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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 164 238 326
Rank change year-on-year +74 +88 -47
Contract jobs citing Back Office 269 275 303
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.52% 1.05% 0.79%
As % of the General category 2.41% 1.66% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 227 235
10th Percentile £430 £440 £489
25th Percentile £525 £550 £586
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £680 £650
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% +4.62% +13.04%
75th Percentile £750 £835 £750
90th Percentile £850 £838 £813
England median daily rate £625 £675 £625
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% +9.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £16.86 £17.07 -
Median % change year-on-year -1.20% - -
England median hourly rate £22.50 £35.25 £17.25
% change year-on-year -36.17% +104.35% -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 11,147 16,608 23,074
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 63.17% 63.32% 60.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,946 12,031 16,682
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 £825 £825 £800
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 239 212 295
10th Percentile £15.90 £16.40 £19.75
25th Percentile £18.19 £21.18 £25.68
Median hourly rate £28.00 £31.92 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.28% -14.88% +33.83%
75th Percentile £44.75 £57.63 £50.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £30.75 £32.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -5.38% +51.16% -4.17%

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 10 May 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 10 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
Central London +45 40 £600 -4.08% 12
East London +6 8 £575 +8.49% 5
South London +4 2 £493 -49.49% 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 (2.97%) CMS
2 4 (1.49%) MTS
3 1 (0.37%) SAS
3 1 (0.37%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.74%) Mingle
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 24 (8.92%) Endur
2 4 (1.49%) Aligne
2 4 (1.49%) EuroRunner
2 4 (1.49%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 3 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.12%) Markit EDM
3 3 (1.12%) thinkFolio
4 2 (0.74%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.37%) Oracle HRMS
5 1 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.37%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.37%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.37%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.37%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.37%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 65 (24.16%) Azure
2 38 (14.13%) Azure DevOps
3 31 (11.52%) Azure Service Bus
4 20 (7.43%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 18 (6.69%) Azure Monitor
6 10 (3.72%) Azure Pipelines
7 8 (2.97%) AWS
8 7 (2.60%) Miro
8 7 (2.60%) Power Platform
9 5 (1.86%) Serverless
10 4 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (1.12%) Entra ID
11 3 (1.12%) SaaS
12 2 (0.74%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (0.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (0.74%) Snowflake
13 1 (0.37%) Azure Functions
13 1 (0.37%) Azure Key Vault
13 1 (0.37%) GCP
13 1 (0.37%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.60%) FTP
2 4 (1.49%) Internet
3 1 (0.37%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (17.47%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.97%) Relational Database
2 8 (2.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 7 (2.60%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (2.60%) Power BI
4 6 (2.23%) SAP HANA
5 5 (1.86%) NoSQL
6 4 (1.49%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (1.49%) NonStop SQL
6 4 (1.49%) RDBMS
6 4 (1.49%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 4 (1.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (1.12%) Big Data
7 3 (1.12%) GIS
8 2 (0.74%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.74%) Data Mart
8 2 (0.74%) Delta Lake
8 2 (0.74%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.37%) MySQL
9 1 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 22 (8.18%) Git
2 19 (7.06%) Postman
3 14 (5.20%) JIRA
4 11 (4.09%) SpecFlow
5 9 (3.35%) Cucumber
5 9 (3.35%) Visual Studio
6 8 (2.97%) Selenium
7 6 (2.23%) LoadRunner
7 6 (2.23%) WebDriver
8 5 (1.86%) FitNesse
8 5 (1.86%) JMeter
8 5 (1.86%) Team Foundation Server
9 3 (1.12%) Appium
9 3 (1.12%) Rational Performance Tester
9 3 (1.12%) TestRail
10 2 (0.74%) TestComplete
11 1 (0.37%) Jenkins
11 1 (0.37%) TeamCity
General
1 103 (38.29%) Finance
2 79 (29.37%) Banking
3 70 (26.02%) Front Office
4 60 (22.30%) Social Skills
5 31 (11.52%) Public Sector
6 20 (7.43%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (3.35%) Investment Banking
8 7 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (2.23%) Wholesale Banking
10 5 (1.86%) Local Government
11 4 (1.49%) General Ledger
12 3 (1.12%) Corporate Banking
12 3 (1.12%) Legal
13 2 (0.74%) Games
13 2 (0.74%) Law
13 2 (0.74%) Marketing
14 1 (0.37%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.37%) Publishing
14 1 (0.37%) Retail
14 1 (0.37%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 102 (37.92%) Analyst
2 85 (31.60%) Senior
3 45 (16.73%) Business Analyst
4 41 (15.24%) Developer
5 37 (13.75%) Senior Analyst
6 30 (11.15%) Financial Analyst
7 29 (10.78%) Lead
8 26 (9.67%) Banking Analyst
9 25 (9.29%) Technical Analyst
10 20 (7.43%) SQL Analyst
10 20 (7.43%) Test Analyst
11 19 (7.06%) Technical Leader
12 17 (6.32%) Product Owner
12 17 (6.32%) Senior Test Analyst
13 14 (5.20%) .NET Developer
13 14 (5.20%) Senior Developer
13 14 (5.20%) Senior Financial Analyst
13 14 (5.20%) Senior Technical Engineer
13 14 (5.20%) Technical Engineer
13 14 (5.20%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (21.93%) .NET
2 39 (14.50%) .NET Core
3 13 (4.83%) React
4 12 (4.46%) XML
5 11 (4.09%) CSS
6 10 (3.72%) ASP.NET
6 10 (3.72%) jQuery
7 8 (2.97%) HTML
8 7 (2.60%) JSON
9 6 (2.23%) .NET Framework
9 6 (2.23%) AngularJS
9 6 (2.23%) ASP.NET MVC
9 6 (2.23%) SAP PI
10 5 (1.86%) FIX Protocol
10 5 (1.86%) REST
11 4 (1.49%) Playwright
12 3 (1.12%) ADO
12 3 (1.12%) pytest
12 3 (1.12%) RESTful
12 3 (1.12%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 49 (18.22%) Product Ownership
2 47 (17.47%) Derivative
3 41 (15.24%) Hedge funds
4 18 (6.69%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 17 (6.32%) Mobile App
6 14 (5.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 13 (4.83%) Equities
8 9 (3.35%) Onboarding
9 8 (2.97%) Fixed Income
10 7 (2.60%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (2.23%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (2.23%) Management Information System
11 6 (2.23%) Market Risk
11 6 (2.23%) Reference Data
12 4 (1.49%) DTCC
12 4 (1.49%) Renewable Energy
13 3 (1.12%) Contactless
13 3 (1.12%) Freedom of Information
13 3 (1.12%) Freedom of Information Act
13 3 (1.12%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.58%) Android
2 9 (3.35%) Unix
3 5 (1.86%) Linux
3 5 (1.86%) Windows
4 1 (0.37%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.37%) CentOS
4 1 (0.37%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (49.44%) Agile
2 56 (20.82%) Asset Management
3 47 (17.47%) DevOps
3 47 (17.47%) Investment Management
4 44 (16.36%) Test Automation
5 42 (15.61%) OO
6 41 (15.24%) TDD
7 38 (14.13%) Mentoring
8 33 (12.27%) OOD
9 31 (11.52%) Software Testing
10 27 (10.04%) Continuous Integration
11 26 (9.67%) Clean Code
11 26 (9.67%) Scrum
12 24 (8.92%) User Stories
13 21 (7.81%) Acceptance Criteria
13 21 (7.81%) API Management
13 21 (7.81%) Data Analysis
13 21 (7.81%) Problem-Solving
13 21 (7.81%) Requirements Gathering
14 19 (7.06%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 100 (37.17%) C#
2 89 (33.09%) SQL
3 52 (19.33%) Python
4 28 (10.41%) Bicep
5 20 (7.43%) Java
6 18 (6.69%) JavaScript
7 15 (5.58%) Kotlin
8 14 (5.20%) TypeScript
9 12 (4.46%) PowerShell
10 7 (2.60%) T-SQL
11 5 (1.86%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.74%) VBA
13 1 (0.37%) Bash
13 1 (0.37%) C++
13 1 (0.37%) PHP
Qualifications
1 19 (7.06%) Degree
2 4 (1.49%) Numerate Degree
3 3 (1.12%) ISTQB
3 3 (1.12%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 3 (1.12%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.37%) CBAP
4 1 (0.37%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (0.37%) PgMP
4 1 (0.37%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.37%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (8.55%) PCI DSS
2 18 (6.69%) QA
3 12 (4.46%) Accessibility
4 10 (3.72%) WCAG
5 4 (1.49%) GAAP
5 4 (1.49%) ISO 15022
5 4 (1.49%) ISO 20022
6 3 (1.12%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.12%) MiFID
6 3 (1.12%) PMO
7 2 (0.74%) EMIR
8 1 (0.37%) Dodd-Frank
System Software
1 22 (8.18%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.49%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (2.60%) Control-M
2 2 (0.74%) Terraform
3 1 (0.37%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 57 (21.19%) Microsoft
2 16 (5.95%) Oracle
3 10 (3.72%) OpenLink
3 10 (3.72%) SAP
4 7 (2.60%) HP
5 6 (2.23%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.86%) CyberSource
7 4 (1.49%) IBM
7 4 (1.49%) Murex
8 2 (0.74%) CA Agile Central
8 2 (0.74%) Databricks
8 2 (0.74%) Temenos
8 2 (0.74%) Trayport
9 1 (0.37%) Bloomberg
9 1 (0.37%) Calypso
9 1 (0.37%) FIS
9 1 (0.37%) NCR
9 1 (0.37%) Nintex
9 1 (0.37%) Progress
9 1 (0.37%) ServiceNow