Back Office Contracts in South London

Back Office
London > South London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in contract job vacancies in South London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Back Office over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 41 48
Rank change year-on-year +7 +7 +4
Contract jobs citing Back Office 1 2 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South London 0.54% 0.83% 1.53%
As % of the General category 0.80% 1.50% 2.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 6
10th Percentile - £463 £925
25th Percentile £406 £471 £950
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £493 £975
Median % change year-on-year -16.24% -49.49% +95.00%
75th Percentile £419 £516 £1,038
90th Percentile - £524 £1,050
London median daily rate £650 £625 £680
% change year-on-year +4.00% -8.09% +4.62%

All General Skills
South London

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 South London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 125 133 261
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South London 67.93% 55.19% 66.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 82 200
10th Percentile £348 £200 £298
25th Percentile £450 £400 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -13.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £675 £571 £697
90th Percentile £938 £634 £850
London median daily rate £575 £575 £600
% change year-on-year - -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 15 13
10th Percentile - £16.06 £18.75
25th Percentile - £17.13 £20.00
Median hourly rate £15.84 £23.50 £23.46
Median % change year-on-year -32.60% +0.17% -49.32%
75th Percentile £20.38 £61.49 £50.42
90th Percentile £73.96 £83.75 £52.46
London median hourly rate £34.00 £28.50 £32.25
% change year-on-year +19.30% -11.63% -11.64%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

Job vacancy trend for Back Office in South London

Back Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Back Office in South London.

Daily rate trend for Back Office in South London

Back Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Back Office in South London.

Hourly rate trend for Back Office in South London

Back Office
Contract Job Locations in South London

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 London region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Merton - 1 £413 - 2
Back Office
London

Back Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South London 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Test Leader
1 1 (100.00%) Test Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing