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 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 150 173 188
Rank change year-on-year +23 +15 +58
Contract jobs citing Back Office 12 9 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.34% 0.19% 0.38%
As % of the General category 0.59% 0.38% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 15
10th Percentile £219 £269 £428
25th Percentile £266 £289 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £363 £513
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% -29.34% -10.78%
75th Percentile £496 £491 £563
90th Percentile £581 £586 £700
England median daily rate £637 £520 £650
% change year-on-year +22.40% -20.00% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £53.50
25th Percentile - - £55.00
Median hourly rate - - £58.75
75th Percentile - - £61.25
90th Percentile - - £62.00
England median hourly rate £43.00 £18.07 £35.32
% change year-on-year +138.03% -48.85% +35.83%

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 2,046 2,360 3,177
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 58.66% 51.04% 57.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,275 1,311 2,101
10th Percentile £200 £214 £213
25th Percentile £350 £363 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - -
75th Percentile £588 £609 £625
90th Percentile £675 £688 £713
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 184 188 168
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.77 £15.15
25th Percentile £14.28 £29.44 £22.28
Median hourly rate £18.85 £57.35 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -67.14% +9.24% +133.33%
75th Percentile £47.80 £70.00 £65.40
90th Percentile £76.75 £77.14 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.85 £27.50
% change year-on-year -35.26% +41.27% +10.93%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Back Office 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 18 September 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 18 September 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
Thames Valley +17 5 - - 11
Berkshire +16 5 - - 10
Hampshire - 5 £200 -
Surrey +6 1 £350 -26.32% 5
West Sussex -2 1 £625 -
Back Office
England

Back Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (8.33%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) DHCP
1 1 (8.33%) DNS
1 1 (8.33%) Firewall
1 1 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (50.00%) Finance
2 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Banking
4 1 (8.33%) Front Office
4 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Architect
1 4 (33.33%) Consultant
2 3 (25.00%) Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Automation Architect
3 2 (16.67%) PMO Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Transformation Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Back Office Business Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Business Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Lead
4 1 (8.33%) Lead Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Lead Solutions Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Migration Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
1 1 (8.33%) Fat Client
1 1 (8.33%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
2 1 (8.33%) Apple iOS
2 1 (8.33%) Linux
2 1 (8.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (8.33%) Windows Server
2 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 3 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 2 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
4 2 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
4 2 (16.67%) Technology Roadmap
4 2 (16.67%) Technology Transformation
4 2 (16.67%) Thought Leadership
5 1 (8.33%) Business Strategy
5 1 (8.33%) Business Transformation
5 1 (8.33%) Customer Service
5 1 (8.33%) Inventory Management
5 1 (8.33%) Project Governance
5 1 (8.33%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (8.33%) Waterfall
5 1 (8.33%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) ACCA
1 4 (33.33%) CIMA
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) PMO
2 1 (8.33%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (8.33%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle
2 1 (8.33%) Citrix
2 1 (8.33%) VMware