Back Office Jobs in England

Back Office
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in permanent job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Back Office over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 423 497 469
Rank change year-on-year +74 -28 -31
Permanent jobs citing Back Office 474 545 971
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.56% 0.58% 0.74%
As % of the General category 0.94% 0.85% 1.17%
Number of salaries quoted 384 362 581
10th Percentile £27,000 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -3.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £96,938 £93,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £109,500 £112,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.70% - +3.85%

All General Skills
England

Back Office is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 50,259 64,087 82,968
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 59.26% 68.74% 63.47%
Number of salaries quoted 35,481 34,591 45,074
10th Percentile £27,445 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,249 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.86% +0.42% +4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £103,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Back Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Back Office in England

Back Office
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Back Office in England.

Salary trend for Back Office in England

Back Office
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Back Office in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Back Office in England

Back Office
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Back Office within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +106 277 £90,000 +12.50% 96
South East +47 71 £36,000 -42.40% 25
Midlands +19 42 £28,000 -37.78% 23
North of England -3 41 £51,150 +20.35% 31
East of England +37 39 £46,899 -2.80% 9
West Midlands +48 34 £25,000 -37.50% 14
North West +15 32 £51,150 +57.38% 24
Yorkshire +39 8 £52,500 -8.70% 4
East Midlands -25 8 £36,383 -21.34% 9
South West -31 3 £62,500 +31.58% 13
North East -5 1 £97,500 +114.88% 3
Back Office
UK

Back Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 27 (5.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (0.84%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 4 (0.84%) CMS
2 4 (0.84%) Umbraco
3 2 (0.42%) Apache
3 2 (0.42%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.42%) GlassFish
3 2 (0.42%) IIS
3 2 (0.42%) JCAPS
3 2 (0.42%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.42%) WebLogic
3 2 (0.42%) WebSphere
3 2 (0.42%) WebSphere Application Server
3 2 (0.42%) WordPress
4 1 (0.21%) Apache Pulsar
4 1 (0.21%) Kentico
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 51 (10.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 51 (10.76%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.21%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (2.53%) NEC Housing
2 8 (1.69%) Endur
3 6 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.27%) OpenLink RightAngle
4 5 (1.05%) Oracle General Ledger
4 5 (1.05%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 3 (0.63%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.42%) Adaptiv
6 2 (0.42%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.42%) Magento
6 2 (0.42%) nopCommerce
6 2 (0.42%) Shopify
6 2 (0.42%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.21%) Bloomberg AIM
7 1 (0.21%) ION Anvil
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.21%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 104 (21.94%) Azure
2 87 (18.35%) AWS
3 55 (11.60%) Power Platform
4 46 (9.70%) GCP
5 28 (5.91%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (4.64%) Dynamics 365
7 18 (3.80%) Azure Service Bus
8 17 (3.59%) Azure Monitor
8 17 (3.59%) Google Sheets
9 16 (3.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 14 (2.95%) Microsoft 365
11 11 (2.32%) Mimecast
12 9 (1.90%) Power Automate
13 6 (1.27%) OCI
14 4 (0.84%) Google Workspace
14 4 (0.84%) SaaS
15 2 (0.42%) Amazon S3
15 2 (0.42%) Azure Key Vault
15 2 (0.42%) npm
15 2 (0.42%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.16%) Firewall
2 12 (2.53%) VPN
2 12 (2.53%) Wi-Fi
3 11 (2.32%) VoIP
4 10 (2.11%) Wireless
5 8 (1.69%) LAN
6 3 (0.63%) Bluetooth
6 3 (0.63%) FTP
6 3 (0.63%) GPRS
6 3 (0.63%) Internet
6 3 (0.63%) Network Security
7 2 (0.42%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.42%) WAN
8 1 (0.21%) DHCP
8 1 (0.21%) DNS
8 1 (0.21%) FIX Connectivity
8 1 (0.21%) Intranet
8 1 (0.21%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.21%) SAN
8 1 (0.21%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (17.09%) SQL Server
2 43 (9.07%) Power BI
3 27 (5.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 25 (5.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 25 (5.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 21 (4.43%) GIS
6 20 (4.22%) Oracle Database
7 12 (2.53%) Oracle Database 12c
7 12 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (2.32%) MS Access
9 9 (1.90%) NoSQL
9 9 (1.90%) Relational Database
10 8 (1.69%) Data Lake
10 8 (1.69%) MySQL
11 7 (1.48%) Geospatial Data
12 6 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
12 6 (1.27%) MongoDB
12 6 (1.27%) RDBMS
13 5 (1.05%) SAP BW
14 2 (0.42%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 14 (2.95%) JIRA
1 14 (2.95%) Visual Studio
2 11 (2.32%) Git
3 5 (1.05%) Maven
4 3 (0.63%) Ant
4 3 (0.63%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.42%) JUnit
5 2 (0.42%) Subversion
6 1 (0.21%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.21%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.21%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.21%) Mercurial
6 1 (0.21%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.21%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.21%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio Team System
6 1 (0.21%) Vite
General
1 269 (56.75%) Finance
2 194 (40.93%) Social Skills
3 119 (25.11%) Front Office
4 85 (17.93%) Banking
5 73 (15.40%) Analytical Skills
6 52 (10.97%) Retail
7 50 (10.55%) Local Government
8 24 (5.06%) Organisational Skills
9 23 (4.85%) Public Sector
10 21 (4.43%) Billing
11 19 (4.01%) Police
12 12 (2.53%) Telecoms
13 11 (2.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 9 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (1.48%) General Ledger
16 6 (1.27%) Games
16 6 (1.27%) Health Technology
16 6 (1.27%) Manufacturing
17 4 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
17 4 (0.84%) Legal
Job Titles
1 122 (25.74%) Senior
2 105 (22.15%) Developer
3 103 (21.73%) Analyst
4 57 (12.03%) Senior Developer
5 46 (9.70%) .NET Developer
5 46 (9.70%) Senior Software Developer
5 46 (9.70%) Software Engineer
6 43 (9.07%) Senior .NET Developer
7 42 (8.86%) .NET Software Developer
7 42 (8.86%) .NET Software Engineer
7 42 (8.86%) Developer/Software Engineer
7 42 (8.86%) Senior .NET Software Developer
7 42 (8.86%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
7 42 (8.86%) Senior Software Engineer
8 36 (7.59%) Technical Analyst
9 34 (7.17%) Lead
10 29 (6.12%) Architect
10 29 (6.12%) Financial Analyst
10 29 (6.12%) SQL Analyst
11 27 (5.70%) Banking Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (20.89%) .NET
2 52 (10.97%) AngularJS
3 50 (10.55%) React
4 43 (9.07%) .NET Core
4 43 (9.07%) Redux
5 42 (8.86%) Vue
6 34 (7.17%) ASP.NET
7 27 (5.70%) ASP.NET Core
8 21 (4.43%) CSS
9 18 (3.80%) Web Services
10 17 (3.59%) .NET Framework
11 15 (3.16%) ASP.NET Web API
12 14 (2.95%) HTML
13 13 (2.74%) Pandas
14 12 (2.53%) FIX Protocol
15 6 (1.27%) Entity Framework
15 6 (1.27%) RESTful
16 4 (0.84%) jQuery
16 4 (0.84%) Spring
16 4 (0.84%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 112 (23.63%) Hedge funds
2 106 (22.36%) Derivative
3 69 (14.56%) Fixed Income
4 52 (10.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 48 (10.13%) Equities
6 40 (8.44%) Management Information System
7 30 (6.33%) Self-Motivation
8 20 (4.22%) Onboarding
9 15 (3.16%) Driving Licence
10 13 (2.74%) Legacy Systems
11 12 (2.53%) Smartcard
12 10 (2.11%) Product Ownership
12 10 (2.11%) Virtual Team
13 9 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
14 7 (1.48%) Blog
15 6 (1.27%) IoT
15 6 (1.27%) Swaptions
16 5 (1.05%) Reinsurance
17 4 (0.84%) Replication
18 3 (0.63%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 50 (10.55%) Windows
2 30 (6.33%) Windows 10
3 26 (5.49%) Unix
4 16 (3.38%) Linux
5 15 (3.16%) Windows 7
6 14 (2.95%) Windows Server
7 12 (2.53%) Windows Server 2016
7 12 (2.53%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.84%) Android
9 2 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.21%) AIX
10 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.21%) CentOS
10 1 (0.21%) Debian
10 1 (0.21%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.21%) Scientific Linux
10 1 (0.21%) Solaris
10 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (28.90%) Asset Management
2 115 (24.26%) Investment Management
3 114 (24.05%) Agile
4 111 (23.42%) Problem-Solving
5 77 (16.24%) Customer Service
6 76 (16.03%) Software Engineering
7 59 (12.45%) Mentoring
8 50 (10.55%) Data Analysis
9 43 (9.07%) Business Intelligence
10 42 (8.86%) DevOps
11 40 (8.44%) ERP
12 35 (7.38%) Computer Science
12 35 (7.38%) Project Delivery
13 34 (7.17%) CRM
13 34 (7.17%) Roadmaps
13 34 (7.17%) User Acceptance Testing
14 30 (6.33%) Continuous Improvement
15 29 (6.12%) Project Management
15 29 (6.12%) Technical Leadership
15 29 (6.12%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 182 (38.40%) SQL
2 154 (32.49%) C#
3 118 (24.89%) Python
4 64 (13.50%) JavaScript
5 47 (9.92%) TypeScript
6 23 (4.85%) Java
7 17 (3.59%) Bicep
8 16 (3.38%) T-SQL
9 12 (2.53%) PowerShell
10 6 (1.27%) Kotlin
10 6 (1.27%) VB
11 5 (1.05%) VBA
12 4 (0.84%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.84%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.42%) PHP
13 2 (0.42%) XPath
14 1 (0.21%) Bash
14 1 (0.21%) Swift
14 1 (0.21%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 94 (19.83%) Degree
2 33 (6.96%) Computer Science Degree
3 28 (5.91%) Security Cleared
4 18 (3.80%) Master's Degree
5 17 (3.59%) Oracle Certification
6 16 (3.38%) SC Cleared
7 15 (3.16%) DV Cleared
8 11 (2.32%) CISM
9 10 (2.11%) CISSP
10 8 (1.69%) PMI Certification
10 8 (1.69%) PMP
11 7 (1.48%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.42%) ACCA
12 2 (0.42%) CIMA
12 2 (0.42%) CISA
12 2 (0.42%) Numerate Degree
13 1 (0.21%) CCNA
13 1 (0.21%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.21%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (5.91%) SLA
2 21 (4.43%) Data Quality
3 18 (3.80%) QA
4 16 (3.38%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.90%) PMO
6 5 (1.05%) GAAP
6 5 (1.05%) IFRS
7 2 (0.42%) COBIT
8 1 (0.21%) COSHH
8 1 (0.21%) GDPR
8 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.21%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 40 (8.44%) Active Directory
2 16 (3.38%) Docker
3 15 (3.16%) KVM
4 12 (2.53%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.21%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 17 (3.59%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.27%) Control-M
3 2 (0.42%) Terraform
4 1 (0.21%) Hadoop YARN
4 1 (0.21%) ITRS Geneos
4 1 (0.21%) SCCM
4 1 (0.21%) SCOM
Vendors
1 112 (23.63%) Microsoft
2 52 (10.97%) Oracle
3 29 (6.12%) SAP
4 23 (4.85%) Google
5 15 (3.16%) Charles River
6 12 (2.53%) NEC
6 12 (2.53%) Sophos
7 11 (2.32%) Apple
7 11 (2.32%) Barracuda Networks
7 11 (2.32%) ConnectWise
8 9 (1.90%) IBM
8 9 (1.90%) ION Trading
8 9 (1.90%) Salesforce
9 8 (1.69%) Algorithmics
9 8 (1.69%) OpenLink
9 8 (1.69%) Sybase
10 6 (1.27%) TIBCO
11 5 (1.05%) Genesys
11 5 (1.05%) PeopleSoft
11 5 (1.05%) YouTube