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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Front Office' in IT jobs within the Canary Wharf region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Front Office over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFront Office
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank76
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching permanent IT job ads178357
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.094 %0.146 %
As % of the category below21.79 %29.97 %
Salaries quoted130229
Average minimum salary£59,246£65,367
Average salary£63,900£71,821
% change on same period last year-11.02 %
Average maximum salary£68,554£78,275
UK excluding London average salary£47,376£44,596
% change on same period last year+6.23 %
Canary Wharf IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Canary Wharf
Matching permanent IT job ads8171191
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.431 %0.488 %
Salaries quoted664812
Average minimum salary£53,748£58,318
Average salary£57,818£63,440
% change on same period last year-8.86 %
Average maximum salary£61,889£68,562
UK excluding London average salary£40,890£42,387
% change on same period last year-3.53 %
Front Office LondonFront Office
London

Front Office
Demand Trend

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

Canary Wharf Front Office Demand Trend

Front Office
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Front Office across the Canary Wharf region.

Canary Wharf Front Office Salary Trend

Front Office
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Front Office across the Canary Wharf region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Canary Wharf Front Office Salary Histogram

Front Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Canary Wharf 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Front Office.

1261 (67.44 %)Banking
2216 (55.81 %)Investment Banking
3183 (47.29 %)Derivative
4157 (40.57 %)C#
5139 (35.92 %)C++
6128 (33.07 %)SQL
7109 (28.17 %)Finance
8106 (27.39 %)Fixed Income
993 (24.03 %)Java
1082 (21.19 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1181 (20.93 %)VBA
1277 (19.90 %)Degree
1371 (18.35 %).NET
1460 (15.50 %)UNIX
1555 (14.21 %)Windows
1647 (12.14 %)Equities
1647 (12.14 %)SQL Server
1744 (11.37 %)Equity Derivative
1842 (10.85 %)VB
1842 (10.85 %)Electronic Trading
1937 (9.561 %)XML
1937 (9.561 %)OO
2032 (8.269 %)Sybase
2032 (8.269 %)Oracle
2131 (8.010 %)Risk Management
2229 (7.494 %)Asset Management
2229 (7.494 %)Credit Derivative
2326 (6.718 %)Swing
2326 (6.718 %)Back Office
2422 (5.685 %)N-Tier

Front Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Canary Wharf 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Front Office. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Canary Wharf IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
171 (18.35 %).NET
237 (9.561 %)XML
326 (6.718 %)Swing
419 (4.910 %)WebServices
419 (4.910 %)WinForms
514 (3.618 %)ASP.NET
69 (2.326 %)J2EE
69 (2.326 %)STL
78 (2.067 %)MFC
85 (1.292 %)XSLT
85 (1.292 %)Spring
94 (1.034 %)Hibernate
94 (1.034 %)ASP
103 (0.775 %)JMS
112 (0.517 %)HTML
112 (0.517 %)Java SE
112 (0.517 %)CGI
112 (0.517 %)Middleware
112 (0.517 %)JNI
112 (0.517 %)AJAX
Canary Wharf IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (1.034 %)WebLogic
23 (0.775 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (0.258 %)WebSphere Application Server
31 (0.258 %)JBoss
31 (0.258 %)SharePoint
31 (0.258 %)MS Exchange
31 (0.258 %)Rendezvous
Canary Wharf IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
111 (2.842 %)Spreadsheet
24 (1.034 %)MS Excel
31 (0.258 %)MS Office
Canary Wharf IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.517 %)LongView
21 (0.258 %)Endur
21 (0.258 %)Summit
21 (0.258 %)FRONT ARENA
21 (0.258 %)Murex MxG2000
21 (0.258 %)HiInvest
21 (0.258 %)Decalog
Canary Wharf IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (0.775 %)VPN
13 (0.775 %)SAN
Canary Wharf IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
147 (12.14 %)SQL Server
29 (2.326 %)RDBMS
36 (1.550 %)SQL Server 7
42 (0.517 %)Oracle 8/8i
42 (0.517 %)Oracle 9i
42 (0.517 %)Datawarehouse
42 (0.517 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
42 (0.517 %)Data Mart
42 (0.517 %)SQL Server Integration Services
42 (0.517 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
51 (0.258 %)KDB
51 (0.258 %)DB2 UDB
51 (0.258 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (0.258 %)DB2
51 (0.258 %)Oracle Reports
51 (0.258 %)ETL
51 (0.258 %)SQL Server 2000
51 (0.258 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
Canary Wharf IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (1.809 %)TestDirector
25 (1.292 %)ClearQuest
34 (1.034 %)QuickTest Pro
43 (0.775 %)Ant
52 (0.517 %)WinRunner
61 (0.258 %)JUnit
61 (0.258 %)Visual Studio
61 (0.258 %)ClearCase
61 (0.258 %)Eclipse
Canary Wharf IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1261 (67.44 %)Banking
2216 (55.81 %)Investment Banking
3109 (28.17 %)Finance
426 (6.718 %)Back Office
516 (4.134 %)Private Banking
615 (3.876 %)Education
78 (2.067 %)Marketing
86 (1.550 %)Financial Institution
91 (0.258 %)Government
91 (0.258 %)International Banking
Canary Wharf IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1236 (60.98 %)Developer
280 (20.67 %)C# Developer
367 (17.31 %)Analyst
458 (14.99 %)C++ Developer
554 (13.95 %)Excel Developer
632 (8.269 %)Excel Specialist
632 (8.269 %)Applications Support
729 (7.494 %)Java Developer
729 (7.494 %)VBA Developer
828 (7.235 %)Business Analyst
923 (5.943 %)Excel VBA Developer
1022 (5.685 %)Quant Developer
1120 (5.168 %)Senior Developer
1218 (4.651 %)VB Developer
1317 (4.393 %)Front Office Developer
1416 (4.134 %)Team Leader
1514 (3.618 %).NET Developer
1613 (3.359 %)Architect
1613 (3.359 %)C++/Java Developer
1711 (2.842 %)C++/CSharp Developer
Canary Wharf IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1183 (47.29 %)Derivative
2106 (27.39 %)Fixed Income
382 (21.19 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
447 (12.14 %)Equities
544 (11.37 %)Equity Derivative
629 (7.494 %)Credit Derivative
722 (5.685 %)N-Tier
815 (3.876 %)Multithreading
99 (2.326 %)Interest Rate Derivative
108 (2.067 %)Mathematics
108 (2.067 %)Market Risk
117 (1.809 %)Management Information System
117 (1.809 %)Client/Server
125 (1.292 %)Computer Science
134 (1.034 %)Exotic Derivative
134 (1.034 %)Contract for Difference
143 (0.775 %)Physics
143 (0.775 %)Blackberry
143 (0.775 %)PDA
143 (0.775 %)Clustering
Canary Wharf IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
160 (15.50 %)UNIX
255 (14.21 %)Windows
312 (3.101 %)Solaris
47 (1.809 %)Linux
54 (1.034 %)Windows XP
63 (0.775 %)VMS
71 (0.258 %)Windows 2000
Canary Wharf IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
142 (10.85 %)Electronic Trading
237 (9.561 %)OO
331 (8.010 %)Risk Management
429 (7.494 %)Asset Management
516 (4.134 %)Algorithmic Trading
613 (3.359 %)Agile Software Development
712 (3.101 %)RAD
811 (2.842 %)E-Commerce
99 (2.326 %)BPR
99 (2.326 %)Project Management
108 (2.067 %)OOP
108 (2.067 %)OOA/OOD
108 (2.067 %)Business Analysis
108 (2.067 %)User Acceptance Testing
117 (1.809 %)Regression Testing
126 (1.550 %)OOD
135 (1.292 %)Change Management
135 (1.292 %)Migration
135 (1.292 %)Systems Analysis
135 (1.292 %)Test Scripting
Canary Wharf IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1157 (40.57 %)C#
2139 (35.92 %)C++
3128 (33.07 %)SQL
493 (24.03 %)Java
581 (20.93 %)VBA
642 (10.85 %)VB
713 (3.359 %)Perl
812 (3.101 %)Shell Script
911 (2.842 %)JavaScript
108 (2.067 %)VC++
117 (1.809 %)VB6
125 (1.292 %)Transact-SQL
134 (1.034 %)PL/SQL
134 (1.034 %)C
143 (0.775 %)VBScript
152 (0.517 %)AWK
161 (0.258 %)Python
161 (0.258 %)VB.NET
Canary Wharf IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
177 (19.90 %)Degree
26 (1.550 %)Microsoft Certification
26 (1.550 %)MCSE
31 (0.258 %)PhD
Canary Wharf IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (0.517 %)SLA
12 (0.517 %)QA
Canary Wharf IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (0.775 %)Legato
13 (0.775 %)ServiceCenter
Canary Wharf IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
132 (8.269 %)Oracle
132 (8.269 %)Sybase
212 (3.101 %)Bloomberg
311 (2.842 %)Reuters
49 (2.326 %)Sun
56 (1.550 %)TIBCO
64 (1.034 %)GUPTA
73 (0.775 %)Charles River
73 (0.775 %)Microsoft
73 (0.775 %)Murex
73 (0.775 %)HP
73 (0.775 %)VERITAS
82 (0.517 %)Compuware
82 (0.517 %)thinkFolio
82 (0.517 %)LatentZero
91 (0.258 %)Tradeweb
91 (0.258 %)Fidessa
91 (0.258 %)OpenLink
91 (0.258 %)eSpeed
91 (0.258 %)Tangosol
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