Back Office Contract Job Trends in North London

Back Office
London > North London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in contract job vacancies in North London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Back Office over the 6 months leading up to 25 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 9 -
Rank change year-on-year -2 - -
Contract jobs citing Back Office 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in North London 3.57% 4.76% -
As % of the General category 4.00% 5.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £440 -
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
London median daily rate £650 £648 £525
% change year-on-year +0.31% +23.43% -22.22%

All General Skills
North 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 general skills in North London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 25 20 8
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in North London 89.29% 95.24% 42.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 16 6
10th Percentile £366 £244 £344
25th Percentile £400 £449 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 £383
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +43.79% -19.47%
75th Percentile £561 £650 £539
90th Percentile £575 - £592
London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £45.00 -
London median hourly rate £28.40 £31.49 £36.00
% change year-on-year -9.83% -12.53% +3.99%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in North London

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

Back Office job vacancy trend in North London

Back Office
Daily Rate Trend in North London

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

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

Back Office
Hourly Rate Trend in North London

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

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

Back Office
Contract Job Locations in North 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 North London region over the 6 months to 25 August 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
Enfield - 1 £400 - 1
Back Office
London

Back Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in North 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Testing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Case Management
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) Verint