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 21 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 266 205 185
Rank change year-on-year -61 -20 +65
Contract jobs citing Back Office 114 154 229
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.78% 1.11% 1.26%
As % of the General category 1.20% 1.71% 1.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 107 187
10th Percentile £360 £400 £458
25th Percentile £463 £469 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £645
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -6.98% -11.03%
75th Percentile £750 £813 £800
90th Percentile £925 £863 £850
England median daily rate £650 £575 £625
% change year-on-year +13.04% -8.00% -10.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 4
10th Percentile - £41.26 £22.30
25th Percentile - £80.25 £30.47
Median hourly rate £27.71 £80.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -65.58% +130.00% +105.10%
75th Percentile - £80.75 £35.16
90th Percentile - - £35.44
England median hourly rate £20.16 £70.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -71.21% +211.11% -32.90%

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 general skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 9,490 9,007 11,669
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 65.10% 64.88% 64.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,203 5,712 8,331
10th Percentile £343 £327 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £669 £700 £700
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £532 £550
% change year-on-year -5.97% -3.32% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 109 214
10th Percentile £17.50 £19.65 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.82 £25.00 £19.31
Median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £28.63
Median % change year-on-year -24.86% +22.27% +2.23%
75th Percentile £46.50 £53.75 £52.50
90th Percentile £71.00 £78.47 £73.72
England median hourly rate £23.00 £30.00 £28.13
% change year-on-year -23.33% +6.67% +8.90%

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 21 January 2026.

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 21 January 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
Central London -28 20 £625 -3.85% 8
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 5 (4.39%) Confluence
2 3 (2.63%) CMS
3 2 (1.75%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.88%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (9.65%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.75%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (10.53%) Endur
2 3 (2.63%) Aladdin
3 2 (1.75%) IntelliMatch
4 1 (0.88%) Bloomberg AIM
4 1 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.88%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.88%) Maximo
4 1 (0.88%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.88%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.88%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.88%) Oracle FAH
4 1 (0.88%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.88%) Oracle Internet Expenses
4 1 (0.88%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.88%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.88%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.88%) PORTIA
4 1 (0.88%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.88%) Summit
4 1 (0.88%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 13 (11.40%) Azure
2 10 (8.77%) Power Platform
3 6 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (4.39%) AWS
4 5 (4.39%) GCP
5 3 (2.63%) SaaS
6 2 (1.75%) OCI
6 2 (1.75%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 1 (0.88%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.88%) Figma
7 1 (0.88%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.88%) OpenShift
7 1 (0.88%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.88%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.88%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.89%) Power BI
2 7 (6.14%) Tableau
3 5 (4.39%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (3.51%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.75%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.88%) Data Mart
6 1 (0.88%) Dremio
6 1 (0.88%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.88%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 10 (8.77%) JIRA
2 6 (5.26%) Git
3 3 (2.63%) Bitbucket
3 3 (2.63%) Cucumber
3 3 (2.63%) Postman
3 3 (2.63%) Selenium
4 1 (0.88%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.88%) Oracle Forms
General
1 64 (56.14%) Finance
2 46 (40.35%) Social Skills
3 36 (31.58%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (30.70%) Front Office
5 30 (26.32%) Banking
6 15 (13.16%) Investment Banking
7 6 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (3.51%) Financial Institution
9 3 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.63%) Retail
10 2 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.75%) Local Government
10 2 (1.75%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.75%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.88%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.88%) Italian Language
11 1 (0.88%) Japanese Language
11 1 (0.88%) Marketing
11 1 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 43 (37.72%) Business Analyst
2 41 (35.96%) Analyst
3 12 (10.53%) Developer
4 11 (9.65%) Architect
4 11 (9.65%) Senior
5 7 (6.14%) Asset Management Analyst
5 7 (6.14%) Asset Management Business Analyst
5 7 (6.14%) Lead
5 7 (6.14%) OpenLink Business Analyst
5 7 (6.14%) Senior Business Analyst
6 6 (5.26%) OpenLink Analyst
6 6 (5.26%) Python Engineer
7 5 (4.39%) Consultant
7 5 (4.39%) Endur Business Analyst
7 5 (4.39%) Integration Architect
7 5 (4.39%) Solutions Architect
7 5 (4.39%) Technical Business Analyst
8 4 (3.51%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 4 (3.51%) Endur Analyst
8 4 (3.51%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.89%) XML
2 6 (5.26%) .NET
3 5 (4.39%) REST
4 3 (2.63%) ADO
4 3 (2.63%) Gherkin
5 2 (1.75%) FIX Protocol
5 2 (1.75%) PyTorch
5 2 (1.75%) scikit-learn
5 2 (1.75%) TensorFlow
5 2 (1.75%) WPF
6 1 (0.88%) JSON
6 1 (0.88%) Lightning Web Components
6 1 (0.88%) Middleware
6 1 (0.88%) Murex MxML
6 1 (0.88%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.88%) React
6 1 (0.88%) Spring
6 1 (0.88%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.88%) Swagger
6 1 (0.88%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.65%) Equities
2 9 (7.89%) Product Ownership
3 8 (7.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 7 (6.14%) Derivative
5 6 (5.26%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 5 (4.39%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (4.39%) Fixed Income
6 5 (4.39%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (2.63%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.75%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.75%) Credit Risk
8 2 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.75%) Market Risk
8 2 (1.75%) Reference Data
9 1 (0.88%) Grid Computing
9 1 (0.88%) Hedge funds
9 1 (0.88%) Interest Rate Derivative
9 1 (0.88%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.88%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.89%) Linux
2 2 (1.75%) Windows
3 1 (0.88%) Android
3 1 (0.88%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.88%) Unix
3 1 (0.88%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (39.47%) Agile
2 27 (23.68%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (23.68%) Stakeholder Management
3 23 (20.18%) Migration
4 19 (16.67%) Data Modelling
4 19 (16.67%) Scrum
5 18 (15.79%) DevOps
6 16 (14.04%) Data Migration
6 16 (14.04%) Use Case
6 16 (14.04%) User Acceptance Testing
7 15 (13.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 15 (13.16%) User Stories
8 14 (12.28%) Business Analysis
8 14 (12.28%) Requirements Gathering
9 13 (11.40%) Risk Management
10 12 (10.53%) AI
10 12 (10.53%) Data Integration
10 12 (10.53%) Investment Management
10 12 (10.53%) Roadmaps
10 12 (10.53%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 23 (20.18%) SQL
2 12 (10.53%) Python
3 9 (7.89%) C#
4 6 (5.26%) Java
5 3 (2.63%) VB.NET
6 2 (1.75%) C++
6 2 (1.75%) Scala
7 1 (0.88%) C
7 1 (0.88%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.88%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.88%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.88%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 21 (18.42%) Degree
2 9 (7.89%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (4.39%) CFA
4 2 (1.75%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.88%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.88%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.88%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.53%) QA
2 9 (7.89%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.75%) EMIR
3 2 (1.75%) MiFID
4 1 (0.88%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.88%) SLA
4 1 (0.88%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 1 (0.88%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.88%) Ansible
1 1 (0.88%) HP ALM
1 1 (0.88%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (9.65%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.02%) OpenLink
2 8 (7.02%) SAP
3 6 (5.26%) Bloomberg
4 5 (4.39%) Salesforce
5 4 (3.51%) Charles River
5 4 (3.51%) eFront
5 4 (3.51%) ION Trading
5 4 (3.51%) Murex
5 4 (3.51%) Oracle
6 3 (2.63%) SimCorp
6 3 (2.63%) UiPath
7 2 (1.75%) Google
7 2 (1.75%) NVIDIA
8 1 (0.88%) FIS
8 1 (0.88%) FNZ
8 1 (0.88%) Monzo
8 1 (0.88%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.88%) Workday
8 1 (0.88%) Zopa