Front Office Contract Job Trends in Belfast

Front Office
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Front Office in contract job vacancies in Belfast. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Front Office over the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 23 18
Rank change year-on-year +7 -5 +16
Contract jobs citing Front Office 21 5 9
As % of all contract jobs in Belfast 9.95% 3.13% 6.12%
As % of the General category 14.29% 4.85% 7.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 5 6
10th Percentile £298 £202 £250
25th Percentile £313 £419 £265
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £335
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +41.79% -31.63%
75th Percentile £575 £488 £394
90th Percentile £608 £540 £400
County Antrim median daily rate £525 £475 £335
% change year-on-year +10.53% +41.79% -31.63%

All General Skills
Belfast

Front Office falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Belfast.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 147 103 115
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast 69.67% 64.38% 78.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 50 63
10th Percentile £200 £143 £151
25th Percentile £313 £158 £278
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £381 £400
Median % change year-on-year +31.15% -4.69% -20.00%
75th Percentile £591 £530 £534
90th Percentile £635 £575 £635
County Antrim median daily rate £500 £381 £400
% change year-on-year +31.15% -4.69% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 12 11
10th Percentile £12.31 £21.19 £11.08
25th Percentile £13.57 £22.55 £12.74
Median hourly rate £15.05 £24.18 £13.46
Median % change year-on-year -37.76% +79.64% +31.70%
75th Percentile £16.50 - £13.91
90th Percentile £24.50 - £16.00
County Antrim median hourly rate £15.05 £24.18 £13.69
% change year-on-year -37.76% +76.69% +24.69%

Front Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Front Office relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

Front Office job vacancy trend in Belfast

Front Office
Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Front Office.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Front Office

Front Office
Daily Rate Histogram in Belfast

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Front Office in Belfast over the 6 months to 11 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Front Office in Belfast

Front Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 9 (42.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (28.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (4.76%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (14.29%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (14.29%) Power BI
1 3 (14.29%) Tableau
2 2 (9.52%) Data Lake
3 1 (4.76%) Relational Database
General
1 15 (71.43%) Finance
2 12 (57.14%) Social Skills
3 11 (52.38%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (52.38%) Banking
4 4 (19.05%) Financial Institution
5 3 (14.29%) Investment Banking
5 3 (14.29%) Legal
6 1 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (42.86%) Analyst
2 6 (28.57%) Data Analyst
3 4 (19.05%) Business Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) Risk Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Banking Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Business Data Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) SQL Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) SQL Data Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Banking Project Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Data Business Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Financial Services Project Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Implementation Specialist
6 1 (4.76%) Lead
6 1 (4.76%) MiFID Specialist
6 1 (4.76%) Risk Data Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Risk Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Senior
6 1 (4.76%) Senior PMO
6 1 (4.76%) Tableau Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Market Risk
2 3 (14.29%) Equities
2 3 (14.29%) Fixed Income
3 2 (9.52%) Derivative
3 2 (9.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (4.76%) Reference Data
4 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (47.62%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 6 (28.57%) Project Management
4 4 (19.05%) Actionable Insight
4 4 (19.05%) Project Delivery
5 3 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (14.29%) Change Management
6 2 (9.52%) Business Analysis
6 2 (9.52%) Internal Audit
6 2 (9.52%) Order Management
6 2 (9.52%) Regulatory Change
6 2 (9.52%) Risk Management
6 2 (9.52%) Scenario Testing
6 2 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (4.76%) Business Impact Analysis
7 1 (4.76%) Impact Analysis
7 1 (4.76%) Mathematics
7 1 (4.76%) Model Validation
7 1 (4.76%) Requirements Gathering
7 1 (4.76%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (28.57%) Python
1 6 (28.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (9.52%) Degree
2 1 (4.76%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (19.05%) Data Quality
2 3 (14.29%) MiFID
2 3 (14.29%) PMO
3 1 (4.76%) EMIR
3 1 (4.76%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft