Front Office Contract Job Trends

Front Office
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Front Office in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Front Office over the 6 months leading up to 17 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 252 104 127
Rank change year-on-year -148 +23 -33
Contract jobs citing Front Office 474 747 808
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.03% 2.54% 1.84%
As % of the General category 1.87% 4.03% 3.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 321 611 715
10th Percentile £425 £525 £500
25th Percentile £550 £638 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £725 £725
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.32%
75th Percentile £825 £875 £850
90th Percentile £888 £938 £875
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £440 £405
% change year-on-year +13.64% +8.64% -37.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £16.81 £16.87 -
25th Percentile £17.48 £17.63 £13.50
Median hourly rate £19.31 £18.90 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.21% +25.97% -70.00%
75th Percentile £21.87 £20.16 £16.50
90th Percentile £22.97 £20.92 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.36 £18.90 £15.00
% change year-on-year -13.42% +25.97% -70.00%

All General Skills
UK

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 general skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 25,401 18,541 25,534
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 55.20% 63.17% 58.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,764 11,857 16,167
10th Percentile £305 £296 £270
25th Percentile £406 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £640 £650
90th Percentile £738 £763 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,588 771 1,917
10th Percentile £13.69 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £17.46 £18.17 £15.39
Median hourly rate £27.80 £28.75 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.30% +4.55% -21.43%
75th Percentile £59.63 £56.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.31 £26.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year -4.49% +1.92% -15.46%

Front Office
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Front Office job vacancy trend in the UK

Front Office
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Front Office.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Front Office

Front Office
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Front Office over the 6 months to 17 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Front Office in the UK

Front Office
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Front Office.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Front Office

Front Office
Top 13 Contract Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 17 April 2026. 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
England -134 458 £725 -3.33% 112
London -73 452 £725 -3.33% 108
Work from Home -132 149 £750 - 28
UK excluding London -127 18 £500 +13.64% 26
Scotland -25 9 £578 +10.00% 3
Northern Ireland -8 3 £475 +46.15% 1
South East -55 2 £700 - 19
North of England -70 2 £390 -30.67%
Midlands - 2 £975 -
North West -34 1 £390 -17.89%
Yorkshire -53 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 £975 -

Front Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 11 (2.32%) Confluence
2 4 (0.84%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.63%) Apache
4 2 (0.42%) IIS
4 2 (0.42%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.21%) Appian
5 1 (0.21%) CMS
5 1 (0.21%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.21%) IBM HTTP Server
5 1 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 16 (3.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.32%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.84%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.63%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.53%) Aladdin
2 9 (1.90%) Endur
2 9 (1.90%) Fidessa
3 5 (1.05%) Bloomberg AIM
4 4 (0.84%) ION MarketView
5 3 (0.63%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 2 (0.42%) Eikon
6 2 (0.42%) Finacle
6 2 (0.42%) Front Arena
6 2 (0.42%) Global One
6 2 (0.42%) Summit
7 1 (0.21%) Actimize
7 1 (0.21%) Advent Geneva
7 1 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.21%) IntelliMatch
7 1 (0.21%) Markit EDM
7 1 (0.21%) Shopify
7 1 (0.21%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 92 (19.41%) AWS
2 57 (12.03%) Azure
3 32 (6.75%) GCP
4 23 (4.85%) GitHub
5 16 (3.38%) Azure DevOps
5 16 (3.38%) Power Platform
6 14 (2.95%) Amazon S3
7 13 (2.74%) Microsoft 365
8 12 (2.53%) Amazon EKS
8 12 (2.53%) GitHub Actions
9 9 (1.90%) Anthropic Claude
10 8 (1.69%) Amazon ECS
10 8 (1.69%) Amazon Kinesis
10 8 (1.69%) Google Workspace
11 7 (1.48%) ChatGPT
12 6 (1.27%) GitHub Copilot
13 5 (1.05%) npm
13 5 (1.05%) Serverless
13 5 (1.05%) Snowflake
13 5 (1.05%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 23 (4.85%) FIX Connectivity
2 9 (1.90%) Firewall
3 8 (1.69%) TCP/IP
3 8 (1.69%) VPN
4 7 (1.48%) DMZ
5 4 (0.84%) Multicast
6 2 (0.42%) Ethernet
6 2 (0.42%) HTTP
6 2 (0.42%) RTMP
7 1 (0.21%) DHCP
7 1 (0.21%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (5.49%) PostgreSQL
2 25 (5.27%) SQL Server
3 21 (4.43%) Relational Database
4 16 (3.38%) Power BI
5 13 (2.74%) Tableau
6 12 (2.53%) MongoDB
7 11 (2.32%) Flink
8 9 (1.90%) KDB
9 8 (1.69%) Metadata
9 8 (1.69%) NoSQL
9 8 (1.69%) RDBMS
10 6 (1.27%) DB2
11 5 (1.05%) Redis
12 3 (0.63%) Apache Ignite
12 3 (0.63%) Kdb+
12 3 (0.63%) Pinecone
12 3 (0.63%) Weaviate
13 2 (0.42%) ClickHouse
13 2 (0.42%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.42%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 26 (5.49%) JIRA
2 16 (3.38%) Git
3 13 (2.74%) TeamCity
4 11 (2.32%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.27%) Maven
6 5 (1.05%) Bitbucket
6 5 (1.05%) Octopus Deploy
6 5 (1.05%) webpack
7 4 (0.84%) Selenium
7 4 (0.84%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.63%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.42%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.42%) Gradle
9 2 (0.42%) Postman
9 2 (0.42%) Vite
10 1 (0.21%) Balsamiq
10 1 (0.21%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.21%) Gemini Tracker
10 1 (0.21%) Mockito
10 1 (0.21%) SpecFlow
General
1 285 (60.13%) Finance
2 187 (39.45%) Banking
3 147 (31.01%) Social Skills
4 124 (26.16%) Investment Banking
5 73 (15.40%) Analytical Skills
6 31 (6.54%) Back Office
7 24 (5.06%) Financial Institution
8 17 (3.59%) Legal
9 13 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (2.32%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.84%) French Language
13 3 (0.63%) Marketing
13 3 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.42%) Billing
14 2 (0.42%) Corporate Banking
14 2 (0.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.42%) Law
14 2 (0.42%) Public Sector
14 2 (0.42%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 227 (47.89%) Developer
2 96 (20.25%) Analyst
3 79 (16.67%) Business Analyst
4 75 (15.82%) Java Developer
5 62 (13.08%) Senior
6 50 (10.55%) Lead
6 50 (10.55%) Software Engineer
7 46 (9.70%) Developer/Software Engineer
8 43 (9.07%) Python Developer
9 37 (7.81%) Lead Developer
10 35 (7.38%) Electronic Trading Developer
11 34 (7.17%) Front Office Developer
12 32 (6.75%) Lead Software Developer
12 32 (6.75%) Lead Software Engineer
13 31 (6.54%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
14 29 (6.12%) React Developer
15 28 (5.91%) Senior Developer
16 26 (5.49%) C# Developer
17 25 (5.27%) Low Latency Java Developer
18 18 (3.80%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (18.99%) React
2 64 (13.50%) Redux
3 53 (11.18%) Kafka
3 53 (11.18%) Node.js
4 51 (10.76%) FIX Protocol
5 38 (8.02%) GraphQL
6 34 (7.17%) .NET
7 25 (5.27%) REST
8 24 (5.06%) AngularJS
9 19 (4.01%) HTML
10 16 (3.38%) Pandas
11 15 (3.16%) NumPy
12 13 (2.74%) CSS
12 13 (2.74%) Vue
13 12 (2.53%) HTML5
13 12 (2.53%) RESTful
14 8 (1.69%) COM
15 7 (1.48%) RxJS
15 7 (1.48%) WebSockets
15 7 (1.48%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 122 (25.74%) Fixed Income
2 102 (21.52%) Derivative
3 85 (17.93%) Equities
4 84 (17.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 28 (5.91%) Algorithms
6 27 (5.70%) Data Protection Act
7 26 (5.49%) Hedge funds
8 22 (4.64%) Product Ownership
9 21 (4.43%) Equity Derivative
9 21 (4.43%) TWAP
9 21 (4.43%) VWAP
10 18 (3.80%) Onboarding
11 17 (3.59%) Distributed Systems
12 16 (3.38%) Greenfield Project
13 14 (2.95%) Cloud Native
14 12 (2.53%) Reference Data
15 11 (2.32%) Market Risk
16 10 (2.11%) Data Structures
17 7 (1.48%) Credit Risk
18 6 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 26 (5.49%) Windows
2 20 (4.22%) Unix
3 18 (3.80%) Linux
4 5 (1.05%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.84%) Windows 7
5 4 (0.84%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (35.02%) Agile
2 98 (20.68%) Problem-Solving
3 84 (17.72%) Electronic Trading
3 84 (17.72%) Low Latency
4 66 (13.92%) Stakeholder Management
5 65 (13.71%) Investment Management
5 65 (13.71%) Software Engineering
6 61 (12.87%) Portfolio Management
7 51 (10.76%) Analytics
7 51 (10.76%) Full-Stack Development
8 50 (10.55%) CI/CD
9 48 (10.13%) Multithreading
9 48 (10.13%) Order Management
10 47 (9.92%) DevOps
11 46 (9.70%) Asset Management
12 45 (9.49%) Risk Management
13 42 (8.86%) AI
14 41 (8.65%) Business Analysis
14 41 (8.65%) User Acceptance Testing
15 40 (8.44%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 168 (35.44%) Python
2 163 (34.39%) Java
3 111 (23.42%) SQL
4 77 (16.24%) TypeScript
5 69 (14.56%) JavaScript
6 61 (12.87%) C#
7 34 (7.17%) Go
8 24 (5.06%) C++
9 15 (3.16%) PowerShell
10 10 (2.11%) Shell Script
11 9 (1.90%) Kotlin
11 9 (1.90%) VBA
12 4 (0.84%) Perl
12 4 (0.84%) Scala
13 2 (0.42%) F#
13 2 (0.42%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.42%) R
14 1 (0.21%) Groovy
14 1 (0.21%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 46 (9.70%) Degree
2 20 (4.22%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (1.90%) Master's Degree
4 7 (1.48%) PhD
5 5 (1.05%) PMI Certification
5 5 (1.05%) PMP
6 4 (0.84%) Azure Certification
6 4 (0.84%) CFA
6 4 (0.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 4 (0.84%) MCSA
6 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.63%) Numerate Degree
7 3 (0.63%) Postgraduate
8 2 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.21%) CISSP
9 1 (0.21%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.21%) IIBA
9 1 (0.21%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.21%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.21%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.49%) QA
2 16 (3.38%) Data Quality
3 13 (2.74%) MiFID
4 5 (1.05%) PMO
5 3 (0.63%) EMIR
6 2 (0.42%) Basel III
7 1 (0.21%) Basel II
7 1 (0.21%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.21%) ITGC
7 1 (0.21%) PSD2
System Software
1 13 (2.74%) Docker
2 7 (1.48%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.63%) GridGain
4 2 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 19 (4.01%) Kubernetes
2 9 (1.90%) SCCM
3 8 (1.69%) Argo
4 6 (1.27%) WSUS
5 5 (1.05%) Grafana
5 5 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.05%) Terraform
6 2 (0.42%) Ansible
6 2 (0.42%) Control-M
6 2 (0.42%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (0.42%) Thomson Reuters DACS
7 1 (0.21%) Kibana
7 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 33 (6.96%) Bloomberg
2 29 (6.12%) Microsoft
3 27 (5.70%) Murex
3 27 (5.70%) Oracle
4 19 (4.01%) ION Trading
5 14 (2.95%) Charles River
6 11 (2.32%) Reuters
7 9 (1.90%) Citrix
7 9 (1.90%) Sybase
8 6 (1.27%) Solace
9 5 (1.05%) Avaloq
9 5 (1.05%) IBM
9 5 (1.05%) OpenAI
9 5 (1.05%) Refinitiv
10 4 (0.84%) AppDynamics
10 4 (0.84%) Dynatrace
10 4 (0.84%) Splunk
11 3 (0.63%) Databricks
11 3 (0.63%) Tradeweb
11 3 (0.63%) VMware