Back Office Contracts 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 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 205 188 226
Rank change year-on-year -17 +38 +69
Contract jobs citing Back Office 155 222 291
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.19% 1.26% 1.15%
As % of the General category 1.75% 2.02% 1.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 158 242
10th Percentile £431 £413 £463
25th Percentile £513 £486 £553
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £637 £600 £700
Median % change year-on-year +6.08% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £775 £700 £835
90th Percentile £850 £841 £850
England median daily rate £625 £593 £680
% change year-on-year +5.49% -12.87% +4.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62.50 - £16.13
Median hourly rate £65.00 £16.86 £17.07
Median % change year-on-year +285.53% -1.20% -34.37%
75th Percentile £67.50 - £18.00
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £21.73 £35.25
% change year-on-year +199.13% -38.35% +78.48%

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 8,832 10,983 16,076
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 68.00% 62.36% 63.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,891 7,822 11,723
10th Percentile £331 £336 £374
25th Percentile £425 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +2.56%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £725
90th Percentile £813 £825 £825
England median daily rate £520 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -2.80% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 233 194
10th Percentile £15.84 £16.00 £16.95
25th Percentile £24.66 £18.79 £21.25
Median hourly rate £34.00 £30.16 £32.60
Median % change year-on-year +12.73% -7.47% -8.83%
75th Percentile £51.18 £48.75 £53.94
90th Percentile £64.50 £67.60 £71.75
England median hourly rate £27.45 £32.90 £30.00
% change year-on-year -16.55% +9.65% +25.23%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Back Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Back Office in London

Back Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Back Office in London.

Daily rate trend for Back Office in London

Back Office
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Back Office in London over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Back Office in London

Back Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Back Office in London.

Hourly rate trend 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 2 July 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 -7 32 £650 +13.29% 90
West London +12 6 £475 - 3
East London +9 4 - - 2
South London -1 1 £413 -16.24% 4
North London - 1 £440 -
Back Office
England

Back Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (5.16%) Confluence
2 7 (4.52%) Oracle Workflow
3 6 (3.87%) CMS
4 1 (0.65%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.65%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.65%) WebSphere
Applications
1 9 (5.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (4.52%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.94%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.29%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.65%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 22 (14.19%) Endur
2 4 (2.58%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.94%) Temenos T24
4 2 (1.29%) Aladdin
4 2 (1.29%) Fidessa
4 2 (1.29%) MultiFonds
4 2 (1.29%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (1.29%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (1.29%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (1.29%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (1.29%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (1.29%) Oracle Internet Expenses
4 2 (1.29%) Oracle iProcurement
4 2 (1.29%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (1.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (1.29%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (1.29%) Summit
5 1 (0.65%) Advent Portfolio Exchange
5 1 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 23 (14.84%) Azure
2 17 (10.97%) AWS
3 7 (4.52%) Power Platform
4 6 (3.87%) Firebase
5 5 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (3.23%) SaaS
6 4 (2.58%) OCI
7 3 (1.94%) Miro
7 3 (1.94%) PowerApps
8 2 (1.29%) Amazon S3
8 2 (1.29%) GCP
8 2 (1.29%) OpenShift
9 1 (0.65%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 1 (0.65%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.65%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.65%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (0.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.65%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.65%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.65%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.65%) DNS
1 1 (0.65%) Internet
1 1 (0.65%) TCP/IP
1 1 (0.65%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.81%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.87%) Redis
3 5 (3.23%) Power BI
4 4 (2.58%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.29%) Data Mart
5 2 (1.29%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.29%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.65%) Data Vault
6 1 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.65%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.65%) Power Query
6 1 (0.65%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 18 (11.61%) JIRA
2 6 (3.87%) Git
3 5 (3.23%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.94%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.94%) Maven
5 2 (1.29%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.29%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (1.29%) Selenium
5 2 (1.29%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.65%) Gemini Tracker
6 1 (0.65%) IBM UrbanCode
6 1 (0.65%) Postman
6 1 (0.65%) Subversion
6 1 (0.65%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 94 (60.65%) Finance
2 51 (32.90%) Social Skills
3 33 (21.29%) Banking
4 30 (19.35%) Front Office
5 20 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (8.39%) Investment Banking
7 10 (6.45%) Retail
8 5 (3.23%) Financial Institution
8 5 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.58%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.58%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.94%) Automotive
10 3 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.94%) Marketing
11 2 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.65%) Billing
12 1 (0.65%) French Language
12 1 (0.65%) Private Banking
12 1 (0.65%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.65%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 56 (36.13%) Analyst
2 48 (30.97%) Business Analyst
3 30 (19.35%) Developer
4 20 (12.90%) Senior
5 15 (9.68%) Architect
6 13 (8.39%) Lead
6 13 (8.39%) Project Manager
7 11 (7.10%) Consultant
8 10 (6.45%) Endur Business Analyst
8 10 (6.45%) OpenLink Business Analyst
9 9 (5.81%) Endur Analyst
9 9 (5.81%) OpenLink Analyst
10 8 (5.16%) Applications Support
10 8 (5.16%) Senior Developer
11 6 (3.87%) Endur Consultant
11 6 (3.87%) OpenLink Consultant
11 6 (3.87%) Python Developer
11 6 (3.87%) Senior Analyst
11 6 (3.87%) Support Analyst
11 6 (3.87%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (6.45%) React
2 8 (5.16%) .NET
3 6 (3.87%) Node.js
3 6 (3.87%) Web Services
4 5 (3.23%) Django
4 5 (3.23%) Flask
4 5 (3.23%) Kafka
4 5 (3.23%) NumPy
4 5 (3.23%) Pandas
4 5 (3.23%) XML
5 4 (2.58%) Svelte
6 3 (1.94%) Hibernate
6 3 (1.94%) JPA
6 3 (1.94%) Murex MxML
6 3 (1.94%) REST
6 3 (1.94%) Spring
6 3 (1.94%) Spring Boot
7 2 (1.29%) CSS3
7 2 (1.29%) HTML5
7 2 (1.29%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.45%) Data Protection Act
1 10 (6.45%) Fixed Income
2 9 (5.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 9 (5.81%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 8 (5.16%) Derivative
4 7 (4.52%) Greenfield Project
4 7 (4.52%) Product Ownership
5 6 (3.87%) Data Structures
6 5 (3.23%) Algorithms
6 5 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (3.23%) Management Information System
6 5 (3.23%) Market Risk
6 5 (3.23%) PMI
6 5 (3.23%) Reference Data
7 4 (2.58%) Equities
7 4 (2.58%) Hedge funds
7 4 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.94%) EPoS
8 3 (1.94%) Interest Rate Derivative
Operating Systems
1 8 (5.16%) Windows
2 4 (2.58%) Linux
3 3 (1.94%) Unix
4 2 (1.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.65%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (26.45%) Agile
2 35 (22.58%) Stakeholder Management
3 34 (21.94%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (18.71%) Risk Management
5 22 (14.19%) Project Management
6 20 (12.90%) DevOps
7 18 (11.61%) Business Analysis
7 18 (11.61%) ETRM
7 18 (11.61%) Migration
8 16 (10.32%) Analytics
8 16 (10.32%) User Acceptance Testing
9 14 (9.03%) Asset Management
9 14 (9.03%) Investment Management
9 14 (9.03%) Project Delivery
10 13 (8.39%) User Experience
11 12 (7.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 11 (7.10%) Data Management
12 11 (7.10%) Data Protection
12 11 (7.10%) Process Improvement
12 11 (7.10%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 36 (23.23%) SQL
2 20 (12.90%) Python
3 9 (5.81%) C#
3 9 (5.81%) JavaScript
3 9 (5.81%) TypeScript
4 8 (5.16%) Java
5 7 (4.52%) PowerShell
6 5 (3.23%) Haskell
7 3 (1.94%) OCaml
8 2 (1.29%) DAML
8 2 (1.29%) T-SQL
8 2 (1.29%) VBA
9 1 (0.65%) Ruby
9 1 (0.65%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 18 (11.61%) Degree
2 8 (5.16%) PMI Certification
3 5 (3.23%) PMP
4 3 (1.94%) Master's Degree
4 3 (1.94%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 2 (1.29%) CBAP
5 2 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.65%) APMP
6 1 (0.65%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.65%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.65%) IIBA
6 1 (0.65%) ISEB
6 1 (0.65%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.65%) MBA
6 1 (0.65%) MCP
6 1 (0.65%) MCSA
6 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.03%) QA
2 13 (8.39%) EMIR
3 11 (7.10%) MiFID
4 4 (2.58%) PMO
5 1 (0.65%) Dodd-Frank
5 1 (0.65%) FINRA
5 1 (0.65%) GDPR
5 1 (0.65%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.65%) SEPA
5 1 (0.65%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (1.94%) Docker
2 1 (0.65%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.65%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 3 (1.94%) Terraform
2 2 (1.29%) Ansible
2 2 (1.29%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.65%) SCCM
3 1 (0.65%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 13 (8.39%) OpenLink
2 12 (7.74%) Microsoft
3 11 (7.10%) Oracle
4 7 (4.52%) Bloomberg
4 7 (4.52%) Murex
5 5 (3.23%) Charles River
5 5 (3.23%) SAP
5 5 (3.23%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.58%) Databricks
6 4 (2.58%) Temenos
7 3 (1.94%) Hitachi
7 3 (1.94%) ION Trading
7 3 (1.94%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.29%) Atlassian
8 2 (1.29%) Concur
8 2 (1.29%) CQG
8 2 (1.29%) HubSpot
8 2 (1.29%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.29%) Splunk
8 2 (1.29%) Sybase