Front Office Contracts in the Thames Valley

Front Office
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Front Office in contract job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Front Office over the 6 months leading up to 2 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 124 145
Rank change year-on-year +10 +21 -
Contract jobs citing Front Office 2 2 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.12% 0.085% 0.14%
As % of the General category 0.19% 0.16% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £438 - -
25th Percentile £440 - £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £442 - £675
75th Percentile £445 - £688
90th Percentile £446 - -
South East median daily rate £442 - £838
% change year-on-year - - +34.00%

All General Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,049 1,257 1,743
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 62.63% 53.29% 60.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 631 668 1,096
10th Percentile £250 £225 £268
25th Percentile £400 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.56%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £607
90th Percentile £700 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 92 54
10th Percentile £14.20 £17.64 £14.68
25th Percentile £14.48 £26.25 £21.25
Median hourly rate £20.33 £58.17 £32.30
Median % change year-on-year -65.05% +80.10% +53.81%
75th Percentile £59.62 £67.58 £61.09
90th Percentile £87.38 £87.46 £69.33
South East median hourly rate £18.82 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -67.18% +14.70% +138.10%

Front Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Front Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Front Office in the Thames Valley

Front Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Front Office in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Front Office in the Thames Valley

Front Office
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 2 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire - 2 £442 -
Front Office
South East

Front Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (100.00%) SAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre Technician
1 2 (100.00%) Data Technician
2 1 (50.00%) Change Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Data Centre Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Data Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (100.00%) Business Continuity Management
1 2 (100.00%) Capacity Management
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Preventative Maintenance
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Server+ Certification
2 1 (50.00%) BC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared