Back Office Contracts in Scotland

Back Office
UK > Scotland

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 108 164 165
Rank change year-on-year +56 +1 -14
Contract jobs citing Back Office 19 4 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.89% 0.15% 0.32%
As % of the General category 1.38% 0.22% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 7
10th Percentile £190 £663 £285
25th Percentile £326 £681 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £725 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +45.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £688 £781 £684
90th Percentile £693 £808 £719
UK median daily rate £625 £675 £625
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 2
10th Percentile - £12.67 £40.48
25th Percentile - £13.22 £40.81
Median hourly rate £12.30 £14.15 £41.75
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -66.12% -
75th Percentile £12.85 £15.07 £42.81
90th Percentile £13.84 £15.62 £43.23
UK median hourly rate £18.00 £18.78 £26.00
% change year-on-year -4.17% -27.76% +55.22%

All General Skills
Scotland

Back 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 advertised in Scotland with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,375 1,811 2,402
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 64.13% 67.17% 70.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 828 1,296 1,737
10th Percentile £178 £225 £230
25th Percentile £333 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £561 £551 £550
90th Percentile £638 £644 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 28 46
10th Percentile £12.18 £12.62 £15.04
25th Percentile £14.50 £14.17 £17.50
Median hourly rate £18.13 £19.88 £32.14
Median % change year-on-year -8.80% -38.15% +83.66%
75th Percentile £48.00 £58.75 £47.25
90th Percentile £67.00 £67.22 £53.75
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.40 £22.50
% change year-on-year -7.41% +44.00% +4.65%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Back Office in Scotland

Back Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Back Office in Scotland

Back Office
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Back Office in Scotland over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Back Office in Scotland

Back Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Back Office in Scotland

Back Office
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 2 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
Edinburgh +38 8 £675 +3.85% 1
Renfrewshire +4 7 - - 1
Glasgow +17 3 £190 -76.25% 2
Back Office
UK

Back Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Applications
1 7 (36.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (42.11%) AWS
2 6 (31.58%) AWS CodeBuild
2 6 (31.58%) AWS CodeDeploy
2 6 (31.58%) AWS CodePipeline
3 4 (21.05%) IaaS
4 3 (15.79%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (26.32%) Oracle Database
General
1 9 (47.37%) Public Sector
1 9 (47.37%) Social Skills
2 8 (42.11%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (26.32%) Finance
4 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (47.37%) Analyst
2 8 (42.11%) Architect
3 7 (36.84%) AWS Architect
3 7 (36.84%) Data Analyst
3 7 (36.84%) Junior
3 7 (36.84%) Junior Analyst
3 7 (36.84%) Junior Data Analyst
4 5 (26.32%) Cloud Architect
5 3 (15.79%) AWS Solution Architect
5 3 (15.79%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (10.53%) Business Change Analyst
6 2 (10.53%) Change Analyst
7 1 (5.26%) Delivery Manager
7 1 (5.26%) Delivery Project Manager
7 1 (5.26%) Procurement Officer
7 1 (5.26%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (42.11%) REST
1 8 (42.11%) SOAP
2 1 (5.26%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.26%) Data Centre
1 1 (5.26%) Mobile App
1 1 (5.26%) Smartcard
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (42.11%) API Management
2 8 (42.11%) Containerisation
2 8 (42.11%) Data Analysis
2 8 (42.11%) Migration
2 8 (42.11%) Roadmaps
2 8 (42.11%) Service Management
2 8 (42.11%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (42.11%) Storage Management
3 6 (31.58%) CI/CD
4 5 (26.32%) Infrastructure as Code
4 5 (26.32%) Security Architecture
4 5 (26.32%) Technical Architecture
5 4 (21.05%) Data Architecture
6 3 (15.79%) Agile
7 2 (10.53%) Impact Assessments
7 2 (10.53%) Workshop Facilitation
8 1 (5.26%) Creative Thinking
8 1 (5.26%) Project Delivery
8 1 (5.26%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 8 (42.11%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (36.84%) Degree
2 1 (5.26%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) Disclosure Scotland
Systems Management
1 5 (26.32%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) Oracle
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft