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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Back Office' in IT jobs within the South West 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBack Office
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank156133
Rank change on same period last yearDown-23
Matching permanent IT job ads104128
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.058 %0.054 %
As % of the category below1.935 %2.695 %
Salaries quoted88112
Average minimum salary£30,726£38,852
Average salary£33,745£40,701
% change on same period last year-17.09 %
Average maximum salary£36,764£42,550
UK excluding London average salary£38,024£39,967
% change on same period last year-4.86 %
South West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
South West
Matching permanent IT job ads53754749
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.974 %1.992 %
Salaries quoted45874092
Average minimum salary£35,396£35,564
Average salary£38,736£38,825
% change on same period last year-0.22 %
Average maximum salary£42,076£42,086
UK excluding London average salary£41,138£41,972
% change on same period last year-1.98 %
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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

South West 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 South West region.

South West Back Office Salary Trend

Back Office
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Back Office across the South West region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
BristolUp+638£39,447+11.48 %
DevonDown-218£24,861+0.57 %
WiltshireDown-817£31,393-19.97 %
GloucestershireDown-1517£26,118-24.12 %
DorsetDown-298£34,750-26.44 %
SomersetDown-243£33,667-3.25 %
Back Office EnglandBack Office
England

Back Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the South West 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.

1104 (39.10 %)SQL
267 (25.19 %)Microsoft
366 (24.81 %)SQL Server
460 (22.56 %)Banking
559 (22.18 %)Finance
656 (21.05 %)VB
750 (18.80 %)Windows
847 (17.67 %).NET
943 (16.17 %)C#
1042 (15.79 %)Java
1140 (15.04 %)Active Directory
1238 (14.29 %)WebServices
1336 (13.53 %)TCP/IP
1435 (13.16 %)Microsoft Certification
1435 (13.16 %)Windows Server 2003
1532 (12.03 %)Internet
1532 (12.03 %)LAN
1532 (12.03 %)Crystal Reports
1631 (11.65 %)XML
1631 (11.65 %)WAN
1730 (11.28 %)MCSE
1730 (11.28 %)MCSA
1730 (11.28 %)MySQL
1829 (10.90 %)HTML
1829 (10.90 %)VB6
1928 (10.53 %)Insurance
1928 (10.53 %)Cisco Certification
2027 (10.15 %)Intranet
2027 (10.15 %)SLA
2027 (10.15 %)CCNA

Back Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the South West 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.

South West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
147 (17.67 %).NET
238 (14.29 %)WebServices
331 (11.65 %)XML
429 (10.90 %)HTML
514 (5.263 %).NET Framework
612 (4.511 %)J2EE
711 (4.135 %)JDBC
711 (4.135 %)JSP
89 (3.383 %)JavaBeans
98 (3.008 %)Spring
105 (1.880 %)ASP.NET
113 (1.128 %)WebSphere
122 (0.752 %)AJAX
122 (0.752 %)Middleware
122 (0.752 %)FpML
122 (0.752 %)EJB
122 (0.752 %)Java EE
122 (0.752 %)Apache Axis
131 (0.376 %)WPF
131 (0.376 %)ASP
South West IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19 (3.383 %)JBoss
28 (3.008 %)MS Exchange
37 (2.632 %)Exchange Server 2003
44 (1.504 %)WebLogic
53 (1.128 %)Exchange Server 2000
62 (0.752 %)Tomcat
71 (0.376 %)SharePoint
South West IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
118 (6.767 %)MS Excel
29 (3.383 %)MS Office
33 (1.128 %)MS Project
41 (0.376 %)MS Visio
41 (0.376 %)Spreadsheet
South West IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
19 (3.383 %)HiPortfolio
28 (3.008 %)Endur
South West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
136 (13.53 %)TCP/IP
232 (12.03 %)LAN
232 (12.03 %)Internet
331 (11.65 %)WAN
427 (10.15 %)Intranet
59 (3.383 %)Firewall
68 (3.008 %)SAN
71 (0.376 %)DNS
71 (0.376 %)DHCP
71 (0.376 %)VoIP
South West IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
166 (24.81 %)SQL Server
232 (12.03 %)Crystal Reports
330 (11.28 %)MySQL
416 (6.015 %)SQL Server 2000
56 (2.256 %)RDBMS
65 (1.880 %)BusinessObjects
65 (1.880 %)Reference Data
74 (1.504 %)SQL Server 2005
South West IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
126 (9.774 %)Visual Studio
27 (2.632 %)Ant
27 (2.632 %)Log4j
33 (1.128 %)VSS/SourceSafe
41 (0.376 %)ClearCase
41 (0.376 %)Eclipse
South West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
160 (22.56 %)Banking
259 (22.18 %)Finance
328 (10.53 %)Insurance
427 (10.15 %)Front Office
427 (10.15 %)Government
516 (6.015 %)Local Government
613 (4.887 %)Investment Banking
77 (2.632 %)Health
85 (1.880 %)Retail
85 (1.880 %)Marketing
93 (1.128 %)Legal
102 (0.752 %)Telecoms
102 (0.752 %)Electric
111 (0.376 %)Pensions
111 (0.376 %)Automotive
111 (0.376 %)Education
111 (0.376 %)Manufacturing
111 (0.376 %)Law
South West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
184 (31.58 %)Analyst
261 (22.93 %)Developer
342 (15.79 %)Support Analyst
426 (9.774 %)3rd Line Support
525 (9.398 %)Field Service Engineer
525 (9.398 %)Support Engineer
525 (9.398 %)Network Engineer
525 (9.398 %)Field Engineer
525 (9.398 %)3rd Line Support Engineer
624 (9.023 %)Applications Support
719 (7.143 %)Web Developer
818 (6.767 %)Applications Support Analyst
917 (6.391 %)AS400 Support
1016 (6.015 %)Consultant
1016 (6.015 %)Software Developer
1114 (5.263 %)Programmer
1213 (4.887 %)Technical Consultant
1213 (4.887 %)Analyst Programmer
1213 (4.887 %).NET Developer
1213 (4.887 %)Administrator
South West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
127 (10.15 %)Derivative
223 (8.647 %)Management Information System
317 (6.391 %)AS400
413 (4.887 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
58 (3.008 %)Equity Derivative
65 (1.880 %)Social Network
72 (0.752 %)Fat Client
72 (0.752 %)Equities
72 (0.752 %)Thin Client
81 (0.376 %)Blackberry
81 (0.376 %)Fixed Income
81 (0.376 %)Computer Science
81 (0.376 %)German Language
81 (0.376 %)PMI
South West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
150 (18.80 %)Windows
235 (13.16 %)Windows Server 2003
327 (10.15 %)UNIX
421 (7.895 %)Windows 2000
514 (5.263 %)Windows XP
68 (3.008 %)Windows 2000 Server
76 (2.256 %)Linux
South West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
126 (9.774 %)Service Management
218 (6.767 %)ITIL
315 (5.639 %)OO
315 (5.639 %)Project Management
414 (5.263 %)Web Development
512 (4.511 %)Risk Management
611 (4.135 %)Systems Analysis
710 (3.759 %)Technical Architecture
89 (3.383 %)Fund Management
89 (3.383 %)PRINCE2
89 (3.383 %)E-Commerce
98 (3.008 %)Workflow
107 (2.632 %)Process Management
107 (2.632 %)Integration Testing
116 (2.256 %)ETRM
116 (2.256 %)Regression Testing
116 (2.256 %)Asset Management
116 (2.256 %)Data Management
116 (2.256 %)Wealth Management
125 (1.880 %)Internet Marketing
South West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1104 (39.10 %)SQL
256 (21.05 %)VB
343 (16.17 %)C#
442 (15.79 %)Java
529 (10.90 %)VB6
627 (10.15 %)PHP
627 (10.15 %)C
726 (9.774 %)Delphi
726 (9.774 %)JavaScript
821 (7.895 %)C++
917 (6.391 %)RPG
106 (2.256 %)VBA
115 (1.880 %)Python
115 (1.880 %)VB.NET
115 (1.880 %)Perl
124 (1.504 %)Shell Script
132 (0.752 %)Transact-SQL
132 (0.752 %)COBOL
141 (0.376 %)PL/SQL
South West IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
135 (13.16 %)Microsoft Certification
230 (11.28 %)MCSE
230 (11.28 %)MCSA
328 (10.53 %)Cisco Certification
427 (10.15 %)CCNA
525 (9.398 %)CCNP
621 (7.895 %)Degree
72 (0.752 %)PMP
72 (0.752 %)PMI Certification
72 (0.752 %)ISEB
81 (0.376 %)MCP
81 (0.376 %)ITIL Certification
81 (0.376 %)MCDST
81 (0.376 %)MCTS
South West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
127 (10.15 %)SLA
South West IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
140 (15.04 %)Active Directory
25 (1.880 %)VMware Infrastructure
33 (1.128 %)ISA Server
41 (0.376 %)VMware ESX
41 (0.376 %)NetBackup
41 (0.376 %)Backup Exec
41 (0.376 %)Terminal Services
South West IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (1.504 %)Tivoli
14 (1.504 %)AutoSys
21 (0.376 %)MOM
21 (0.376 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
South West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
167 (25.19 %)Microsoft
223 (8.647 %)Oracle
311 (4.135 %)Cisco
410 (3.759 %)OpenLink
58 (3.008 %)Sybase
67 (2.632 %)VMware
75 (1.880 %)Business Objects
84 (1.504 %)NetApp
84 (1.504 %)Symantec
92 (0.752 %)Micro Focus
92 (0.752 %)ION Trading
92 (0.752 %)Citrix
101 (0.376 %)VERITAS
101 (0.376 %)SAP