Back Office Contract Job Trends in the South East

Back Office
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Back Office over the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 168 172 203
Rank change year-on-year +4 +31 +16
Contract jobs citing Back Office 9 7 14
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.23% 0.17% 0.26%
As % of the General category 0.40% 0.31% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 13
10th Percentile £230 £287 £363
25th Percentile £294 £334 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% -17.15% -8.80%
75th Percentile £531 £619 £514
90th Percentile £595 £728 £700
England median daily rate £648 £530 £650
% change year-on-year +22.26% -18.46% -7.14%

All General Skills
South 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 common skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,244 2,240 3,073
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 57.79% 54.09% 56.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,425 1,286 1,947
10th Percentile £200 £216 £207
25th Percentile £340 £363 £371
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% - -
75th Percentile £578 £608 £615
90th Percentile £664 £688 £700
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 246 117 167
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.50 £15.95
25th Percentile £15.50 £26.00 £24.00
Median hourly rate £20.40 £52.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.14% +5.00% +55.26%
75th Percentile £30.09 £70.00 £63.15
90th Percentile £71.75 £75.00 £75.49
England median hourly rate £25.00 £31.56 £30.48
% change year-on-year -20.79% +3.56% +18.53%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Back Office job vacancy trend in the South East

Back Office
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Back Office
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Back Office in the South East over the 6 months to 8 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Back Office in the South East

Back Office
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Back Office
Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South East region over the 6 months to 8 November 2025. 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
Hampshire - 5 £200 - 3
Berkshire +11 3 - - 30
Thames Valley -2 3 - - 32
West Sussex -10 1 £625 -21.88% 2
Back Office
England

Back Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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:

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (11.11%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) DHCP
1 1 (11.11%) DNS
1 1 (11.11%) Firewall
1 1 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (66.67%) Finance
2 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Front Office
3 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Architect
2 2 (22.22%) PMO Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Transformation Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Lead
3 1 (11.11%) Lead Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Lead Solutions Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
1 1 (11.11%) Fat Client
1 1 (11.11%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
2 1 (11.11%) Linux
2 1 (11.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) AI
2 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (33.33%) PRINCE2
4 2 (22.22%) Roadmaps
4 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (22.22%) Technology Transformation
5 1 (11.11%) Agile
5 1 (11.11%) Architectural Patterns
5 1 (11.11%) Architecture Roadmap
5 1 (11.11%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
5 1 (11.11%) DevOps
5 1 (11.11%) ERP
5 1 (11.11%) Inventory Management
5 1 (11.11%) Product Roadmap
5 1 (11.11%) Project Governance
5 1 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) TOGAF
5 1 (11.11%) Waterfall
5 1 (11.11%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) ACCA
1 4 (44.44%) CIMA
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) PMO
2 1 (11.11%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
1 1 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) Citrix
2 1 (11.11%) VMware