The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in IT contracts advertised for the East Sussex 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 East Sussex 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 25 27 28
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +1
Contract jobs citing Back Office 6 14 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Sussex 2.564% 4.375% 0.508%
As % of the General category 8.451% 18.42% 1.370%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 13 1
Average daily rate £355 £425 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.47% -19.04%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £364 £400
% change year-on-year
+9.96% -9.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £20.75 - -
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
East Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
71 76 73
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Sussex 30.34% 23.75% 37.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 48 49
Average daily rate £388 £400 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.12% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £224 £300 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 2
Average hourly rate £20.75 £14.75 £145.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+40.67% -89.82%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Back Office
South East

Back Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Sussex 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 East Sussex region.

East Sussex 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 East Sussex region.

East Sussex 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 East Sussex region over the 3 months to 24 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
Hove +3 2 £355 +9.23%
Brighton -5 1 £325 -23.52%
Back Office
South East

Back Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex 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 4 (44.44%) Local Government
2 3 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) ITIL
2 3 (33.33%) LAN
2 3 (33.33%) WAN
2 3 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (22.22%) Six Sigma
3 2 (22.22%) SQL
3 2 (22.22%) HP
3 2 (22.22%) Regression Testing
3 2 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (22.22%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (22.22%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (22.22%) Agile Testing
4 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
4 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
4 1 (11.11%) Data Architecture
4 1 (11.11%) Taleo
4 1 (11.11%) Firewall
4 1 (11.11%) Change Management
4 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (11.11%) NetBackup
4 1 (11.11%) Teradata
4 1 (11.11%) Banking
4 1 (11.11%) Citrix
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (11.11%) VBA

Back Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex 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 (11.11%) SAS
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Taleo
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) LAN
1 3 (33.33%) WAN
2 1 (11.11%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Data Mining
General
1 4 (44.44%) Local Government
2 3 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Network Technician
2 3 (33.33%) Senior Network Technician
3 2 (22.22%) Test Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Business Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Server Support
4 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Data Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Server Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Server Support Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Lead Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Service Delivery
1 3 (33.33%) ITIL
2 2 (22.22%) Six Sigma
2 2 (22.22%) Regression Testing
2 2 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (22.22%) Agile Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Data Architecture
3 1 (11.11%) Change Management
3 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (11.11%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) SQL
2 1 (11.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (22.22%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (11.11%) MCSE
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (11.11%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) HP
2 1 (11.11%) Teradata
2 1 (11.11%) Citrix
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) Websense
2 1 (11.11%) Informatica
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft