The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Back Office over the 3 months to 20 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 Wales 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Back Office
Rank 42 48 -
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -
Contract jobs citing Back Office 1 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 0.243% 0.179% -
As % of the General category 0.730% 0.450% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £160 £200 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £363 £400
% change year-on-year
+10.34% -9.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.77 £18.75 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-15.89% +7.14%
All of the General Category
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
137 222 207
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 33.25% 39.71% 32.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 148 119
Average daily rate £390 £380 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.63% +1.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £280 £268
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £480 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 5
Average hourly rate £19.00 £15.25 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.59% +22.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -5.66%
Back Office
UK

Back Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 20 May 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
South Wales +5 1 £160 -20.00%
Back Office
UK

Back Office
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Intranet
1 1 (100.00%) Web Development
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing

Back Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Intranet
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Junior
1 1 (100.00%) Administrator
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint Administrator
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Web Development
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory