The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in IT contracts advertised for the Docklands, London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Back Office over the 3 months to 24 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 Docklands, London 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Back Office
Rank 26 23 27
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +4
Contract jobs citing Back Office 4 8 35
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 2.339% 3.791% 5.804%
As % of the General category 3.053% 5.298% 6.931%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 20
Average daily rate £463 £475 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.63% -13.63%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £364 £400
% change year-on-year
+9.96% -9.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.77 £18.75 £13.00
% change year-on-year
-15.89% +44.23%
All of the General Category
Docklands, London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
131 151 505
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 76.61% 71.56% 83.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 116 243
Average daily rate £475 £498 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.52% -9.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £388 £375 £425
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 2
Average hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% +90.47%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Back Office
London

Back Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London Back Office Hourly Rate Trend

Back Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London 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 5 (62.50%) Finance
1 5 (62.50%) Banking
2 4 (50.00%) Investment Banking
2 4 (50.00%) PMP
2 4 (50.00%) PMI Certification
3 3 (37.50%) PRINCE2
3 3 (37.50%) Investment Management
3 3 (37.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 2 (25.00%) Eagle PACE
4 2 (25.00%) Eagle STAR
4 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
4 2 (25.00%) CFA
4 2 (25.00%) Resource Management
4 2 (25.00%) QA
4 2 (25.00%) MS Office
4 2 (25.00%) Validation
4 2 (25.00%) MBA
5 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (12.50%) XML Messaging
5 1 (12.50%) Fixed Income
5 1 (12.50%) XML
5 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
5 1 (12.50%) Derivative
5 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis
5 1 (12.50%) Linux
5 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
5 1 (12.50%) E-Commerce
5 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
5 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (12.50%) Service Management

Back Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London 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 Development
1 1 (12.50%) XML Messaging
1 1 (12.50%) XML
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) MS Office
2 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Eagle PACE
1 2 (25.00%) Eagle STAR
General
1 5 (62.50%) Finance
1 5 (62.50%) Banking
2 4 (50.00%) Investment Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Front Office
3 1 (12.50%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Project Manager
2 3 (37.50%) Business Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Banking Business Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Development Project Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Business Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) QA Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Test Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Development Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Business Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Development Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Fixed Income
1 1 (12.50%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) PRINCE2
1 3 (37.50%) Investment Management
2 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (25.00%) Resource Management
2 2 (25.00%) Validation
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) E-Commerce
3 1 (12.50%) Service Management
3 1 (12.50%) Identity Management
3 1 (12.50%) Test Scripting
3 1 (12.50%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) PMP
1 4 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 3 (37.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 2 (25.00%) CFA
3 2 (25.00%) MBA
4 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft