Front Office Contracts in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Front Office in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Front Office over the 3 months to 24 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 West Midlands 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Front Office
Rank 88 99 -
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -
Contract jobs citing Front Office 7 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.429% 0.178% -
As % of the General category 1.367% 0.535% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
Average daily rate £450 £438 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £381 £450 £400
% change year-on-year
-15.27% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £18.00 -
Search 1 Front Office jobs in the West Midlands
All of the General Category
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category		 512 748 649
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 31.35% 33.36% 34.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 316 282
Average daily rate £375 £365 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.73% +4.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £244 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 49 34
Average hourly rate £37.80 £25.00 £31.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+51.20% -19.35%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Front Office
England

Front Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands Front Office Daily Rate Histogram

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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Birmingham - 7 £450 -
Front Office
England

Front Office
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 8 (88.89%) Banking
2 7 (77.78%) Finance
3 6 (66.67%) Investment Banking
4 4 (44.44%) Financial Institution
5 3 (33.33%) Electronic Trading
5 3 (33.33%) Perl
5 3 (33.33%) UNIX
5 3 (33.33%) Derivative
5 3 (33.33%) FIX Protocol
5 3 (33.33%) Fixed Income
5 3 (33.33%) Equities
6 2 (22.22%) ION Trading
6 2 (22.22%) ION MarketView
7 1 (11.11%) Windows 7
7 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (11.11%) Wealth Management
7 1 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
7 1 (11.11%) Windows
7 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
7 1 (11.11%) SLA
7 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
7 1 (11.11%) Blackberry
7 1 (11.11%) BPR
7 1 (11.11%) SQL
7 1 (11.11%) MS Office
7 1 (11.11%) ITIL
7 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery

Front Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

Application Development
1 3 (33.33%) FIX Protocol
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (22.22%) ION MarketView
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
General
1 8 (88.89%) Banking
2 7 (77.78%) Finance
3 6 (66.67%) Investment Banking
4 4 (44.44%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Analyst
2 4 (44.44%) Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Business Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Business Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Business Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Banking Business Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Business Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support
3 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Test Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Derivative
1 3 (33.33%) Fixed Income
1 3 (33.33%) Equities
2 1 (11.11%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) UNIX
2 1 (11.11%) Windows 7
2 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Electronic Trading
2 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (11.11%) Wealth Management
2 1 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
2 1 (11.11%) BPR
2 1 (11.11%) ITIL
2 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) Perl
2 1 (11.11%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) ION Trading
Support Analyst - Market Connectivity - Banking - Birmingham
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