The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Front Office in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Front Office over the 3 months to 19 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 West Yorkshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Front Office
Rank 94 88 -
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -
Contract jobs citing Front Office 1 9 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.073% 0.517% -
As % of the General category 0.199% 1.370% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
Average daily rate £375 £450 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% -
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
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
503 657 481
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 36.66% 37.76% 40.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 298 449 253
Average daily rate £375 £380 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.31% -1.93%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £271 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 7 17
Average hourly rate £15.50 £15.00 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.33% -31.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £10.50 £10.52
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £51.20 £30.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £24.99 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+0.05% -3.89%
Front Office
Yorkshire

Front Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Front Office Daily 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
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Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
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Front Office
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Front Office
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Institution
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Business Development
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Rational Performance Tester
1 1 (100.00%) HP Quality Center

Front Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Rational Performance Tester
General
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Institution
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Test Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Test Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Business Development
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
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