Back Office Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Back Office
South East > Hampshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in contract job vacancies in Hampshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Back Office over the 6 months leading up to 19 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 65 93
Rank change year-on-year -22 +28 +13
Contract jobs citing Back Office 2 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.14% 0.14% 0.14%
As % of the General category 0.28% 0.23% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £188 £533 £555
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £535 £560
Median % change year-on-year -62.62% -4.46% +79.20%
75th Percentile £213 £538 £565
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £450 £480 £350
% change year-on-year -6.25% +37.14% -54.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £12.60 - -
South East median hourly rate £12.60 - -

All General Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 709 427 656
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 50.32% 57.70% 45.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 440 309 311
10th Percentile £282 £281 £250
25th Percentile £420 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £503 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% -8.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £620 £588 £665
90th Percentile £725 £638 £700
South East median daily rate £492 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -1.60% +1.01% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 16 82
10th Percentile £14.08 £16.88 £13.01
25th Percentile £16.17 £20.08 £18.32
Median hourly rate £20.71 £27.17 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year -23.77% -37.90% +34.53%
75th Percentile £35.25 £61.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £55.00 £72.50 £64.75
South East median hourly rate £23.58 £38.85 £36.50
% change year-on-year -39.32% +6.44% -18.89%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Back Office job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Back Office
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

Back Office
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Back Office.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Back Office

Back Office
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 19 February 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
Basingstoke - 1 £200 -
Fareham - 1 - - 3
Back Office
South East

Back Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service Advisor
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Fat Client
1 1 (50.00%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Inventory Management
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft