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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Back Office' in contract IT jobs within the 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 20 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBack Office
Location
3 months to
20 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank-119
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads018
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.020 %
As % of the category below0.000 %1.267 %
Daily rates quoted05
Average minimum daily rate-£215
Average daily rate-£228
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£240
UK excluding London average daily rate£404£352
% change on same period last year+14.70 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£15.50
Average hourly rate-£16.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£17.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.02£23.18
% change on same period last year+16.56 %
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads9731421
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.526 %1.546 %
Daily rates quoted268345
Average minimum daily rate£353£350
Average daily rate£377£366
% change on same period last year+2.99 %
Average maximum daily rate£402£383
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£374
% change on same period last year+1.70 %
Hourly rates quoted63111
Average minimum hourly rate£22.48£25.48
Average hourly rate£24.17£27.11
% change on same period last year-10.84 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.85£28.73
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.45£26.71
% change on same period last year+2.76 %
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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

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 Yorkshire region.

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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Back Office Hourly Rate Trend

Back Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

113 (38.24 %)Finance
210 (29.41 %)Legal
210 (29.41 %)UML
210 (29.41 %)Billing
39 (26.47 %)MS Visio
39 (26.47 %)Oracle
48 (23.53 %)Windows
48 (23.53 %)Project Management
57 (20.59 %)Middleware
57 (20.59 %)Microsoft Certification
57 (20.59 %)SAN
57 (20.59 %)Law
57 (20.59 %)MCSE
57 (20.59 %)Windows 2000
57 (20.59 %)PRINCE2
66 (17.65 %)UNIX
66 (17.65 %)Solaris
66 (17.65 %)Sun
66 (17.65 %)Windows Server 2003
66 (17.65 %)SCSA
75 (14.71 %)Intel
75 (14.71 %)Microsoft
84 (11.76 %)Financial Institution
84 (11.76 %)Technical Architecture
93 (8.824 %)Practice Management
93 (8.824 %)Epicor
93 (8.824 %)Oracle Reports
93 (8.824 %)Crystal Reports
102 (5.882 %)MS Excel
102 (5.882 %)Telecoms

Back Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (20.59 %)Middleware
21 (2.941 %)WebSphere
21 (2.941 %)HTML
21 (2.941 %).NET
21 (2.941 %)ASP.NET
21 (2.941 %)CSS
21 (2.941 %)SOAP
21 (2.941 %)WebServices
21 (2.941 %)XML
21 (2.941 %)XSLT
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (2.941 %)CMS
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
19 (26.47 %)MS Visio
22 (5.882 %)MS Excel
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (20.59 %)SAN
21 (2.941 %)Internet
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (8.824 %)Crystal Reports
13 (8.824 %)Oracle Reports
21 (2.941 %)Oracle 8/8i
21 (2.941 %)SQL Server
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
113 (38.24 %)Finance
210 (29.41 %)Legal
210 (29.41 %)Billing
37 (20.59 %)Law
44 (11.76 %)Financial Institution
52 (5.882 %)Telecoms
52 (5.882 %)Pensions
61 (2.941 %)Insurance
61 (2.941 %)Retail
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (23.53 %)Solutions Designer
27 (20.59 %)Developer
36 (17.65 %)Infrastructure Specialist
45 (14.71 %)Analyst
45 (14.71 %)Support Engineer
54 (11.76 %)Business Analyst
63 (8.824 %)Systems Developer
72 (5.882 %)3rd Line Support
72 (5.882 %)Business Systems Analyst
72 (5.882 %)Systems Analyst
72 (5.882 %)Architect
72 (5.882 %)Systems Designer
72 (5.882 %)Solutions Architect
81 (2.941 %)Support Analyst
81 (2.941 %)Project Manager
81 (2.941 %)Systems Administrator
81 (2.941 %)Administrator
81 (2.941 %).NET Developer
81 (2.941 %)C# Developer
81 (2.941 %)VB Developer
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (2.941 %)N-Tier
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (23.53 %)Windows
27 (20.59 %)Windows 2000
36 (17.65 %)Windows Server 2003
36 (17.65 %)Solaris
36 (17.65 %)UNIX
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (29.41 %)UML
28 (23.53 %)Project Management
37 (20.59 %)PRINCE2
44 (11.76 %)Technical Architecture
53 (8.824 %)Practice Management
62 (5.882 %)Use Case
62 (5.882 %)Stakeholder Management
71 (2.941 %)QMS
71 (2.941 %)Migration
71 (2.941 %)Service Management
71 (2.941 %)Change Management
71 (2.941 %)E-Commerce
71 (2.941 %)Data Modelling
71 (2.941 %)SOA
71 (2.941 %)PRINCE
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (2.941 %)C#
11 (2.941 %)VB
11 (2.941 %)VB.NET
11 (2.941 %)VB6
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (20.59 %)MCSE
17 (20.59 %)Microsoft Certification
26 (17.65 %)SCSA
31 (2.941 %)MCP
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (2.941 %)SLA
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (26.47 %)Oracle
26 (17.65 %)Sun
35 (14.71 %)Intel
35 (14.71 %)Microsoft
43 (8.824 %)Epicor
51 (2.941 %)ATG
51 (2.941 %)RedDot
51 (2.941 %)Intershop
51 (2.941 %)HP
51 (2.941 %)Siebel