Back Office Contract Job Trends in the North East

Back Office
England > North East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in contract job vacancies in the North East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Back Office over the 6 months leading up to 22 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Back Office 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.80% - -
As % of the General category 1.65% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
England median daily rate £613 £625 £573
% change year-on-year -2.00% +9.17% -13.45%

All General Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 364 160 137
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 48.79% 53.33% 50.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 107 79
10th Percentile £306 £200 £273
25th Percentile £368 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £460 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -8.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £548 £537 £594
90th Percentile £650 £590 £700
England median daily rate £525 £513 £538
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 14 13
10th Percentile £17.00 - £11.44
25th Percentile £35.00 £11.60 £12.13
Median hourly rate £53.75 £14.00 £12.25
Median % change year-on-year +284.07% +14.24% -37.18%
75th Percentile £70.00 £19.70 £20.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £20.63 £22.55
England median hourly rate £33.99 £26.04 £35.86
% change year-on-year +30.53% -27.37% +19.42%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Back Office job vacancy trend in the North East

Back Office
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Back Office.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Back Office

Back Office
Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Back Office.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Back Office

Back Office
Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 North East region over the 6 months to 22 July 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
Tyne and Wear - 4 £600 - 3
Durham - 2 £600 - 1
Back Office
England

Back Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 3 (50.00%) Architect
1 3 (50.00%) Consultant
1 3 (50.00%) IFS Consultant
1 3 (50.00%) Oracle Architect
1 3 (50.00%) Transformation Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) ServiceNow Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle Solutions Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) Oracle Fusion
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) ERP
1 3 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) IFS
1 3 (50.00%) Oracle
2 2 (33.33%) ServiceNow