Back Office Contracts in England

Back Office
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Back Office over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 297 326 401
Rank change year-on-year +29 +75 -18
Contract jobs citing Back Office 269 346 445
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.72% 0.74% 0.63%
As % of the General category 1.25% 1.24% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 267 336
10th Percentile £406 £413 £450
25th Percentile £482 £525 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £675 £650
Median % change year-on-year -9.26% +3.85% +13.04%
75th Percentile £700 £835 £750
90th Percentile £850 £850 £813
UK median daily rate £613 £675 £628
% change year-on-year -9.26% +7.57% +14.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 9
10th Percentile £15.84 £16.13 £11.94
25th Percentile £17.50 £17.16 £12.21
Median hourly rate £21.73 £35.25 £21.35
Median % change year-on-year -38.35% +65.11% +22.00%
75th Percentile £23.75 £55.63 £26.00
90th Percentile - £60.00 £63.60
UK median hourly rate £18.00 £18.78 £26.00
% change year-on-year -4.17% -27.76% +55.22%

All General Skills
England

Back 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 21,502 27,813 40,269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 57.33% 59.13% 57.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,781 19,606 28,322
10th Percentile £281 £315 £325
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £798 £763
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,827 910 1,280
10th Percentile £12.88 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £31.97 £30.65 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.32% +36.21% +7.14%
75th Percentile £52.64 £60.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £67.50 £70.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £30.50 £31.96 £23.00
% change year-on-year -4.57% +38.96% +9.26%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Back Office in England

Back Office
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Back Office in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Back Office in England

Back Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Back Office in England

Back Office
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Back Office within the England region over the 6 months to 12 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +53 238 £625 -10.71% 80
Midlands +17 10 £494 +37.15% 20
West Midlands +19 9 £494 +79.55% 10
South East -2 8 £560 -2.61% 12
East of England +3 5 - - 5
South West -9 4 £250 -66.67% 16
North West +17 3 - - 23
North of England +12 3 - - 45
East Midlands +6 1 - - 10
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 8 (2.97%) CMS
2 3 (1.12%) MTS
3 1 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.37%) Apache
3 1 (0.37%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.37%) Confluence
3 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.37%) SAS
3 1 (0.37%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (2.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.74%) Mingle
4 1 (0.37%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 21 (7.81%) Endur
2 4 (1.49%) Markit EDM
2 4 (1.49%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 4 (1.49%) thinkFolio
3 3 (1.12%) Aligne
3 3 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.12%) EuroRunner
4 2 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.37%) Advent Geneva
5 1 (0.37%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 1 (0.37%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.37%) Oracle HRMS
5 1 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.37%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.37%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.37%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.37%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.37%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.37%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 70 (26.02%) Azure
2 40 (14.87%) Azure DevOps
3 34 (12.64%) Azure Service Bus
4 20 (7.43%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 20 (7.43%) Azure Monitor
5 11 (4.09%) Azure Pipelines
6 10 (3.72%) Power Platform
7 9 (3.35%) AWS
8 7 (2.60%) Miro
9 5 (1.86%) Google Sheets
10 4 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (1.12%) Entra ID
11 3 (1.12%) SaaS
11 3 (1.12%) Serverless
12 2 (0.74%) Microsoft 365
12 2 (0.74%) Snowflake
13 1 (0.37%) Azure Functions
13 1 (0.37%) GCP
13 1 (0.37%) SuccessFactors
13 1 (0.37%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.60%) FTP
2 4 (1.49%) Internet
2 4 (1.49%) LAN
2 4 (1.49%) WAN
3 2 (0.74%) SAN
3 2 (0.74%) Wireless
4 1 (0.37%) Firewall
4 1 (0.37%) NGFW
4 1 (0.37%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (18.59%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.72%) Power BI
3 8 (2.97%) GIS
4 7 (2.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (2.23%) NoSQL
5 6 (2.23%) SAP HANA
6 5 (1.86%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.49%) NonStop SQL
7 4 (1.49%) RDBMS
7 4 (1.49%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 4 (1.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.74%) Big Data
8 2 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.37%) Apache Hive
9 1 (0.37%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.37%) Spatial Data
9 1 (0.37%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (8.18%) Git
2 19 (7.06%) Postman
3 17 (6.32%) JIRA
4 12 (4.46%) SpecFlow
5 10 (3.72%) Visual Studio
6 9 (3.35%) Cucumber
7 8 (2.97%) Selenium
8 6 (2.23%) JMeter
8 6 (2.23%) LoadRunner
8 6 (2.23%) WebDriver
9 5 (1.86%) FitNesse
9 5 (1.86%) Team Foundation Server
10 3 (1.12%) Appium
10 3 (1.12%) Rational Performance Tester
10 3 (1.12%) TestRail
11 2 (0.74%) TestComplete
12 1 (0.37%) Jenkins
12 1 (0.37%) TeamCity
General
1 90 (33.46%) Finance
2 66 (24.54%) Social Skills
3 62 (23.05%) Banking
4 50 (18.59%) Front Office
5 34 (12.64%) Public Sector
6 27 (10.04%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (2.97%) Retail
8 7 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (2.60%) Investment Banking
9 6 (2.23%) Local Government
9 6 (2.23%) Telecoms
9 6 (2.23%) Wholesale Banking
10 4 (1.49%) General Ledger
11 3 (1.12%) Corporate Banking
11 3 (1.12%) Mandarin Language
12 2 (0.74%) Games
12 2 (0.74%) Legal
12 2 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.37%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.37%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 97 (36.06%) Analyst
2 79 (29.37%) Senior
3 40 (14.87%) Developer
4 37 (13.75%) Business Analyst
5 32 (11.90%) Senior Analyst
6 30 (11.15%) Lead
7 24 (8.92%) Financial Analyst
8 23 (8.55%) Technical Analyst
9 21 (7.81%) Test Analyst
10 20 (7.43%) Banking Analyst
11 19 (7.06%) Product Owner
11 19 (7.06%) Technical Leader
12 18 (6.69%) Senior Test Analyst
13 16 (5.95%) Support Analyst
14 15 (5.58%) Senior Developer
15 14 (5.20%) Senior Product Owner
15 14 (5.20%) SQL Analyst
15 14 (5.20%) Tester
16 13 (4.83%) .NET Developer
17 11 (4.09%) Senior Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (21.93%) .NET
2 39 (14.50%) .NET Core
3 13 (4.83%) React
4 12 (4.46%) XML
5 11 (4.09%) CSS
6 10 (3.72%) ASP.NET
6 10 (3.72%) jQuery
7 8 (2.97%) HTML
8 7 (2.60%) JSON
9 6 (2.23%) .NET Framework
9 6 (2.23%) AngularJS
9 6 (2.23%) ASP.NET MVC
9 6 (2.23%) REST
9 6 (2.23%) SAP PI
10 5 (1.86%) FIX Protocol
10 5 (1.86%) Playwright
11 3 (1.12%) ADO
11 3 (1.12%) pytest
11 3 (1.12%) RESTful
12 2 (0.74%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 50 (18.59%) Product Ownership
2 33 (12.27%) Derivative
3 27 (10.04%) Hedge funds
4 17 (6.32%) Mobile App
5 16 (5.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 16 (5.95%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 12 (4.46%) Equities
6 12 (4.46%) Management Information System
7 9 (3.35%) Fixed Income
8 7 (2.60%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (2.23%) Onboarding
9 6 (2.23%) Reference Data
10 5 (1.86%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.49%) Renewable Energy
12 3 (1.12%) Contactless
12 3 (1.12%) Data Centre
12 3 (1.12%) DTCC
12 3 (1.12%) Market Risk
12 3 (1.12%) Virtual Team
13 2 (0.74%) Freedom of Information Act
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.58%) Android
2 12 (4.46%) Windows
3 9 (3.35%) Unix
4 7 (2.60%) Linux
5 2 (0.74%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.37%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.37%) CentOS
6 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (48.33%) Agile
2 51 (18.96%) DevOps
3 45 (16.73%) Test Automation
4 42 (15.61%) Asset Management
5 41 (15.24%) OO
5 41 (15.24%) TDD
6 35 (13.01%) OOD
7 33 (12.27%) Investment Management
8 31 (11.52%) Software Testing
9 28 (10.41%) Continuous Integration
10 27 (10.04%) Clean Code
10 27 (10.04%) Data Analysis
10 27 (10.04%) Mentoring
11 26 (9.67%) Problem-Solving
11 26 (9.67%) Scrum
12 23 (8.55%) API Management
12 23 (8.55%) User Stories
13 22 (8.18%) Requirements Gathering
14 21 (7.81%) Acceptance Criteria
15 19 (7.06%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 85 (31.60%) C#
2 79 (29.37%) SQL
3 36 (13.38%) Python
4 29 (10.78%) Bicep
5 18 (6.69%) Java
6 17 (6.32%) JavaScript
7 15 (5.58%) Kotlin
8 13 (4.83%) TypeScript
9 12 (4.46%) PowerShell
10 8 (2.97%) T-SQL
11 5 (1.86%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.74%) VBA
13 1 (0.37%) Bash
13 1 (0.37%) PHP
13 1 (0.37%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.37%) R
13 1 (0.37%) Scala
Qualifications
1 25 (9.29%) Degree
2 5 (1.86%) Master's Degree
3 3 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (1.12%) ISTQB
3 3 (1.12%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 3 (1.12%) Numerate Degree
4 2 (0.74%) PhD
5 1 (0.37%) CBAP
5 1 (0.37%) CCNA
5 1 (0.37%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (0.37%) PgMP
5 1 (0.37%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.37%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (9.67%) PCI DSS
2 18 (6.69%) QA
3 13 (4.83%) Accessibility
4 11 (4.09%) WCAG
5 5 (1.86%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.49%) GAAP
6 4 (1.49%) ISO 15022
6 4 (1.49%) ISO 20022
7 3 (1.12%) GDPR
7 3 (1.12%) PMO
8 2 (0.74%) MiFID
9 1 (0.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.37%) EMIR
9 1 (0.37%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (8.55%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.74%) Docker
2 2 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (2.97%) Control-M
2 2 (0.74%) Terraform
3 1 (0.37%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.37%) SCOM
Vendors
1 58 (21.56%) Microsoft
2 18 (6.69%) Oracle
3 17 (6.32%) SAP
4 9 (3.35%) OpenLink
4 9 (3.35%) Salesforce
5 7 (2.60%) HP
6 5 (1.86%) CyberSource
6 5 (1.86%) Google
7 4 (1.49%) Murex
8 3 (1.12%) IBM
8 3 (1.12%) VMware
9 2 (0.74%) CA Agile Central
9 2 (0.74%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.74%) Temenos
10 1 (0.37%) Adobe
10 1 (0.37%) Bloomberg
10 1 (0.37%) Citrix
10 1 (0.37%) NCR
10 1 (0.37%) NetApp
10 1 (0.37%) Red Hat