Front Office Contract Job Trends in East London

Front Office
London > East London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Front Office in contract job vacancies in East London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Front Office over the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 26 32
Rank change year-on-year +10 +6 +2
Contract jobs citing Front Office 7 5 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in East London 6.25% 3.25% 3.02%
As % of the General category 8.14% 4.81% 4.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 6
10th Percentile £875 £765 £650
25th Percentile £938 £788 £706
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £1,000 £825 £825
Median % change year-on-year +21.21% - +10.00%
75th Percentile - £875 £925
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £750 £750 £700
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -

All General Skills
East London

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 East London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 86 104 161
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East London 76.79% 67.53% 60.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 92 132
10th Percentile £190 £300 £216
25th Percentile £316 £416 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +8.00%
75th Percentile £629 £600 £656
90th Percentile £813 £730 £750
London median daily rate £548 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.78% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 3
10th Percentile - - £14.71
25th Percentile £23.33 £21.25 £15.52
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.50 £16.85
Median % change year-on-year +11.78% +33.53% -48.31%
75th Percentile £32.00 £23.75 £17.89
90th Percentile £77.08 - £18.51
London median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £30.75
% change year-on-year -7.14% +13.82% -14.58%

Front Office
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

Job postings citing Front Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in East London.

Job vacancy trend for Front Office in East London

Front Office
Daily Rate Trend in East London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Front Office

Front Office
Hourly Rate Trend in East London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Front Office.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Front Office

Front Office
Contract Job Locations in East London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Front Office within the East London region over the 6 months to 14 September 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Tower Hamlets +4 5 £1,000 +29.03%
Docklands, London +1 2 £900 +5.88%
Front Office
London

Front Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in East 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:

General
1 7 (100.00%) Banking
2 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 5 (71.43%) Financial Institution
3 2 (28.57%) Investment Banking
3 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Developer
1 5 (71.43%) Quantitative Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 5 (71.43%) Derivative
2 5 (71.43%) Equities
2 5 (71.43%) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Linux
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Data Pipeline
1 5 (71.43%) Mathematics
1 5 (71.43%) Physics
2 2 (28.57%) Algorithmic Trading
2 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
2 2 (28.57%) Electronic Trading
2 2 (28.57%) FX Algorithmic Trading
2 2 (28.57%) Low Latency
2 2 (28.57%) Multithreading
2 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) C++
1 5 (71.43%) Python
2 2 (28.57%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Sophis