The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Back Office over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category for the Cheshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Back Office
Rank 58 66 66
Rank change year-on-year
+8 0
Contract jobs citing Back Office 3 1 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.416% 0.124% 0.704%
As % of the General category 0.980% 0.292% 1.367%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
Average daily rate £240 - £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £363 £400
% change year-on-year
+10.34% -9.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £30.00 £8.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +252.94%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.77 £18.75 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-15.89% +7.14%
All of the General Category
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
306 342 512
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 42.38% 42.33% 51.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 226 362
Average daily rate £370 £374 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.06% +15.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £293 £227
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £513 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 8 13
Average hourly rate £40.29 £26.15 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+54.05% -12.83%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.11 £10.11 £9.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.39 £31.00 £70.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Back Office
North West

Back Office
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Back Office across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Cheshire Back Office Jobs Demand Trend

Back Office
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Back Office Daily Rate Trend

Back Office
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Back Office Hourly Rate Trend

Back Office
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Back Office within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Chester - 1 - -
Back Office
North West

Back Office
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

1 2 (28.57%) Siebel
1 2 (28.57%) E-Commerce
1 2 (28.57%) IBM
1 2 (28.57%) Front Office
1 2 (28.57%) Workflow
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
1 2 (28.57%) Content Management
1 2 (28.57%) Information Management
1 2 (28.57%) WCAG
1 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (28.57%) Test Scripting
2 1 (14.29%) Magento
2 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Retail
2 1 (14.29%) Service Management
2 1 (14.29%) Password Management
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL
2 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
2 1 (14.29%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) CRM
2 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (14.29%) EPoS
2 1 (14.29%) Remedy
2 1 (14.29%) Project Management

Back Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Magento
General
1 2 (28.57%) Front Office
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Tester
1 2 (28.57%) Administrator
1 2 (28.57%) Software Tester
1 2 (28.57%) Implementation Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) E-Commerce
1 2 (28.57%) Workflow
1 2 (28.57%) Content Management
1 2 (28.57%) Information Management
1 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (28.57%) Test Scripting
2 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (14.29%) Project Management
2 1 (14.29%) Service Management
2 1 (14.29%) Password Management
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL
2 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
2 1 (14.29%) CRM
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) WCAG
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Siebel
1 2 (28.57%) IBM
2 1 (14.29%) Remedy