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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Back Office' in contract IT jobs within the South West region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Back Office over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBack Office
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank101125
Rank change on same period last yearUp+24
Matching contract IT job ads3233
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.042 %0.035 %
As % of the category below1.422 %1.449 %
Daily rates quoted1520
Average minimum daily rate£435£361
Average daily rate£449£379
% change on same period last year+18.69 %
Average maximum daily rate£464£396
UK excluding London average daily rate£409£402
% change on same period last year+1.79 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£55.00-
Average hourly rate£57.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£60.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.77£18.12
% change on same period last year+69.79 %
General South WestGeneral
South West
Matching contract IT job ads22512278
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.968 %2.416 %
Daily rates quoted954806
Average minimum daily rate£382£362
Average daily rate£407£382
% change on same period last year+6.58 %
Average maximum daily rate£431£402
UK excluding London average daily rate£386£372
% change on same period last year+3.96 %
Hourly rates quoted197191
Average minimum hourly rate£26.95£28.88
Average hourly rate£29.01£30.81
% change on same period last year-5.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.06£32.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.47£27.20
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Back Office EnglandBack Office
England

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

South West 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 South West region.

South West Back Office Hourly Rate Trend

Back Office
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Back Office within the South West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WiltshireUp+27£503+19.91 %
DorsetUp+25£400+21.34 %
GloucestershireUp+63£413+50.00 %
BristolUp+31--
Back Office EnglandBack Office
England

Back Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, 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.

137 (53.62 %)Finance
214 (20.29 %)Pensions
313 (18.84 %)Banking
411 (15.94 %)Data Analysis
59 (13.04 %)Project Management
68 (11.59 %)Microsoft
68 (11.59 %)GAP Analysis
68 (11.59 %)Business Analysis
77 (10.14 %)Requirements Analysis
77 (10.14 %)CA Clarity
77 (10.14 %)Data Migration
77 (10.14 %)Government
77 (10.14 %)Migration
77 (10.14 %)APACS
77 (10.14 %)Data Modelling
77 (10.14 %)PRINCE2
77 (10.14 %)UML
77 (10.14 %)SSADM
77 (10.14 %)DSDM
86 (8.696 %)Citrix Certification
86 (8.696 %)Front Office
86 (8.696 %)Insurance
95 (7.246 %)Security Cleared
104 (5.797 %)Change Management
104 (5.797 %)MS Excel
104 (5.797 %).NET
104 (5.797 %)Requirements Management
104 (5.797 %)Stakeholder Management
113 (4.348 %)Risk Management
113 (4.348 %)Retail

Back Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, 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
14 (5.797 %).NET
23 (4.348 %)ASP.NET
23 (4.348 %)WebServices
32 (2.899 %)HTML
41 (1.449 %)XML
41 (1.449 %)XSL
41 (1.449 %)XHTML
41 (1.449 %)Windows SharePoint Services
41 (1.449 %)SAP Business Workflow
41 (1.449 %)CSS
41 (1.449 %)ASP
Application Platforms
13 (4.348 %)IIS
22 (2.899 %)SharePoint
22 (2.899 %)MS Exchange
31 (1.449 %)Documentum
31 (1.449 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (1.449 %)SharePoint Portal Server
31 (1.449 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Applications
17 (10.14 %)CA Clarity
24 (5.797 %)MS Excel
32 (2.899 %)MS Project
32 (2.899 %)MS Office
41 (1.449 %)MS Visio
41 (1.449 %)MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
11 (1.449 %)SAP FI
11 (1.449 %)Endur
Communications & Networking
11 (1.449 %)Intranet
11 (1.449 %)Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
13 (4.348 %)SQL Server
22 (2.899 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (1.449 %)Oracle 10g
General
137 (53.62 %)Finance
214 (20.29 %)Pensions
313 (18.84 %)Banking
47 (10.14 %)Government
56 (8.696 %)Insurance
56 (8.696 %)Front Office
63 (4.348 %)Retail
72 (2.899 %)Investment Banking
72 (2.899 %)Retail Banking
81 (1.449 %)Marketing
81 (1.449 %)Local Government
81 (1.449 %)Manufacturing
Job Titles
132 (46.38 %)Analyst
223 (33.33 %)Business Analyst
316 (23.19 %)Project Manager
46 (8.696 %)Architect
46 (8.696 %)Technical Architect
46 (8.696 %)Financial Business Analyst
46 (8.696 %)Financial Services Business Analyst
55 (7.246 %)Lead Architect
55 (7.246 %)Lead Technical Architect
55 (7.246 %)Developer
64 (5.797 %)Senior Manager
73 (4.348 %)Process Analyst
82 (2.899 %)Senior Project Manager
82 (2.899 %)Business Process Analyst
82 (2.899 %)IT Manager
82 (2.899 %)Excel Developer
82 (2.899 %)Excel VBA Developer
82 (2.899 %).NET Developer
82 (2.899 %)ASP.NET Developer
82 (2.899 %)VBA Developer
Miscellaneous
17 (10.14 %)APACS
23 (4.348 %)Credit Risk
23 (4.348 %)Market Risk
32 (2.899 %)Asset Management
Operating Systems
12 (2.899 %)Windows
Processes & Methodologies
111 (15.94 %)Data Analysis
29 (13.04 %)Project Management
38 (11.59 %)GAP Analysis
38 (11.59 %)Business Analysis
47 (10.14 %)Requirements Analysis
47 (10.14 %)Data Migration
47 (10.14 %)Migration
47 (10.14 %)PRINCE2
47 (10.14 %)UML
47 (10.14 %)SSADM
47 (10.14 %)DSDM
47 (10.14 %)Data Modelling
55 (7.246 %)Security Cleared
64 (5.797 %)Requirements Management
64 (5.797 %)Stakeholder Management
64 (5.797 %)Change Management
73 (4.348 %)Risk Management
73 (4.348 %)Benchmarking
82 (2.899 %)BPR
82 (2.899 %)Six Sigma
Programming Languages
13 (4.348 %)SQL
22 (2.899 %)VB.NET
22 (2.899 %)VBA
31 (1.449 %)ABAP
31 (1.449 %)VBScript
31 (1.449 %)C#
31 (1.449 %)Java
31 (1.449 %)JavaScript
31 (1.449 %)PL/SQL
Qualifications
16 (8.696 %)Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.449 %)SLA
System Software
11 (1.449 %)Active Directory
Vendors
18 (11.59 %)Microsoft
22 (2.899 %)SAP
31 (1.449 %)Oracle
31 (1.449 %)Citrix
31 (1.449 %)OpenLink
31 (1.449 %)Meridio
31 (1.449 %)Skelta
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