Average daily rate£346£361
% change on same period last year-4.08 %
Average maximum daily rate£368£386
UK excluding London average daily rate£364£417
% change on same period last year-12.87 %
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£23.80£27.25
% change on same period last year-12.66 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads8741406
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.246 %1.454 %
Daily rates quoted232295
Average minimum daily rate£309£334
Average daily rate£330£351
% change on same period last year-6.13 %
Average maximum daily rate£351£368
UK excluding London average daily rate£384£381
% change on same period last year+0.91 %
Hourly rates quoted3763
Average minimum hourly rate£29.96£24.11
Average hourly rate£30.84£26.38
% change on same period last year+16.90 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.72£28.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.97£26.66
% change on same period last year+4.91 %
Front Office UKFront Office
UK

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
Demand Trend

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

Scotland Front Office Demand Trend

Front Office
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Front Office Daily Rate Trend

Front Office
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Front Office across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

Scotland Front Office Daily Rate Histogram

Front Office
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland Front Office Hourly Rate Trend

Front Office
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 within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 15 October 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
EdinburghNew entry-7--
GlasgowUp+111£318-12.04 %
Front Office UKFront Office
UK

Front Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

16 (42.86 %)VBA
16 (42.86 %)ADO
25 (35.71 %)XML
25 (35.71 %)MS Access
34 (28.57 %)MS Excel
43 (21.43 %)Finance
43 (21.43 %)Investment Management
52 (14.29 %)Fixed Income
52 (14.29 %)Project Management
52 (14.29 %)ISEB
52 (14.29 %)TestDirector
61 (7.143 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
61 (7.143 %)WebSphere MQ
61 (7.143 %)HiInvest
61 (7.143 %)Six Sigma
61 (7.143 %)Charles River
61 (7.143 %)OCX
61 (7.143 %)J2EE
61 (7.143 %)CRM
61 (7.143 %)Client/Server
61 (7.143 %)Microsoft
61 (7.143 %)Banking
61 (7.143 %)LatentZero
61 (7.143 %)Asset Management
61 (7.143 %)Data Management
61 (7.143 %)Spring
61 (7.143 %)Investment Banking
61 (7.143 %)Derivative
61 (7.143 %)Pensions
61 (7.143 %)WebSphere

Front Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (42.86 %)ADO
25 (35.71 %)XML
31 (7.143 %)OCX
31 (7.143 %)Hibernate
31 (7.143 %)Spring
31 (7.143 %)WebSphere
31 (7.143 %)iBATIS
31 (7.143 %)J2EE
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (7.143 %)WebSphere MQ
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (28.57 %)MS Excel
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (7.143 %)HiInvest
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (35.71 %)MS Access
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (14.29 %)TestDirector
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (21.43 %)Finance
21 (7.143 %)Banking
21 (7.143 %)Investment Banking
21 (7.143 %)Pensions
21 (7.143 %)Financial Institution
21 (7.143 %)Back Office
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (50.00 %)Developer
26 (42.86 %)Access Developer
32 (14.29 %)Project Manager
32 (14.29 %)Analyst
41 (7.143 %)Test Analyst
41 (7.143 %)Senior Developer
41 (7.143 %)Java Developer
41 (7.143 %)Business Analyst
41 (7.143 %)Excel Developer
41 (7.143 %)Excel Specialist
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (14.29 %)Fixed Income
21 (7.143 %)Derivative
21 (7.143 %)Client/Server
21 (7.143 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (21.43 %)Investment Management
22 (14.29 %)Project Management
31 (7.143 %)Asset Management
31 (7.143 %)Data Management
31 (7.143 %)Integration Testing
31 (7.143 %)System Testing
31 (7.143 %)V-Model
31 (7.143 %)CRM
31 (7.143 %)Six Sigma
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (42.86 %)VBA
21 (7.143 %)Java
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (14.29 %)ISEB
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (7.143 %)Microsoft
11 (7.143 %)Charles River
11 (7.143 %)LatentZero
11 (7.143 %)thinkFolio