Back Office Contracts in London

Back Office
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in contract job vacancies advertised in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Back Office over the 6 months to 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 183 232 319
Rank change year-on-year +49 +87 -30
Contract jobs citing Back Office 242 279 331
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.38% 1.11% 0.85%
As % of the General category 2.20% 1.74% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 235 258
10th Percentile £419 £450 £475
25th Percentile £510 £556 £585
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £688 £673
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +2.23% +16.96%
75th Percentile £700 £835 £750
90th Percentile £850 £838 £825
England median daily rate £619 £675 £650
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.85% +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - - £15.40
25th Percentile - £16.13 £19.38
Median hourly rate £16.86 £17.07 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.20% -34.37% +63.86%
75th Percentile - £18.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £21.73 £35.25 £21.35
% change year-on-year -38.35% +65.11% +22.00%

All General Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 10,989 16,006 23,748
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 62.60% 63.41% 60.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,664 17,269
10th Percentile £335 £375 £386
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £580
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +3.45% +7.41%
75th Percentile £700 £725 £700
90th Percentile £825 £825 £800
England median daily rate £533 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.03% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 240 201 280
10th Percentile £15.95 £16.13 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.00 £25.68
Median hourly rate £30.14 £30.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.47% -15.49% +22.41%
75th Percentile £47.81 £52.75 £49.38
90th Percentile £66.20 £70.00 £64.85
England median hourly rate £31.50 £30.54 £22.00
% change year-on-year +3.14% +38.82% +4.51%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Back Office in London

Back Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Back Office in London

Back Office
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Back Office in London over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Back Office in London

Back Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Back Office in London

Back Office
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 8 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
Central London +33 40 £574 -11.73% 4
East London +6 9 £575 +8.49%
South London +6 2 £493 -49.49% 1
West London - 1 - - 2
Back Office
England

Back Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (3.31%) CMS
2 3 (1.24%) MTS
3 1 (0.41%) SAS
3 1 (0.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.83%) Mingle
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 21 (8.68%) Endur
2 4 (1.65%) Markit EDM
2 4 (1.65%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 4 (1.65%) thinkFolio
3 3 (1.24%) Aligne
3 3 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.24%) EuroRunner
4 1 (0.41%) Advent Geneva
4 1 (0.41%) FIS Private Capital Suite
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle HRMS
4 1 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.41%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.41%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.41%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.41%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.41%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 66 (27.27%) Azure
2 39 (16.12%) Azure DevOps
3 33 (13.64%) Azure Service Bus
4 20 (8.26%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 19 (7.85%) Azure Monitor
6 11 (4.55%) Azure Pipelines
7 7 (2.89%) AWS
7 7 (2.89%) Miro
8 5 (2.07%) Power Platform
9 4 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.24%) Entra ID
10 3 (1.24%) SaaS
10 3 (1.24%) Serverless
11 2 (0.83%) Snowflake
12 1 (0.41%) Azure Functions
12 1 (0.41%) Azure Key Vault
12 1 (0.41%) GCP
12 1 (0.41%) Microsoft 365
12 1 (0.41%) SuccessFactors
12 1 (0.41%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.89%) FTP
2 4 (1.65%) Internet
3 1 (0.41%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (20.25%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.48%) SAP HANA
2 6 (2.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (2.07%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (2.07%) NoSQL
3 5 (2.07%) Power BI
3 5 (2.07%) Relational Database
4 4 (1.65%) NonStop SQL
4 4 (1.65%) RDBMS
4 4 (1.65%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 4 (1.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (1.24%) Big Data
5 3 (1.24%) GIS
6 2 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.41%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.41%) MySQL
7 1 (0.41%) Spatial Data
7 1 (0.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (9.09%) Git
2 19 (7.85%) Postman
3 16 (6.61%) JIRA
4 12 (4.96%) SpecFlow
5 10 (4.13%) Visual Studio
6 9 (3.72%) Cucumber
7 8 (3.31%) Selenium
8 6 (2.48%) JMeter
8 6 (2.48%) LoadRunner
8 6 (2.48%) WebDriver
9 5 (2.07%) FitNesse
9 5 (2.07%) Team Foundation Server
10 3 (1.24%) Appium
10 3 (1.24%) Rational Performance Tester
10 3 (1.24%) TestRail
11 2 (0.83%) TestComplete
12 1 (0.41%) Jenkins
12 1 (0.41%) TeamCity
General
1 82 (33.88%) Finance
2 63 (26.03%) Banking
3 57 (23.55%) Social Skills
4 52 (21.49%) Front Office
5 31 (12.81%) Public Sector
6 21 (8.68%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (2.89%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (2.89%) Investment Banking
8 6 (2.48%) Wholesale Banking
9 5 (2.07%) Local Government
10 4 (1.65%) General Ledger
11 3 (1.24%) Corporate Banking
12 2 (0.83%) Games
12 2 (0.83%) Legal
13 1 (0.41%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.41%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.41%) Publishing
13 1 (0.41%) Retail
13 1 (0.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 92 (38.02%) Analyst
2 77 (31.82%) Senior
3 39 (16.12%) Developer
4 37 (15.29%) Business Analyst
5 33 (13.64%) Senior Analyst
6 30 (12.40%) Lead
7 26 (10.74%) Financial Analyst
8 22 (9.09%) Banking Analyst
9 21 (8.68%) Technical Analyst
9 21 (8.68%) Test Analyst
10 19 (7.85%) Product Owner
10 19 (7.85%) Technical Leader
11 18 (7.44%) Senior Test Analyst
12 16 (6.61%) SQL Analyst
13 15 (6.20%) Senior Developer
14 14 (5.79%) Senior Product Owner
14 14 (5.79%) Tester
15 12 (4.96%) .NET Developer
15 12 (4.96%) Senior Financial Analyst
15 12 (4.96%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (23.55%) .NET
2 38 (15.70%) .NET Core
3 13 (5.37%) React
4 12 (4.96%) XML
5 11 (4.55%) CSS
6 10 (4.13%) ASP.NET
6 10 (4.13%) jQuery
7 8 (3.31%) HTML
8 7 (2.89%) JSON
9 6 (2.48%) .NET Framework
9 6 (2.48%) AngularJS
9 6 (2.48%) ASP.NET MVC
9 6 (2.48%) REST
9 6 (2.48%) SAP PI
10 5 (2.07%) FIX Protocol
10 5 (2.07%) Playwright
11 3 (1.24%) ADO
11 3 (1.24%) pytest
11 3 (1.24%) RESTful
12 2 (0.83%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 51 (21.07%) Product Ownership
2 34 (14.05%) Derivative
3 29 (11.98%) Hedge funds
4 17 (7.02%) Mobile App
5 16 (6.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 16 (6.61%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 12 (4.96%) Equities
7 9 (3.72%) Fixed Income
8 7 (2.89%) Greenfield Project
8 7 (2.89%) Onboarding
9 6 (2.48%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (2.48%) Reference Data
10 5 (2.07%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.65%) Renewable Energy
12 3 (1.24%) Contactless
12 3 (1.24%) DTCC
12 3 (1.24%) Freedom of Information
12 3 (1.24%) Freedom of Information Act
12 3 (1.24%) Market Risk
12 3 (1.24%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.20%) Android
2 9 (3.72%) Unix
3 5 (2.07%) Linux
3 5 (2.07%) Windows
4 1 (0.41%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.41%) CentOS
4 1 (0.41%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (52.48%) Agile
2 47 (19.42%) DevOps
3 45 (18.60%) Test Automation
4 44 (18.18%) Asset Management
5 41 (16.94%) OO
6 40 (16.53%) TDD
7 35 (14.46%) Investment Management
8 34 (14.05%) OOD
9 31 (12.81%) Software Testing
10 30 (12.40%) Mentoring
11 28 (11.57%) Continuous Integration
12 26 (10.74%) Clean Code
12 26 (10.74%) Scrum
13 24 (9.92%) User Stories
14 22 (9.09%) API Management
14 22 (9.09%) Data Analysis
15 21 (8.68%) Acceptance Criteria
15 21 (8.68%) Requirements Gathering
16 19 (7.85%) Migration
16 19 (7.85%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 85 (35.12%) C#
2 72 (29.75%) SQL
3 37 (15.29%) Python
4 28 (11.57%) Bicep
5 18 (7.44%) Java
6 17 (7.02%) JavaScript
7 15 (6.20%) Kotlin
8 13 (5.37%) TypeScript
9 12 (4.96%) PowerShell
10 8 (3.31%) T-SQL
11 5 (2.07%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.83%) VBA
13 1 (0.41%) Bash
13 1 (0.41%) PHP
13 1 (0.41%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (7.44%) Degree
2 3 (1.24%) ISTQB
2 3 (1.24%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 3 (1.24%) Master's Degree
2 3 (1.24%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (0.41%) CBAP
3 1 (0.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (0.41%) PgMP
3 1 (0.41%) PMI Certification
3 1 (0.41%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.92%) PCI DSS
2 18 (7.44%) QA
3 13 (5.37%) Accessibility
4 11 (4.55%) WCAG
5 4 (1.65%) GAAP
5 4 (1.65%) ISO 15022
5 4 (1.65%) ISO 20022
6 3 (1.24%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.24%) PMO
7 1 (0.41%) MiFID
System Software
1 22 (9.09%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.83%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (3.31%) Control-M
2 2 (0.83%) Terraform
3 1 (0.41%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 55 (22.73%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.02%) Oracle
3 9 (3.72%) OpenLink
3 9 (3.72%) SAP
4 7 (2.89%) HP
5 6 (2.48%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.07%) CyberSource
7 4 (1.65%) Murex
8 3 (1.24%) IBM
9 2 (0.83%) CA Agile Central
9 2 (0.83%) Temenos
10 1 (0.41%) Advent
10 1 (0.41%) Bloomberg
10 1 (0.41%) FIS
10 1 (0.41%) NCR
10 1 (0.41%) Nintex
10 1 (0.41%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.41%) ServiceNow