Back Office Contract Job Trends 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 25 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 69 109
Rank change year-on-year -41 +40 +16
Contract jobs citing Back Office 3 11 5
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.15% 1.12% 0.26%
As % of the General category 0.28% 1.79% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £231 - -
25th Percentile £299 £499 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year -14.91% - -
75th Percentile £463 £500 -
90th Percentile £478 - -
England median daily rate £575 £633 £625
% change year-on-year -9.20% +1.32% -10.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 0
Median hourly rate - £65.00 -
England median hourly rate £13.44 £67.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -80.09% +200.00% -55.00%

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 general skills in the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,066 616 1,177
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 54.72% 62.79% 61.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 464 346 528
10th Percentile £188 £219 £250
25th Percentile £312 £341 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £550
90th Percentile £675 £688 £649
England median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.57% -3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 349 96 387
10th Percentile £13.33 £15.62 £14.16
25th Percentile £15.88 £18.73 £15.00
Median hourly rate £19.91 £43.75 £35.65
Median % change year-on-year -54.49% +22.72% +69.76%
75th Percentile £51.53 £70.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.75 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £30.78 £26.00
% change year-on-year -18.29% +18.38% -25.71%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Back Office job vacancy trend in the East of England

Back Office
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

Back Office
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Back Office in the East of England over the 6 months to 25 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Back Office in the East of England

Back Office
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

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 25 March 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
Cambridgeshire - 3 £425 -
Back Office
England

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

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) Wireless
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Credit Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Mortgage Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Transformation Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Meraki