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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Back Office' in contract IT jobs within the Bristol region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Back Office over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBack Office
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank5363
Rank change on same period last yearUp+10
Matching contract IT job ads61
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.001 %
As % of the category below1.676 %0.206 %
Daily rates quoted30
Average minimum daily rate£273-
Average daily rate£298-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£324-
UK excluding London average daily rate£404£352
% change on same period last year+14.72 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.25£23.86
% change on same period last year+18.41 %
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads358486
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.564 %0.521 %
Daily rates quoted132212
Average minimum daily rate£345£340
Average daily rate£368£349
% change on same period last year+5.54 %
Average maximum daily rate£392£359
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£375
% change on same period last year+1.60 %
Hourly rates quoted6959
Average minimum hourly rate£30.64£23.71
Average hourly rate£31.54£26.29
% change on same period last year+19.95 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.44£28.87
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.36£26.71
% change on same period last year+2.45 %
Back Office South WestBack Office
South West

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Back Office
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Back Office across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Bristol Back Office Demand Trend

Back Office
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Back Office across the Bristol region.

Bristol Back Office Daily Rate Trend

Back Office
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Back Office across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Bristol Back Office Daily Rate Histogram

Back Office
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Back Office across the Bristol region.

Bristol Back Office Hourly Rate Trend

Back Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Back Office also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Back Office.

16 (54.55 %).NET
16 (54.55 %)C#
25 (45.45 %)SQL Server
34 (36.36 %)SQL
34 (36.36 %)Finance
34 (36.36 %)ASP.NET
42 (18.18 %)WPF
42 (18.18 %)Integration Testing
42 (18.18 %)JavaScript
42 (18.18 %)Front Office
42 (18.18 %)CRM
51 (9.091 %)E-Commerce
51 (9.091 %)N-Tier
51 (9.091 %)MS Exchange
51 (9.091 %)Dreamweaver
51 (9.091 %)Business Intelligence
51 (9.091 %)Microsoft
51 (9.091 %)Microsoft CRM
51 (9.091 %)VB
51 (9.091 %)ActionScript
51 (9.091 %)HTML
51 (9.091 %)Sybase
51 (9.091 %)Photoshop
51 (9.091 %)Crystal Reports
51 (9.091 %)ASP
51 (9.091 %)Telecoms
51 (9.091 %)Oracle
51 (9.091 %)Games
51 (9.091 %)Adobe Illustrator
51 (9.091 %)Process Management

Back Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Back Office also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Back Office. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (54.55 %).NET
24 (36.36 %)ASP.NET
32 (18.18 %)WPF
41 (9.091 %)HTML
41 (9.091 %)ASP
41 (9.091 %)CSS
41 (9.091 %)WebServices
41 (9.091 %)XML
41 (9.091 %)Silverlight
41 (9.091 %).NET Framework
41 (9.091 %)WCF
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (9.091 %)MS Exchange
11 (9.091 %)Exchange Server 2003
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (9.091 %)Photoshop
11 (9.091 %)Adobe Illustrator
11 (9.091 %)MS Excel
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (9.091 %)Microsoft CRM
11 (9.091 %)Loan IQ
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (45.45 %)SQL Server
21 (9.091 %)Crystal Reports
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (9.091 %)Dreamweaver
11 (9.091 %)Flash
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (36.36 %)Finance
22 (18.18 %)Front Office
31 (9.091 %)Telecoms
31 (9.091 %)Games
31 (9.091 %)Banking
31 (9.091 %)Investment Banking
31 (9.091 %)Animation
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (63.64 %)Developer
23 (27.27 %)C# Developer
32 (18.18 %)Analyst
32 (18.18 %).NET Developer
41 (9.091 %)Software Developer
41 (9.091 %)Business Analyst
41 (9.091 %)Test Analyst
41 (9.091 %)Web Developer
41 (9.091 %)ASP.NET Developer
41 (9.091 %)Flash Developer
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (9.091 %)N-Tier
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (18.18 %)Integration Testing
12 (18.18 %)CRM
21 (9.091 %)E-Commerce
21 (9.091 %)Business Intelligence
21 (9.091 %)Process Management
21 (9.091 %)Change Management
21 (9.091 %)Regression Testing
21 (9.091 %)Test Management
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (54.55 %)C#
24 (36.36 %)SQL
32 (18.18 %)JavaScript
41 (9.091 %)VB
41 (9.091 %)ActionScript
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (9.091 %)Microsoft
11 (9.091 %)Sybase
11 (9.091 %)Oracle