The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in contract job vacancies advertised in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Back Office over the 6 months to 30 July 2021 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
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 West with a requirement for common skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills
1,684
1,003
2,389
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West
49.49%
44.72%
45.15%
Number of daily rates quoted
1,148
627
1,517
10th Percentile
£233
£203
£250
25th Percentile
£350
£313
£340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£440
£413
£425
Median % change year-on-year
+6.67%
-2.94%
+6.25%
75th Percentile
£533
£525
£505
90th Percentile
£625
£600
£600
England median daily rate
£513
£495
£475
% change year-on-year
+3.54%
+4.21%
+1.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted
115
65
134
10th Percentile
£10.92
£11.22
£12.50
25th Percentile
£14.84
£14.25
£14.25
Median hourly rate
£19.00
£19.00
£20.50
Median % change year-on-year
-
-7.32%
+5.67%
75th Percentile
£42.60
£33.75
£33.14
90th Percentile
£61.35
£65.25
£50.00
England median hourly rate
£19.03
£20.63
£19.97
% change year-on-year
-7.77%
+3.34%
+6.76%
Back Office Job Vacancy Trend in the North West
Job postings citing Back Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.
Back Office Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Back Office in the North West.
Back Office Daily Rate Histogram in the North West
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Back Office in the North West over the 6 months to 30 July 2021.
Back Office Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Back Office in the North West.
Back Office Contract Job Locations in the North West
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 West region over the 6 months to 30 July 2021. 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
Back Office Top 13 Co-occurring IT Skills in the North West
For the 6 months to 30 July 2021, IT contractor jobs citing Back Office also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North West region with a requirement for Back Office.
Back Office Co-occurring IT Skills in the North West by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
