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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Back Office' in IT jobs within the North East 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 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBack Office
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank5953
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching permanent IT job ads1235
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.016 %
As % of the category below3.077 %6.098 %
Salaries quoted833
Average minimum salary£35,250£54,515
Average salary£37,250£54,561
% change on same period last year-31.72 %
Average maximum salary£39,250£54,606
UK excluding London average salary£40,500£40,394
% change on same period last year+0.26 %
North East IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
North East
Matching permanent IT job ads390574
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.264 %0.261 %
Salaries quoted315456
Average minimum salary£32,207£39,490
Average salary£34,814£43,552
% change on same period last year-20.06 %
Average maximum salary£37,421£47,613
UK excluding London average salary£41,420£41,997
% change on same period last year-1.37 %
Back Office EnglandBack Office
England

Back Office
Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East Back Office Salary Trend

Back Office
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Back Office across the North East region over the 3 months to 4 December 2008.

North East 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 North East region over the 3 months to 4 December 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
Tyne and WearUp+1612£37,250-27.37 %
Back Office EnglandBack Office
England

Back Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT jobs across the North East 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.

112 (63.16 %)Education
27 (36.84 %)Front Office
27 (36.84 %)WinRunner
27 (36.84 %)QuickTest Pro
27 (36.84 %)Test Scripting
36 (31.58 %)System Testing
36 (31.58 %)Degree
36 (31.58 %)Unit Testing
36 (31.58 %)Automated Testing
36 (31.58 %)Oracle EBS
36 (31.58 %)Finance
36 (31.58 %)Oracle 11i
36 (31.58 %)Oracle
36 (31.58 %)ISEB
45 (26.32 %)User Acceptance Testing
54 (21.05 %)Integration Testing
54 (21.05 %)B2B
54 (21.05 %)Windows
54 (21.05 %)Automotive
63 (15.79 %)MS Excel
63 (15.79 %)SQL Server
72 (10.53 %)C
72 (10.53 %)Active Directory
72 (10.53 %)MS Exchange
72 (10.53 %)TCP/IP
72 (10.53 %)VERITAS
72 (10.53 %)Windows Server 2003
72 (10.53 %)VMware
72 (10.53 %)AS400
72 (10.53 %)ISA Server

Back Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT jobs across the North East 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.

North East IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (10.53 %)MS Exchange
12 (10.53 %)Exchange Server 2003
North East IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (15.79 %)MS Excel
North East IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
16 (31.58 %)Oracle 11i
16 (31.58 %)Oracle EBS
21 (5.263 %)Oracle Financials
North East IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (10.53 %)TCP/IP
12 (10.53 %)Firewall
North East IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (15.79 %)SQL Server
21 (5.263 %)SQL Server 2000
North East IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (36.84 %)WinRunner
17 (36.84 %)QuickTest Pro
North East IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
112 (63.16 %)Education
27 (36.84 %)Front Office
36 (31.58 %)Finance
44 (21.05 %)Automotive
51 (5.263 %)Banking
North East IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (36.84 %)Analyst
17 (36.84 %)Test Analyst
26 (31.58 %)Consultant
26 (31.58 %)Functional Consultant
26 (31.58 %)Oracle Consultant
26 (31.58 %)Oracle Functional Consultant
34 (21.05 %)Account Manager
42 (10.53 %)Server Engineer
51 (5.263 %)Server Support Engineer
51 (5.263 %)Server Support
51 (5.263 %)Support Engineer
51 (5.263 %)Senior Server Engineer
51 (5.263 %)Windows Server Engineer
North East IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (10.53 %)AS400
North East IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (21.05 %)Windows
22 (10.53 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (5.263 %)Windows 2000
North East IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (36.84 %)Test Scripting
26 (31.58 %)System Testing
26 (31.58 %)Automated Testing
26 (31.58 %)Unit Testing
35 (26.32 %)User Acceptance Testing
44 (21.05 %)Integration Testing
44 (21.05 %)B2B
North East IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (10.53 %)C
North East IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (31.58 %)ISEB
16 (31.58 %)Degree
21 (5.263 %)MCSE
21 (5.263 %)Microsoft Certification
North East IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (10.53 %)Active Directory
12 (10.53 %)ISA Server
North East IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (31.58 %)Oracle
22 (10.53 %)VERITAS
22 (10.53 %)VMware
31 (5.263 %)Cisco