The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Back Office over the 3 months to 19 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 South West 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Back Office
Rank 85 107 111
Rank change year-on-year
+22 +4
Contract jobs citing Back Office 16 25 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.796% 0.799% 0.562%
As % of the General category 2.213% 1.877% 1.293%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 10 7
Average daily rate £350 £383 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.49% +2.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £166 £302 £338
10% offered a daily rate of more than £379 £461 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
+10.34% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £20.25 -
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
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
723 1332 1315
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 35.99% 42.60% 43.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 468 935 736
Average daily rate £380 £380 £380
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £273 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £495 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 55 103
Average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £34.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.00% -27.53%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £18.00 £13.09
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £43.70 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £24.99 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+0.05% -3.89%
Back Office
England

Back Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South West 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 South West region.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 19 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Wiltshire -3 7 £271 -32.18% 3
Bristol +14 2 £345 -23.33% 2
Somerset - 2 £183 -
Dorset - - - -
Gloucestershire - - - -
Back Office
England

Back Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 13 (38.24%) Finance
2 11 (32.35%) ERP
3 8 (23.53%) Oracle
4 7 (20.59%) SQL
5 6 (17.65%) Migration
6 5 (14.71%) Billing
6 5 (14.71%) Logistics
6 5 (14.71%) SAP
6 5 (14.71%) XML
6 5 (14.71%) SAP SD
6 5 (14.71%) Data Migration
7 4 (11.76%) Business Analysis
7 4 (11.76%) OO
7 4 (11.76%) HTML
7 4 (11.76%) .NET
7 4 (11.76%) SAP MM
8 3 (8.824%) NHS
8 3 (8.824%) Banking
8 3 (8.824%) C#
8 3 (8.824%) JavaScript
8 3 (8.824%) ASP.NET
8 3 (8.824%) CSS
8 3 (8.824%) VBA
8 3 (8.824%) Web Services
8 3 (8.824%) Windows
8 3 (8.824%) MS Excel
8 3 (8.824%) SOA
8 3 (8.824%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (8.824%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (8.824%) B2B

Back Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

Application Development
1 5 (14.71%) XML
2 4 (11.76%) HTML
2 4 (11.76%) .NET
3 3 (8.824%) ASP.NET
3 3 (8.824%) CSS
3 3 (8.824%) Web Services
4 2 (5.882%) .NET Framework
4 2 (5.882%) Middleware
4 2 (5.882%) XSLT
5 1 (2.941%) SOAP
5 1 (2.941%) Ajax
5 1 (2.941%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (2.941%) WPF
5 1 (2.941%) jQuery
5 1 (2.941%) HTML5
5 1 (2.941%) ASP.NET MVC 2
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.882%) WordPress
2 1 (2.941%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (2.941%) IIS
2 1 (2.941%) MQSeries
2 1 (2.941%) MS Exchange
2 1 (2.941%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (2.941%) Oracle Service Bus
2 1 (2.941%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 3 (8.824%) MS Excel
2 2 (5.882%) MS PowerPoint
2 2 (5.882%) MS Office
3 1 (2.941%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 5 (14.71%) SAP SD
2 4 (11.76%) SAP MM
3 2 (5.882%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (2.941%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (2.941%) Oracle CRM
4 1 (2.941%) PeopleSoft HRMS
4 1 (2.941%) Cerner Millennium
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.941%) DHCP
1 1 (2.941%) HTTP
1 1 (2.941%) TCP/IP
1 1 (2.941%) DNS
1 1 (2.941%) HTTPS
1 1 (2.941%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.882%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (5.882%) MySQL
1 2 (5.882%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.941%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (2.941%) DTS
2 1 (2.941%) Oracle BI EE
2 1 (2.941%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (2.941%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (2.941%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (2.941%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 1 (2.941%) Visual Studio
1 1 (2.941%) Git (software)
General
1 13 (38.24%) Finance
2 5 (14.71%) Billing
3 3 (8.824%) Banking
3 3 (8.824%) Marketing
4 2 (5.882%) Investment Banking
4 2 (5.882%) Retail
4 2 (5.882%) General Ledger
5 1 (2.941%) Financial Institution
5 1 (2.941%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.941%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 15 (44.12%) Analyst
2 7 (20.59%) Developer
3 6 (17.65%) Business Analyst
4 4 (11.76%) SAP Business Analyst
4 4 (11.76%) Business Process Analyst
4 4 (11.76%) Process Analyst
4 4 (11.76%) Support Analyst
5 3 (8.824%) Senior Developer
5 3 (8.824%) .NET Developer
5 3 (8.824%) IT Support Analyst
5 3 (8.824%) IT Support
6 2 (5.882%) Forecast Analyst
6 2 (5.882%) Senior .NET Developer
6 2 (5.882%) Web Developer
6 2 (5.882%) Consultant
7 1 (2.941%) Analyst Programmer
7 1 (2.941%) Programmer
7 1 (2.941%) Technical Support
7 1 (2.941%) 3rd Line Support
7 1 (2.941%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.824%) NHS
2 2 (5.882%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (2.941%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.941%) Blackberry
3 1 (2.941%) EPoS
3 1 (2.941%) Reference Data
3 1 (2.941%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.824%) Windows
1 3 (8.824%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (5.882%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (5.882%) Linux
3 1 (2.941%) UNIX
3 1 (2.941%) Windows XP
3 1 (2.941%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (32.35%) ERP
2 6 (17.65%) Migration
3 5 (14.71%) Logistics
3 5 (14.71%) Data Migration
4 4 (11.76%) Business Analysis
4 4 (11.76%) OO
5 3 (8.824%) SOA
5 3 (8.824%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (8.824%) B2B
5 3 (8.824%) Investment Management
5 3 (8.824%) Operations Management
6 2 (5.882%) B2C
6 2 (5.882%) PRINCE2
6 2 (5.882%) ITIL
6 2 (5.882%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (5.882%) BPR
6 2 (5.882%) Project Management
6 2 (5.882%) Service Delivery
6 2 (5.882%) Change Management
7 1 (2.941%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 7 (20.59%) SQL
2 3 (8.824%) C#
2 3 (8.824%) JavaScript
2 3 (8.824%) VBA
3 2 (5.882%) XQuery
3 2 (5.882%) Python
3 2 (5.882%) PHP
3 2 (5.882%) VB.NET
3 2 (5.882%) C
3 2 (5.882%) Java
4 1 (2.941%) PL/SQL
4 1 (2.941%) XPath
Qualifications
1 3 (8.824%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (5.882%) SC Cleared
2 2 (5.882%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.882%) MCAD
2 2 (5.882%) MCSD
3 1 (2.941%) MCP
3 1 (2.941%) MCSE
3 1 (2.941%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (2.941%) BC Cleared
3 1 (2.941%) CIPD
3 1 (2.941%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.941%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (5.882%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.941%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.941%) XenApp
2 1 (2.941%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Vendors
1 8 (23.53%) Oracle
2 5 (14.71%) SAP
3 3 (8.824%) Microsoft
4 2 (5.882%) VMware
5 1 (2.941%) Sybase
5 1 (2.941%) Business Objects
5 1 (2.941%) PeopleSoft
5 1 (2.941%) Cerner
5 1 (2.941%) Epicor
5 1 (2.941%) Citrix
5 1 (2.941%) Wall Street Systems
5 1 (2.941%) Twitter
5 1 (2.941%) Verint
South West
BUSINESS ANALYST RETAIL BANKING SOUTH WEST ENGLAND. My client has an urgent requirement for a Business Analyst with Telephony experience. The individual will have worked in large scale...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £350.00 - £380.00 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
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