The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in IT contracts advertised for the Oxford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Back Office over the 3 months to 23 May 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 Oxford 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Back Office
Rank 34 36 26
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -10
Contract jobs citing Back Office 1 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 0.431% 0.595% 0.599%
As % of the General category 1.667% 2.326% 2.381%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £400 - £178
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £364 £400
% change year-on-year
+9.96% -9.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.77 £18.75 £13.00
% change year-on-year
-15.89% +44.23%
All of the General Category
Oxford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
60 86 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 25.86% 25.60% 25.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 47 21
Average daily rate £400 £450 £205
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.11% +119.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £350 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £550 £390
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 15 2
Average hourly rate £24.50 £18.13 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+35.17% +45.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Back Office
Oxfordshire

Back Office
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 Oxford region.

Oxford Back Office Daily Rate Trend

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 Oxford region.

Oxford Back Office Hourly Rate Trend

Back Office
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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.

1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) ATG
2 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Siebel
2 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle EBS

Back Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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.

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle EBS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Services Delivery Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Service Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Delivery Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Services Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) CRM
1 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL Certification
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) ATG
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) Siebel