The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in IT contracts advertised for the Northamptonshire 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 June 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 Northamptonshire 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 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Back Office
Rank 29 32 33
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +1
Contract jobs citing Back Office 5 10 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 1.953% 2.639% 0.917%
As % of the General category 3.333% 4.219% 1.463%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 2
Average daily rate £900 £250 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+260.00% -13.79%
UK excluding London average daily rate £381 £364 £390
% change year-on-year
+4.81% -6.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.77 £21.25 £11.00
% change year-on-year
-25.78% +93.18%
All of the General Category
Northamptonshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
150 237 205
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 58.59% 62.53% 62.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 176 147
Average daily rate £445 £400 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.12% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £265 £174
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £525 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 3
Average hourly rate £30.00 £15.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+100.00% -25.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
Back Office
East Midlands

Back Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire Back Office Daily Rate Trend

Back Office
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Back Office across the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 17 June 2013.

Northamptonshire Back Office Daily Rate Histogram

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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire Back Office Hourly Rate Trend

Back Office
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Back Office within the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 17 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Vacancies
Corby - - - -
Back Office
East Midlands

Back Office
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 5 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Marketing
3 2 (40.00%) IT2
3 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Banking
3 2 (40.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (40.00%) MS Office
3 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
3 2 (40.00%) MS Visio
4 1 (20.00%) HTTP
4 1 (20.00%) Retail
4 1 (20.00%) Retail Banking
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Management
4 1 (20.00%) Capacity Planning

Back Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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.

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) MS Office
1 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (40.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) HTTP
General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Marketing
3 2 (40.00%) Banking
4 1 (20.00%) Retail
4 1 (20.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Head of Operations
2 2 (40.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) IT2