Back Office Contract Job Trends in Central London

Back Office
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in contract job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Back Office over the 6 months leading up to 10 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 87 102
Rank change year-on-year -19 +15 +52
Contract jobs citing Back Office 23 45 49
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 1.22% 1.93% 1.64%
As % of the General category 1.66% 2.88% 2.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 33 35
10th Percentile £330 £401 £463
25th Percentile £500 £463 £572
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £640 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £713 £688 £850
90th Percentile £794 £784 £873
London median daily rate £650 £563 £650
% change year-on-year +15.56% -13.46% -7.14%

All General Skills
Central London

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 common skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,386 1,561 1,935
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 73.61% 67.02% 64.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 948 966 1,365
10th Percentile £325 £350 £350
25th Percentile £419 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £585 £598
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% -2.09% +3.91%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £795 £825
London median daily rate £545 £575 £580
% change year-on-year -5.22% -0.86% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 11 15
10th Percentile £17.22 £14.00 £15.35
25th Percentile £19.88 £29.13 £17.00
Median hourly rate £28.25 £35.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.29% +27.27% -33.73%
75th Percentile £44.63 £70.00 £55.88
90th Percentile £63.75 £92.50 £71.75
London median hourly rate £28.00 £37.50 £35.13
% change year-on-year -25.33% +6.76% +14.23%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Back Office job vacancy trend in Central London

Back Office
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Back Office

Back Office
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Back Office in Central London over the 6 months to 10 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Back Office in Central London

Back Office
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Back Office

Back Office
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 10 November 2025. 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
City of London -6 23 £640 +2.40% 34
Back Office
London

Back Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Endur
2 1 (4.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (4.35%) OpenLink RightAngle
2 1 (4.35%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 7 (30.43%) Azure
2 4 (17.39%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (13.04%) Power Platform
4 2 (8.70%) AWS
4 2 (8.70%) GCP
5 1 (4.35%) dbt
5 1 (4.35%) OCI
5 1 (4.35%) SaaS
5 1 (4.35%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.04%) Power BI
2 2 (8.70%) Tableau
3 1 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (4.35%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Git
1 4 (17.39%) Postman
2 3 (13.04%) Bitbucket
2 3 (13.04%) Cucumber
2 3 (13.04%) Selenium
3 2 (8.70%) JIRA
General
1 17 (73.91%) Finance
2 11 (47.83%) Banking
3 8 (34.78%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (30.43%) Front Office
4 7 (30.43%) Social Skills
5 6 (26.09%) Investment Banking
6 3 (13.04%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (4.35%) Financial Institution
7 1 (4.35%) French Language
7 1 (4.35%) General Ledger
7 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
7 1 (4.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (39.13%) Analyst
1 9 (39.13%) Business Analyst
2 3 (13.04%) Senior
2 3 (13.04%) Test Automation Engineer
2 3 (13.04%) Test Engineer
3 2 (8.70%) ACBS Business Analyst
3 2 (8.70%) Consultant
3 2 (8.70%) Developer
3 2 (8.70%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (8.70%) Senior Business Analyst
4 1 (4.35%) Agile Business Analyst
4 1 (4.35%) Architect
4 1 (4.35%) Business Change Manager
4 1 (4.35%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 1 (4.35%) CRM Analyst
4 1 (4.35%) CRM Business Analyst
4 1 (4.35%) Data Architect
4 1 (4.35%) Insurance Business Analyst
4 1 (4.35%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (4.35%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (21.74%) XML
2 3 (13.04%) .NET
3 1 (4.35%) JSON
3 1 (4.35%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) Data Structures
1 2 (8.70%) Derivative
1 2 (8.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 2 (8.70%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.35%) Credit Risk
2 1 (4.35%) Equities
2 1 (4.35%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (4.35%) Reference Data
2 1 (4.35%) Reinsurance
2 1 (4.35%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Linux
1 1 (4.35%) Unix
1 1 (4.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (56.52%) Agile
2 10 (43.48%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (34.78%) Migration
4 7 (30.43%) Scrum
5 6 (26.09%) Data Migration
5 6 (26.09%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (21.74%) DevOps
6 5 (21.74%) Use Case
6 5 (21.74%) Workshop Facilitation
7 4 (17.39%) Business Analysis
7 4 (17.39%) CI/CD
7 4 (17.39%) Computer Science
7 4 (17.39%) Data Modelling
7 4 (17.39%) Decision-Making
7 4 (17.39%) Matrix Organization
7 4 (17.39%) Project Management
7 4 (17.39%) Roadmaps
7 4 (17.39%) User Stories
8 3 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (13.04%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (21.74%) SQL
2 4 (17.39%) C#
3 3 (13.04%) Java
3 3 (13.04%) Python
3 3 (13.04%) VB.NET
4 1 (4.35%) C
4 1 (4.35%) C++
4 1 (4.35%) Scala
Qualifications
1 6 (26.09%) Degree
2 4 (17.39%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.35%) CFA
3 1 (4.35%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) QA
2 1 (4.35%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.35%) ISO 9001
2 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.04%) UiPath
3 2 (8.70%) OpenLink
4 1 (4.35%) Citrix
4 1 (4.35%) Databricks
4 1 (4.35%) eFront
4 1 (4.35%) Google
4 1 (4.35%) Guidewire
4 1 (4.35%) HubSpot
4 1 (4.35%) Oracle
4 1 (4.35%) Salesforce
4 1 (4.35%) SAP