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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Back Office' in contract IT jobs within the Manchester region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Back Office over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBack Office
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank7360
Rank change on same period last yearDown-13
Matching contract IT job ads88
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.008 %
As % of the category below1.713 %2.089 %
Daily rates quoted13
Average minimum daily rate£500£400
Average daily rate£550£425
% change on same period last year+29.41 %
Average maximum daily rate£600£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£395£418
% change on same period last year-5.42 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.94£19.68
% change on same period last year+52.09 %
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Manchester
Matching contract IT job ads467383
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.622 %0.387 %
Daily rates quoted9798
Average minimum daily rate£342£343
Average daily rate£363£366
% change on same period last year-0.79 %
Average maximum daily rate£384£389
UK excluding London average daily rate£383£374
% change on same period last year+2.49 %
Hourly rates quoted5318
Average minimum hourly rate£23.86£17.66
Average hourly rate£25.86£19.83
% change on same period last year+30.41 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.85£22.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.78£27.25
% change on same period last year-1.70 %
Back Office North WestBack Office
North West

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Back Office
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Back Office across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Manchester Back Office Demand Trend

Back Office
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Back Office across the Manchester region.

Manchester Back Office Daily Rate Trend

Back Office
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Back Office across the Manchester region.

Manchester Back Office Hourly Rate Trend

Back Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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.

14 (28.57 %)Finance
23 (21.43 %)Banking
23 (21.43 %)Business Analysis
32 (14.29 %)Retail
32 (14.29 %)Java EE
32 (14.29 %)Retail Banking
32 (14.29 %)SAN
32 (14.29 %)Firmware
32 (14.29 %)Java
32 (14.29 %)J2EE
41 (7.143 %)Oracle
41 (7.143 %)Linux
41 (7.143 %)MS Excel
41 (7.143 %)ERP
41 (7.143 %)MS Exchange
41 (7.143 %)DHCP
41 (7.143 %)VPN
41 (7.143 %)DNS
41 (7.143 %)Cisco
41 (7.143 %)Microsoft
41 (7.143 %)Sun
41 (7.143 %)Active Directory
41 (7.143 %)Citrix
41 (7.143 %)Navision
41 (7.143 %)Six Sigma
41 (7.143 %)Smartcard
41 (7.143 %)Project Management
41 (7.143 %)Red Hat
41 (7.143 %)Financial Institution
41 (7.143 %)User Acceptance Testing

Back Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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.

Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (14.29 %)J2EE
12 (14.29 %)Java EE
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (7.143 %)MS Exchange
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (7.143 %)MS Excel
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (7.143 %)Navision
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (14.29 %)SAN
21 (7.143 %)DHCP
21 (7.143 %)VPN
21 (7.143 %)DNS
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (28.57 %)Finance
23 (21.43 %)Banking
32 (14.29 %)Retail
32 (14.29 %)Retail Banking
41 (7.143 %)Financial Institution
41 (7.143 %)Pensions
41 (7.143 %)Government
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (35.71 %)Business Analyst
15 (35.71 %)Analyst
22 (14.29 %)Java Developer
22 (14.29 %)J2EE Developer
22 (14.29 %)Implementation Specialist
22 (14.29 %)Developer
22 (14.29 %)Java/J2EE Developer
31 (7.143 %)Web Analyst
31 (7.143 %)Banking Business Analyst
31 (7.143 %)Systems Architect
31 (7.143 %)Storage Specialist
31 (7.143 %)Network Specialist
31 (7.143 %)Test Manager
31 (7.143 %)Support Engineer
31 (7.143 %)2nd Line Support
31 (7.143 %)Programme Manager
31 (7.143 %)Architect
31 (7.143 %)Project Manager
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (14.29 %)Firmware
21 (7.143 %)Smartcard
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (7.143 %)Linux
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (21.43 %)Business Analysis
21 (7.143 %)User Acceptance Testing
21 (7.143 %)Integration Testing
21 (7.143 %)ERP
21 (7.143 %)Six Sigma
21 (7.143 %)Project Management
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (14.29 %)Java
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (7.143 %)Active Directory
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (7.143 %)Oracle
11 (7.143 %)Cisco
11 (7.143 %)Microsoft
11 (7.143 %)Sun
11 (7.143 %)Citrix
11 (7.143 %)Red Hat
11 (7.143 %)Brocade
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