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

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 250 201 191
Rank change year-on-year -49 -10 +38
Contract jobs citing Back Office 131 182 219
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.91% 1.23% 1.19%
As % of the General category 1.38% 1.91% 1.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 129 175
10th Percentile £360 £400 £455
25th Percentile £464 £450 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -4.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £759 £750 £824
90th Percentile £953 £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 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 9,486 9,542 11,896
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 66.15% 64.44% 64.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,170 6,078 8,550
10th Percentile £347 £325 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £673 £700 £700
90th Percentile £775 £817 £800
England median daily rate £500 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 180 117 165
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.40 £17.10
25th Percentile £20.82 £24.18 £20.50
Median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.86% +7.69% -3.45%
75th Percentile £44.81 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £69.42 £78.40 £77.00
England median hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -21.67% -9.09% +28.35%

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 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 28 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 -32 21 £625 -3.85% 37
East London -6 2 - - 3
West London -15 2 £475 - 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 5 (3.82%) CMS
1 5 (3.82%) Confluence
2 2 (1.53%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.76%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.76%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 11 (8.40%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.53%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 21 (16.03%) Endur
2 3 (2.29%) Fidessa
3 2 (1.53%) Aladdin
3 2 (1.53%) IntelliMatch
4 1 (0.76%) Bloomberg AIM
4 1 (0.76%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 1 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.76%) Findur
4 1 (0.76%) Maximo
4 1 (0.76%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.76%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.76%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.76%) Oracle FAH
4 1 (0.76%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.76%) Oracle Internet Expenses
4 1 (0.76%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.76%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.76%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.76%) PORTIA
4 1 (0.76%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 18 (13.74%) Azure
2 11 (8.40%) Power Platform
3 10 (7.63%) AWS
4 7 (5.34%) GCP
5 6 (4.58%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (2.29%) SaaS
7 2 (1.53%) Firebase
7 2 (1.53%) OCI
7 2 (1.53%) OpenShift
7 2 (1.53%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.76%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.76%) dbt
8 1 (0.76%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.76%) Figma
8 1 (0.76%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.76%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.76%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 1 (0.76%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.53%) Internet
2 1 (0.76%) Skype
2 1 (0.76%) VPN
2 1 (0.76%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.63%) Power BI
2 7 (5.34%) Tableau
3 5 (3.82%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (3.05%) SQL Server
5 3 (2.29%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.53%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.53%) Redis
7 1 (0.76%) Data Mart
7 1 (0.76%) Dremio
7 1 (0.76%) Metadata
7 1 (0.76%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 9 (6.87%) JIRA
2 6 (4.58%) Git
3 5 (3.82%) Cucumber
3 5 (3.82%) Selenium
4 4 (3.05%) Postman
5 3 (2.29%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.76%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.76%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.76%) Visual Studio
General
1 71 (54.20%) Finance
2 51 (38.93%) Social Skills
3 41 (31.30%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (29.77%) Front Office
5 35 (26.72%) Banking
6 18 (13.74%) Investment Banking
7 7 (5.34%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (4.58%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (3.05%) Financial Institution
10 3 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (2.29%) Retail
11 2 (1.53%) Automotive
11 2 (1.53%) General Ledger
11 2 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.53%) Local Government
11 2 (1.53%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.53%) Retail Banking
11 2 (1.53%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.53%) Wholesale Banking
12 1 (0.76%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 49 (37.40%) Business Analyst
2 47 (35.88%) Analyst
3 16 (12.21%) Developer
4 14 (10.69%) Architect
5 13 (9.92%) Senior
6 12 (9.16%) OpenLink Business Analyst
7 11 (8.40%) OpenLink Analyst
8 10 (7.63%) Endur Business Analyst
9 9 (6.87%) Endur Analyst
10 8 (6.11%) Lead
11 7 (5.34%) Back Office Business Analyst
11 7 (5.34%) Senior Business Analyst
11 7 (5.34%) Solutions Architect
12 6 (4.58%) Asset Management Analyst
12 6 (4.58%) Asset Management Business Analyst
13 5 (3.82%) Consultant
13 5 (3.82%) Technical Business Analyst
14 4 (3.05%) Applications Support
14 4 (3.05%) Business Intelligence Developer
14 4 (3.05%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.63%) XML
2 8 (6.11%) .NET
2 8 (6.11%) REST
3 5 (3.82%) ADO
4 4 (3.05%) React
5 3 (2.29%) Gherkin
5 3 (2.29%) JSON
5 3 (2.29%) Smart Contracts
6 2 (1.53%) FIX Protocol
6 2 (1.53%) Kafka
6 2 (1.53%) Node.js
6 2 (1.53%) Swagger
6 2 (1.53%) Web Services
6 2 (1.53%) WPF
7 1 (0.76%) Middleware
7 1 (0.76%) Murex MxML
7 1 (0.76%) PyTorch
7 1 (0.76%) scikit-learn
7 1 (0.76%) Spring Boot
7 1 (0.76%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 11 (8.40%) Equities
3 9 (6.87%) Product Ownership
4 8 (6.11%) Derivative
5 7 (5.34%) Fixed Income
6 6 (4.58%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 5 (3.82%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (3.82%) Onboarding
8 4 (3.05%) Data Structures
9 3 (2.29%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (2.29%) Blockchain
9 3 (2.29%) Reference Data
9 3 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (1.53%) Cloud Native
10 2 (1.53%) Credit Risk
10 2 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (1.53%) Grid Computing
10 2 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.53%) Renewable Energy
11 1 (0.76%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.87%) Linux
2 3 (2.29%) Unix
2 3 (2.29%) Windows
3 2 (1.53%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.76%) Android
4 1 (0.76%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (38.93%) Agile
2 30 (22.90%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (21.37%) Stakeholder Management
4 27 (20.61%) Migration
5 22 (16.79%) Data Modelling
5 22 (16.79%) DevOps
6 21 (16.03%) Scrum
7 18 (13.74%) Data Migration
7 18 (13.74%) User Acceptance Testing
8 17 (12.98%) Use Case
9 16 (12.21%) ETRM
9 16 (12.21%) Requirements Gathering
9 16 (12.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 15 (11.45%) Business Analysis
11 14 (10.69%) Data Integration
11 14 (10.69%) User Stories
12 13 (9.92%) Risk Management
12 13 (9.92%) Roadmaps
12 13 (9.92%) SDLC
13 11 (8.40%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (24.43%) SQL
2 15 (11.45%) Python
3 13 (9.92%) Java
4 12 (9.16%) C#
5 3 (2.29%) DAML
5 3 (2.29%) JavaScript
5 3 (2.29%) VB.NET
6 2 (1.53%) C++
6 2 (1.53%) Scala
6 2 (1.53%) T-SQL
6 2 (1.53%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.76%) C
7 1 (0.76%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.76%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.76%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 22 (16.79%) Degree
2 9 (6.87%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (3.82%) CFA
4 2 (1.53%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.53%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.76%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.76%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.76%) MBA
5 1 (0.76%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (11.45%) QA
2 9 (6.87%) Data Quality
3 5 (3.82%) EMIR
3 5 (3.82%) MiFID
4 1 (0.76%) Basel III
4 1 (0.76%) Dodd-Frank
4 1 (0.76%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.76%) SLA
4 1 (0.76%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 2 (1.53%) Docker
2 1 (0.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.53%) Ansible
1 2 (1.53%) Kubernetes
1 2 (1.53%) Terraform
2 1 (0.76%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.76%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (9.16%) Microsoft
1 12 (9.16%) OpenLink
2 9 (6.87%) SAP
3 6 (4.58%) Bloomberg
4 5 (3.82%) ION Trading
5 4 (3.05%) Charles River
5 4 (3.05%) Murex
5 4 (3.05%) Oracle
5 4 (3.05%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.29%) eFront
6 3 (2.29%) SimCorp
6 3 (2.29%) UiPath
7 2 (1.53%) CQG
7 2 (1.53%) Databricks
7 2 (1.53%) Google
7 2 (1.53%) Hitachi
7 2 (1.53%) TOWER Software
7 2 (1.53%) Workday
8 1 (0.76%) Ariba
8 1 (0.76%) Red Hat