The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Front Office in IT jobs advertised for the England 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Front Office
Rank 116 112 49
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -63
Permanent jobs citing Front Office 2372 2644 5186
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 2.345% 2.332% 4.402%
As % of the General category 5.424% 5.148% 9.070%
Number of salaries quoted 1999 2189 4174
Average salary £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -3.44%
90% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
10% offered a salary of more than £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £47,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year
-4.25% -18.26%
All of the General Category
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
43731 51364 57176
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 43.24% 45.31% 48.53%
Number of salaries quoted 35175 43496 47049
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £77,500 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Front Office
UK

Front Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England Front Office Salary Trend

Front Office
Salary Histogram

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

England Front Office Salary Histogram

Front Office
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Front Office within the England 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +4 2272 £75,000 +7.14%
South East +12 64 £36,000 -34.54%
West Midlands -35 13 £35,000 -30.00%
South West -10 12 £47,500 +14.25%
Yorkshire +4 2 £46,250 +23.33%
East of England +4 2 £40,000 -
North West -4 2 £42,500 -50.00%
Front Office
UK

Front Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England 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 1857 (41.21%) Finance
2 1555 (34.51%) C#
3 1502 (33.33%) SQL
4 1461 (32.42%) Java
5 1400 (31.07%) Banking
6 1161 (25.77%) Derivative
7 948 (21.04%) Fixed Income
8 891 (19.77%) Investment Banking
9 890 (19.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 794 (17.62%) .NET
11 718 (15.93%) Multithreading
12 701 (15.56%) Degree
13 681 (15.11%) UNIX
14 661 (14.67%) Equities
15 657 (14.58%) C++
16 623 (13.83%) Oracle
17 611 (13.56%) OO
18 579 (12.85%) SQL Server
19 562 (12.47%) Risk Management
20 536 (11.90%) WPF
21 466 (10.34%) Windows
22 458 (10.16%) Agile Software Development
23 440 (9.765%) Hedge funds
24 434 (9.632%) Electronic Trading
25 431 (9.565%) Computer Science
26 396 (8.788%) TDD
27 379 (8.411%) Back Office
28 377 (8.367%) VBA
29 366 (8.123%) Linux
30 353 (7.834%) Sybase

Front Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England 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
1 794 (17.62%) .NET
2 536 (11.90%) WPF
3 304 (6.747%) WCF
4 278 (6.170%) XML
5 262 (5.814%) WinForms
6 257 (5.704%) Spring
7 112 (2.486%) FIX Protocol
8 100 (2.219%) .NET Framework
9 99 (2.197%) ASP.NET
10 86 (1.909%) Hibernate
11 76 (1.687%) Middleware
12 69 (1.531%) Swing
13 68 (1.509%) CSS
13 68 (1.509%) Web Services
14 63 (1.398%) HTML5
15 54 (1.198%) HTML
16 51 (1.132%) JMS
17 49 (1.087%) J2SE
18 47 (1.043%) Apache Flex
19 45 (0.999%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 96 (2.130%) Oracle Coherence
2 73 (1.620%) Rendezvous
3 53 (1.176%) SharePoint
4 40 (0.888%) GemFire
5 31 (0.688%) IIS
6 27 (0.599%) TIBCO EMS
7 23 (0.510%) MS Exchange
7 23 (0.510%) Apache
7 23 (0.510%) MQSeries
8 19 (0.422%) Confluence
9 17 (0.377%) ESB
10 14 (0.311%) WebSphere Application Server
11 13 (0.289%) Lightstreamer
12 12 (0.266%) Lotus Notes
13 11 (0.244%) MSMQ
14 10 (0.222%) Exchange Server 2010
14 10 (0.222%) Oracle Workflow
15 9 (0.200%) BizTalk Server
16 5 (0.111%) Exchange Server 2003
16 5 (0.111%) Force.com
Applications
1 209 (4.638%) MS Excel
2 97 (2.153%) MS Office
3 51 (1.132%) Spreadsheet
4 36 (0.799%) MS PowerPoint
5 33 (0.732%) MS Visio
6 32 (0.710%) Photoshop
7 18 (0.399%) MS Project
8 17 (0.377%) Adobe Illustrator
9 13 (0.289%) InDesign
10 4 (0.089%) S-PLUS
11 2 (0.044%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 50 (1.110%) LatentZero
2 39 (0.866%) ION MarketView
3 38 (0.843%) SAP CRM
4 34 (0.755%) Summit
5 23 (0.510%) SAP IS-U
6 14 (0.311%) Front Arena
7 12 (0.266%) Minerva
8 11 (0.244%) Sentinel
9 9 (0.200%) Kondor+
9 9 (0.200%) Tesseract
10 8 (0.178%) Aligne
11 7 (0.155%) RMDS
11 7 (0.155%) Bloomberg TOMS
11 7 (0.155%) Eagle PACE
12 6 (0.133%) Endur
12 6 (0.133%) Oracle CRM
12 6 (0.133%) Capstone
12 6 (0.133%) Dynamics CRM
13 5 (0.111%) Loan IQ
14 4 (0.089%) LongView
Communications & Networking
1 135 (2.996%) HTTP
2 43 (0.954%) TCP/IP
3 31 (0.688%) Internet
4 27 (0.599%) Firewall
5 26 (0.577%) VPN
6 21 (0.466%) LAN
7 19 (0.422%) Intranet
8 16 (0.355%) Cisco Nexus
9 13 (0.289%) WAN
10 10 (0.222%) HTTPS
10 10 (0.222%) DNS
11 9 (0.200%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (0.200%) Wireless
12 8 (0.178%) Cisco ASA
13 7 (0.155%) EIGRP
14 6 (0.133%) VoIP
14 6 (0.133%) DHCP
15 4 (0.089%) SMTP
16 3 (0.067%) SAN
16 3 (0.067%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 579 (12.85%) SQL Server
2 113 (2.508%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 107 (2.375%) Data Warehouse
4 105 (2.330%) SQL Server 2008
5 100 (2.219%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 50 (1.110%) Hadoop
6 50 (1.110%) KDB
7 49 (1.087%) SQL Server 2005
7 49 (1.087%) Apache Cassandra
7 49 (1.087%) Big Data
8 41 (0.910%) RDBMS
9 34 (0.755%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 32 (0.710%) BusinessObjects XI
11 31 (0.688%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
11 31 (0.688%) Oracle 8/8i
12 30 (0.666%) BusinessObjects
13 24 (0.533%) DB2
14 22 (0.488%) QlikView
15 16 (0.355%) NoSQL
16 15 (0.333%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 136 (3.018%) Subversion
2 97 (2.153%) Eclipse
3 75 (1.664%) JIRA
4 58 (1.287%) Visual Studio
4 58 (1.287%) Team Foundation Server
5 53 (1.176%) Maven
6 31 (0.688%) QuickTest Pro
7 26 (0.577%) JUnit
8 23 (0.510%) Selenium
8 23 (0.510%) TestComplete
9 21 (0.466%) CruiseControl
9 21 (0.466%) Expression Blend
10 20 (0.444%) TeamCity
11 19 (0.422%) MSBuild
12 17 (0.377%) FlexUnit
13 16 (0.355%) NUnit
14 15 (0.333%) WinRunner
15 13 (0.289%) LoadRunner
15 13 (0.289%) Hudson
15 13 (0.289%) Cucumber
General
1 1857 (41.21%) Finance
2 1400 (31.07%) Banking
3 891 (19.77%) Investment Banking
4 379 (8.411%) Back Office
5 186 (4.128%) Financial Institution
6 78 (1.731%) Legal
7 66 (1.465%) Retail
8 36 (0.799%) Music
9 34 (0.755%) Games
9 34 (0.755%) Marketing
10 32 (0.710%) Advertising
11 30 (0.666%) Telecoms
12 20 (0.444%) International Banking
13 15 (0.333%) Publishing
14 14 (0.311%) Corporate Banking
14 14 (0.311%) Wholesale Banking
15 11 (0.244%) Retail Banking
16 6 (0.133%) French Language
17 5 (0.111%) Law
18 4 (0.089%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 2304 (51.13%) Developer
2 1026 (22.77%) Analyst
3 810 (17.98%) Java Developer
4 588 (13.05%) C# Developer
5 443 (9.831%) Business Analyst
6 345 (7.656%) Support Analyst
7 309 (6.858%) Applications Support
8 299 (6.636%) Front Office Developer
9 245 (5.437%) Senior Developer
10 228 (5.060%) Project Manager
11 220 (4.882%) C++ Developer
12 151 (3.351%) WPF Developer
13 129 (2.863%) Applications Support Analyst
14 118 (2.619%) Excel Developer
15 109 (2.419%) .NET Developer
16 108 (2.397%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
17 103 (2.286%) Team Leader
18 100 (2.219%) VBA Developer
19 99 (2.197%) Senior Java Developer
20 95 (2.108%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 1161 (25.77%) Derivative
2 948 (21.04%) Fixed Income
3 890 (19.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 661 (14.67%) Equities
5 440 (9.765%) Hedge funds
6 431 (9.565%) Computer Science
7 277 (6.147%) Mathematics
8 256 (5.681%) Credit Risk
9 182 (4.039%) Interest Rate Derivative
10 169 (3.751%) Equity Derivative
11 146 (3.240%) Market Risk
12 117 (2.597%) Credit Derivative
13 92 (2.042%) Physics
14 77 (1.709%) Grid Computing
15 63 (1.398%) Management Information System
16 48 (1.065%) N-Tier
17 42 (0.932%) Open Source
18 38 (0.843%) Client/Server
19 35 (0.777%) Enterprise Software
20 33 (0.732%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 681 (15.11%) UNIX
2 466 (10.34%) Windows
3 366 (8.123%) Linux
4 59 (1.309%) Windows 7
5 52 (1.154%) Windows Server 2008
6 41 (0.910%) Solaris
7 33 (0.732%) Windows XP
8 32 (0.710%) Windows Server 2003
9 25 (0.555%) Windows Mobile
10 17 (0.377%) Windows CE
11 11 (0.244%) Oracle Linux
12 9 (0.200%) Android
13 8 (0.178%) Windows 2000
14 7 (0.155%) Apple iOS
15 4 (0.089%) HPUX
16 3 (0.067%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 3 (0.067%) Mac OS X
17 1 (0.022%) Mac OS
17 1 (0.022%) Windows NT
17 1 (0.022%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 718 (15.93%) Multithreading
2 611 (13.56%) OO
3 562 (12.47%) Risk Management
4 458 (10.16%) Agile Software Development
5 434 (9.632%) Electronic Trading
6 396 (8.788%) TDD
7 311 (6.902%) Analytics
8 303 (6.724%) Investment Management
9 294 (6.525%) Algorithmic Trading
10 289 (6.414%) Business Analysis
11 287 (6.369%) Project Management
12 275 (6.103%) Asset Management
13 196 (4.350%) E-Commerce
14 133 (2.952%) Workflow
15 130 (2.885%) User Acceptance Testing
16 124 (2.752%) Business Intelligence
17 120 (2.663%) Scrum
18 114 (2.530%) Data Modelling
19 110 (2.441%) RAD
19 110 (2.441%) UML
Programming Languages
1 1555 (34.51%) C#
2 1502 (33.33%) SQL
3 1461 (32.42%) Java
4 657 (14.58%) C++
5 377 (8.367%) VBA
6 322 (7.146%) Python
7 251 (5.570%) Perl
8 128 (2.841%) JavaScript
9 93 (2.064%) C
10 85 (1.886%) T-SQL
11 65 (1.443%) PL/SQL
12 58 (1.287%) Shell Script
13 45 (0.999%) Scala
14 44 (0.976%) MATLAB
15 43 (0.954%) VB
16 42 (0.932%) Bash shell
17 36 (0.799%) Ruby
18 34 (0.755%) Clojure
19 33 (0.732%) Delphi
20 23 (0.510%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 701 (15.56%) Degree
2 88 (1.953%) PhD
3 34 (0.755%) ISEB
4 33 (0.732%) Microsoft Certification
5 28 (0.621%) PMI Certification
5 28 (0.621%) ISTQB
6 26 (0.577%) CFA
7 25 (0.555%) MCP
8 19 (0.422%) PMP
9 17 (0.377%) ITIL Certification
9 17 (0.377%) Cisco Certification
10 15 (0.333%) MCSE
10 15 (0.333%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 9 (0.200%) ACCA
12 7 (0.155%) MCTS
12 7 (0.155%) MCAD
12 7 (0.155%) MCSD
12 7 (0.155%) CCNA
13 6 (0.133%) Sun Certification
14 5 (0.111%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 221 (4.905%) QA
2 41 (0.910%) Basel III
3 24 (0.533%) Data Quality
4 15 (0.333%) Basel II
5 11 (0.244%) SLA
6 3 (0.067%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.067%) Solvency II
7 2 (0.044%) FATCA
7 2 (0.044%) ISO 9000
7 2 (0.044%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.022%) MiFID
8 1 (0.022%) COBIT
8 1 (0.022%) IAS 39
System Software
1 40 (0.888%) Active Directory
2 15 (0.333%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.089%) IMail Server
3 4 (0.089%) vSphere
4 2 (0.044%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.044%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
4 2 (0.044%) VMware Workstation
4 2 (0.044%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.044%) Cronacle
Systems Management
1 30 (0.666%) HP Quality Center
2 5 (0.111%) ARCserve
3 4 (0.089%) Control-M
3 4 (0.089%) Tivoli
4 3 (0.067%) EMC NetWorker
4 3 (0.067%) NetBackup
5 2 (0.044%) Puppet
5 2 (0.044%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 2 (0.044%) OpenView Configuration Management
5 2 (0.044%) OpenView
5 2 (0.044%) BMC Marimba
6 1 (0.022%) WMI
6 1 (0.022%) ServiceCenter
6 1 (0.022%) Backup Exec
6 1 (0.022%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 623 (13.83%) Oracle
2 353 (7.834%) Sybase
3 241 (5.348%) Microsoft
4 231 (5.126%) TIBCO
5 143 (3.174%) Bloomberg
6 130 (2.885%) DataSynapse
7 111 (2.463%) Reuters
8 84 (1.864%) Business Objects
9 75 (1.664%) Murex
10 69 (1.531%) SAP
11 62 (1.376%) thinkFolio
12 59 (1.309%) ION Trading
13 56 (1.243%) Adobe
13 56 (1.243%) IBM
14 51 (1.132%) Fidessa
15 48 (1.065%) Charles River
16 38 (0.843%) Infragistics
17 35 (0.777%) Citrix
18 33 (0.732%) Sun
19 31 (0.688%) HP
City of London
My client is a tier one investment bank based in London (City), they are currently expanding their Fixed income IT team and are hiring strong C# Developers. The...
Real Staffing
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
My client is looking for strong core Java developers to join at lead level in a global, Front Office, FX Derivatives IT team... This new Java eFX team...
McGregor Boyall
Salary: £75000 - £115000 per annum + Competative Package
Posted: 24 May 2013
City, London
My client, a Leading International Investment Bank, seeks to find an experienced Java Developer to work with their Risk IT team for Fixed Income. To be successful for...
Thomson Keene Associates
Salary: £80000 - £90000 per annum + Excellent Banking Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
Java, Equities, Algorithmic trading, Stocks, Futures, Options, Swaps, Front Office, Investment Bank. One of the world's leading banks are currently hiring a JAVA developer to work in...
iKas International
Salary: £70000 - £90000 per annum + bonus + package
Posted: 24 May 2013
City of London
The successful candidate should experience working with C#.net, WCF and SQL as well as having good interpersonal skill as they will be working closely with the traders...
Real Staffing
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + bonus
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
Are you an enthusiastic Java Developer with a highly analytical mind-set?... An exciting opportunity has arisen for a hands-on Java developer with excellent object-oriented development...
Thomson Keene Associates
Salary: £30000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits + Pension
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
Java, Developer, Fixed Income, Rates, Bonds, Electronic trading, Front Office, Investment Bank. Leading global investment bank are currently hiring an accomplished Java developer to join their fixed income...
iKas International
Salary: £65000 - £85000 per annum + bonus + package
Posted: 24 May 2013
City, London
C++, C#, Grid, Developer, Fixed Income, Rates, Bonds, Risk, Front Office, Investment Bank... To be successful you must have: C++ development experience. Ideally some Grid and C# Ability...
iKas International
Salary: £70000 - £85000 per annum + bonus + package
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
Java, Spring, TDD, Agile, Sybase, Fixed Income, Swaps, Interest Rates, Credit, Equities, Derivatives, Trade Capture, Trade workflow, Front Office, Investment Bank... Sales to trader workflow... Agile/TDD exposure.....
iKas International
Salary: £65000 - £90000 per annum + bonus + package
Posted: 24 May 2013
City, London
A leading investment bank are seeking a java developer with front office experience to join their etrading team. The java developer must have strong core java and relational...
Thomson Keene Associates
Salary: £50000 - £70000 per annum + benefits + bonus
Posted: 23 May 2013
City, London
Java, Sybase, Test driven development, Agile, Developer, OTC Derivatives, Credit Valuation adjustment, Counterparty exposure management, Risk, Front office, Investment Bank... To be successful you must have: Java development...
iKas International
Salary: £65000 - £85000 per annum + bonus + package
Posted: 24 May 2013
City of London
Futures Front Office Core Java Developer, Investment Bank, London, Permanent A large tier 1 investment bank are looking for an experienced Core Java Developer to sit within the...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £50000 - £75000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
City, London
Java, Tibco, low latency, multi-threading, FX eCommerce, Position Management, Trade Capture, Front Office, Investment Bank... * Advanced level of Java development and multi-threading experience * Knowledge of messaging...
iKas International
Salary: £70000 - £900000 per annum + bonus + package
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
They are looking for an experienced C# developer to design and develop a multiple asset pricing and risk system for equities, FX and Commodities market making. You will...
Aston Carter
Salary: £75000 - £95000 per annum + excellent bonus and package
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
The .NET Developer will join a team designing and development a brand new algorithmic trading platform being rolled out globally over the next 2-4 years. As mentioned...
Anderson Cole Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £45,000 to £80,000 per annum Bonus and benefits package
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
C#, C++, WCF, Coherence, Data Synapse, SQL, Technical lead, FX Options, Front Office, Investment Bank... To be successful you must have: Excellent C#.Net and good C++ Database...
iKas International
Salary: £85000 - £110000 per annum + bonus + package
Posted: 24 May 2013
City of London
Skills Required: C# Development Winforms and WPF UI Development LINQ Multithreading SQL Server The successful candidate will come from an excellent academic background, with a strong numerate degree...
Huxley Associates
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
Skills Required: C# Development Winforms and WPF UI Development LINQ Multithreading SQL Server The successful candidate will come from an excellent academic background, with a strong numerate degree...
Huxley Associates
Salary: Competitive Salary and Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
Leading Investment Bank seeking a C# WPF GUI Developer to join Front Office Trading team... Skills Required: C# GUI Development WPF Prism LINQ SQL Server Front Office Electronic...
Huxley Associates
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
Java, Data Synapse, Risk Analytics, Monte-Carlo simulations, Derivatives, Front Office, Investment Bank... This platform will provide Monte Carlo based calculations for Credit Risk (cross-asset) and Counterparty...
iKas International
Salary: £75000 - £90000 per annum + bonus + package
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
Our Client is able to offer physical acquisition, management and delivery of natural gas, power and coal in the United States, Canada and Europe. In Europe, is one...
Harrington Starr
Salary: £50000 - £70000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
Ideally this role is looking for a well experienced Technical Business Analyst who has experience within a Fixed Income team and has great knowledge around Interest Rate Derivatives.
Huxley Associates
Posted: 23 May 2013
City, London
My client, a leading global Investment Bank, seeks to find a highly proficient Front Office Java Developer to work within the OTC Derivatives space of a growing organisation.
Thomson Keene Associates
Salary: £70000 - £85000 per annum + Excellent Banking Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
Delphi Developer - Software House - A Delphi Developer is urgently required by a global software house who provide trading solutions to global clients... The Delphi Developer will be heavily...
Anderson Cole Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £40,000 to £55,000 per annum Bonus + share options + pension + he
Posted: 24 May 2013
City, London
Delphi Developer - Breaking into Finance Sector - A Delphi Developer is urgently required by a leading investment bank... The Delphi Developer will be heavily involved in the design, development...
Anderson Cole Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £40,000 to £55,000 per annum Bonus + share options + pension + he
Posted: 24 May 2013