Front Office Developer Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Front Office Developer
Central London > City of London

The median Front Office Developer daily rate in the City of London is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 120 144
Rank change year-on-year -2 +24 -24
Contract jobs requiring a Front Office Developer 4 6 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.23% 0.29% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.30% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 9
10th Percentile - £645 £568
25th Percentile - £675 £644
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £700 £700
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - -15.15%
75th Percentile - £725 £750
90th Percentile - £793 £770
Central London median daily rate £638 £700 £700
% change year-on-year -8.93% - -15.15%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 1,661 1,968 2,923
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.79% 94.39% 94.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,111 1,254 2,019
10th Percentile £325 £364 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £711
90th Percentile £775 £783 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £580
% change year-on-year -4.35% -0.86% +2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 15 11
10th Percentile £17.35 £16.49 £14.18
25th Percentile £23.98 £21.25 £18.93
Median hourly rate £28.33 £27.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.91% -25.00% -13.77%
75th Percentile £53.50 £85.63 £47.41
90th Percentile £65.39 £137.50 £68.75
Central London median hourly rate £28.15 £35.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year -19.57% -1.41% -14.46%

Front Office Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings that featured Front Office Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Front Office Developer in the City of London

Front Office Developer
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Front Office Developer job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Front Office Developer job vacancies in the City of London

Front Office Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Front Office Developer job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Front Office Developer job vacancies in the City of London

Front Office Developer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 14 September 2025, Front Office Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region featuring Front Office Developer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Front Office
2 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 3 (75.00%) C#
2 3 (75.00%) Electronic Trading
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (50.00%) Reactive Extensions
3 2 (50.00%) Financial Institution
3 2 (50.00%) Banking
4 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
4 1 (25.00%) Algorithmic Trading
4 1 (25.00%) Java
4 1 (25.00%) VBA
4 1 (25.00%) .NET
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (25.00%) Python
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (25.00%) Low Latency
4 1 (25.00%) FX Algorithmic Trading
4 1 (25.00%) SDLC
4 1 (25.00%) .NET Core
4 1 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (25.00%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (25.00%) High Availability

Front Office Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (25.00%) Spreadsheet
General
1 4 (100.00%) Front Office
2 3 (75.00%) Finance
3 2 (50.00%) Banking
3 2 (50.00%) Financial Institution
4 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) Reactive Extensions
2 1 (25.00%) .NET
2 1 (25.00%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Electronic Trading
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (25.00%) Algorithmic Trading
3 1 (25.00%) FX Algorithmic Trading
3 1 (25.00%) High Availability
3 1 (25.00%) Low Latency
3 1 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (25.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) VBA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft