Back Office Contracts in the North of England

Back Office
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Back Office over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 178 201 203
Rank change year-on-year +23 +2 -30
Contract jobs citing Back Office 6 9 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.13% 0.16% 0.70%
As % of the General category 0.23% 0.28% 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 30
10th Percentile - £319 £300
25th Percentile £363 £347 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £375 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -25.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £388 £472 £525
90th Percentile - £624 £581
England median daily rate £625 £675 £625
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% +9.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £16.97
25th Percentile - - £17.48
Median hourly rate - - £19.30
75th Percentile - - £21.47
90th Percentile - - £22.19
England median hourly rate £22.50 £35.25 £17.25
% change year-on-year -36.17% +104.35% -15.25%

All General Skills
North of England

Back Office is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,572 3,203 3,647
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 54.79% 55.28% 50.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,515 2,210 2,596
10th Percentile £256 £300 £205
25th Percentile £400 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% +5.32% +7.95%
75th Percentile £582 £600 £560
90th Percentile £670 £688 £650
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 310 96 185
10th Percentile £12.11 £14.40 £11.19
25th Percentile £13.30 £17.25 £14.94
Median hourly rate £16.06 £25.50 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year -37.02% +36.00% +1.30%
75th Percentile £28.56 £38.75 £31.00
90th Percentile £48.75 £53.17 £50.37
England median hourly rate £30.16 £32.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -7.20% +51.16% -4.44%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Back Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Back Office in the North of England

Back Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Back Office in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Back Office in the North of England

Back Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Back Office in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Back Office in the North of England

Back Office
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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
North West +20 3 - - 22
Yorkshire +17 3 £375 - 8
Back Office
England

Back Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (16.67%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (16.67%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) DHCP
1 1 (16.67%) DNS
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
1 1 (16.67%) LAN
1 1 (16.67%) NetScaler
1 1 (16.67%) WAN
1 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (16.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (83.33%) Finance
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Mandarin Language
2 3 (50.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) IT Manager
1 2 (33.33%) IT Project Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 2 (33.33%) SAP Manager
1 2 (33.33%) SAP Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) 2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Coordinator
2 1 (16.67%) Finance Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Finance Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) IT Finance Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Project Coordinator
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Financial Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Client/Server
1 1 (16.67%) LIMS
1 1 (16.67%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Project Planning
1 3 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 2 (33.33%) Cost Management
2 2 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
2 2 (33.33%) Project Governance
2 2 (33.33%) Resource Management
2 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Supplier Management
3 1 (16.67%) Database Migration
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (16.67%) vSphere
1 1 (16.67%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) SAP
2 1 (16.67%) Aruba
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) Citrix
2 1 (16.67%) Fortinet
2 1 (16.67%) HP
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) NetApp
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) Sophos
2 1 (16.67%) VMware