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 19 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 241 204 195
Rank change year-on-year -37 -9 +44
Contract jobs citing Back Office 142 180 232
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.99% 1.19% 1.23%
As % of the General category 1.48% 1.86% 1.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 127 182
10th Percentile £361 £400 £463
25th Percentile £461 £453 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £775 £747 £838
90th Percentile £975 £863 £874
England median daily rate £650 £550 £625
% change year-on-year +18.18% -12.00% -10.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 3
10th Percentile - £41.26 -
25th Percentile - £80.25 -
Median hourly rate £27.71 £80.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -65.58% +130.00% +66.41%
75th Percentile - £80.75 £35.32
90th Percentile - - £35.50
England median hourly rate £27.71 £67.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -58.95% +92.86% +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 9,605 9,686 12,249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 66.77% 64.28% 64.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,260 6,180 8,809
10th Percentile £338 £325 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £670 £700 £700
90th Percentile £780 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 184 117 164
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.52
25th Percentile £20.82 £23.80 £21.44
Median hourly rate £26.40 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.57% - +2.94%
75th Percentile £44.81 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £66.13 £76.36 £75.88
England median hourly rate £23.58 £30.31 £33.00
% change year-on-year -22.21% -8.17% +32.00%

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 19 December 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 19 December 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 -28 22 £625 -3.85% 3
East London -1 5 - -
West London -16 2 £475 -
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 (3.52%) CMS
1 5 (3.52%) Confluence
2 4 (2.82%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (1.41%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (7.75%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.41%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 28 (19.72%) Endur
2 4 (2.82%) Temenos T24
3 3 (2.11%) Fidessa
4 2 (1.41%) Aladdin
4 2 (1.41%) IntelliMatch
5 1 (0.70%) Bloomberg AIM
5 1 (0.70%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 1 (0.70%) Findur
5 1 (0.70%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.70%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.70%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.70%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.70%) Oracle FAH
5 1 (0.70%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.70%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.70%) Oracle Internet Expenses
5 1 (0.70%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.70%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.70%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 18 (12.68%) Azure
2 11 (7.75%) AWS
2 11 (7.75%) Power Platform
3 7 (4.93%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (4.23%) GCP
5 4 (2.82%) OpenShift
6 3 (2.11%) SaaS
7 2 (1.41%) Firebase
7 2 (1.41%) OCI
7 2 (1.41%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.70%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.70%) dbt
8 1 (0.70%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.70%) Figma
8 1 (0.70%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.70%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.70%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.41%) Internet
2 1 (0.70%) Skype
2 1 (0.70%) VPN
2 1 (0.70%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.04%) Power BI
2 7 (4.93%) Tableau
3 5 (3.52%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (2.82%) MongoDB
4 4 (2.82%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.41%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.41%) Redis
6 1 (0.70%) Data Mart
6 1 (0.70%) Dremio
6 1 (0.70%) Metadata
6 1 (0.70%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 9 (6.34%) JIRA
2 7 (4.93%) Git
3 6 (4.23%) Cucumber
3 6 (4.23%) Selenium
4 5 (3.52%) Postman
5 4 (2.82%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.70%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.70%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 79 (55.63%) Finance
2 54 (38.03%) Social Skills
3 44 (30.99%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (28.17%) Front Office
5 36 (25.35%) Banking
6 19 (13.38%) Investment Banking
7 7 (4.93%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (4.23%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (3.52%) Automotive
9 5 (3.52%) Telecoms
10 4 (2.82%) Financial Institution
11 3 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (2.11%) Retail
12 2 (1.41%) General Ledger
12 2 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (1.41%) Local Government
12 2 (1.41%) Public Sector
12 2 (1.41%) Retail Banking
12 2 (1.41%) Wholesale Banking
13 1 (0.70%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 56 (39.44%) Business Analyst
2 53 (37.32%) Analyst
3 16 (11.27%) Architect
3 16 (11.27%) Developer
3 16 (11.27%) OpenLink Business Analyst
3 16 (11.27%) Senior
4 14 (9.86%) Endur Business Analyst
4 14 (9.86%) OpenLink Analyst
5 12 (8.45%) Endur Analyst
6 9 (6.34%) Senior Business Analyst
7 8 (5.63%) Lead
7 8 (5.63%) Technical Business Analyst
8 7 (4.93%) Back Office Business Analyst
8 7 (4.93%) Solutions Architect
8 7 (4.93%) Technical Analyst
9 6 (4.23%) Endur Architect
9 6 (4.23%) OpenLink Architect
10 5 (3.52%) Applications Support Analyst
10 5 (3.52%) Asset Management Analyst
10 5 (3.52%) Asset Management Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.04%) XML
2 9 (6.34%) .NET
3 8 (5.63%) REST
4 6 (4.23%) React
5 5 (3.52%) ADO
5 5 (3.52%) JSON
6 4 (2.82%) Swagger
7 3 (2.11%) Gherkin
7 3 (2.11%) Smart Contracts
8 2 (1.41%) FIX Protocol
8 2 (1.41%) Kafka
8 2 (1.41%) Node.js
8 2 (1.41%) Web Services
8 2 (1.41%) WPF
9 1 (0.70%) .NET Framework
9 1 (0.70%) Middleware
9 1 (0.70%) Murex MxML
9 1 (0.70%) Oracle Fusion
9 1 (0.70%) Spring
9 1 (0.70%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 12 (8.45%) Product Ownership
2 11 (7.75%) Equities
3 9 (6.34%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 8 (5.63%) Derivative
5 7 (4.93%) Fixed Income
6 6 (4.23%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (3.52%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (3.52%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (3.52%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.82%) Data Structures
8 4 (2.82%) Grid Computing
9 3 (2.11%) Blockchain
9 3 (2.11%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (2.11%) Reference Data
9 3 (2.11%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (1.41%) Cloud Native
10 2 (1.41%) Credit Risk
10 2 (1.41%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.34%) Linux
2 3 (2.11%) Unix
2 3 (2.11%) Windows
3 2 (1.41%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.70%) Android
4 1 (0.70%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (42.96%) Agile
2 33 (23.24%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (21.13%) Migration
3 30 (21.13%) Stakeholder Management
4 27 (19.01%) Data Modelling
5 26 (18.31%) DevOps
6 24 (16.90%) Scrum
7 20 (14.08%) Data Migration
7 20 (14.08%) ETRM
8 19 (13.38%) Requirements Gathering
9 18 (12.68%) User Acceptance Testing
10 17 (11.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 16 (11.27%) Business Analysis
11 16 (11.27%) Risk Management
11 16 (11.27%) Use Case
11 16 (11.27%) User Stories
12 14 (9.86%) Data Integration
13 13 (9.15%) Asset Management
13 13 (9.15%) Roadmaps
13 13 (9.15%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 34 (23.94%) SQL
2 16 (11.27%) Java
3 15 (10.56%) C#
4 14 (9.86%) Python
5 4 (2.82%) VB.NET
6 3 (2.11%) DAML
6 3 (2.11%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.41%) C++
7 2 (1.41%) Scala
7 2 (1.41%) T-SQL
7 2 (1.41%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.70%) C
8 1 (0.70%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.70%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.70%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 23 (16.20%) Degree
2 9 (6.34%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (3.52%) CFA
4 3 (2.11%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.41%) MBA
5 2 (1.41%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.70%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.70%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (14.08%) QA
2 9 (6.34%) Data Quality
3 5 (3.52%) EMIR
3 5 (3.52%) MiFID
4 1 (0.70%) Basel III
4 1 (0.70%) Dodd-Frank
4 1 (0.70%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.70%) SLA
4 1 (0.70%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 4 (2.82%) Docker
2 1 (0.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (2.82%) Ansible
1 4 (2.82%) Kubernetes
1 4 (2.82%) Terraform
2 1 (0.70%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.70%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (10.56%) OpenLink
2 12 (8.45%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.45%) SAP
3 7 (4.93%) Oracle
4 6 (4.23%) Bloomberg
4 6 (4.23%) ION Trading
5 5 (3.52%) Hitachi
6 4 (2.82%) Charles River
6 4 (2.82%) Murex
6 4 (2.82%) Temenos
6 4 (2.82%) UiPath
7 3 (2.11%) eFront
7 3 (2.11%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.11%) SimCorp
8 2 (1.41%) Ariba
8 2 (1.41%) CQG
8 2 (1.41%) Databricks
8 2 (1.41%) Google
8 2 (1.41%) TOWER Software
8 2 (1.41%) Workday