Back Office Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Back Office
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in contract job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Back Office over the 6 months leading up to 21 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Back Office 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.26% - -
As % of the General category 0.54% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £185 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 - -
75th Percentile £195 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £190 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -61.96% -9.18% -21.43%

All General Skills
Cambridgeshire

Back Office falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 185 164 320
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 47.93% 54.67% 66.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 86 102
10th Percentile £175 £258 £168
25th Percentile £210 £408 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% +17.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £569 £575 £537
90th Percentile £641 £625 £582
East of England median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -4.95% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 29 170
10th Percentile £13.33 - £14.00
25th Percentile £13.80 £15.62 £14.16
Median hourly rate £16.00 £16.23 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.42% +8.20% -3.23%
75th Percentile £17.88 £17.00 £20.00
90th Percentile £24.49 £26.15 £29.53
East of England median hourly rate £18.50 £30.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -38.33% +39.53% +2.38%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Back Office relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Back Office job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Back Office
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Back Office.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Back Office

Back Office
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Back Office.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Back Office

Back Office
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Back Office within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 21 February 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Peterborough - 1 £190 -
Back Office
East of England

Back Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Meraki