Back Office Jobs with Work from Home Options

Back Office
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Back Office over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 361 381 424
Rank change year-on-year +20 +43 -57
Permanent jobs citing Back Office 237 311 507
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.70% 0.73% 0.75%
As % of the General category 1.14% 1.11% 1.19%
Number of salaries quoted 216 206 274
10th Percentile £36,500 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +7.69% -3.70%
75th Percentile £110,000 £93,438 £82,188
90th Percentile £138,750 £105,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,625 £65,750
% change year-on-year +6.67% -0.19% +1.15%

All General Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 20,732 28,010 42,639
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.36% 66.08% 62.67%
Number of salaries quoted 15,101 18,623 24,516
10th Percentile £31,750 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £46,570 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Back Office
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Back Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Back Office trend for jobs with a WFH option

Back Office
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Back Office.

Back Office salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Back Office
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Back Office over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Back Office salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Back Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 5 (2.11%) Umbraco
2 4 (1.69%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 4 (1.69%) CMS
3 2 (0.84%) WordPress
4 1 (0.42%) Apache Pulsar
4 1 (0.42%) IIS
4 1 (0.42%) Kentico
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.42%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 8 (3.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (2.53%) Oracle General Ledger
1 6 (2.53%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 5 (2.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.69%) Endur
4 2 (0.84%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.84%) Magento
4 2 (0.84%) nopCommerce
4 2 (0.84%) Shopify
4 2 (0.84%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.42%) Bloomberg AIM
5 1 (0.42%) Cognos Controller
5 1 (0.42%) Findur
5 1 (0.42%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.42%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 81 (34.18%) Azure
2 63 (26.58%) AWS
3 42 (17.72%) GCP
4 14 (5.91%) Power Platform
5 13 (5.49%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (3.38%) Google Sheets
7 6 (2.53%) OCI
8 5 (2.11%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.69%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.84%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 2 (0.84%) npm
11 1 (0.42%) Amazon EC2
11 1 (0.42%) Amazon EKS
11 1 (0.42%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.42%) GitHub
11 1 (0.42%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.42%) SaaS
11 1 (0.42%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (1.27%) GPRS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.86%) SQL Server
2 13 (5.49%) NoSQL
3 12 (5.06%) GIS
4 10 (4.22%) Data Lake
4 10 (4.22%) Power BI
5 8 (3.38%) Oracle Database
6 7 (2.95%) Geospatial Data
7 6 (2.53%) SAP BW
8 4 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (1.69%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.84%) SQLPlus
10 1 (0.42%) MySQL
10 1 (0.42%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (4.22%) JIRA
2 6 (2.53%) Git
3 1 (0.42%) Ant
3 1 (0.42%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.42%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.42%) IntelliJ
3 1 (0.42%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.42%) Maven
3 1 (0.42%) Mercurial
3 1 (0.42%) Octopus Deploy
3 1 (0.42%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.42%) Visual Studio Team System
3 1 (0.42%) Vite
General
1 159 (67.09%) Finance
2 105 (44.30%) Front Office
3 67 (28.27%) Banking
4 60 (25.32%) Social Skills
5 24 (10.13%) Retail
6 16 (6.75%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (4.22%) Billing
7 10 (4.22%) Telecoms
8 9 (3.80%) Police
9 8 (3.38%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (2.53%) General Ledger
10 6 (2.53%) Health Technology
10 6 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.27%) Marketing
13 2 (0.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.84%) Legal
13 2 (0.84%) Public Sector
14 1 (0.42%) Advertising
14 1 (0.42%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 83 (35.02%) Developer
2 78 (32.91%) Senior
3 53 (22.36%) Analyst
4 52 (21.94%) Senior Developer
5 45 (18.99%) .NET Developer
5 45 (18.99%) Software Engineer
6 43 (18.14%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 43 (18.14%) Senior .NET Developer
6 43 (18.14%) Senior Software Developer
6 43 (18.14%) Senior Software Engineer
7 42 (17.72%) .NET Software Developer
7 42 (17.72%) .NET Software Engineer
7 42 (17.72%) Senior .NET Software Developer
7 42 (17.72%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
8 29 (12.24%) Financial Analyst
9 27 (11.39%) Banking Analyst
9 27 (11.39%) SQL Analyst
9 27 (11.39%) Technical Analyst
10 22 (9.28%) Senior Technical Engineer
10 22 (9.28%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (27.43%) .NET
2 50 (21.10%) AngularJS
3 48 (20.25%) React
4 43 (18.14%) Redux
5 42 (17.72%) Vue
6 31 (13.08%) ASP.NET
7 27 (11.39%) .NET Core
7 27 (11.39%) ASP.NET Core
8 16 (6.75%) CSS
9 11 (4.64%) FIX Protocol
10 10 (4.22%) Pandas
10 10 (4.22%) Web Services
11 8 (3.38%) HTML
12 5 (2.11%) .NET Framework
13 4 (1.69%) ASP.NET MVC
14 3 (1.27%) jQuery
14 3 (1.27%) REST
14 3 (1.27%) RESTful
15 2 (0.84%) ASP.NET Web API
15 2 (0.84%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 99 (41.77%) Derivative
2 97 (40.93%) Hedge funds
3 44 (18.57%) Fixed Income
4 42 (17.72%) Equities
4 42 (17.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 13 (5.49%) Management Information System
6 11 (4.64%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (4.22%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (4.22%) Onboarding
8 6 (2.53%) Reinsurance
9 4 (1.69%) Replication
10 3 (1.27%) Blog
10 3 (1.27%) Cloud Native
10 3 (1.27%) IoT
10 3 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.84%) Algorithms
11 2 (0.84%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.84%) Product Ownership
12 1 (0.42%) Data Protection Act
12 1 (0.42%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.64%) Windows
2 10 (4.22%) Linux
3 9 (3.80%) Unix
4 1 (0.42%) Android
4 1 (0.42%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.42%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (40.93%) Asset Management
2 95 (40.08%) Investment Management
3 68 (28.69%) Agile
4 58 (24.47%) Mentoring
4 58 (24.47%) Software Engineering
5 29 (12.24%) CRM
6 28 (11.81%) Problem-Solving
7 27 (11.39%) Project Delivery
8 24 (10.13%) Data Analysis
8 24 (10.13%) ERP
9 22 (9.28%) DevOps
10 20 (8.44%) Roadmaps
11 18 (7.59%) Computer Science
11 18 (7.59%) Line Management
12 17 (7.17%) Change Management
12 17 (7.17%) Migration
13 16 (6.75%) Test Automation
14 15 (6.33%) Data Management
15 13 (5.49%) CI/CD
16 12 (5.06%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 140 (59.07%) SQL
2 121 (51.05%) C#
3 106 (44.73%) Python
4 53 (22.36%) JavaScript
5 47 (19.83%) TypeScript
6 19 (8.02%) T-SQL
7 12 (5.06%) Java
8 10 (4.22%) Kotlin
8 10 (4.22%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.69%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.42%) Swift
Qualifications
1 42 (17.72%) Degree
2 16 (6.75%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (5.91%) Master's Degree
4 9 (3.80%) DBS Check
5 8 (3.38%) CISSP
5 8 (3.38%) PMI Certification
5 8 (3.38%) PMP
6 7 (2.95%) CISM
7 6 (2.53%) Oracle Certification
8 2 (0.84%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.42%) CCNA
9 1 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.17%) Data Quality
2 13 (5.49%) QA
3 9 (3.80%) PMO
4 6 (2.53%) GAAP
4 6 (2.53%) IFRS
5 2 (0.84%) SLA
6 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.42%) EMIR
6 1 (0.42%) MiFID
System Software
1 15 (6.33%) Docker
2 4 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (6.75%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.42%) Hadoop YARN
Vendors
1 27 (11.39%) Microsoft
2 22 (9.28%) Oracle
2 22 (9.28%) SAP
3 11 (4.64%) Google
4 9 (3.80%) IBM
5 8 (3.38%) Algorithmics
5 8 (3.38%) ION Trading
6 6 (2.53%) PeopleSoft
6 6 (2.53%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.69%) OpenLink
8 3 (1.27%) Iron Mountain
9 2 (0.84%) Adobe
9 2 (0.84%) Blue Prism
9 2 (0.84%) Calypso
9 2 (0.84%) Charles River
9 2 (0.84%) UiPath
9 2 (0.84%) WooCommerce
10 1 (0.42%) Bloomberg
10 1 (0.42%) Cognos
10 1 (0.42%) Sybase