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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Back Office' in contract IT jobs within the South Yorkshire 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 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBack Office
Location
3 months to
7 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank3251
Rank change on same period last yearUp+19
Matching contract IT job ads24
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.005 %
As % of the category below2.564 %2.186 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£163
Average daily rate-£169
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£175
UK excluding London average daily rate£448£365
% change on same period last year+22.52 %
Hourly rates quoted22
Average minimum hourly rate£28.90£30.25
Average hourly rate£29.09£31.75
% change on same period last year-8.37 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.28£33.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.50£24.35
% change on same period last year+41.70 %
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
South Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads78183
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.156 %0.229 %
Daily rates quoted1833
Average minimum daily rate£289£246
Average daily rate£319£265
% change on same period last year+20.31 %
Average maximum daily rate£349£284
UK excluding London average daily rate£375£382
% change on same period last year-1.85 %
Hourly rates quoted3064
Average minimum hourly rate£26.23£26.44
Average hourly rate£26.55£27.39
% change on same period last year-3.08 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.87£28.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.82£26.53
% change on same period last year+1.09 %
Back Office YorkshireBack Office
Yorkshire

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

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire Back Office Daily Rate Trend

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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 7 January 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
SheffieldUp+192--
Back Office YorkshireBack Office
Yorkshire

Back Office
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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.

17 (100.00 %)Windows
17 (100.00 %)Windows 2000
17 (100.00 %)MCSE
17 (100.00 %)Microsoft
17 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
17 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
17 (100.00 %)Middleware
25 (71.43 %)SAN
25 (71.43 %)Intel
34 (57.14 %)MS Excel
42 (28.57 %)Change Management
42 (28.57 %)Telecoms

Back Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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.

South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (100.00 %)Middleware
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (57.14 %)MS Excel
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (71.43 %)SAN
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (28.57 %)Telecoms
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (71.43 %)Support Engineer
22 (28.57 %)3rd Line Support
22 (28.57 %)2nd Line Support
22 (28.57 %)2nd Line Support Engineer
31 (14.29 %)3rd Line Support Analyst
31 (14.29 %)3rd Line Support Engineer
31 (14.29 %)Analyst
31 (14.29 %)Systems Administrator
31 (14.29 %)Support Analyst
31 (14.29 %)Administrator
31 (14.29 %)Wintel Support
31 (14.29 %)Wintel Engineer
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (100.00 %)Windows
17 (100.00 %)Windows 2000
17 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (28.57 %)Change Management
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (100.00 %)MCSE
17 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (100.00 %)Microsoft
25 (71.43 %)Intel