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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Front Office' in IT jobs within the South West 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 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFront Office
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank213262
Rank change on same period last yearUp+49
Matching permanent IT job ads367
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.021 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.718 %0.143 %
Salaries quoted266
Average minimum salary£47,143£37,667
Average salary£51,768£44,083
% change on same period last year+17.43 %
Average maximum salary£56,393£50,500
UK excluding London average salary£51,728£45,371
% change on same period last year+14.01 %
South West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
South West
Matching permanent IT job ads50174906
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.932 %2.156 %
Salaries quoted43624186
Average minimum salary£35,386£37,213
Average salary£38,752£39,917
% change on same period last year-2.91 %
Average maximum salary£42,119£42,620
UK excluding London average salary£41,305£41,808
% change on same period last year-1.20 %
Front Office EnglandFront Office
England

Front Office
Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West Front Office Salary Trend

Front Office
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Front Office across the South West region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WiltshireNew entry-24£61,000-
BristolDown-15£60,000+66.66 %
GloucestershireNew entry-4£40,667-
SomersetDown-213£24,167-59.72 %
DevonNew entry-2£20,000-
Front Office EnglandFront Office
England

Front Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT jobs across the South West 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.

147 (59.49 %)Finance
234 (43.04 %)VBA
330 (37.97 %)SQL
330 (37.97 %)Back Office
426 (32.91 %)OpenLink
522 (27.85 %)C#
621 (26.58 %).NET
621 (26.58 %)SQL Server
720 (25.32 %)Risk Management
819 (24.05 %)C++
918 (22.78 %)Oracle
1017 (21.52 %)Java
1116 (20.25 %)PRINCE2
1213 (16.46 %)Endur
1312 (15.19 %)MS Excel
1411 (13.92 %)Derivative
1411 (13.92 %)Banking
159 (11.39 %)Investment Banking
159 (11.39 %)Spreadsheet
159 (11.39 %)Reuters
168 (10.13 %)PRINCE2 Certification
168 (10.13 %)Project Management
168 (10.13 %)ETRM
177 (8.861 %)BusinessObjects
177 (8.861 %)Business Objects
186 (7.595 %)JSP
186 (7.595 %)SQL Server 2000
186 (7.595 %)SQL Server 2005
195 (6.329 %)Spring
195 (6.329 %)VB6

Front Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT jobs across the South West 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.

South West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
121 (26.58 %).NET
26 (7.595 %)JSP
35 (6.329 %)JavaBeans
35 (6.329 %)JDBC
35 (6.329 %)Spring
44 (5.063 %)WebServices
44 (5.063 %)ASP.NET
53 (3.797 %)WinForms
South West IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (6.329 %)JBoss
South West IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
112 (15.19 %)MS Excel
29 (11.39 %)Spreadsheet
32 (2.532 %)MS Office
32 (2.532 %)MS PowerPoint
South West IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
113 (16.46 %)Endur
South West IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
121 (26.58 %)SQL Server
27 (8.861 %)BusinessObjects
36 (7.595 %)SQL Server 2000
36 (7.595 %)SQL Server 2005
45 (6.329 %)Oracle 8/8i
53 (3.797 %)Oracle 9i
53 (3.797 %)RDBMS
53 (3.797 %)Crystal Reports
53 (3.797 %)Oracle Reports
South West IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (6.329 %)Ant
15 (6.329 %)Log4j
24 (5.063 %)Oracle Forms
South West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
147 (59.49 %)Finance
230 (37.97 %)Back Office
311 (13.92 %)Banking
49 (11.39 %)Investment Banking
52 (2.532 %)Electronics
61 (1.266 %)Marketing
61 (1.266 %)Education
61 (1.266 %)Electric
61 (1.266 %)Legal
61 (1.266 %)Financial Institution
South West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
136 (45.57 %)Developer
224 (30.38 %)Analyst
318 (22.78 %)VBA Developer
414 (17.72 %)C# Developer
513 (16.46 %)Project Manager
612 (15.19 %)Excel Developer
612 (15.19 %)Excel VBA Developer
78 (10.13 %)PRINCE2 Project Manager
78 (10.13 %)Analyst Programmer
78 (10.13 %)Programmer
87 (8.861 %)Business Analyst
87 (8.861 %)Front Office Developer
95 (6.329 %)Excel Specialist
95 (6.329 %)Java Analyst Programmer
95 (6.329 %)Java Programmer
104 (5.063 %)Senior Manager
104 (5.063 %)Senior Project Manager
104 (5.063 %)Analyst Developer
104 (5.063 %)C++ Developer
112 (2.532 %)Field Engineer
South West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
111 (13.92 %)Derivative
23 (3.797 %)Fixed Income
32 (2.532 %)Equities
32 (2.532 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
32 (2.532 %)EPoS
41 (1.266 %)Credit Derivative
41 (1.266 %)PMI
South West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
120 (25.32 %)Risk Management
216 (20.25 %)PRINCE2
38 (10.13 %)Project Management
38 (10.13 %)ETRM
44 (5.063 %)Integration Testing
44 (5.063 %)Regression Testing
44 (5.063 %)Programme Management
53 (3.797 %)Business Analysis
53 (3.797 %)Data Modelling
62 (2.532 %)Security Cleared
62 (2.532 %)Stakeholder Management
62 (2.532 %)OO
71 (1.266 %)RAD
71 (1.266 %)Web Development
71 (1.266 %)User Acceptance Testing
71 (1.266 %)DV Cleared
South West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
134 (43.04 %)VBA
230 (37.97 %)SQL
322 (27.85 %)C#
419 (24.05 %)C++
517 (21.52 %)Java
65 (6.329 %)VB
65 (6.329 %)VB6
73 (3.797 %)Python
73 (3.797 %)PL/SQL
81 (1.266 %)C
81 (1.266 %)Perl
81 (1.266 %)PHP
South West IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (10.13 %)PRINCE2 Certification
22 (2.532 %)ISEB
22 (2.532 %)Degree
31 (1.266 %)PMP
31 (1.266 %)PMI Certification
South West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
126 (32.91 %)OpenLink
218 (22.78 %)Oracle
39 (11.39 %)Reuters
47 (8.861 %)Business Objects
51 (1.266 %)SAP