Back Office Contract Job Trends in London

Back Office
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Back Office over the 6 months leading up to 24 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 244 206 202
Rank change year-on-year -38 -4 +39
Contract jobs citing Back Office 147 179 244
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.05% 1.13% 1.22%
As % of the General category 1.54% 1.79% 1.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 129 193
10th Percentile £363 £400 £463
25th Percentile £476 £463 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £772 £738 £838
90th Percentile £949 £863 £895
England median daily rate £648 £575 £650
% change year-on-year +12.70% -11.54% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 3
10th Percentile - £41.26 -
25th Percentile - £80.25 -
Median hourly rate - £80.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year - +130.00% +66.41%
75th Percentile - £80.75 £35.32
90th Percentile - - £35.50
England median hourly rate - £70.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year - +100.00% +66.41%

All General Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,524 9,988 12,952
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 68.15% 63.20% 64.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,209 6,410 9,360
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.61% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £670 £700 £700
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 196 116 169
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.38 £18.47
25th Percentile £20.08 £26.81 £21.25
Median hourly rate £26.40 £38.54 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year -31.49% +9.32% +6.02%
75th Percentile £45.44 £55.81 £58.75
90th Percentile £71.00 £78.58 £75.25
England median hourly rate £24.61 £31.97 £33.00
% change year-on-year -23.02% -3.12% +28.35%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Back Office job vacancy trend in London

Back Office
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Back Office
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Back Office in London over the 6 months to 24 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Back Office in London

Back Office
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Back Office
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 24 November 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
Central London -26 21 £625 -2.34% 6
East London +1 5 - - 1
West London -5 5 £475 - 1
Back Office
England

Back Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (5.44%) CMS
2 7 (4.76%) Confluence
3 4 (2.72%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.68%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (8.84%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.36%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 29 (19.73%) Endur
2 4 (2.72%) Temenos T24
3 3 (2.04%) Aladdin
3 3 (2.04%) Fidessa
4 2 (1.36%) IntelliMatch
5 1 (0.68%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 1 (0.68%) Findur
5 1 (0.68%) OpenLink RightAngle
5 1 (0.68%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.68%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.68%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.68%) Oracle FAH
5 1 (0.68%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.68%) Oracle Internet Expenses
5 1 (0.68%) Oracle iProcurement
5 1 (0.68%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.68%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.68%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.68%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 22 (14.97%) Azure
2 12 (8.16%) AWS
3 8 (5.44%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (5.44%) Power Platform
4 7 (4.76%) GCP
5 5 (3.40%) Firebase
6 4 (2.72%) OpenShift
7 3 (2.04%) SaaS
8 2 (1.36%) Miro
8 2 (1.36%) OCI
9 1 (0.68%) dbt
9 1 (0.68%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.68%) Figma
9 1 (0.68%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.68%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.68%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.36%) Internet
2 1 (0.68%) Skype
2 1 (0.68%) VPN
2 1 (0.68%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.44%) Power BI
2 7 (4.76%) SQL Server
3 6 (4.08%) Tableau
4 5 (3.40%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (3.40%) Redis
5 4 (2.72%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.36%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.68%) Data Mart
7 1 (0.68%) Dremio
7 1 (0.68%) Metadata
7 1 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 11 (7.48%) JIRA
2 9 (6.12%) Git
3 6 (4.08%) Cucumber
3 6 (4.08%) Selenium
4 5 (3.40%) Postman
5 4 (2.72%) Bitbucket
6 2 (1.36%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.68%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.68%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.68%) Subversion
7 1 (0.68%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 80 (54.42%) Finance
2 55 (37.41%) Social Skills
3 48 (32.65%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (26.53%) Front Office
5 38 (25.85%) Banking
6 19 (12.93%) Investment Banking
7 9 (6.12%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (4.08%) Telecoms
10 5 (3.40%) Automotive
10 5 (3.40%) Financial Institution
10 5 (3.40%) Retail
11 3 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.36%) General Ledger
12 2 (1.36%) Public Sector
12 2 (1.36%) Wholesale Banking
13 1 (0.68%) French Language
13 1 (0.68%) Local Government
13 1 (0.68%) Marketing
13 1 (0.68%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 59 (40.14%) Analyst
1 59 (40.14%) Business Analyst
2 20 (13.61%) Senior
3 17 (11.56%) Developer
4 16 (10.88%) Architect
4 16 (10.88%) OpenLink Business Analyst
5 14 (9.52%) Endur Business Analyst
5 14 (9.52%) OpenLink Analyst
6 12 (8.16%) Endur Analyst
7 10 (6.80%) Senior Business Analyst
8 7 (4.76%) Applications Support
8 7 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
9 6 (4.08%) Applications Support Analyst
9 6 (4.08%) Back Office Business Analyst
9 6 (4.08%) Endur Architect
9 6 (4.08%) OpenLink Architect
9 6 (4.08%) Senior Analyst
9 6 (4.08%) Support Analyst
9 6 (4.08%) Technical Analyst
9 6 (4.08%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (6.80%) .NET
1 10 (6.80%) XML
2 9 (6.12%) REST
3 7 (4.76%) React
4 5 (3.40%) JSON
4 5 (3.40%) Node.js
4 5 (3.40%) Smart Contracts
4 5 (3.40%) Web Services
5 4 (2.72%) Swagger
6 3 (2.04%) Gherkin
6 3 (2.04%) Kafka
7 2 (1.36%) ADO
7 2 (1.36%) FIX Protocol
7 2 (1.36%) Middleware
7 2 (1.36%) WPF
8 1 (0.68%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.68%) Murex MxML
8 1 (0.68%) Oracle Fusion
8 1 (0.68%) Spring
8 1 (0.68%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 10 (6.80%) Product Ownership
3 8 (5.44%) Fixed Income
3 8 (5.44%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 7 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
4 7 (4.76%) Derivative
5 6 (4.08%) Equities
6 5 (3.40%) Blockchain
6 5 (3.40%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (3.40%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.72%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (2.72%) Grid Computing
7 4 (2.72%) Market Risk
7 4 (2.72%) Onboarding
8 3 (2.04%) Data Structures
8 3 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (2.04%) Reference Data
8 3 (2.04%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (1.36%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.36%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.12%) Linux
2 5 (3.40%) Windows
3 4 (2.72%) Unix
4 2 (1.36%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.36%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.68%) Android
5 1 (0.68%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (46.26%) Agile
2 36 (24.49%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (20.41%) Migration
4 29 (19.73%) Stakeholder Management
5 27 (18.37%) Data Modelling
5 27 (18.37%) DevOps
6 23 (15.65%) ETRM
6 23 (15.65%) Scrum
7 21 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 20 (13.61%) Data Migration
8 20 (13.61%) Requirements Gathering
9 18 (12.24%) Business Analysis
9 18 (12.24%) Use Case
9 18 (12.24%) User Acceptance Testing
9 18 (12.24%) User Stories
10 16 (10.88%) Risk Management
11 15 (10.20%) SDLC
12 14 (9.52%) Data Integration
12 14 (9.52%) Microservices
13 13 (8.84%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 35 (23.81%) SQL
2 19 (12.93%) Java
3 16 (10.88%) C#
4 14 (9.52%) Python
5 6 (4.08%) JavaScript
6 5 (3.40%) DAML
6 5 (3.40%) TypeScript
7 4 (2.72%) VB.NET
8 3 (2.04%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.36%) C++
9 2 (1.36%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.68%) C
10 1 (0.68%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.68%) Scala
10 1 (0.68%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 25 (17.01%) Degree
2 8 (5.44%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (3.40%) CFA
4 4 (2.72%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.36%) MBA
5 2 (1.36%) Numerate Degree
5 2 (1.36%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 1 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.68%) CBAP
6 1 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.68%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.68%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (14.97%) QA
2 9 (6.12%) Data Quality
3 5 (3.40%) EMIR
3 5 (3.40%) MiFID
4 1 (0.68%) Basel III
4 1 (0.68%) Dodd-Frank
4 1 (0.68%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.68%) SLA
4 1 (0.68%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 4 (2.72%) Docker
2 1 (0.68%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (2.72%) Ansible
1 4 (2.72%) Kubernetes
1 4 (2.72%) Terraform
2 1 (0.68%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.68%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (10.20%) OpenLink
2 14 (9.52%) Microsoft
3 10 (6.80%) SAP
4 8 (5.44%) Oracle
5 6 (4.08%) ION Trading
6 5 (3.40%) Bloomberg
6 5 (3.40%) Hitachi
6 5 (3.40%) Murex
7 4 (2.72%) Temenos
7 4 (2.72%) UiPath
8 3 (2.04%) Charles River
8 3 (2.04%) CQG
8 3 (2.04%) eFront
8 3 (2.04%) Salesforce
8 3 (2.04%) SimCorp
8 3 (2.04%) TOWER Software
9 2 (1.36%) Ariba
9 2 (1.36%) Citrix
9 2 (1.36%) Google
9 2 (1.36%) Workday