Back Office
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Back Office over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 456 472 472
Rank change year-on-year +16 0 -44
Permanent jobs citing Back Office 525 605 1,242
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.51% 0.62% 0.74%
As % of the General category 0.87% 0.91% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 404 410 654
10th Percentile £27,000 £34,262 £34,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £47,813 £44,063
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 £82,188
90th Percentile £112,500 £110,125 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £41,200 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -17.60% +11.11% -

All General Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 60,283 66,144 108,481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 58.75% 67.94% 64.98%
Number of salaries quoted 39,987 35,943 51,825
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,426 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Back Office in the UK

Back Office
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Back Office in the UK

Back Office
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Back Office over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Back Office in the UK

Back Office
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Back Office within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 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
England +46 504 £70,000 - 204
London +105 293 £85,000 - 93
Work from Home +17 252 £80,000 +12.68% 104
UK excluding London -43 222 £41,200 -17.60% 118
South East +16 69 £37,500 -40.94% 24
North of England +8 50 £55,000 +30.02% 37
Midlands +9 46 £28,000 -42.56% 19
North West +15 41 £53,075 +39.87% 19
East of England +21 39 £46,899 -1.27% 13
West Midlands +31 38 £25,000 -52.38% 15
Scotland -76 12 £25,901 -50.66% 6
Yorkshire +32 8 £55,689 +17.24% 11
East Midlands -22 8 £36,383 -23.41% 4
South West -44 7 £55,000 +15.79% 16
North East -8 1 £97,500 +102.07% 8

Back 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 28 (5.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.14%) Umbraco
3 5 (0.95%) CMS
4 4 (0.76%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 4 (0.76%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.57%) IIS
6 2 (0.38%) Apache
6 2 (0.38%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.38%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.38%) GlassFish
6 2 (0.38%) JCAPS
6 2 (0.38%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.38%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.38%) WebSphere Application Server
6 2 (0.38%) WordPress
7 1 (0.19%) Apache Pulsar
7 1 (0.19%) Kentico
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 55 (10.48%) Microsoft Excel
1 55 (10.48%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.38%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.19%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 22 (4.19%) NEC Housing
2 17 (3.24%) Endur
3 6 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.14%) Oracle General Ledger
3 6 (1.14%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 4 (0.76%) Workday HCM
5 3 (0.57%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.38%) Adaptiv
6 2 (0.38%) Magento
6 2 (0.38%) Maximo
6 2 (0.38%) nopCommerce
6 2 (0.38%) OpenLink RightAngle
6 2 (0.38%) Shopify
6 2 (0.38%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.19%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.19%) Findur
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 125 (23.81%) Azure
2 94 (17.90%) AWS
3 61 (11.62%) Power Platform
4 51 (9.71%) GCP
5 37 (7.05%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (4.95%) Dynamics 365
7 18 (3.43%) Azure Service Bus
7 18 (3.43%) Google Sheets
8 17 (3.24%) Azure Monitor
9 16 (3.05%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 15 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
11 13 (2.48%) Power Automate
12 11 (2.10%) Mimecast
13 8 (1.52%) OCI
14 4 (0.76%) Google Workspace
14 4 (0.76%) SaaS
15 2 (0.38%) Amazon S3
15 2 (0.38%) AWS Lambda
15 2 (0.38%) Azure Key Vault
15 2 (0.38%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.05%) Firewall
2 13 (2.48%) VPN
3 11 (2.10%) VoIP
3 11 (2.10%) Wi-Fi
4 10 (1.90%) Wireless
5 8 (1.52%) LAN
6 5 (0.95%) 5G
6 5 (0.95%) Broadband
7 3 (0.57%) Bluetooth
7 3 (0.57%) DHCP
7 3 (0.57%) DNS
7 3 (0.57%) FTP
7 3 (0.57%) GPRS
7 3 (0.57%) Internet
7 3 (0.57%) Network Security
7 3 (0.57%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.38%) ADSL
8 2 (0.38%) SAN
8 2 (0.38%) WAN
9 1 (0.19%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (17.52%) SQL Server
2 45 (8.57%) Power BI
3 31 (5.90%) Oracle Database
4 27 (5.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 22 (4.19%) GIS
5 22 (4.19%) Oracle Database 12c
5 22 (4.19%) PostgreSQL
5 22 (4.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 22 (4.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 13 (2.48%) Data Lake
6 13 (2.48%) NoSQL
7 11 (2.10%) MS Access
8 8 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (1.52%) Geospatial Data
8 8 (1.52%) MySQL
9 6 (1.14%) Relational Database
9 6 (1.14%) SAP BW
10 4 (0.76%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.38%) Apache Cassandra
11 2 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 18 (3.43%) JIRA
2 14 (2.67%) Visual Studio
3 11 (2.10%) Git
4 3 (0.57%) Ant
4 3 (0.57%) Maven
5 2 (0.38%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.38%) JUnit
5 2 (0.38%) Subversion
6 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.19%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.19%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.19%) Mercurial
6 1 (0.19%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.19%) Postman
6 1 (0.19%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.19%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio Team System
6 1 (0.19%) Vite
General
1 291 (55.43%) Finance
2 212 (40.38%) Social Skills
3 111 (21.14%) Front Office
4 96 (18.29%) Analytical Skills
5 84 (16.00%) Banking
6 61 (11.62%) Local Government
7 54 (10.29%) Retail
8 34 (6.48%) Public Sector
9 32 (6.10%) Police
10 31 (5.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 29 (5.52%) Organisational Skills
12 21 (4.00%) Billing
13 16 (3.05%) Telecoms
14 14 (2.67%) Law
15 10 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
16 8 (1.52%) General Ledger
17 6 (1.14%) Health Technology
17 6 (1.14%) Manufacturing
18 4 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
18 4 (0.76%) Legal
Job Titles
1 133 (25.33%) Senior
2 118 (22.48%) Developer
3 103 (19.62%) Analyst
4 60 (11.43%) Senior Developer
5 49 (9.33%) .NET Developer
5 49 (9.33%) Software Engineer
6 48 (9.14%) Senior Software Developer
7 44 (8.38%) Developer/Software Engineer
7 44 (8.38%) Senior Software Engineer
8 43 (8.19%) Lead
8 43 (8.19%) Senior .NET Developer
9 42 (8.00%) .NET Software Developer
9 42 (8.00%) .NET Software Engineer
9 42 (8.00%) Senior .NET Software Developer
9 42 (8.00%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
10 37 (7.05%) Architect
11 34 (6.48%) Technical Analyst
12 32 (6.10%) Administrator
13 28 (5.33%) SQL Developer
14 27 (5.14%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 111 (21.14%) .NET
2 52 (9.90%) React
3 50 (9.52%) AngularJS
4 48 (9.14%) .NET Core
5 43 (8.19%) Redux
6 42 (8.00%) Vue
7 36 (6.86%) ASP.NET
8 27 (5.14%) ASP.NET Core
9 26 (4.95%) CSS
10 23 (4.38%) Web Services
11 20 (3.81%) .NET Framework
12 18 (3.43%) HTML
13 15 (2.86%) ASP.NET Web API
13 15 (2.86%) Pandas
14 14 (2.67%) FIX Protocol
15 7 (1.33%) Entity Framework
16 6 (1.14%) jQuery
17 5 (0.95%) ASP.NET MVC
17 5 (0.95%) XML
18 4 (0.76%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 104 (19.81%) Hedge funds
2 103 (19.62%) Derivative
3 62 (11.81%) Fixed Income
4 52 (9.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 49 (9.33%) Equities
6 38 (7.24%) Management Information System
6 38 (7.24%) Self-Motivation
7 29 (5.52%) Driving Licence
8 20 (3.81%) Onboarding
9 13 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
9 13 (2.48%) Legacy Systems
10 12 (2.29%) Smartcard
11 10 (1.90%) Product Ownership
12 9 (1.71%) Cloud Native
13 7 (1.33%) Blog
13 7 (1.33%) Public Cloud
14 6 (1.14%) IoT
14 6 (1.14%) Reinsurance
14 6 (1.14%) Virtual Team
15 5 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 55 (10.48%) Windows
2 40 (7.62%) Unix
3 30 (5.71%) Windows 10
4 17 (3.24%) Linux
5 14 (2.67%) Windows Server
6 13 (2.48%) Windows Server 2016
6 13 (2.48%) Windows Server 2019
7 12 (2.29%) Windows 7
8 4 (0.76%) Android
9 2 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.19%) AIX
10 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.19%) CentOS
10 1 (0.19%) Debian
10 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.19%) Scientific Linux
10 1 (0.19%) Solaris
10 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (24.76%) Asset Management
2 123 (23.43%) Agile
3 113 (21.52%) Problem-Solving
4 106 (20.19%) Investment Management
5 91 (17.33%) Customer Service
6 81 (15.43%) Software Engineering
7 63 (12.00%) Mentoring
8 55 (10.48%) DevOps
9 54 (10.29%) Data Analysis
10 45 (8.57%) Business Intelligence
10 45 (8.57%) ITIL
11 44 (8.38%) CRM
12 43 (8.19%) ERP
13 40 (7.62%) Project Delivery
14 39 (7.43%) Roadmaps
14 39 (7.43%) Technical Leadership
15 37 (7.05%) Continuous Improvement
16 34 (6.48%) Project Management
17 33 (6.29%) Computer Science
18 32 (6.10%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 203 (38.67%) SQL
2 159 (30.29%) C#
3 114 (21.71%) Python
4 67 (12.76%) JavaScript
5 48 (9.14%) TypeScript
6 21 (4.00%) Java
7 20 (3.81%) T-SQL
8 17 (3.24%) Bicep
8 17 (3.24%) PowerShell
9 10 (1.90%) Kotlin
10 5 (0.95%) VBA
11 4 (0.76%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.76%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.38%) Bash
12 2 (0.38%) PHP
12 2 (0.38%) VB
12 2 (0.38%) XPath
13 1 (0.19%) Swift
13 1 (0.19%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 95 (18.10%) Degree
2 39 (7.43%) Security Cleared
3 29 (5.52%) Computer Science Degree
4 28 (5.33%) Oracle Certification
5 18 (3.43%) Master's Degree
6 17 (3.24%) SC Cleared
7 12 (2.29%) DV Cleared
8 11 (2.10%) CISM
9 10 (1.90%) CISSP
9 10 (1.90%) DBS Check
10 8 (1.52%) PMI Certification
10 8 (1.52%) PMP
11 5 (0.95%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.57%) Numerate Degree
13 2 (0.38%) ACCA
13 2 (0.38%) CIMA
13 2 (0.38%) CISA
13 2 (0.38%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.38%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (5.90%) SLA
2 26 (4.95%) Accessibility
3 25 (4.76%) Data Quality
4 23 (4.38%) QA
5 10 (1.90%) PMO
6 6 (1.14%) GAAP
6 6 (1.14%) IFRS
7 2 (0.38%) COBIT
7 2 (0.38%) EMIR
7 2 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.38%) MiFID
8 1 (0.19%) COSHH
8 1 (0.19%) GDPR
8 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.19%) ITGC
8 1 (0.19%) NIST
8 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 46 (8.76%) Active Directory
2 18 (3.43%) Docker
3 12 (2.29%) Hyper-V
3 12 (2.29%) KVM
4 5 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.19%) Firmware
6 1 (0.19%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (3.62%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.14%) Control-M
3 3 (0.57%) Terraform
4 1 (0.19%) Ansible
4 1 (0.19%) Hadoop YARN
4 1 (0.19%) ITRS Geneos
4 1 (0.19%) SCOM
4 1 (0.19%) SCOrch
4 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.19%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 129 (24.57%) Microsoft
2 65 (12.38%) Oracle
3 30 (5.71%) SAP
4 24 (4.57%) Google
5 22 (4.19%) NEC
6 17 (3.24%) OpenLink
7 12 (2.29%) Sophos
8 11 (2.10%) Apple
8 11 (2.10%) Barracuda Networks
8 11 (2.10%) ConnectWise
8 11 (2.10%) IBM
9 10 (1.90%) Charles River
10 9 (1.71%) Salesforce
11 8 (1.52%) Algorithmics
11 8 (1.52%) ION Trading
12 6 (1.14%) PeopleSoft
13 5 (0.95%) Genesys
13 5 (0.95%) Virgin Media
13 5 (0.95%) VMware
13 5 (0.95%) YouTube