Front Office Contracts

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 have cited Front Office over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 124 95 122
Rank change year-on-year -29 +27 -33
Contract jobs citing Front Office 806 1,545 1,987
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.85% 2.55% 2.21%
As % of the General category 3.17% 4.34% 3.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 713 1,282 1,651
10th Percentile £531 £538 £538
25th Percentile £609 £613 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £748 £700
Median % change year-on-year -3.01% +6.79% +7.69%
75th Percentile £850 £850 £800
90th Percentile £884 £931 £838
UK excluding London median daily rate £405 £663 £488
% change year-on-year -38.87% +35.90% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 6
10th Percentile - - £21.25
25th Percentile £13.50 - £26.56
Median hourly rate £15.00 £50.00 £51.50
Median % change year-on-year -70.00% -2.91% -
75th Percentile £16.50 - £81.06
90th Percentile - - £134.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.00 £50.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -70.00% +16.28% -

All General Skills
UK

Front Office is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 25,434 35,571 50,108
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 58.25% 58.63% 55.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,084 24,564 34,730
10th Percentile £270 £313 £315
25th Percentile £413 £440 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £648
90th Percentile £751 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,914 1,108 1,455
10th Percentile £12.75 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.40 £18.22 £14.75
Median hourly rate £28.42 £35.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.80% +62.79% -4.44%
75th Percentile £51.25 £61.25 £45.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.66 £30.75 £18.35
% change year-on-year -13.29% +67.56% -8.25%

Front Office
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Front Office in the UK

Front Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Front Office in the UK

Front Office
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Front Office over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Front Office in the UK

Front Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Front Office.

Hourly rate trend for Front Office in the UK

Front Office
Top 9 Contract 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 19 April 2024. 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 -22 796 £725 -3.33% 234
London -3 784 £725 -3.33% 214
Work from Home +6 379 £750 - 63
UK excluding London +3 12 £405 -38.87% 6
North of England +20 5 £405 -12.88%
North West +6 5 £405 -8.99%
East of England +17 3 £375 - 1
South East -12 3 £500 -50.00% 2
Northern Ireland -5 1 £288 -51.23%

Front Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 135 (16.75%) Apache Airflow
2 119 (14.76%) Apache
3 15 (1.86%) Confluence
4 6 (0.74%) SAS
5 5 (0.62%) MTS
6 4 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.12%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.12%) SharePoint
Applications
1 48 (5.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (1.61%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 19 (2.36%) Aladdin
2 16 (1.99%) Endur
3 8 (0.99%) ION MarketView
4 5 (0.62%) EuroRunner
4 5 (0.62%) SimCorp Dimension
5 4 (0.50%) Aligne
6 3 (0.37%) Orchestrade
7 2 (0.25%) Fidessa
8 1 (0.12%) Bloomberg AIM
8 1 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.12%) Loan IQ
8 1 (0.12%) Markit EDM
8 1 (0.12%) RMDS
8 1 (0.12%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.12%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 242 (30.02%) AWS
2 166 (20.60%) GCP
3 165 (20.47%) Azure
4 76 (9.43%) dbt
5 49 (6.08%) Snowflake
6 24 (2.98%) npm
7 14 (1.74%) Power Platform
8 12 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (1.24%) GitHub
10 9 (1.12%) Microsoft 365
11 7 (0.87%) Serverless
12 5 (0.62%) Azure Service Bus
13 4 (0.50%) Entra ID
13 4 (0.50%) OpenShift
14 2 (0.25%) AWS Lambda
14 2 (0.25%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 1 (0.12%) Azure App Service
15 1 (0.12%) Azure Logic Apps
15 1 (0.12%) Azure Storage
15 1 (0.12%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.86%) FIX Connectivity
2 3 (0.37%) DHCP
2 3 (0.37%) DNS
2 3 (0.37%) LAN
2 3 (0.37%) TCP/IP
2 3 (0.37%) WAN
3 1 (0.12%) FTP
3 1 (0.12%) SAN
3 1 (0.12%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (14.27%) Apache Ignite
2 76 (9.43%) Amazon Athena
2 76 (9.43%) Apache Arrow
2 76 (9.43%) Dremio
3 49 (6.08%) Data Lake
4 39 (4.84%) PostgreSQL
5 36 (4.47%) Relational Database
6 27 (3.35%) SQL Server
7 24 (2.98%) KDB
7 24 (2.98%) NoSQL
8 13 (1.61%) Power BI
9 11 (1.36%) Kdb+
10 8 (0.99%) MongoDB
11 6 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 6 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (0.74%) Tableau
12 5 (0.62%) Crystal Reports
13 3 (0.37%) Data Mart
14 2 (0.25%) Apache Cassandra
14 2 (0.25%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 72 (8.93%) JIRA
2 39 (4.84%) TeamCity
3 34 (4.22%) Cypress.io
4 32 (3.97%) Cucumber
5 26 (3.23%) Git
5 26 (3.23%) Jenkins
6 24 (2.98%) webpack
7 16 (1.99%) GitLab
8 14 (1.74%) JUnit
9 13 (1.61%) Mockito
10 12 (1.49%) Moq
10 12 (1.49%) NUnit
11 7 (0.87%) Visual Studio
12 6 (0.74%) MLflow
13 5 (0.62%) Selenium
14 4 (0.50%) SpecFlow
15 3 (0.37%) Bitbucket
15 3 (0.37%) FitNesse
15 3 (0.37%) LoadRunner
15 3 (0.37%) WebDriver
General
1 526 (65.26%) Finance
2 327 (40.57%) Banking
3 185 (22.95%) Investment Banking
4 141 (17.49%) Social Skills
5 109 (13.52%) Analytical Skills
6 65 (8.06%) Back Office
7 9 (1.12%) Financial Institution
8 7 (0.87%) Law
8 7 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (0.50%) Corporate Banking
10 4 (0.50%) Retail Banking
11 3 (0.37%) Agriculture
11 3 (0.37%) Legal
11 3 (0.37%) Marketing
11 3 (0.37%) Prime Brokerage
12 2 (0.25%) Aviation
12 2 (0.25%) French Language
12 2 (0.25%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.25%) Retail
Job Titles
1 408 (50.62%) Developer
2 157 (19.48%) Software Engineer
3 147 (18.24%) Analyst
4 122 (15.14%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 105 (13.03%) Senior
6 101 (12.53%) Business Analyst
7 100 (12.41%) C# Developer
8 98 (12.16%) Python Developer
9 88 (10.92%) React Developer
10 84 (10.42%) Java Developer
11 75 (9.31%) Python Engineer
12 74 (9.18%) Python Software Engineer
13 65 (8.06%) Finance Manager
14 60 (7.44%) Full Stack Developer
15 58 (7.20%) Front Office Developer
16 48 (5.96%) Lead
17 47 (5.83%) Financial Analyst
18 45 (5.58%) Senior Developer
19 44 (5.46%) .NET Developer
20 43 (5.33%) Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 182 (22.58%) React
2 129 (16.00%) gRPC
3 125 (15.51%) Protocol Buffers
4 106 (13.15%) Redux
5 104 (12.90%) Pandas
6 97 (12.03%) .NET
7 95 (11.79%) NumPy
8 82 (10.17%) SciPy
9 62 (7.69%) AngularJS
10 56 (6.95%) Material-UI
11 39 (4.84%) REST
11 39 (4.84%) WPF
12 38 (4.71%) .NET Core
13 31 (3.85%) RxJS
14 28 (3.47%) ASP.NET
15 27 (3.35%) WebSockets
16 25 (3.10%) ASP.NET Core
16 25 (3.10%) FIX Protocol
16 25 (3.10%) Vue
17 24 (2.98%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 289 (35.86%) Fixed Income
2 270 (33.50%) Derivative
3 225 (27.92%) Hedge funds
4 197 (24.44%) Equities
5 176 (21.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 41 (5.09%) Greenfield Project
7 33 (4.09%) Algorithms
7 33 (4.09%) Product Ownership
8 25 (3.10%) Equity Derivative
9 22 (2.73%) Market Risk
10 17 (2.11%) Distributed Systems
11 16 (1.99%) Data Structures
12 15 (1.86%) Credit Derivative
13 7 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
14 6 (0.74%) Distributed Computing
14 6 (0.74%) Wiki
15 5 (0.62%) Management Information System
15 5 (0.62%) OTC Derivatives
15 5 (0.62%) Reference Data
15 5 (0.62%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 59 (7.32%) Windows
2 42 (5.21%) Unix
3 31 (3.85%) Linux
4 7 (0.87%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.62%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.37%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.12%) Android
7 1 (0.12%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 367 (45.53%) Agile
2 275 (34.12%) Asset Management
3 265 (32.88%) Software Engineering
4 230 (28.54%) Investment Management
5 127 (15.76%) Electronic Trading
6 118 (14.64%) Full Stack Development
7 96 (11.91%) Analytics
8 87 (10.79%) DevOps
9 75 (9.31%) Artificial Intelligence
10 73 (9.06%) Machine Learning
11 72 (8.93%) Risk Management
11 72 (8.93%) TDD
12 71 (8.81%) Fintech
13 58 (7.20%) CI/CD
14 56 (6.95%) Computer Science
14 56 (6.95%) Problem-Solving
15 55 (6.82%) Design Patterns
16 51 (6.33%) Continuous Improvement
16 51 (6.33%) Project Management
16 51 (6.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 357 (44.29%) Python
2 253 (31.39%) SQL
3 239 (29.65%) C#
4 216 (26.80%) TypeScript
5 208 (25.81%) Java
6 183 (22.70%) JavaScript
7 40 (4.96%) PowerShell
8 35 (4.34%) C++
9 17 (2.11%) Kotlin
9 17 (2.11%) Scala
10 16 (1.99%) R
10 16 (1.99%) VBA
11 9 (1.12%) Ruby
11 9 (1.12%) Rust
12 5 (0.62%) Perl
13 4 (0.50%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.37%) Groovy
14 3 (0.37%) VB.NET
15 2 (0.25%) Apex Code
15 2 (0.25%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 93 (11.54%) Degree
2 27 (3.35%) Master's Degree
3 21 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (1.12%) Numerate Degree
5 8 (0.99%) PhD
6 6 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (0.50%) PMI Certification
8 4 (0.50%) PMP
9 3 (0.37%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.37%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 3 (0.37%) MCSE
10 1 (0.12%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.12%) AWS Certified Developer
10 1 (0.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.12%) CHECK Team Member
10 1 (0.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.12%) PgMP
10 1 (0.12%) Six Sigma Black Belt
10 1 (0.12%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (5.46%) QA
2 34 (4.22%) Data Quality
3 19 (2.36%) MiFID
4 14 (1.74%) EMIR
5 13 (1.61%) Dodd-Frank
6 9 (1.12%) PMO
7 6 (0.74%) SLA
8 4 (0.50%) SEPA
9 3 (0.37%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 20 (2.48%) Docker
2 9 (1.12%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.50%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.37%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (0.87%) ITRS Geneos
2 6 (0.74%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.62%) Grafana
3 5 (0.62%) SCCM
4 4 (0.50%) Terraform
5 3 (0.37%) Podman
5 3 (0.37%) WSUS
6 1 (0.12%) Ansible
6 1 (0.12%) Control-M
Vendors
1 55 (6.82%) Bloomberg
2 37 (4.59%) Google
3 26 (3.23%) ION Trading
4 19 (2.36%) Microsoft
4 19 (2.36%) Oracle
5 16 (1.99%) Murex
6 14 (1.74%) Citrix
6 14 (1.74%) MarketAxess
6 14 (1.74%) Tradeweb
7 13 (1.61%) TIBCO
8 11 (1.36%) IBM
8 11 (1.36%) ServiceNow
9 10 (1.24%) BISAM
10 9 (1.12%) Refinitiv
11 8 (0.99%) OpenLink
11 8 (0.99%) Salesforce
12 7 (0.87%) Databricks
13 5 (0.62%) Dynatrace
13 5 (0.62%) SimCorp
14 4 (0.50%) Reuters