Front Office Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Front Office
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Front Office in contract job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Front Office over the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 202 161 -
Rank change year-on-year -41 - -
Contract jobs citing Front Office 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.042% 0.028% -
As % of the General category 0.070% 0.049% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £370 £425 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% - -
75th Percentile £410 £475 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £750 £750 £700
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%

All General Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,837 2,037 2,560
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 59.97% 57.56% 55.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,882 1,108 1,642
10th Percentile £213 £255 £256
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £477 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.94% -4.60% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £643 £675 £690
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 179 131 138
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £17.43 £17.35 £16.26
Median hourly rate £25.00 £24.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% +16.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £45.46 £37.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £67.84 £60.00 £55.86
England median hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £34.50
% change year-on-year -21.67% -13.04% +34.69%

Front Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Front Office job vacancy trend in the North of England

Front Office
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Front Office.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Front Office

Front Office
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Front Office.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Front Office

Front Office
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 22 December 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
North West -27 1 £390 -13.33% 2
Yorkshire - 1 - -
Front Office
England

Front Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Electronic Trading Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) HR Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) HR Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Transformation Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Fixed Income
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
2 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Automated Trading
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Electronic Trading
2 1 (50.00%) Kanban
2 1 (50.00%) Market Making
2 1 (50.00%) Order Management
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Management
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) MarketAxess
1 1 (50.00%) Tradeweb