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 3 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 192 148 188
Rank change year-on-year -44 +40 +4
Contract jobs citing Back Office 25 9 10
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.40% 0.28% 0.18%
As % of the General category 0.79% 0.46% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 1 6
10th Percentile £590 - £278
25th Percentile £625 £345 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £350 £455
Median % change year-on-year +85.71% -23.08% -24.17%
75th Percentile £675 £355 £629
90th Percentile - - £650
England median daily rate £600 £625 £575
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -15.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 0
10th Percentile £12.60 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £13.45 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £13.45 £65.00 £21.73
% change year-on-year -79.31% +199.13% -38.35%

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 general skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 3,174 1,944 2,788
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 50.25% 60.28% 48.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,807 1,207 1,517
10th Percentile £263 £205 £213
25th Percentile £405 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% - -
75th Percentile £613 £588 £608
90th Percentile £700 £669 £688
England median daily rate £525 £519 £535
% change year-on-year +1.25% -3.08% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 419 166 334
10th Percentile £13.99 £13.00 £12.88
25th Percentile £21.35 £14.59 £18.32
Median hourly rate £47.54 £18.87 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +151.93% -58.07% -10.00%
75th Percentile £82.25 £52.90 £61.53
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £71.75
England median hourly rate £32.50 £27.39 £32.90
% change year-on-year +18.67% -16.74% +9.65%

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
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 3 July 2026. 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 -27 13 £588 - 2
Kent - 12 £650 - 1
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.00%) AWS
1 2 (8.00%) Azure
2 1 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) SONET
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) JIRA
General
1 11 (44.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (24.00%) Architect
1 6 (24.00%) Customer Service Advisor
1 6 (24.00%) Integration Architect
1 6 (24.00%) Lead
2 2 (8.00%) Analyst
2 2 (8.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (8.00%) Business IT Analyst
2 2 (8.00%) IT Analyst
2 2 (8.00%) IT Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (44.00%) Customer Service
1 11 (44.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (8.00%) Agile
2 2 (8.00%) Migration
3 1 (4.00%) DevOps
3 1 (4.00%) Epics
3 1 (4.00%) Kanban
3 1 (4.00%) Scrum
3 1 (4.00%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (4.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (4.00%) User Stories
Vendors
1 1 (4.00%) Databricks