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 30 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 220 220 195
Rank change year-on-year 0 -25 +43
Contract jobs citing Back Office 157 169 249
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.15% 1.07% 1.22%
As % of the General category 1.68% 1.72% 1.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 117 196
10th Percentile £400 £400 £463
25th Percentile £475 £420 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £535 £650
Median % change year-on-year +21.50% -17.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £775 £725 £836
90th Percentile £935 £825 £869
England median daily rate £648 £525 £650
% change year-on-year +23.43% -19.23% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 4
10th Percentile - - £21.79
25th Percentile - £80.25 £30.28
Median hourly rate - £80.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year - +130.00% +40.00%
75th Percentile - £80.75 £35.16
90th Percentile - - £35.44
England median hourly rate - £80.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year - +130.00% +40.00%

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 9,335 9,848 13,195
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 68.33% 62.63% 64.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,103 6,295 9,588
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -2.13% -2.08%
75th Percentile £675 £694 £700
90th Percentile £788 £825 £801
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 186 114 165
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.65 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.36 £26.76 £20.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £37.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £46.94 £55.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £65.29 £75.88 £77.00
England median hourly rate £25.00 £32.29 £30.00
% change year-on-year -22.58% +7.63% +16.69%

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 30 October 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 30 October 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 -22 27 £640 +11.30% 26
West London - 7 £475 - 3
East London -1 5 - - 2
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 10 (6.37%) Confluence
2 7 (4.46%) CMS
3 4 (2.55%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (1.27%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (8.28%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 29 (18.47%) Endur
2 4 (2.55%) Temenos T24
3 3 (1.91%) Aladdin
3 3 (1.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.91%) Fidessa
4 2 (1.27%) IntelliMatch
5 1 (0.64%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 1 (0.64%) Findur
5 1 (0.64%) OpenLink RightAngle
5 1 (0.64%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.64%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.64%) Oracle FAH
5 1 (0.64%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.64%) Oracle Internet Expenses
5 1 (0.64%) Oracle iProcurement
5 1 (0.64%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.64%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.64%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 23 (14.65%) Azure
2 12 (7.64%) AWS
3 8 (5.10%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (5.10%) Power Platform
4 7 (4.46%) Firebase
4 7 (4.46%) GCP
5 4 (2.55%) OpenShift
6 3 (1.91%) Miro
6 3 (1.91%) SaaS
7 1 (0.64%) dbt
7 1 (0.64%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.64%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.64%) OCI
7 1 (0.64%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.64%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.27%) Internet
2 1 (0.64%) Skype
2 1 (0.64%) VPN
2 1 (0.64%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.10%) Power BI
2 7 (4.46%) Redis
2 7 (4.46%) SQL Server
3 6 (3.82%) Tableau
4 5 (3.18%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (2.55%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.27%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.64%) Data Vault
7 1 (0.64%) Dremio
7 1 (0.64%) Metadata
7 1 (0.64%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.64%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 16 (10.19%) JIRA
2 10 (6.37%) Git
3 5 (3.18%) Bitbucket
3 5 (3.18%) Cucumber
3 5 (3.18%) Selenium
4 4 (2.55%) Postman
5 2 (1.27%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.64%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.64%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.64%) Subversion
6 1 (0.64%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 90 (57.32%) Finance
2 60 (38.22%) Social Skills
3 47 (29.94%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (29.30%) Banking
5 43 (27.39%) Front Office
6 19 (12.10%) Investment Banking
7 9 (5.73%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (4.46%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (3.82%) Telecoms
10 5 (3.18%) Automotive
10 5 (3.18%) Retail
11 4 (2.55%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.91%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (1.27%) General Ledger
13 2 (1.27%) Wholesale Banking
14 1 (0.64%) French Language
14 1 (0.64%) Japanese Language
14 1 (0.64%) Local Government
14 1 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.64%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 66 (42.04%) Analyst
2 64 (40.76%) Business Analyst
3 23 (14.65%) Developer
3 23 (14.65%) Senior
4 16 (10.19%) OpenLink Business Analyst
5 14 (8.92%) Architect
5 14 (8.92%) Endur Business Analyst
5 14 (8.92%) OpenLink Analyst
6 12 (7.64%) Endur Analyst
6 12 (7.64%) Senior Business Analyst
7 8 (5.10%) Applications Support
7 8 (5.10%) Back Office Business Analyst
7 8 (5.10%) Senior Analyst
8 7 (4.46%) Node.js Developer
8 7 (4.46%) Senior Developer
8 7 (4.46%) Support Analyst
9 6 (3.82%) Applications Support Analyst
9 6 (3.82%) Endur Architect
9 6 (3.82%) OpenLink Architect
9 6 (3.82%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.73%) XML
2 8 (5.10%) .NET
2 8 (5.10%) REST
3 7 (4.46%) Node.js
3 7 (4.46%) React
3 7 (4.46%) Web Services
4 5 (3.18%) JSON
4 5 (3.18%) Smart Contracts
5 4 (2.55%) Swagger
6 3 (1.91%) Gherkin
6 3 (1.91%) Kafka
7 2 (1.27%) ADO
7 2 (1.27%) FIX Protocol
7 2 (1.27%) Middleware
8 1 (0.64%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.64%) Spring
8 1 (0.64%) Spring Boot
8 1 (0.64%) WPF
8 1 (0.64%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 10 (6.37%) Product Ownership
2 9 (5.73%) Fixed Income
2 9 (5.73%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 8 (5.10%) Data Structures
4 7 (4.46%) Data Protection Act
4 7 (4.46%) Greenfield Project
5 6 (3.82%) Derivative
5 6 (3.82%) Equities
5 6 (3.82%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (3.18%) Algorithms
6 5 (3.18%) Blockchain
6 5 (3.18%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (3.18%) Market Risk
7 4 (2.55%) Grid Computing
7 4 (2.55%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.55%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.91%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.91%) Credit Risk
8 3 (1.91%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.46%) Linux
2 4 (2.55%) Unix
2 4 (2.55%) Windows
3 2 (1.27%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.64%) Android
4 1 (0.64%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.64%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (42.04%) Agile
2 44 (28.03%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (23.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 32 (20.38%) Migration
5 31 (19.75%) DevOps
6 24 (15.29%) Data Modelling
6 24 (15.29%) Scrum
7 23 (14.65%) ETRM
7 23 (14.65%) Risk Management
7 23 (14.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 21 (13.38%) Requirements Gathering
9 20 (12.74%) User Stories
10 19 (12.10%) Data Migration
11 18 (11.46%) Use Case
11 18 (11.46%) User Acceptance Testing
12 17 (10.83%) Project Management
13 15 (9.55%) Business Analysis
13 15 (9.55%) Data Analysis
13 15 (9.55%) Microservices
14 14 (8.92%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 34 (21.66%) SQL
2 17 (10.83%) Java
3 15 (9.55%) Python
4 14 (8.92%) C#
5 7 (4.46%) TypeScript
6 6 (3.82%) JavaScript
7 5 (3.18%) DAML
7 5 (3.18%) Haskell
8 3 (1.91%) OCaml
8 3 (1.91%) T-SQL
8 3 (1.91%) VB.NET
9 2 (1.27%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.64%) C
10 1 (0.64%) C++
10 1 (0.64%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.64%) Scala
10 1 (0.64%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 23 (14.65%) Degree
2 7 (4.46%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (3.18%) CFA
3 5 (3.18%) Master's Degree
4 3 (1.91%) PMP
4 3 (1.91%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 2 (1.27%) CBAP
5 2 (1.27%) MBA
5 2 (1.27%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.64%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (14.01%) QA
2 8 (5.10%) Data Quality
3 6 (3.82%) EMIR
4 4 (2.55%) MiFID
5 2 (1.27%) Dodd-Frank
6 1 (0.64%) Basel III
6 1 (0.64%) FINRA
6 1 (0.64%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.64%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.64%) SEPA
6 1 (0.64%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 4 (2.55%) Docker
2 1 (0.64%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (2.55%) Ansible
1 4 (2.55%) Kubernetes
1 4 (2.55%) Terraform
2 1 (0.64%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.64%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (9.55%) OpenLink
2 14 (8.92%) Microsoft
3 9 (5.73%) SAP
4 7 (4.46%) Oracle
5 6 (3.82%) ION Trading
6 5 (3.18%) Hitachi
7 4 (2.55%) Bloomberg
7 4 (2.55%) Murex
7 4 (2.55%) Temenos
8 3 (1.91%) Charles River
8 3 (1.91%) CQG
8 3 (1.91%) eFront
8 3 (1.91%) SimCorp
8 3 (1.91%) TOWER Software
8 3 (1.91%) UiPath
9 2 (1.27%) Databricks
9 2 (1.27%) FIS
9 2 (1.27%) Google
9 2 (1.27%) HubSpot
9 2 (1.27%) Workday