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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Back Office' in contract IT jobs within the East Midlands 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 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBack Office
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank6780
Rank change on same period last yearUp+13
Matching contract IT job ads268
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.034 %0.008 %
As % of the category below3.611 %1.028 %
Daily rates quoted83
Average minimum daily rate£231£417
Average daily rate£255£417
% change on same period last year-38.72 %
Average maximum daily rate£279£417
UK excluding London average daily rate£390£426
% change on same period last year-8.44 %
Hourly rates quoted12
Average minimum hourly rate£18.00£32.50
Average hourly rate£19.00£34.00
% change on same period last year-44.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.00£35.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.63£22.77
% change on same period last year+8.17 %
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads720778
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.950 %0.775 %
Daily rates quoted290193
Average minimum daily rate£402£374
Average daily rate£424£400
% change on same period last year+5.95 %
Average maximum daily rate£445£425
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£381
% change on same period last year+0.21 %
Hourly rates quoted3978
Average minimum hourly rate£28.27£22.52
Average hourly rate£29.78£23.72
% change on same period last year+25.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.29£24.93
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.94£27.04
% change on same period last year+3.32 %
Back Office EnglandBack Office
England

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 East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Back Office Hourly Rate Trend

Back Office
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Back Office within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
DerbyshireUp+1513--
NottinghamshireDown-15£326+30.50 %
LeicestershireNew entry-3£113-
Back Office EnglandBack Office
England

Back Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

119 (57.58 %)Microsoft
216 (48.48 %)Oracle
314 (42.42 %)SQL Server
314 (42.42 %)C#
314 (42.42 %).NET
314 (42.42 %)ADO.NET
314 (42.42 %)ASP.NET
410 (30.30 %)SQL
58 (24.24 %)Finance
58 (24.24 %)Validation
58 (24.24 %)MS Office
58 (24.24 %)WebServices
58 (24.24 %)SharePoint
67 (21.21 %)Degree
76 (18.18 %)RDBMS
76 (18.18 %)Windows
76 (18.18 %)UML
84 (12.12 %)OO
84 (12.12 %)Windows 2000
84 (12.12 %)Agile Software Development
93 (9.091 %)MS PowerPoint
93 (9.091 %)Java
93 (9.091 %)Windows XP
93 (9.091 %)Windows NT
93 (9.091 %)MS Excel
93 (9.091 %)Windows Server 2003
93 (9.091 %)Government
102 (6.061 %)Change Management
102 (6.061 %)GAP Analysis
102 (6.061 %)APACS

Back Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
114 (42.42 %).NET
114 (42.42 %)ADO.NET
114 (42.42 %)ASP.NET
28 (24.24 %)WebServices
32 (6.061 %)J2EE
41 (3.030 %)DAO
41 (3.030 %)JSF
41 (3.030 %)CORBA
41 (3.030 %)DCOM
41 (3.030 %)Struts
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (24.24 %)SharePoint
22 (6.061 %)IIS
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
18 (24.24 %)MS Office
23 (9.091 %)MS PowerPoint
23 (9.091 %)MS Excel
32 (6.061 %)CA Clarity
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (6.061 %)TCP/IP
21 (3.030 %)VPN
21 (3.030 %)LAN
21 (3.030 %)WAN
21 (3.030 %)NetScreen
21 (3.030 %)Extranet
21 (3.030 %)Firewall
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
114 (42.42 %)SQL Server
26 (18.18 %)RDBMS
31 (3.030 %)Oracle 8/8i
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (24.24 %)Finance
23 (9.091 %)Government
32 (6.061 %)Criminal Justice
32 (6.061 %)Banking
32 (6.061 %)Retail
41 (3.030 %)Local Government
41 (3.030 %)Health
41 (3.030 %)Telecoms
41 (3.030 %)Automotive
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (27.27 %)Software Engineer
26 (18.18 %)Developer
33 (9.091 %)Java Developer
33 (9.091 %).NET Developer
33 (9.091 %)C# Developer
33 (9.091 %)Helpdesk Support
33 (9.091 %)C# Software Engineer
33 (9.091 %)Analyst
33 (9.091 %)Server Support
33 (9.091 %)1st Line Support
33 (9.091 %)Business Analyst
42 (6.061 %)Project Manager
42 (6.061 %)2nd Line Support
42 (6.061 %)Java/J2EE Developer
42 (6.061 %)Financial Services Business Analyst
42 (6.061 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
42 (6.061 %)ASP.NET Developer
42 (6.061 %)J2EE Developer
42 (6.061 %)Financial Business Analyst
42 (6.061 %)SQL Developer
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (6.061 %)APACS
21 (3.030 %)EPoS
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (18.18 %)Windows
24 (12.12 %)Windows 2000
33 (9.091 %)Windows XP
33 (9.091 %)Windows NT
33 (9.091 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (3.030 %)Windows 2000 Server
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (24.24 %)Validation
26 (18.18 %)UML
34 (12.12 %)OO
34 (12.12 %)Agile Software Development
42 (6.061 %)Change Management
42 (6.061 %)GAP Analysis
42 (6.061 %)Migration
42 (6.061 %)SSADM
42 (6.061 %)DSDM
42 (6.061 %)E-Commerce
42 (6.061 %)ERP
42 (6.061 %)Data Modelling
42 (6.061 %)Requirements Analysis
42 (6.061 %)Business Analysis
42 (6.061 %)Data Analysis
42 (6.061 %)Data Migration
51 (3.030 %)Information Management
51 (3.030 %)CRM
51 (3.030 %)Workflow
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114 (42.42 %)C#
210 (30.30 %)SQL
33 (9.091 %)Java
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (21.21 %)Degree
22 (6.061 %)Citrix Certification
22 (6.061 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (6.061 %)MCSE
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (3.030 %)SLA
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (6.061 %)ISA Server
12 (6.061 %)Active Directory
21 (3.030 %)VMware ESX
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
119 (57.58 %)Microsoft
216 (48.48 %)Oracle
31 (3.030 %)Juniper
31 (3.030 %)Alcatel
31 (3.030 %)VMware
31 (3.030 %)Ensim