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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Back Office' in IT jobs within the Merseyside 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 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBack Office
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank7371
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching permanent IT job ads25
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.533 %1.389 %
Salaries quoted25
Average minimum salary£70,000£32,600
Average salary£77,500£39,100
% change on same period last year+98.20 %
Average maximum salary£85,000£45,600
UK excluding London average salary£40,616£39,504
% change on same period last year+2.81 %
Merseyside IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Merseyside
Matching permanent IT job ads375360
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.219 %0.158 %
Salaries quoted336292
Average minimum salary£33,491£33,814
Average salary£35,915£36,305
% change on same period last year-1.07 %
Average maximum salary£38,339£38,795
UK excluding London average salary£41,305£41,808
% change on same period last year-1.20 %
Back Office North WestBack Office
North 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 Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside Back Office Salary Trend

Back Office
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Back Office across the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LiverpoolUp+72£77,500+3.33 %
Back Office North WestBack Office
North West

Back Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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.

12 (33.33 %)Java
12 (33.33 %)C++
12 (33.33 %)J2EE
12 (33.33 %)Oracle
12 (33.33 %)Sybase
12 (33.33 %)WebLogic
12 (33.33 %)UML
12 (33.33 %)RUP
12 (33.33 %)LAN
12 (33.33 %)WAN
12 (33.33 %)Cisco
12 (33.33 %)CiscoWorks
12 (33.33 %)Avaya
12 (33.33 %)BEA
12 (33.33 %)PRINCE2
12 (33.33 %)Firewall
12 (33.33 %)Finance
12 (33.33 %)Health
12 (33.33 %)Fixed Income
12 (33.33 %)Equities
12 (33.33 %)Banking
12 (33.33 %)Concord
12 (33.33 %)Investment Banking
12 (33.33 %)Derivative
12 (33.33 %)Pensions
12 (33.33 %)Load Balancing
21 (16.67 %)Windows 2000 Server
21 (16.67 %)Degree
21 (16.67 %)Retail
21 (16.67 %)Business Continuity

Back Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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.

Merseyside IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (33.33 %)J2EE
21 (16.67 %)WebServices
21 (16.67 %)XML
21 (16.67 %)HTML
21 (16.67 %).NET
Merseyside IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (33.33 %)WebLogic
21 (16.67 %)MS Exchange
Merseyside IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (33.33 %)LAN
12 (33.33 %)WAN
12 (33.33 %)Firewall
21 (16.67 %)Intranet
21 (16.67 %)Internet
Merseyside IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (16.67 %)MySQL
Merseyside IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (33.33 %)Finance
12 (33.33 %)Health
12 (33.33 %)Banking
12 (33.33 %)Investment Banking
12 (33.33 %)Pensions
21 (16.67 %)Retail
21 (16.67 %)Home Office
Merseyside IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (33.33 %)Infrastructure Analyst
12 (33.33 %)Analyst
21 (16.67 %)DBA
21 (16.67 %)Developer
21 (16.67 %)Administrator
21 (16.67 %)IT Administrator
21 (16.67 %)Graphic Designer
Merseyside IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (33.33 %)Fixed Income
12 (33.33 %)Equities
12 (33.33 %)Derivative
21 (16.67 %)Blackberry
Merseyside IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (16.67 %)Windows
11 (16.67 %)Windows XP
11 (16.67 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (16.67 %)Windows 2000 Server
Merseyside IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (33.33 %)PRINCE2
12 (33.33 %)UML
12 (33.33 %)RUP
12 (33.33 %)Load Balancing
21 (16.67 %)Business Continuity
Merseyside IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (33.33 %)C++
12 (33.33 %)Java
21 (16.67 %)PHP
21 (16.67 %)VB
Merseyside IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (16.67 %)Degree
Merseyside IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (33.33 %)CiscoWorks
Merseyside IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (33.33 %)Oracle
12 (33.33 %)Sybase
12 (33.33 %)Cisco
12 (33.33 %)Avaya
12 (33.33 %)BEA
12 (33.33 %)Concord