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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Back Office' in IT jobs within the Bristol region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Back Office over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBack Office
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank106106
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads3618
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.019 %0.008 %
As % of the category below2.100 %1.325 %
Salaries quoted3018
Average minimum salary£36,527£32,556
Average salary£41,727£36,472
% change on same period last year+14.40 %
Average maximum salary£46,927£40,389
UK excluding London average salary£37,926£40,352
% change on same period last year-6.01 %
Bristol IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Bristol
Matching permanent IT job ads17141359
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.923 %0.566 %
Salaries quoted15301191
Average minimum salary£34,502£34,108
Average salary£38,134£37,602
% change on same period last year+1.41 %
Average maximum salary£41,767£41,095
UK excluding London average salary£41,063£42,118
% change on same period last year-2.50 %
Back Office South WestBack Office
South West

Back Office
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Back Office across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Bristol Back Office Demand Trend

Back Office
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Back Office across the Bristol region.

Bristol Back Office Salary Trend

Back Office
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Back Office across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Bristol Back Office Salary Histogram

Back Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Bristol 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Back Office.

145 (70.31 %)SQL
237 (57.81 %).NET
336 (56.25 %)C#
425 (39.06 %)Finance
523 (35.94 %)VB6
523 (35.94 %)MySQL
523 (35.94 %)VB
622 (34.38 %)PHP
622 (34.38 %)Insurance
720 (31.25 %)SQL Server
811 (17.19 %)Windows
910 (15.63 %)Banking
109 (14.06 %)UNIX
118 (12.50 %)E-Commerce
118 (12.50 %)OO
118 (12.50 %)Sybase
118 (12.50 %)Web Development
127 (10.94 %).NET Framework
127 (10.94 %)Process Management
127 (10.94 %)WebServices
127 (10.94 %)MS Excel
127 (10.94 %)Integration Testing
136 (9.375 %)Java
136 (9.375 %)RDBMS
136 (9.375 %)Microsoft
136 (9.375 %)Regression Testing
136 (9.375 %)Data Management
145 (7.813 %)Front Office
145 (7.813 %)Oracle
145 (7.813 %)Reference Data

Back Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Bristol 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Back Office. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bristol IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
137 (57.81 %).NET
27 (10.94 %)WebServices
27 (10.94 %).NET Framework
33 (4.688 %)ASP.NET
33 (4.688 %)WebSphere
42 (3.125 %)Middleware
42 (3.125 %)FpML
42 (3.125 %)AJAX
51 (1.563 %)ASP
51 (1.563 %)WPF
Bristol IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (6.250 %)WebLogic
23 (4.688 %)MS Exchange
23 (4.688 %)Exchange Server 2000
23 (4.688 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (1.563 %)SharePoint Server 2007
31 (1.563 %)SharePoint
Bristol IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (10.94 %)MS Excel
22 (3.125 %)MS Office
31 (1.563 %)MS Visio
Bristol IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (6.250 %)Internet
14 (6.250 %)Firewall
22 (3.125 %)SAN
22 (3.125 %)LAN
31 (1.563 %)VoIP
31 (1.563 %)WAN
31 (1.563 %)SMTP
31 (1.563 %)FTP
31 (1.563 %)HTTP
31 (1.563 %)SNMP
31 (1.563 %)VPN
31 (1.563 %)SSL
31 (1.563 %)Intranet
31 (1.563 %)PPTP
31 (1.563 %)IPsec
Bristol IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
123 (35.94 %)MySQL
220 (31.25 %)SQL Server
36 (9.375 %)RDBMS
45 (7.813 %)Reference Data
Bristol IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
125 (39.06 %)Finance
222 (34.38 %)Insurance
310 (15.63 %)Banking
45 (7.813 %)Front Office
54 (6.250 %)Investment Banking
62 (3.125 %)Telecoms
62 (3.125 %)Law
71 (1.563 %)Legal
Bristol IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
132 (50.00 %)Developer
219 (29.69 %)Web Developer
39 (14.06 %)Analyst
47 (10.94 %).NET Developer
47 (10.94 %)C# Developer
56 (9.375 %)Test Analyst
56 (9.375 %)Architect
65 (7.813 %)Applications Developer
65 (7.813 %)Web Applications Developer
65 (7.813 %).NET Web Developer
74 (6.250 %)Enterprise Architect
74 (6.250 %)Consultant
83 (4.688 %)COBOL Developer
92 (3.125 %)Business Development Consultant
92 (3.125 %)Business Consultant
92 (3.125 %)Systems Engineer
92 (3.125 %)Solutions Architect
92 (3.125 %)Technical Consultant
92 (3.125 %).NET Applications Developer
101 (1.563 %)Principal Architect
Bristol IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (3.125 %)Equities
12 (3.125 %)Derivative
12 (3.125 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
21 (1.563 %)EPoS
21 (1.563 %)Management Information System
21 (1.563 %)Computer Science
21 (1.563 %)German Language
Bristol IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
111 (17.19 %)Windows
29 (14.06 %)UNIX
33 (4.688 %)Windows Server 2003
33 (4.688 %)Windows 2000 Server
41 (1.563 %)Red Hat Linux
41 (1.563 %)SUSE
41 (1.563 %)AIX
41 (1.563 %)Linux
41 (1.563 %)Windows 2000
41 (1.563 %)Windows XP
Bristol IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (12.50 %)OO
18 (12.50 %)E-Commerce
18 (12.50 %)Web Development
27 (10.94 %)Integration Testing
27 (10.94 %)Process Management
36 (9.375 %)Regression Testing
36 (9.375 %)Data Management
44 (6.250 %)Content Management
44 (6.250 %)Test Management
44 (6.250 %)E-business
53 (4.688 %)Workflow
53 (4.688 %)Business Development
62 (3.125 %)Technical Architecture
62 (3.125 %)Stakeholder Management
62 (3.125 %)CRM
71 (1.563 %)Business Intelligence
71 (1.563 %)Project Management
71 (1.563 %)ITIL
Bristol IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
145 (70.31 %)SQL
236 (56.25 %)C#
323 (35.94 %)VB
323 (35.94 %)VB6
422 (34.38 %)PHP
56 (9.375 %)Java
63 (4.688 %)COBOL
63 (4.688 %)VB.NET
71 (1.563 %)C++
Bristol IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (4.688 %)MCSE
13 (4.688 %)Microsoft Certification
13 (4.688 %)Degree
21 (1.563 %)ITIL Certification
21 (1.563 %)MCTS
Bristol IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (3.125 %)SLA
Bristol IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (4.688 %)ISA Server
21 (1.563 %)Backup Exec
21 (1.563 %)NFS
21 (1.563 %)Active Directory
21 (1.563 %)Terminal Services
Bristol IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (1.563 %)Tivoli
11 (1.563 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
Bristol IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (12.50 %)Sybase
26 (9.375 %)Microsoft
35 (7.813 %)Oracle
43 (4.688 %)Micro Focus
52 (3.125 %)VMware
52 (3.125 %)ION Trading
61 (1.563 %)Brocade
61 (1.563 %)Citrix
61 (1.563 %)Red Hat
61 (1.563 %)Cisco
61 (1.563 %)IBM