Back Office Contract Job Trends in Durham

Back Office
North East > Durham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in contract job vacancies in Durham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Back Office over the 6 months leading up to 22 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Back Office 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Durham 2.78% - -
As % of the General category 5.88% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
North East median daily rate £600 - -

All General Skills
Durham

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 Durham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 34 22 23
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Durham 47.22% 51.16% 46.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 17 10
10th Percentile £226 £153 £163
25th Percentile £235 £288 £291
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £438 £556
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% -21.35% +39.06%
75th Percentile £600 £530 £627
90th Percentile £904 £562 £718
North East median daily rate £450 £460 £500
% change year-on-year -2.17% -8.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 4
10th Percentile £35.00 - £10.88
25th Percentile £35.63 - £11.24
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £11.44
75th Percentile £72.50 - £20.08
90th Percentile - - £35.63
North East median hourly rate £53.75 £14.00 £12.25
% change year-on-year +284.07% +14.24% -37.18%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

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

Back Office job vacancy trend in Durham

Back Office
Daily Rate Trend in Durham

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

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

Back Office
Contract Job Locations in Durham

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 Durham region over the 6 months to 22 July 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
Darlington - 1 £600 -
Back Office
North East

Back Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Durham 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:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Architect
1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow