The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Front Office in IT jobs advertised for the Docklands, London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Docklands, London region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Front Office
Rank 26 24 10
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -14
Permanent jobs citing Front Office 10 19 96
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Docklands, London 5.155% 7.037% 15.95%
As % of the General category 8.475% 8.837% 18.57%
Number of salaries quoted 8 17 38
Average salary £78,750 £75,000 £71,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.00% +4.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £67,750 £46,500 £55,000
10% offered a salary of more than £90,250 £116,500 £87,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £47,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year
-4.25% -18.26%
All of the General Category
Docklands, London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
118 215 517
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Docklands, London 60.82% 79.63% 85.88%
Number of salaries quoted 101 191 320
Average salary £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.70% +3.84%
90% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
10% offered a salary of more than £92,500 £90,000 £94,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Front Office
London

Front Office
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Front Office across the Docklands, London region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Docklands, London Front Office Jobs Demand Trend

Front Office
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Front Office across the Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London Front Office Salary Trend

Front Office
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Front Office across the Docklands, London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Docklands, London Front Office Salary Histogram

Front Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Docklands, London 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.

1 11 (73.33%) Banking
2 8 (53.33%) Investment Banking
3 7 (46.67%) Java
4 6 (40.00%) XML
5 5 (33.33%) SQL
6 4 (26.67%) Finance
6 4 (26.67%) Equities
6 4 (26.67%) UNIX
6 4 (26.67%) Test Automation
6 4 (26.67%) TDD
7 3 (20.00%) Algorithmic Trading
7 3 (20.00%) Unit Testing
7 3 (20.00%) Multithreading
7 3 (20.00%) Derivative
7 3 (20.00%) Interest Rate Derivative
7 3 (20.00%) OO
7 3 (20.00%) C++
7 3 (20.00%) Python
7 3 (20.00%) QuickTest Pro
7 3 (20.00%) Back Office
7 3 (20.00%) Fixed Income
8 2 (13.33%) STL
8 2 (13.33%) HTTP
8 2 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (13.33%) VBA
8 2 (13.33%) Oracle
8 2 (13.33%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 2 (13.33%) Analytics
9 1 (6.667%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 1 (6.667%) Business Analytics

Front Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Docklands, London 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.

Application Development
1 6 (40.00%) XML
2 2 (13.33%) STL
2 2 (13.33%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 1 (6.667%) J2SE
3 1 (6.667%) XML Messaging
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.667%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 1 (6.667%) MS Office
1 1 (6.667%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (6.667%) ION MarketView
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) HTTP
2 1 (6.667%) WAN
2 1 (6.667%) DNS
2 1 (6.667%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.667%) OLAP
1 1 (6.667%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (6.667%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (6.667%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (6.667%) Data Mining
1 1 (6.667%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (6.667%) JIRA
2 1 (6.667%) ClearQuest
2 1 (6.667%) Eclipse
2 1 (6.667%) WinRunner
General
1 11 (73.33%) Banking
2 8 (53.33%) Investment Banking
3 4 (26.67%) Finance
4 3 (20.00%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Developer
2 4 (26.67%) Tester
3 3 (20.00%) Automation Tester
3 3 (20.00%) C++ Developer
3 3 (20.00%) Technical Tester
4 2 (13.33%) Java Developer
5 1 (6.667%) C++/C# Developer
5 1 (6.667%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
5 1 (6.667%) Architect
5 1 (6.667%) Project Manager
5 1 (6.667%) Business Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) Programme Manager
5 1 (6.667%) Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) Test Manager
5 1 (6.667%) Data Architect
5 1 (6.667%) Senior Manager
5 1 (6.667%) Front Office Developer
5 1 (6.667%) Senior Developer
5 1 (6.667%) Applications Support
5 1 (6.667%) Manual Tester
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Equities
2 3 (20.00%) Derivative
2 3 (20.00%) Interest Rate Derivative
2 3 (20.00%) Fixed Income
3 1 (6.667%) Credit Risk
3 1 (6.667%) Market Risk
3 1 (6.667%) Spread Betting
3 1 (6.667%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 4 (26.67%) UNIX
2 1 (6.667%) Windows
2 1 (6.667%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (26.67%) Test Automation
1 4 (26.67%) TDD
2 3 (20.00%) Algorithmic Trading
2 3 (20.00%) Unit Testing
2 3 (20.00%) Multithreading
2 3 (20.00%) OO
3 2 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (13.33%) Analytics
4 1 (6.667%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (6.667%) Business Analytics
4 1 (6.667%) Business Transformation
4 1 (6.667%) Project Planning
4 1 (6.667%) Manual Testing
4 1 (6.667%) Investment Management
4 1 (6.667%) Business Analysis
4 1 (6.667%) Asset Management
4 1 (6.667%) PRINCE2
4 1 (6.667%) Project Management
4 1 (6.667%) Data Modelling
4 1 (6.667%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 7 (46.67%) Java
2 5 (33.33%) SQL
3 3 (20.00%) C++
3 3 (20.00%) Python
4 2 (13.33%) VBA
5 1 (6.667%) C#
5 1 (6.667%) Perl
5 1 (6.667%) PL/SQL
5 1 (6.667%) VBScript
5 1 (6.667%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (6.667%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.667%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Oracle
2 1 (6.667%) DataSynapse
2 1 (6.667%) Tradeweb
2 1 (6.667%) ION Trading
2 1 (6.667%) TIBCO
2 1 (6.667%) Bloomberg
2 1 (6.667%) Charles River
2 1 (6.667%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.667%) HP