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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Back Office' in contract IT jobs within the Oxford 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
Rank34-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads50
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.000 %
As % of the category below6.329 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£425-
Average daily rate£450-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£475-
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 %
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Oxford
Matching contract IT job ads7988
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.105 %0.089 %
Daily rates quoted3818
Average minimum daily rate£320£355
Average daily rate£339£379
% change on same period last year-10.44 %
Average maximum daily rate£358£402
UK excluding London average daily rate£383£374
% change on same period last year+2.49 %
Hourly rates quoted1213
Average minimum hourly rate£22.07£20.25
Average hourly rate£25.57£22.63
% change on same period last year+13.01 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.07£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.78£27.25
% change on same period last year-1.70 %
Back Office OxfordshireBack Office
Oxfordshire

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 Oxford region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford Back Office Daily Rate Trend

Back Office
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Back Office across the Oxford region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Oxford Back Office Daily Rate Histogram

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 Oxford region.

Oxford 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 Oxford 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.

15 (71.43 %)SharePoint
15 (71.43 %)ERP
15 (71.43 %)Epicor
15 (71.43 %)Commerce Server
24 (57.14 %)Microsoft
33 (42.86 %)VB
33 (42.86 %)SQL Server
33 (42.86 %)Crystal Reports
33 (42.86 %)Front Office
42 (28.57 %)TCP/IP
42 (28.57 %)MS Exchange
42 (28.57 %)Active Directory
42 (28.57 %)Citrix
51 (14.29 %)Microsoft Certification
51 (14.29 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (14.29 %)SQL Server 7
51 (14.29 %)EAI
51 (14.29 %)Business Intelligence
51 (14.29 %)VB.NET
51 (14.29 %).NET
51 (14.29 %)MCP
51 (14.29 %)MCAD
51 (14.29 %)UNIX
51 (14.29 %)Windows
51 (14.29 %)MCDBA
51 (14.29 %)CRM
51 (14.29 %)Finance
51 (14.29 %)SQL
51 (14.29 %)Exchange Server 2003
51 (14.29 %)FRx

Back Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (14.29 %).NET
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (71.43 %)SharePoint
15 (71.43 %)Commerce Server
22 (28.57 %)MS Exchange
31 (14.29 %)Exchange Server 2003
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (14.29 %)FRx
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (28.57 %)TCP/IP
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (42.86 %)SQL Server
13 (42.86 %)Crystal Reports
21 (14.29 %)SQL Server 7
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (42.86 %)Front Office
21 (14.29 %)Finance
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (71.43 %)Developer
23 (42.86 %)Systems Developer
32 (28.57 %)3rd Line Support
32 (28.57 %)Administrator
32 (28.57 %)Systems Administrator
41 (14.29 %)Systems Engineer
41 (14.29 %)Server Support
41 (14.29 %)Senior Developer
41 (14.29 %)Systems Support
41 (14.29 %)Support Engineer
41 (14.29 %)Business Developer
41 (14.29 %)Server Engineer
41 (14.29 %)Server Support Engineer
41 (14.29 %)Systems Support Engineer
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (14.29 %)UNIX
11 (14.29 %)Windows
11 (14.29 %)Windows Server 2003
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (71.43 %)ERP
21 (14.29 %)EAI
21 (14.29 %)Business Intelligence
21 (14.29 %)CRM
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (42.86 %)VB
21 (14.29 %)VB.NET
21 (14.29 %)SQL
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (14.29 %)MCP
11 (14.29 %)MCAD
11 (14.29 %)MCDBA
11 (14.29 %)Microsoft Certification
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (28.57 %)Active Directory
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (71.43 %)Epicor
24 (57.14 %)Microsoft
32 (28.57 %)Citrix
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