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 28 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 310 202 198
Rank change year-on-year -108 -4 +27
Contract jobs citing Back Office 113 152 221
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.59% 1.19% 1.26%
As % of the General category 0.98% 1.74% 2.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 105 157
10th Percentile £412 £430 £416
25th Percentile £479 £513 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £648 £600
Median % change year-on-year -3.55% +8.00% -14.29%
75th Percentile £750 £775 £700
90th Percentile £778 £850 £843
England median daily rate £600 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -11.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £13.53 - -
25th Percentile £13.80 £62.50 -
Median hourly rate £14.50 £65.00 £16.86
Median % change year-on-year -77.69% +285.53% -1.20%
75th Percentile £32.61 £67.50 -
90th Percentile £43.04 - -
England median hourly rate £13.45 £65.00 £21.73
% change year-on-year -79.31% +199.13% -38.35%

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 11,570 8,725 11,002
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.33% 68.10% 62.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,432 5,817 7,828
10th Percentile £350 £331 £335
25th Percentile £438 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £700
90th Percentile £788 £813 £825
England median daily rate £525 £520 £535
% change year-on-year +1.01% -2.85% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 164 234
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.48 £24.66 £18.39
Median hourly rate £34.06 £34.24 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year -0.53% +13.53% -7.20%
75th Percentile £45.50 £51.20 £48.44
90th Percentile £72.13 £64.63 £67.40
England median hourly rate £32.50 £27.76 £32.90
% change year-on-year +17.07% -15.61% +9.65%

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 28 June 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Back Office in London over the 6 months to 28 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Back Office in London

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 28 June 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 -31 16 £673 +3.46% 4
West London -13 10 - - 2
North London +1 1 £400 -9.09% 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 3 (2.65%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.77%) Confluence
2 2 (1.77%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.88%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.88%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 13 (11.50%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.77%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (8.85%) Finacle
2 8 (7.08%) Aladdin
3 6 (5.31%) Findur
4 2 (1.77%) Fidessa
4 2 (1.77%) Front Arena
4 2 (1.77%) Global One
4 2 (1.77%) SimCorp Dimension
5 1 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.88%) Endur
5 1 (0.88%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.88%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.88%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.88%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.88%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.88%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.88%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 17 (15.04%) Azure
2 10 (8.85%) AWS
3 8 (7.08%) Snowflake
4 7 (6.19%) GCP
5 6 (5.31%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (5.31%) Power Platform
6 4 (3.54%) Datadog
7 3 (2.65%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (2.65%) Amazon S3
7 3 (2.65%) Anthropic Claude
7 3 (2.65%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (2.65%) GitHub
7 3 (2.65%) GitHub Copilot
7 3 (2.65%) Serverless
8 2 (1.77%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.77%) IBM Blueworks
8 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (1.77%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.88%) Boomi
9 1 (0.88%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.65%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (9.73%) Relational Database
2 10 (8.85%) Oracle Database
2 10 (8.85%) RDBMS
3 7 (6.19%) Tableau
4 6 (5.31%) Power BI
4 6 (5.31%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.77%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (1.77%) Data Vault
5 2 (1.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.88%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.88%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.88%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.88%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.88%) Hazelcast
6 1 (0.88%) Looker
6 1 (0.88%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (12.39%) JIRA
2 3 (2.65%) Git
3 2 (1.77%) Cypress.io
3 2 (1.77%) Selenium
3 2 (1.77%) Toad
General
1 73 (64.60%) Finance
2 48 (42.48%) Social Skills
3 32 (28.32%) Front Office
4 30 (26.55%) Banking
5 27 (23.89%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (7.96%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (7.96%) Investment Banking
7 5 (4.42%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.65%) Billing
8 3 (2.65%) Legal
8 3 (2.65%) Retail
9 2 (1.77%) Local Government
9 2 (1.77%) Marketing
9 2 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.88%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.88%) French Language
10 1 (0.88%) German Language
10 1 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.88%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.88%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 34 (30.09%) Analyst
2 26 (23.01%) Business Analyst
3 14 (12.39%) Applications Support
4 13 (11.50%) Developer
5 10 (8.85%) Systems Support
6 9 (7.96%) Python Engineer
7 6 (5.31%) Consultant
7 6 (5.31%) Senior
7 6 (5.31%) Software Asset Manager
7 6 (5.31%) Software Engineer
7 6 (5.31%) Software Manager
8 5 (4.42%) Commodities Business Analyst
9 4 (3.54%) Data Analyst
9 4 (3.54%) Findur Analyst
9 4 (3.54%) Findur Business Analyst
9 4 (3.54%) OpenLink Analyst
9 4 (3.54%) OpenLink Business Analyst
9 4 (3.54%) Project Manager
9 4 (3.54%) Test Manager
10 3 (2.65%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.08%) .NET
2 4 (3.54%) Middleware
3 3 (2.65%) GraphQL
3 3 (2.65%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (2.65%) REST
3 3 (2.65%) WPF
4 2 (1.77%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.77%) FIX Protocol
4 2 (1.77%) FIXML
4 2 (1.77%) JSON
5 1 (0.88%) EDI
5 1 (0.88%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.88%) React
5 1 (0.88%) RESTful
5 1 (0.88%) scikit-learn
5 1 (0.88%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 14 (12.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 13 (11.50%) Analytical Mindset
3 11 (9.73%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 9 (7.96%) Derivative
5 6 (5.31%) Equities
5 6 (5.31%) Fixed Income
5 6 (5.31%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (4.42%) Product Ownership
7 4 (3.54%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (2.65%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (2.65%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.77%) Eurex
9 2 (1.77%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (1.77%) Swaptions
9 2 (1.77%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.88%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.88%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.88%) OTC Derivatives
10 1 (0.88%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 12 (10.62%) Windows
2 3 (2.65%) Linux
3 1 (0.88%) SUSE
3 1 (0.88%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (31.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 31 (27.43%) User Acceptance Testing
3 29 (25.66%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (16.81%) Validation
5 16 (14.16%) Asset Management
6 15 (13.27%) AI
6 15 (13.27%) Data Pipeline
6 15 (13.27%) Defect Management
7 14 (12.39%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (9.73%) CRM
8 11 (9.73%) Data Analysis
8 11 (9.73%) Migration
8 11 (9.73%) Scenario Testing
8 11 (9.73%) Software Testing
9 10 (8.85%) Anti-Money Laundering
9 10 (8.85%) Process Improvement
9 10 (8.85%) Risk Management
9 10 (8.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 10 (8.85%) Test Automation
9 10 (8.85%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 32 (28.32%) SQL
2 21 (18.58%) Python
3 10 (8.85%) Java
4 9 (7.96%) C#
5 5 (4.42%) PowerShell
6 4 (3.54%) Korn
6 4 (3.54%) PL/SQL
7 3 (2.65%) Scala
8 2 (1.77%) Perl
9 1 (0.88%) Bash
9 1 (0.88%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (11.50%) Degree
2 6 (5.31%) SC Cleared
2 6 (5.31%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.88%) CBAP
4 1 (0.88%) CFA
4 1 (0.88%) CISA
4 1 (0.88%) CISSP
4 1 (0.88%) IIBA
4 1 (0.88%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.19%) QA
2 4 (3.54%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.77%) GDPR
3 2 (1.77%) SLA
4 1 (0.88%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.88%) COPPA
4 1 (0.88%) EMIR
4 1 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.88%) MiFID
4 1 (0.88%) NIST
4 1 (0.88%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.88%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.77%) Control-M
1 2 (1.77%) ITRS Geneos
1 2 (1.77%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 22 (19.47%) Oracle
2 9 (7.96%) Microsoft
3 6 (5.31%) OpenLink
4 5 (4.42%) ION Trading
4 5 (4.42%) Murex
5 4 (3.54%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.65%) Bloomberg
7 2 (1.77%) CA Agile Central
7 2 (1.77%) Charles River
7 2 (1.77%) Databricks
7 2 (1.77%) Eze Software Group
7 2 (1.77%) FactSet
7 2 (1.77%) IBM
7 2 (1.77%) SAP
7 2 (1.77%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.77%) SimCorp
7 2 (1.77%) Verint
8 1 (0.88%) eFront
8 1 (0.88%) NVIDIA
8 1 (0.88%) Refinitiv