Back Office Contracts in London

Back Office
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in contract job vacancies advertised in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Back Office over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 176 236 328
Rank change year-on-year +60 +92 -31
Contract jobs citing Back Office 247 289 304
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.39% 1.07% 0.78%
As % of the General category 2.21% 1.68% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 237 239
10th Percentile £450 £450 £493
25th Percentile £550 £563 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £680 £650
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% +4.62% +13.04%
75th Percentile £771 £835 £750
90th Percentile £850 £838 £813
England median daily rate £625 £675 £625
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% +9.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £16.86 £17.07 -
Median % change year-on-year -1.20% - -
England median hourly rate £22.50 £50.00 £17.25
% change year-on-year -55.00% +189.86% -15.25%

All General Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 11,194 17,186 23,250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 63.21% 63.47% 59.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,991 12,426 16,753
10th Percentile £336 £375 £381
25th Percentile £450 £481 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £700 £725 £700
90th Percentile £801 £825 £794
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 245 225 296
10th Percentile £16.00 £16.69 £19.89
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £28.50 £32.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.31% -9.72% +30.91%
75th Percentile £43.75 £58.75 £49.38
90th Percentile £65.45 £70.00 £64.56
England median hourly rate £30.00 £34.31 £21.30
% change year-on-year -12.56% +61.08% -5.33%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Back Office in London

Back Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Back Office in London

Back Office
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Back Office in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Back Office in London

Back Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Back Office in London

Back Office
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Central London +32 31 £600 -4.08% 13
East London +2 7 £575 +8.49% 4
South London +8 1 £520 -46.67% 2
West London - 1 - -
Back Office
England

Back Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (3.24%) CMS
2 4 (1.62%) MTS
3 3 (1.21%) Confluence
4 1 (0.40%) SAS
4 1 (0.40%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.81%) Mingle
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 23 (9.31%) Endur
2 4 (1.62%) Aligne
2 4 (1.62%) EuroRunner
2 4 (1.62%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 3 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.81%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.40%) Markit EDM
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle HRMS
5 1 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.40%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.40%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.40%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 53 (21.46%) Azure
2 37 (14.98%) Azure DevOps
3 26 (10.53%) Azure Service Bus
4 19 (7.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 17 (6.88%) Azure Monitor
6 10 (4.05%) AWS
6 10 (4.05%) Azure Pipelines
7 7 (2.83%) Power Platform
8 5 (2.02%) SaaS
9 4 (1.62%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.21%) Entra ID
10 3 (1.21%) Serverless
11 2 (0.81%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (0.81%) Miro
11 2 (0.81%) Snowflake
12 1 (0.40%) Azure Key Vault
12 1 (0.40%) GCP
12 1 (0.40%) SuccessFactors
12 1 (0.40%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.83%) FTP
2 4 (1.62%) Internet
3 1 (0.40%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (18.22%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 8 (3.24%) Relational Database
4 7 (2.83%) Power BI
5 6 (2.43%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.62%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (1.62%) RDBMS
7 3 (1.21%) Big Data
7 3 (1.21%) NonStop SQL
7 3 (1.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 3 (1.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.81%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.81%) Data Mart
8 2 (0.81%) Delta Lake
8 2 (0.81%) GIS
8 2 (0.81%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.40%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.40%) Spatial Data
9 1 (0.40%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (8.50%) Git
2 14 (5.67%) JIRA
3 11 (4.45%) SpecFlow
4 10 (4.05%) Postman
5 9 (3.64%) Cucumber
6 8 (3.24%) Visual Studio
7 7 (2.83%) Selenium
8 5 (2.02%) FitNesse
8 5 (2.02%) JMeter
8 5 (2.02%) LoadRunner
8 5 (2.02%) Team Foundation Server
8 5 (2.02%) WebDriver
9 3 (1.21%) TestRail
10 2 (0.81%) Appium
10 2 (0.81%) Rational Performance Tester
10 2 (0.81%) TestComplete
11 1 (0.40%) Jenkins
11 1 (0.40%) TeamCity
General
1 104 (42.11%) Finance
2 82 (33.20%) Banking
3 69 (27.94%) Front Office
4 56 (22.67%) Social Skills
5 20 (8.10%) Public Sector
6 17 (6.88%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (4.05%) Investment Banking
8 7 (2.83%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (2.43%) Wholesale Banking
10 5 (2.02%) Legal
11 4 (1.62%) General Ledger
11 4 (1.62%) Local Government
12 3 (1.21%) Corporate Banking
13 2 (0.81%) Games
13 2 (0.81%) Law
13 2 (0.81%) Marketing
14 1 (0.40%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.40%) Publishing
14 1 (0.40%) Retail
14 1 (0.40%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 85 (34.41%) Analyst
2 67 (27.13%) Senior
3 41 (16.60%) Developer
4 36 (14.57%) Business Analyst
5 29 (11.74%) Lead
6 28 (11.34%) Financial Analyst
7 26 (10.53%) Banking Analyst
7 26 (10.53%) Senior Analyst
8 25 (10.12%) Technical Analyst
9 20 (8.10%) SQL Analyst
10 19 (7.69%) Technical Leader
11 15 (6.07%) .NET Developer
12 14 (5.67%) Senior Technical Engineer
12 14 (5.67%) Technical Engineer
13 13 (5.26%) Senior Developer
13 13 (5.26%) Tester
14 11 (4.45%) Project Manager
14 11 (4.45%) Test Analyst
15 10 (4.05%) Senior Technical Analyst
15 10 (4.05%) Senior Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (23.89%) .NET
2 40 (16.19%) .NET Core
3 13 (5.26%) React
4 12 (4.86%) XML
5 11 (4.45%) CSS
6 10 (4.05%) ASP.NET
6 10 (4.05%) jQuery
7 8 (3.24%) HTML
8 7 (2.83%) JSON
9 6 (2.43%) .NET Framework
9 6 (2.43%) AngularJS
9 6 (2.43%) ASP.NET MVC
9 6 (2.43%) FIX Protocol
10 5 (2.02%) REST
11 4 (1.62%) Playwright
12 3 (1.21%) ADO
12 3 (1.21%) pytest
12 3 (1.21%) RESTful
12 3 (1.21%) WPF
13 2 (0.81%) FpML
Miscellaneous
1 46 (18.62%) Derivative
2 41 (16.60%) Hedge funds
3 34 (13.77%) Product Ownership
4 14 (5.67%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 12 (4.86%) Equities
5 12 (4.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 10 (4.05%) Mobile App
7 7 (2.83%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (2.43%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (2.43%) Fixed Income
8 6 (2.43%) Market Risk
9 5 (2.02%) Management Information System
9 5 (2.02%) Onboarding
9 5 (2.02%) Reference Data
10 4 (1.62%) DTCC
10 4 (1.62%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (1.21%) Contactless
11 3 (1.21%) Freedom of Information
11 3 (1.21%) Freedom of Information Act
11 3 (1.21%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.45%) Unix
2 9 (3.64%) Android
3 7 (2.83%) Linux
4 5 (2.02%) Windows
5 1 (0.40%) CentOS
5 1 (0.40%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (44.53%) Agile
2 56 (22.67%) Asset Management
3 47 (19.03%) Investment Management
4 46 (18.62%) DevOps
5 41 (16.60%) OO
6 40 (16.19%) TDD
7 36 (14.57%) Mentoring
8 34 (13.77%) Test Automation
9 32 (12.96%) OOD
10 25 (10.12%) Clean Code
11 23 (9.31%) Scrum
12 22 (8.91%) Software Testing
13 21 (8.50%) API Management
14 19 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
15 17 (6.88%) Continuous Integration
15 17 (6.88%) User Stories
16 16 (6.48%) Data Analysis
17 15 (6.07%) ETRM
17 15 (6.07%) Requirements Gathering
18 14 (5.67%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 99 (40.08%) C#
2 84 (34.01%) SQL
3 57 (23.08%) Python
4 27 (10.93%) Bicep
5 21 (8.50%) Java
6 18 (7.29%) JavaScript
7 14 (5.67%) TypeScript
8 12 (4.86%) PowerShell
9 9 (3.64%) Kotlin
10 7 (2.83%) T-SQL
11 4 (1.62%) Shell Script
12 3 (1.21%) C++
13 2 (0.81%) VBA
14 1 (0.40%) Bash
14 1 (0.40%) PHP
Qualifications
1 19 (7.69%) Degree
2 6 (2.43%) Numerate Degree
3 3 (1.21%) ISTQB
3 3 (1.21%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 2 (0.81%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (0.40%) PgMP
5 1 (0.40%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.40%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.07%) QA
2 13 (5.26%) PCI DSS
3 12 (4.86%) Accessibility
4 10 (4.05%) WCAG
5 4 (1.62%) GAAP
5 4 (1.62%) ISO 15022
5 4 (1.62%) MiFID
6 3 (1.21%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.21%) PMO
7 2 (0.81%) EMIR
8 1 (0.40%) Dodd-Frank
System Software
1 22 (8.91%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.62%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (1.62%) Control-M
2 2 (0.81%) Grafana
2 2 (0.81%) Terraform
3 1 (0.40%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 52 (21.05%) Microsoft
2 16 (6.48%) Oracle
3 10 (4.05%) OpenLink
4 6 (2.43%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.02%) HP
6 4 (1.62%) SAP
7 3 (1.21%) IBM
7 3 (1.21%) Murex
8 2 (0.81%) BMC
8 2 (0.81%) CA Agile Central
8 2 (0.81%) Databricks
8 2 (0.81%) Splunk
8 2 (0.81%) Temenos
8 2 (0.81%) Trayport
8 2 (0.81%) UiPath
9 1 (0.40%) Calypso
9 1 (0.40%) FIS
9 1 (0.40%) NCR
9 1 (0.40%) Nintex
9 1 (0.40%) ServiceNow