Front Office Contracts in Northern Ireland

Front Office
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Front Office in contract job vacancies in Northern Ireland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Front Office over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 23 24
Rank change year-on-year +7 +1 +6
Contract jobs citing Front Office 16 1 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 10.06% 0.67% 4.46%
As % of the General category 12.31% 1.33% 7.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 1 9
10th Percentile £233 - £238
25th Percentile - £281 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £288 £579
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -50.35% +21.89%
75th Percentile £569 £294 £638
90th Percentile £664 - £670
UK median daily rate £725 £725 £739
% change year-on-year - -1.89% +5.57%

All General Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 130 75 123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 81.76% 50.34% 60.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 36 62
10th Percentile £153 £193 £174
25th Percentile £273 £278 £278
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £418 £413
Median % change year-on-year -1.80% +1.21% -
75th Percentile £528 £545 £497
90th Percentile £625 £650 £579
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 22 9
10th Percentile £15.61 - £13.88
25th Percentile £22.92 £12.25 £13.91
Median hourly rate £26.59 £14.66 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +81.38% -5.42% +11.59%
75th Percentile £48.48 £22.50 £16.88
90th Percentile £78.47 £23.54 £18.16
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% -14.29% +59.31%

Front Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing Front Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for Front Office in Northern Ireland

Front Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Front Office in Northern Ireland.

Daily rate trend for Front Office in Northern Ireland

Front Office
Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Front Office in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Front Office in Northern Ireland

Front Office
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
County Antrim +5 16 £325 +13.04% 18
Front Office
UK

Front Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) OpenShift
2 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (31.25%) NoSQL
2 2 (12.50%) Relational Database
3 1 (6.25%) Power BI
3 1 (6.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (50.00%) Git
2 4 (25.00%) Ant
2 4 (25.00%) Jenkins
2 4 (25.00%) Maven
2 4 (25.00%) Subversion
General
1 15 (93.75%) Finance
2 6 (37.50%) Banking
3 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
4 4 (25.00%) Wholesale Banking
5 3 (18.75%) Financial Institution
6 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (6.25%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (56.25%) Developer
2 8 (50.00%) Developer/Software Engineer
2 8 (50.00%) Software Engineer
3 5 (31.25%) Java Developer
4 4 (25.00%) .NET Developer
4 4 (25.00%) .NET Software Developer
4 4 (25.00%) .NET Software Engineer
4 4 (25.00%) Analyst
4 4 (25.00%) C# .NET Developer
4 4 (25.00%) C# Developer
4 4 (25.00%) C# Software Developer
4 4 (25.00%) C# Software Engineer
4 4 (25.00%) Java Engineer
4 4 (25.00%) Java Software Developer
4 4 (25.00%) Java Software Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) Data Analyst
5 2 (12.50%) Junior Java Software Developer
5 2 (12.50%) Junior Java Software Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) Junior Software Developer
5 2 (12.50%) Junior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (31.25%) Apache Avro
1 5 (31.25%) JSON
1 5 (31.25%) RESTful
1 5 (31.25%) Web Services
1 5 (31.25%) XML
2 4 (25.00%) .NET
2 4 (25.00%) AngularJS
2 4 (25.00%) React
2 4 (25.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 10 (62.50%) Equities
2 9 (56.25%) Derivative
2 9 (56.25%) Product Ownership
3 8 (50.00%) Equity Derivative
4 2 (12.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (6.25%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (6.25%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) Linux
1 4 (25.00%) Unix
1 4 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 7 (43.75%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (25.00%) Agile
3 4 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 4 (25.00%) Clean Code
3 4 (25.00%) Code Quality
3 4 (25.00%) Concurrent Programming
3 4 (25.00%) Continuous Delivery
3 4 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
3 4 (25.00%) Design Patterns
3 4 (25.00%) DevOps
3 4 (25.00%) High Availability
3 4 (25.00%) OO
3 4 (25.00%) OOA/OOD
3 4 (25.00%) SDLC
3 4 (25.00%) User Experience
4 3 (18.75%) Data Analysis
5 2 (12.50%) Change Management
5 2 (12.50%) Project Management
5 2 (12.50%) Target Operating Model
Programming Languages
1 11 (68.75%) SQL
2 5 (31.25%) Java
3 4 (25.00%) C#
4 1 (6.25%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (25.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft