Back Office Jobs in England

Back Office
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in permanent job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Back Office over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 427 455 483
Rank change year-on-year +28 +28 -49
Permanent jobs citing Back Office 502 533 1,047
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.55% 0.63% 0.74%
As % of the General category 0.96% 0.93% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 393 364 559
10th Percentile £27,000 £36,022 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £50,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -3.70%
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £110,875 £105,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -3.70%

All General Skills
England

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 52,555 57,045 91,915
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 57.76% 67.80% 65.08%
Number of salaries quoted 36,197 31,816 45,649
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,282 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Back Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Back Office in England

Back Office
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Back Office in England.

Salary trend for Back Office in England

Back Office
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Back Office in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Back Office in England

Back Office
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Back Office within the England region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +97 290 £85,000 +1.49% 95
South East +8 69 £37,500 -42.75% 24
North of England -10 49 £53,075 +24.15% 38
Midlands 0 46 £28,000 -44.00% 13
North West +5 41 £53,075 +39.87% 20
East of England +24 39 £46,899 -1.27% 13
West Midlands +6 38 £25,000 -52.38% 9
Yorkshire +14 8 £55,689 +17.24% 13
East Midlands -25 8 £36,383 -23.41% 4
South West -44 8 £42,500 -12.82% 15
Back Office
UK

Back Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 28 (5.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.20%) Umbraco
3 5 (1.00%) CMS
4 4 (0.80%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 4 (0.80%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.60%) IIS
6 2 (0.40%) Apache
6 2 (0.40%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.40%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.40%) GlassFish
6 2 (0.40%) JCAPS
6 2 (0.40%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.40%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.40%) WebSphere Application Server
6 2 (0.40%) WordPress
7 1 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
7 1 (0.20%) Kentico
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 55 (10.96%) Microsoft Office
2 54 (10.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.40%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.20%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 21 (4.18%) NEC Housing
2 6 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.20%) Endur
2 6 (1.20%) Oracle General Ledger
2 6 (1.20%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 4 (0.80%) Workday HCM
4 3 (0.60%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.40%) Adaptiv
5 2 (0.40%) Magento
5 2 (0.40%) Maximo
5 2 (0.40%) nopCommerce
5 2 (0.40%) OpenLink RightAngle
5 2 (0.40%) Shopify
5 2 (0.40%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.20%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.20%) Findur
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 120 (23.90%) Azure
2 94 (18.73%) AWS
3 61 (12.15%) Power Platform
4 51 (10.16%) GCP
5 35 (6.97%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (5.18%) Dynamics 365
7 18 (3.59%) Azure Service Bus
7 18 (3.59%) Google Sheets
8 17 (3.39%) Azure Monitor
9 16 (3.19%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 15 (2.99%) Microsoft 365
11 13 (2.59%) Power Automate
12 11 (2.19%) Mimecast
13 7 (1.39%) OCI
14 4 (0.80%) Google Workspace
14 4 (0.80%) SaaS
15 2 (0.40%) Amazon S3
15 2 (0.40%) AWS Lambda
15 2 (0.40%) Azure Key Vault
15 2 (0.40%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.19%) Firewall
2 13 (2.59%) VPN
3 11 (2.19%) VoIP
3 11 (2.19%) Wi-Fi
4 10 (1.99%) Wireless
5 8 (1.59%) LAN
6 6 (1.20%) Broadband
7 5 (1.00%) 5G
8 3 (0.60%) ADSL
8 3 (0.60%) Bluetooth
8 3 (0.60%) DHCP
8 3 (0.60%) DNS
8 3 (0.60%) FTP
8 3 (0.60%) GPRS
8 3 (0.60%) Internet
8 3 (0.60%) Network Security
8 3 (0.60%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.40%) SAN
9 2 (0.40%) WAN
10 1 (0.20%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (17.33%) SQL Server
2 45 (8.96%) Power BI
3 30 (5.98%) Oracle Database
4 27 (5.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 22 (4.38%) GIS
6 21 (4.18%) Oracle Database 12c
6 21 (4.18%) PostgreSQL
6 21 (4.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 21 (4.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 11 (2.19%) MS Access
8 10 (1.99%) Data Lake
8 10 (1.99%) NoSQL
9 9 (1.79%) MySQL
10 8 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (1.59%) Geospatial Data
11 6 (1.20%) Relational Database
11 6 (1.20%) SAP BW
12 4 (0.80%) MongoDB
13 2 (0.40%) Apache Cassandra
13 2 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 18 (3.59%) JIRA
2 14 (2.79%) Visual Studio
3 11 (2.19%) Git
4 3 (0.60%) Ant
4 3 (0.60%) Maven
5 2 (0.40%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.40%) JUnit
5 2 (0.40%) Subversion
6 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.20%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.20%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.20%) Mercurial
6 1 (0.20%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.20%) Postman
6 1 (0.20%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.20%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio Team System
6 1 (0.20%) Vite
General
1 275 (54.78%) Finance
2 203 (40.44%) Social Skills
3 109 (21.71%) Front Office
4 83 (16.53%) Banking
5 82 (16.33%) Analytical Skills
6 60 (11.95%) Local Government
7 51 (10.16%) Retail
8 33 (6.57%) Public Sector
9 29 (5.78%) Organisational Skills
10 28 (5.58%) Police
11 20 (3.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 17 (3.39%) Billing
13 13 (2.59%) Telecoms
14 9 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
15 8 (1.59%) General Ledger
16 6 (1.20%) Health Technology
16 6 (1.20%) Manufacturing
17 5 (1.00%) Law
17 5 (1.00%) Marketing
18 4 (0.80%) Legal
Job Titles
1 131 (26.10%) Senior
2 113 (22.51%) Developer
3 101 (20.12%) Analyst
4 61 (12.15%) Senior Developer
5 50 (9.96%) .NET Developer
6 49 (9.76%) Software Engineer
7 48 (9.56%) Senior Software Developer
8 44 (8.76%) Developer/Software Engineer
8 44 (8.76%) Senior .NET Developer
8 44 (8.76%) Senior Software Engineer
9 43 (8.57%) Lead
10 42 (8.37%) .NET Software Developer
10 42 (8.37%) .NET Software Engineer
10 42 (8.37%) Senior .NET Software Developer
10 42 (8.37%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
11 34 (6.77%) Architect
12 33 (6.57%) Technical Analyst
13 31 (6.18%) Administrator
14 27 (5.38%) Financial Analyst
14 27 (5.38%) SQL Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (21.71%) .NET
2 53 (10.56%) React
3 50 (9.96%) AngularJS
4 45 (8.96%) .NET Core
5 43 (8.57%) Redux
6 42 (8.37%) Vue
7 37 (7.37%) ASP.NET
8 27 (5.38%) ASP.NET Core
9 23 (4.58%) CSS
10 21 (4.18%) .NET Framework
10 21 (4.18%) Web Services
11 19 (3.78%) HTML
12 15 (2.99%) ASP.NET Web API
12 15 (2.99%) FIX Protocol
12 15 (2.99%) Pandas
13 7 (1.39%) Entity Framework
13 7 (1.39%) jQuery
14 6 (1.20%) ASP.NET MVC
14 6 (1.20%) XML
15 5 (1.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 102 (20.32%) Derivative
2 101 (20.12%) Hedge funds
3 61 (12.15%) Fixed Income
4 52 (10.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 49 (9.76%) Equities
6 37 (7.37%) Management Information System
7 35 (6.97%) Self-Motivation
8 29 (5.78%) Driving Licence
9 20 (3.98%) Onboarding
10 12 (2.39%) Smartcard
11 10 (1.99%) Cloud Native
11 10 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
11 10 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
11 10 (1.99%) Product Ownership
12 7 (1.39%) Blog
12 7 (1.39%) Public Cloud
13 6 (1.20%) IoT
13 6 (1.20%) Reinsurance
13 6 (1.20%) Virtual Team
14 5 (1.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 58 (11.55%) Windows
2 40 (7.97%) Unix
3 31 (6.18%) Windows 10
4 18 (3.59%) Linux
5 14 (2.79%) Windows Server
6 13 (2.59%) Windows Server 2016
6 13 (2.59%) Windows Server 2019
7 12 (2.39%) Windows 7
8 4 (0.80%) Android
9 2 (0.40%) AIX
9 2 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.20%) CentOS
10 1 (0.20%) Debian
10 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.20%) Scientific Linux
10 1 (0.20%) Solaris
10 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (25.30%) Asset Management
2 120 (23.90%) Agile
3 104 (20.72%) Investment Management
4 101 (20.12%) Problem-Solving
5 91 (18.13%) Customer Service
6 82 (16.33%) Software Engineering
7 58 (11.55%) Mentoring
8 55 (10.96%) Data Analysis
9 53 (10.56%) DevOps
10 45 (8.96%) Business Intelligence
11 44 (8.76%) ITIL
12 40 (7.97%) ERP
13 39 (7.77%) Technical Leadership
14 38 (7.57%) Continuous Improvement
14 38 (7.57%) CRM
15 37 (7.37%) Project Delivery
16 36 (7.17%) Roadmaps
17 34 (6.77%) Project Management
18 30 (5.98%) Line Management
18 30 (5.98%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 189 (37.65%) SQL
2 155 (30.88%) C#
3 112 (22.31%) Python
4 68 (13.55%) JavaScript
5 48 (9.56%) TypeScript
6 19 (3.78%) Java
7 18 (3.59%) PowerShell
8 17 (3.39%) Bicep
8 17 (3.39%) T-SQL
9 7 (1.39%) Kotlin
10 5 (1.00%) VBA
11 4 (0.80%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.80%) VB.NET
12 3 (0.60%) Bash
13 2 (0.40%) PHP
13 2 (0.40%) VB
13 2 (0.40%) XPath
14 1 (0.20%) Swift
14 1 (0.20%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 91 (18.13%) Degree
2 39 (7.77%) Security Cleared
3 27 (5.38%) Oracle Certification
4 25 (4.98%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (3.59%) SC Cleared
6 15 (2.99%) Master's Degree
7 12 (2.39%) DV Cleared
8 8 (1.59%) CISM
8 8 (1.59%) PMI Certification
8 8 (1.59%) PMP
9 7 (1.39%) CISSP
9 7 (1.39%) DBS Check
10 5 (1.00%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.40%) ACCA
12 2 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.40%) CIMA
12 2 (0.40%) CISA
12 2 (0.40%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.40%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (6.18%) SLA
2 25 (4.98%) Accessibility
3 19 (3.78%) Data Quality
3 19 (3.78%) QA
4 10 (1.99%) PMO
5 6 (1.20%) GAAP
5 6 (1.20%) IFRS
6 3 (0.60%) EMIR
6 3 (0.60%) MiFID
7 2 (0.40%) COBIT
7 2 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.20%) COSHH
8 1 (0.20%) GDPR
8 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.20%) NIST
8 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 46 (9.16%) Active Directory
2 18 (3.59%) Docker
3 12 (2.39%) Hyper-V
3 12 (2.39%) KVM
4 5 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.20%) Firmware
6 1 (0.20%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (3.78%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.20%) Control-M
3 3 (0.60%) Terraform
4 1 (0.20%) Ansible
4 1 (0.20%) Hadoop YARN
4 1 (0.20%) ITRS Geneos
4 1 (0.20%) SCOM
4 1 (0.20%) SCOrch
4 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.20%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 127 (25.30%) Microsoft
2 61 (12.15%) Oracle
3 27 (5.38%) SAP
4 24 (4.78%) Google
5 21 (4.18%) NEC
6 12 (2.39%) Sophos
7 11 (2.19%) Apple
7 11 (2.19%) Barracuda Networks
7 11 (2.19%) ConnectWise
7 11 (2.19%) IBM
8 9 (1.79%) Charles River
8 9 (1.79%) Salesforce
9 8 (1.59%) Algorithmics
9 8 (1.59%) ION Trading
10 6 (1.20%) OpenLink
10 6 (1.20%) PeopleSoft
11 5 (1.00%) Genesys
11 5 (1.00%) Sybase
11 5 (1.00%) Virgin Media
11 5 (1.00%) VMware