Back Office Contracts in the City of London

Back Office
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in contract job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Back Office over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 97 136
Rank change year-on-year +7 +39 +18
Contract jobs citing Back Office 33 30 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.88% 1.37% 1.10%
As % of the General category 2.64% 2.06% 1.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 23 35
10th Percentile £501 £375 £240
25th Percentile £563 £500 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £600 £626
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -4.08% -3.77%
75th Percentile £813 £744 £788
90th Percentile £963 £789 £825
Central London median daily rate £663 £600 £626
% change year-on-year +10.42% -4.08% -3.77%

All General Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,248 1,455 2,273
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 71.07% 66.38% 62.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 780 1,034 1,603
10th Percentile £332 £338 £363
25th Percentile £456 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £605
Median % change year-on-year - -4.96% +5.22%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £738
90th Percentile £775 £813 £825
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 9 13
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.13 £15.10
25th Percentile £24.00 £20.22 £16.61
Median hourly rate £29.58 £24.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.23% +14.29% -53.85%
75th Percentile £48.75 £27.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £96.38 £32.05 £58.75
Central London median hourly rate £30.04 £24.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +25.15% -31.43% -23.08%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Back Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Back Office in the City of London

Back Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Back Office in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Back Office in the City of London

Back Office
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Back Office in the City of London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Back Office in the City of London

Back Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Back Office in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Back Office in the City of London

Back Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 3 (9.09%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (3.03%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (18.18%) Endur
2 2 (6.06%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (6.06%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (6.06%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (6.06%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (6.06%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (6.06%) Oracle Internet Expenses
2 2 (6.06%) Oracle iProcurement
2 2 (6.06%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (6.06%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (6.06%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (3.03%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 5 (15.15%) Azure
2 3 (9.09%) AWS
2 3 (9.09%) OCI
2 3 (9.09%) Power Platform
2 3 (9.09%) SaaS
3 1 (3.03%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (3.03%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) SWIFTNet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (18.18%) SQL Server
2 4 (12.12%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (6.06%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (6.06%) Power BI
4 1 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (3.03%) Power Query
4 1 (3.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (12.12%) Jenkins
2 2 (6.06%) JIRA
2 2 (6.06%) Maven
2 2 (6.06%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (3.03%) Git
3 1 (3.03%) Visual Studio
General
1 12 (36.36%) Finance
2 8 (24.24%) Social Skills
3 6 (18.18%) Front Office
4 5 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (15.15%) Banking
5 3 (9.09%) Investment Banking
5 3 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (39.39%) Analyst
2 10 (30.30%) Developer
3 8 (24.24%) Business Analyst
4 6 (18.18%) Project Manager
5 4 (12.12%) Analyst Developer
5 4 (12.12%) Architect
5 4 (12.12%) ETRM Developer
6 3 (9.09%) Back Office Business Analyst
6 3 (9.09%) Lead
6 3 (9.09%) Product Manager
6 3 (9.09%) Senior
6 3 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (6.06%) Business Architect
7 2 (6.06%) C# Developer
7 2 (6.06%) Consultant
7 2 (6.06%) Data Analyst
7 2 (6.06%) Oracle Consultant
7 2 (6.06%) Oracle Financials Consultant
7 2 (6.06%) Senior Business Analyst
7 2 (6.06%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (21.21%) Kafka
2 5 (15.15%) .NET
3 4 (12.12%) FIX Protocol
4 2 (6.06%) FpML
4 2 (6.06%) Hibernate
4 2 (6.06%) JPA
4 2 (6.06%) React
4 2 (6.06%) Spring
4 2 (6.06%) Spring Boot
5 1 (3.03%) ASP.NET
5 1 (3.03%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (3.03%) REST
5 1 (3.03%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 4 (12.12%) Reference Data
3 3 (9.09%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (9.09%) Management Information System
3 3 (9.09%) PMI
4 2 (6.06%) Fixed Income
4 2 (6.06%) Product Ownership
5 1 (3.03%) Derivative
5 1 (3.03%) Equities
5 1 (3.03%) Market Risk
5 1 (3.03%) Onboarding
5 1 (3.03%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (27.27%) Agile
2 7 (21.21%) Investment Management
2 7 (21.21%) Project Management
2 7 (21.21%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (18.18%) Business Analysis
4 5 (15.15%) ETRM
4 5 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (15.15%) Project Delivery
5 4 (12.12%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (12.12%) Release Management
5 4 (12.12%) Risk Management
5 4 (12.12%) SDLC
6 3 (9.09%) Data Management
6 3 (9.09%) Data-Flow Analysis
6 3 (9.09%) DevOps
6 3 (9.09%) Migration
6 3 (9.09%) PRINCE2
6 3 (9.09%) Resource Allocation
6 3 (9.09%) Service Delivery
6 3 (9.09%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 13 (39.39%) SQL
2 5 (15.15%) C#
3 4 (12.12%) Java
3 4 (12.12%) PL/SQL
4 3 (9.09%) Python
5 2 (6.06%) JavaScript
5 2 (6.06%) TypeScript
6 1 (3.03%) PowerShell
6 1 (3.03%) Ruby
6 1 (3.03%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (15.15%) Degree
2 3 (9.09%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.03%) AWS Certification
3 1 (3.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (3.03%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.15%) EMIR
1 5 (15.15%) MiFID
2 3 (9.09%) PMO
3 2 (6.06%) QA
4 1 (3.03%) GDPR
4 1 (3.03%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (6.06%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (6.06%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (24.24%) Oracle
2 4 (12.12%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.12%) OpenLink
3 2 (6.06%) Murex
4 1 (3.03%) Bloomberg
4 1 (3.03%) CQG
4 1 (3.03%) Databricks
4 1 (3.03%) IBM
4 1 (3.03%) ION Trading
4 1 (3.03%) Reuters