Back Office Contract Job Trends in Peterborough

Back Office
Cambridgeshire > Peterborough

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

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Back Office 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Peterborough 1.54% - -
As % of the General category 2.04% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £185 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 - -
75th Percentile £195 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £450 - -

All General Skills
Peterborough

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 Peterborough.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 49 53 116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Peterborough 75.38% 56.99% 59.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 14 6
10th Percentile £169 £178 £106
25th Percentile £179 £195 £183
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £345 £200 £260
Median % change year-on-year +72.50% -23.08% -35.00%
75th Percentile £523 £422 £356
90th Percentile £566 £450 £419
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £500 £484 £425
% change year-on-year +3.36% +13.82% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 30 93
10th Percentile £13.33 £14.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £14.03 £15.81 £15.50
Median hourly rate £14.22 £18.54 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year -23.28% +14.20% +11.93%
75th Percentile £15.75 £29.29 £21.37
90th Percentile £18.29 £31.00 £21.46
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £14.50 £18.01 £16.23
% change year-on-year -19.49% +10.97% +11.93%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Peterborough

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

Back Office job vacancy trend in Peterborough

Back Office
Daily Rate Trend in Peterborough

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

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

Back Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Peterborough 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Meraki