Back Office Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Back Office
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in contract job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Back Office over the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 - 71
Rank change year-on-year - - +18
Contract jobs citing Back Office 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.36% - 0.12%
As % of the General category 0.58% - 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £640 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £360
75th Percentile £660 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £650 £511 £650
% change year-on-year +27.14% -21.35% -5.80%

All General Skills
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 521 456 418
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 62.17% 59.22% 48.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 365 274 290
10th Percentile £219 £257 £213
25th Percentile £350 £343 £357
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £445 £489
Median % change year-on-year -7.87% -9.00% +2.95%
75th Percentile £500 £525 £630
90th Percentile £611 £612 £714
England median daily rate £500 £527 £550
% change year-on-year -5.03% -4.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 25 27
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.06 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.17 £15.10 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.39 £17.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +25.82% -38.18% +50.68%
75th Percentile £25.15 £42.25 £51.50
90th Percentile £25.83 £55.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.08 £35.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -28.36% +16.67% +20.00%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Back Office job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Back Office
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Back Office.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Back Office

Back Office
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Back Office.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Back Office

Back Office
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 October 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
Derbyshire - 3 £650 - 1
Back Office
England

Back Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

General
1 3 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
3 1 (33.33%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Manager
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 2 (66.67%) IT Infrastructure Manager
2 2 (66.67%) IT Infrastructure Project Manager
2 2 (66.67%) IT Manager
2 2 (66.67%) IT Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Change Control
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
1 1 (33.33%) Risk Management