Back Office Contracts in the East of England

Back Office
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in contract job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Back Office over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 107 118
Rank change year-on-year +31 +11 +21
Contract jobs citing Back Office 6 5 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.64% 0.26% 0.24%
As % of the General category 1.01% 0.42% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £282
25th Percentile £499 - £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.85%
75th Percentile £500 - £575
90th Percentile - - £620
England median daily rate £625 £625 £675
% change year-on-year - -7.41% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £14.01 - -
25th Percentile £14.02 - -
Median hourly rate £17.53 - £50.00
75th Percentile £33.25 - -
90th Percentile £55.30 - -
England median hourly rate £21.00 £22.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% -55.00% +189.86%

All General Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 592 1,183 1,249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 63.11% 61.97% 60.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 321 448 692
10th Percentile £200 £237 £200
25th Percentile £363 £350 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £568 £625
90th Percentile £675 £655 £725
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 458 261
10th Percentile £15.62 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.50 £14.25
Median hourly rate £31.64 £38.12 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.00% +81.52% +44.83%
75th Percentile £65.19 £50.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £76.63 £65.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.16 £33.82
% change year-on-year -8.82% -10.82% +57.30%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Back Office in the East of England

Back Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Daily rate trend for Back Office in the East of England

Back Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Back Office in the East of England

Back Office
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Back Office in the East of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Back Office in the East of England

Back Office
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Essex +9 2 £500 - 3
Hertfordshire - 2 - - 1
Norfolk - 2 - - 2
Back Office
England

Back Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (16.67%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Intranet
General
1 2 (33.33%) Billing
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
1 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (16.67%) General Ledger
2 1 (16.67%) Law
2 1 (16.67%) Legal
2 1 (16.67%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Delivery Manager
1 2 (33.33%) IT Manager
1 2 (33.33%) IT Services Delivery Manager
1 2 (33.33%) IT Services Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Service Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Service Desk Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Service Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) CRM Manager
2 1 (16.67%) CRM Programme Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Programme Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Customer Service
2 3 (50.00%) Performance Management
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) Contract Management
3 2 (33.33%) Contract Negotiation
3 2 (33.33%) Facilities Management
3 2 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 2 (33.33%) Information Management
3 2 (33.33%) ITIL
3 2 (33.33%) Line Management
3 2 (33.33%) Problem Management
3 2 (33.33%) Red Team
3 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) Service Management
4 1 (16.67%) Business Case
4 1 (16.67%) Case Management
4 1 (16.67%) Customer Experience
4 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 1 (16.67%) Demand Management
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Adobe
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft