Back Office Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

Back Office
North West > Merseyside

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in contract job vacancies in Merseyside. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Back Office over the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 32 -
Rank change year-on-year +3 - -
Contract jobs citing Back Office 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 0.51% 0.42% -
As % of the General category 0.89% 0.88% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £531 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 - -
75th Percentile £544 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £538 - £53
% change year-on-year - - -87.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £18.07 -
North West median hourly rate - £18.07 £52.00
% change year-on-year - -65.26% -

All General Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 112 114 130
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 56.85% 48.31% 60.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 51 79
10th Percentile £160 £153 £224
25th Percentile £212 £200 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £428 £365 £500
Median % change year-on-year +17.26% -27.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile £520 £465 £563
90th Percentile £659 £588 £600
North West median daily rate £450 £489 £500
% change year-on-year -7.98% -2.20% +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 11 12
10th Percentile - £17.44 -
25th Percentile £12.21 £18.03 £16.25
Median hourly rate £13.70 £22.88 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year -40.13% +25.34% +4.29%
75th Percentile £16.88 £38.00 £27.73
90th Percentile £21.52 £54.00 £47.90
North West median hourly rate £23.57 £35.00 £21.18
% change year-on-year -32.67% +65.25% -0.63%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Back Office relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.

Back Office job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Back Office
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Back Office.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Back Office

Back Office
Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Back Office.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Back Office

Back Office
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

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 Merseyside region over the 6 months to 9 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
Liverpool -1 1 £538 - 1
Back Office
North West

Back Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) IVR
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing