Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Front Office' in contract IT jobs within the Swindon 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFront Office
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank5248
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching contract IT job ads21
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.528 %0.398 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£450£480
Average daily rate£475£500
% change on same period last year-5.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£500£520
UK excluding London average daily rate£311£405
% change on same period last year-23.11 %
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£23.20£27.25
% change on same period last year-14.86 %
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Swindon
Matching contract IT job ads379251
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.597 %0.269 %
Daily rates quoted18783
Average minimum daily rate£414£392
Average daily rate£434£423
% change on same period last year+2.57 %
Average maximum daily rate£453£453
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£375
% change on same period last year+1.60 %
Hourly rates quoted1932
Average minimum hourly rate£24.70£36.38
Average hourly rate£27.67£37.47
% change on same period last year-26.15 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.64£38.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.36£26.71
% change on same period last year+2.45 %
Front Office WiltshireFront Office
Wiltshire

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 Swindon region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon Front Office Daily Rate Trend

Front Office
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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.

13 (60.00 %)Back Office
13 (60.00 %)Risk Management
22 (40.00 %)Finance
22 (40.00 %)Stakeholder Management
22 (40.00 %)Logistics
22 (40.00 %)PRINCE2
22 (40.00 %)Project Planning
22 (40.00 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
31 (20.00 %)Spreadsheet
31 (20.00 %)ESB
31 (20.00 %)Test Management
31 (20.00 %)UML
31 (20.00 %)RUP
31 (20.00 %)SOA
31 (20.00 %)OpenLink
31 (20.00 %)Project Management
31 (20.00 %)EDA
31 (20.00 %)Java
31 (20.00 %).NET
31 (20.00 %)Scrum
31 (20.00 %)Agile Software Development

Front Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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.

Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (20.00 %).NET
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (20.00 %)ESB
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (20.00 %)Spreadsheet
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (60.00 %)Back Office
22 (40.00 %)Finance
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (40.00 %)Project Manager
21 (20.00 %)Business Analyst
21 (20.00 %)Analyst
21 (20.00 %)Test Manager
21 (20.00 %)Solutions Architect
21 (20.00 %)Architect
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (60.00 %)Risk Management
22 (40.00 %)Stakeholder Management
22 (40.00 %)PRINCE2
22 (40.00 %)Logistics
22 (40.00 %)Project Planning
31 (20.00 %)Test Management
31 (20.00 %)EDA
31 (20.00 %)UML
31 (20.00 %)RUP
31 (20.00 %)SOA
31 (20.00 %)Project Management
31 (20.00 %)Scrum
31 (20.00 %)Agile Software Development
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (20.00 %)Java
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (40.00 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (20.00 %)OpenLink