The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Back Office over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Hertfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Back Office
Rank 105 103 99
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -4
Permanent jobs citing Back Office 38 45 76
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 1.610% 1.757% 2.090%
As % of the General category 3.558% 3.954% 4.368%
Number of salaries quoted 37 43 64
Average salary £42,500 £44,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.40% +10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £37,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £55,000 £59,250
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -
All of the General Category
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
1068 1138 1740
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 45.25% 44.44% 47.85%
Number of salaries quoted 786 875 1309
Average salary £47,500 £44,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.95% +3.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year
- +4.93%
Back Office
East of England

Back Office
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Back Office Jobs Demand Trend

Back Office
Salary Trend

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

Hertfordshire Back Office Salary Trend

Back Office
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Back Office across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Hertfordshire Back Office Salary Histogram

Back Office
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Back Office within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Hemel Hempstead -13 20 £50,000 +13.63%
Welwyn Garden City - 9 £26,000 -
Rickmansworth - 4 £41,500 - 1
Watford +13 1 £42,500 -2.85%
St Albans - 1 £28,000 -
Stevenage - 1 £37,500 -
Back Office
East of England

Back Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

1 32 (62.75%) Security Cleared
2 16 (31.37%) Windows
3 15 (29.41%) Finance
4 13 (25.49%) Microsoft
4 13 (25.49%) Citrix
5 11 (21.57%) MS Office
5 11 (21.57%) HTTP
6 9 (17.65%) Firewall
7 8 (15.69%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (13.73%) Legal
8 7 (13.73%) VMware
8 7 (13.73%) SLA
8 7 (13.73%) E-Commerce
8 7 (13.73%) ITIL
8 7 (13.73%) Windows Server 2003
8 7 (13.73%) Active Directory
8 7 (13.73%) HP
8 7 (13.73%) SC Cleared
9 6 (11.76%) MS Excel
9 6 (11.76%) MS Exchange
9 6 (11.76%) TCP/IP
9 6 (11.76%) DNS
10 5 (9.804%) IIS
10 5 (9.804%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (9.804%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 5 (9.804%) Business Development
11 4 (7.843%) Retail
11 4 (7.843%) Change Management
11 4 (7.843%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (7.843%) MCSE

Back Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Application Development
1 4 (7.843%) .NET
2 2 (3.922%) COM
Application Platforms
1 6 (11.76%) MS Exchange
2 5 (9.804%) IIS
3 3 (5.882%) IBM Notes
3 3 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (3.922%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (1.961%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (21.57%) MS Office
2 6 (11.76%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.961%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (21.57%) HTTP
2 9 (17.65%) Firewall
3 6 (11.76%) TCP/IP
3 6 (11.76%) DNS
4 3 (5.882%) SMTP
5 1 (1.961%) LAN
5 1 (1.961%) WLAN
5 1 (1.961%) WAN
5 1 (1.961%) DHCP
5 1 (1.961%) Ethernet
5 1 (1.961%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.882%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.922%) dBASE
3 1 (1.961%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.961%) DB2
3 1 (1.961%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 1 (1.961%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (1.961%) ProC
General
1 15 (29.41%) Finance
2 7 (13.73%) Legal
3 4 (7.843%) Retail
4 3 (5.882%) Local Government
5 1 (1.961%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 6 (11.76%) Analyst
2 5 (9.804%) Administrator
3 4 (7.843%) Team Leader
3 4 (7.843%) Development Manager
4 3 (5.882%) Security Officer
4 3 (5.882%) Architect
4 3 (5.882%) Project Manager
4 3 (5.882%) Senior Network Engineer
4 3 (5.882%) Network Administrator
4 3 (5.882%) Service Manager
4 3 (5.882%) Commercial Manager
4 3 (5.882%) Network Engineer
4 3 (5.882%) Developer
5 2 (3.922%) Infrastructure Team Leader
5 2 (3.922%) Junior Analyst
5 2 (3.922%) Problem Analyst
5 2 (3.922%) Technical Engineer
5 2 (3.922%) Technical Team Leader
5 2 (3.922%) Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (3.922%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.882%) Mobile App
1 3 (5.882%) CESG
1 3 (5.882%) CESG CLAS
2 1 (1.961%) Computer Science
2 1 (1.961%) NHS
2 1 (1.961%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.961%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 16 (31.37%) Windows
2 7 (13.73%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (7.843%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (5.882%) Windows XP
5 2 (3.922%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.961%) Windows 2000 Server
6 1 (1.961%) UNIX
6 1 (1.961%) Linux
6 1 (1.961%) NetWare
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (15.69%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (13.73%) E-Commerce
2 7 (13.73%) ITIL
3 5 (9.804%) Business Development
4 4 (7.843%) Change Management
4 4 (7.843%) Financial Modelling
5 3 (5.882%) Problem Management
5 3 (5.882%) ISMS
5 3 (5.882%) Customer Engagement
5 3 (5.882%) Earned Value Management
5 3 (5.882%) Scrum
5 3 (5.882%) Information Security
5 3 (5.882%) Risk Management
5 3 (5.882%) Security Management
5 3 (5.882%) Service Management
5 3 (5.882%) Service Delivery
5 3 (5.882%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (5.882%) Technical Architecture
5 3 (5.882%) Incident Management
5 3 (5.882%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.843%) Java
2 3 (5.882%) SQL
2 3 (5.882%) C#
3 1 (1.961%) sed
3 1 (1.961%) C++
3 1 (1.961%) T-SQL
3 1 (1.961%) AWK
Qualifications
1 32 (62.75%) Security Cleared
2 7 (13.73%) SC Cleared
3 5 (9.804%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (7.843%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (7.843%) MCSE
5 3 (5.882%) CRISC
5 3 (5.882%) CCNP
5 3 (5.882%) CISSP
5 3 (5.882%) CISM
6 2 (3.922%) Degree
6 2 (3.922%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (13.73%) SLA
2 5 (9.804%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (13.73%) Active Directory
2 4 (7.843%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.961%) Terminal Server
3 1 (1.961%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 1 (1.961%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 13 (25.49%) Microsoft
1 13 (25.49%) Citrix
2 7 (13.73%) VMware
2 7 (13.73%) HP
3 3 (5.882%) Cisco
3 3 (5.882%) Lotus
4 2 (3.922%) McAfee
4 2 (3.922%) Juniper
5 1 (1.961%) Veeam
5 1 (1.961%) Oracle
5 1 (1.961%) IBM
5 1 (1.961%) Northgate
Melbourn, Hertfordshire
PA is delivering a programme to replace all its back office systems - The projects include delivery of ERP software and integration - working closely with both the consulting practices...
PA Consulting
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 10 June 2013
Rickmansworth, South East
A rapidly expanding and highly desirable client, based in Rickmansworth, is looking for a Business Systems Specialist to work on their Finance & Procurement Systems and Applications.We're...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000.00 - £43000.00 per annum
Posted: 4 June 2013