Front Office Contracts in South London

Front Office
London > South London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Front Office in contract job vacancies in South London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Front Office over the 6 months leading up to 26 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 30 40
Rank change year-on-year -3 +10 +20
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Front Office 6 7 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South London 3.37% 3.68% 2.23%
As % of the General category 5.17% 7.00% 3.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 5
10th Percentile - - £635
25th Percentile £613 £675 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £850 £700 £650
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% +7.69% -18.75%
75th Percentile £875 £775 £675
90th Percentile - £805 £683
London median daily rate £750 £750 £700
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -

All General Skills
South 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 South London.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 116 100 226
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South London 65.17% 52.63% 71.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 61 166
10th Percentile £213 £213 £253
25th Percentile £403 £405 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £475 £539
Median % change year-on-year +3.21% -11.87% -2.00%
75th Percentile £597 £564 £638
90th Percentile £697 £725 £700
London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +1.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 16
10th Percentile - - £16.94
25th Percentile - £17.25 £22.41
Median hourly rate £15.84 £19.50 £52.58
Median % change year-on-year -18.77% -62.91% +16.84%
75th Percentile - £21.75 £55.20
90th Percentile - - £66.30
London median hourly rate £31.49 £36.00 £34.62
% change year-on-year -12.53% +3.99% -7.68%

Front Office
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

Job vacancy trend for Front Office in South London

Front Office
Daily Rate Trend in South London

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

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

Front Office
Daily Rate Histogram in South London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Front Office in South London over the 6 months to 26 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Front Office in South London

Front Office
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in South 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 South London region over the 6 months to 26 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bromley -4 5 £850 +21.43% 1
Front Office
London

Front Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) TCP/IP
2 1 (16.67%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Eclipse
1 2 (33.33%) Git
1 2 (33.33%) Gradle
1 2 (33.33%) IntelliJ
1 2 (33.33%) Maven
General
1 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Financial Institution
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Developer
2 4 (66.67%) Python Developer
3 2 (33.33%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
3 2 (33.33%) Java Developer
3 2 (33.33%) Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (100.00%) FIX Protocol
2 4 (66.67%) FpML
2 4 (66.67%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Algorithms
1 5 (83.33%) Derivative
2 4 (66.67%) Data Structures
2 4 (66.67%) Fixed Income
2 4 (66.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (16.67%) Equities
3 1 (16.67%) TWAP
3 1 (16.67%) VWAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 6 (100.00%) OO
2 5 (83.33%) Agile
3 4 (66.67%) Computer Science
3 4 (66.67%) Continuous Integration
3 4 (66.67%) High Availability
3 4 (66.67%) Kanban
3 4 (66.67%) Mathematics
3 4 (66.67%) Physics
3 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (66.67%) Scrum
4 2 (33.33%) Algorithmic Trading
4 2 (33.33%) Financial Modelling
4 2 (33.33%) Garbage Collection
4 2 (33.33%) Low Latency
4 2 (33.33%) Multithreading
4 2 (33.33%) Quantitative Trading
4 2 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (33.33%) UML
4 2 (33.33%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) Java
2 4 (66.67%) C#
2 4 (66.67%) C++
2 4 (66.67%) Python
2 4 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA