The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire 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 - 63 64
Contract jobs citing Back Office 0 5 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire - 0.517% 0.230%
As % of the General category - 1.066% 0.435%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Average daily rate - £375 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £363 £400
% change year-on-year
+10.34% -9.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Average hourly rate - £13.50 £33.93
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -60.21%
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
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
308 469 460
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 47.90% 48.45% 53.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 204 212
Average daily rate £400 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £241 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £464 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 34 33
Average hourly rate £16.75 £33.50 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-50.00% +109.37%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £11.00 £11.08
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £49.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Back Office
East of England

Back Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Back Office Hourly Rate Trend

Back Office
Top 3 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 (100.00%) SLA
1 2 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 2 (100.00%) Operations Management

Back Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Payments Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 2 (100.00%) Operations Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) SLA