Back Office Contracts in England

Back Office
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Back Office over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 268 345 396
Rank change year-on-year +77 +51 -24
Contract jobs citing Back Office 304 334 439
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.83% 0.69% 0.62%
As % of the General category 1.43% 1.17% 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 256 328
10th Percentile £413 £419 £431
25th Percentile £512 £525 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £675 £625
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% +9.65%
75th Percentile £734 £835 £750
90th Percentile £850 £875 £800
UK median daily rate £625 £675 £625
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 6 6
10th Percentile £16.35 £16.13 £11.55
25th Percentile £17.50 £17.16 £12.21
Median hourly rate £22.12 £35.25 £16.88
Median % change year-on-year -37.26% +108.83% -3.54%
75th Percentile £23.75 £55.63 £53.37
90th Percentile - £60.00 £63.60
UK median hourly rate £19.87 £18.78 £21.35
% change year-on-year +5.76% -12.03% +22.00%

All General Skills
England

Back Office is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 21,191 28,524 39,950
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 58.14% 59.28% 56.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,658 20,029 27,973
10th Percentile £281 £313 £319
25th Percentile £413 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £790 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,777 927 1,298
10th Percentile £13.00 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.43 £18.04 £14.75
Median hourly rate £30.12 £32.30 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.75% +50.23% -4.10%
75th Percentile £51.91 £60.88 £47.50
90th Percentile £66.45 £71.77 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -7.69% +44.44% -

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Back Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Back Office in England

Back Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Back Office in England.

Daily rate trend for Back Office in England

Back Office
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Back Office in England over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Back Office in England

Back Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Back Office in England.

Hourly rate trend for Back Office in England

Back Office
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Back Office within the England region over the 6 months to 17 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +63 267 £625 -8.09% 96
Midlands +33 12 £525 +61.54% 19
West Midlands +28 11 £525 +90.91% 16
South East -6 8 £560 -34.12% 37
North of England +26 6 £375 - 34
East of England +10 5 - - 13
South West -8 5 £250 -66.67% 12
North West +19 3 - - 20
Yorkshire +10 3 £375 - 10
East Midlands +14 2 £525 +16.67% 3
Back Office
UK

Back Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (2.63%) CMS
2 4 (1.32%) MTS
3 1 (0.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.33%) Apache
3 1 (0.33%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.33%) Confluence
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.33%) NetWeaver
3 1 (0.33%) SAS
3 1 (0.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (1.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.66%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 23 (7.57%) Endur
2 4 (1.32%) Aligne
2 4 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.32%) EuroRunner
2 4 (1.32%) Markit EDM
2 4 (1.32%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 4 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.32%) thinkFolio
3 2 (0.66%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.66%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.33%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle HRMS
4 1 (0.33%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.33%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.33%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.33%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.33%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.33%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 69 (22.70%) Azure
2 39 (12.83%) Azure DevOps
3 32 (10.53%) Azure Service Bus
4 20 (6.58%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 19 (6.25%) Azure Monitor
6 12 (3.95%) Power Platform
7 11 (3.62%) AWS
8 10 (3.29%) Azure Pipelines
9 7 (2.30%) Miro
10 5 (1.64%) Google Sheets
10 5 (1.64%) Serverless
11 4 (1.32%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (1.32%) Entra ID
12 3 (0.99%) Microsoft 365
12 3 (0.99%) SaaS
13 2 (0.66%) Azure Data Factory
13 2 (0.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 2 (0.66%) OCI
13 2 (0.66%) Snowflake
13 2 (0.66%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.30%) FTP
2 6 (1.97%) LAN
2 6 (1.97%) WAN
3 4 (1.32%) Internet
4 2 (0.66%) Firewall
4 2 (0.66%) SAN
4 2 (0.66%) Wireless
5 1 (0.33%) DHCP
5 1 (0.33%) DNS
5 1 (0.33%) NetScaler
5 1 (0.33%) NGFW
5 1 (0.33%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (16.45%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.95%) Power BI
3 8 (2.63%) GIS
3 8 (2.63%) Relational Database
3 8 (2.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 7 (2.30%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (2.30%) SAP HANA
5 6 (1.97%) NoSQL
6 4 (1.32%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (1.32%) NonStop SQL
6 4 (1.32%) RDBMS
6 4 (1.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 4 (1.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (0.99%) Big Data
8 2 (0.66%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.66%) Data Mart
8 2 (0.66%) Delta Lake
8 2 (0.66%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.33%) MySQL
9 1 (0.33%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 22 (7.24%) Git
2 19 (6.25%) Postman
3 16 (5.26%) JIRA
4 11 (3.62%) SpecFlow
5 9 (2.96%) Cucumber
5 9 (2.96%) Visual Studio
6 8 (2.63%) Selenium
7 6 (1.97%) LoadRunner
7 6 (1.97%) WebDriver
8 5 (1.64%) FitNesse
8 5 (1.64%) JMeter
8 5 (1.64%) Team Foundation Server
9 3 (0.99%) Appium
9 3 (0.99%) Rational Performance Tester
9 3 (0.99%) TestRail
10 2 (0.66%) TestComplete
11 1 (0.33%) GitLab
11 1 (0.33%) Jenkins
11 1 (0.33%) TeamCity
General
1 111 (36.51%) Finance
2 80 (26.32%) Banking
3 71 (23.36%) Social Skills
4 70 (23.03%) Front Office
5 35 (11.51%) Public Sector
6 28 (9.21%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (3.29%) Investment Banking
8 8 (2.63%) Retail
9 7 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.97%) Local Government
10 6 (1.97%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.97%) Wholesale Banking
11 4 (1.32%) General Ledger
12 3 (0.99%) Corporate Banking
12 3 (0.99%) Law
12 3 (0.99%) Mandarin Language
13 2 (0.66%) Games
13 2 (0.66%) Legal
13 2 (0.66%) Marketing
13 2 (0.66%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 110 (36.18%) Analyst
2 88 (28.95%) Senior
3 44 (14.47%) Business Analyst
3 44 (14.47%) Developer
4 36 (11.84%) Senior Analyst
5 30 (9.87%) Financial Analyst
5 30 (9.87%) Lead
5 30 (9.87%) Technical Analyst
6 26 (8.55%) Banking Analyst
7 20 (6.58%) SQL Analyst
7 20 (6.58%) Test Analyst
8 19 (6.25%) Technical Leader
9 17 (5.59%) Product Owner
9 17 (5.59%) Senior Test Analyst
9 17 (5.59%) Support Analyst
10 15 (4.93%) .NET Developer
10 15 (4.93%) Senior Developer
11 14 (4.61%) Senior Technical Engineer
11 14 (4.61%) Technical Engineer
11 14 (4.61%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (20.07%) .NET
2 39 (12.83%) .NET Core
3 13 (4.28%) React
4 12 (3.95%) XML
5 11 (3.62%) CSS
5 11 (3.62%) jQuery
6 10 (3.29%) ASP.NET
7 8 (2.63%) HTML
7 8 (2.63%) JSON
8 6 (1.97%) .NET Framework
8 6 (1.97%) AngularJS
8 6 (1.97%) ASP.NET MVC
8 6 (1.97%) SAP PI
9 5 (1.64%) FIX Protocol
9 5 (1.64%) REST
10 4 (1.32%) Playwright
11 3 (0.99%) Kafka
11 3 (0.99%) pytest
11 3 (0.99%) RESTful
11 3 (0.99%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 49 (16.12%) Product Ownership
2 48 (15.79%) Derivative
3 41 (13.49%) Hedge funds
4 18 (5.92%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 17 (5.59%) Mobile App
6 16 (5.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 14 (4.61%) Equities
8 12 (3.95%) Management Information System
9 9 (2.96%) Fixed Income
9 9 (2.96%) Onboarding
10 7 (2.30%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (1.97%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.97%) Market Risk
11 6 (1.97%) Reference Data
12 4 (1.32%) DTCC
12 4 (1.32%) Renewable Energy
13 3 (0.99%) Contactless
13 3 (0.99%) Data Centre
13 3 (0.99%) Freedom of Information Act
13 3 (0.99%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (4.93%) Android
2 14 (4.61%) Windows
3 9 (2.96%) Unix
4 7 (2.30%) Linux
5 3 (0.99%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.66%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.66%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.33%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.33%) CentOS
7 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (44.74%) Agile
2 59 (19.41%) Asset Management
3 52 (17.11%) DevOps
4 48 (15.79%) Investment Management
5 44 (14.47%) Test Automation
6 42 (13.82%) OO
6 42 (13.82%) TDD
7 38 (12.50%) Mentoring
8 34 (11.18%) OOD
9 31 (10.20%) Software Testing
10 28 (9.21%) Problem-Solving
11 27 (8.88%) Clean Code
11 27 (8.88%) Continuous Integration
12 26 (8.55%) Data Analysis
12 26 (8.55%) Scrum
13 23 (7.57%) Requirements Gathering
13 23 (7.57%) User Stories
14 22 (7.24%) API Management
15 21 (6.91%) Business Intelligence
16 20 (6.58%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 102 (33.55%) C#
2 100 (32.89%) SQL
3 53 (17.43%) Python
4 29 (9.54%) Bicep
5 21 (6.91%) Java
6 18 (5.92%) JavaScript
7 15 (4.93%) Kotlin
8 14 (4.61%) TypeScript
9 12 (3.95%) PowerShell
10 8 (2.63%) T-SQL
11 5 (1.64%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.66%) VBA
13 1 (0.33%) ABAP
13 1 (0.33%) Bash
13 1 (0.33%) C++
13 1 (0.33%) PHP
13 1 (0.33%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.33%) R
13 1 (0.33%) Scala
Qualifications
1 25 (8.22%) Degree
2 5 (1.64%) Master's Degree
3 4 (1.32%) Numerate Degree
4 3 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (0.99%) ISTQB
4 3 (0.99%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 2 (0.66%) PhD
6 1 (0.33%) CBAP
6 1 (0.33%) CCNA
6 1 (0.33%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.33%) PgMP
6 1 (0.33%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.22%) PCI DSS
2 18 (5.92%) QA
3 12 (3.95%) Accessibility
4 10 (3.29%) WCAG
5 5 (1.64%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.32%) GAAP
6 4 (1.32%) ISO 15022
6 4 (1.32%) ISO 20022
7 3 (0.99%) GDPR
7 3 (0.99%) PMO
8 2 (0.66%) MiFID
9 1 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.33%) EMIR
9 1 (0.33%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (7.57%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.32%) Docker
3 3 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.33%) vSphere
4 1 (0.33%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 8 (2.63%) Control-M
2 2 (0.66%) Terraform
3 1 (0.33%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.33%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.33%) SCOM
Vendors
1 61 (20.07%) Microsoft
2 21 (6.91%) SAP
3 20 (6.58%) Oracle
4 10 (3.29%) Salesforce
5 9 (2.96%) OpenLink
6 8 (2.63%) HP
7 5 (1.64%) CyberSource
7 5 (1.64%) Google
8 4 (1.32%) Murex
8 4 (1.32%) VMware
9 3 (0.99%) IBM
10 2 (0.66%) CA Agile Central
10 2 (0.66%) Citrix
10 2 (0.66%) Databricks
10 2 (0.66%) NetApp
10 2 (0.66%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.66%) Temenos
11 1 (0.33%) FIS
11 1 (0.33%) Fortinet
11 1 (0.33%) Nintex