Back Office Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Back Office
Wales > South Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in contract job vacancies in South Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Back Office over the 6 months leading up to 1 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Back Office 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.76% - -
As % of the General category 1.46% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £528 - -
25th Percentile £531 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £631 - -
90th Percentile £643 - -
Wales median daily rate £550 - -

All General Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 205 155 153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 51.90% 52.90% 41.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 84 93
10th Percentile £206 £163 £143
25th Percentile £290 £209 £204
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £370 £423
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -12.43% -9.87%
75th Percentile £488 £508 £588
90th Percentile £644 £625 £625
Wales median daily rate £400 £375 £424
% change year-on-year +6.67% -11.50% -10.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 25 23
10th Percentile £12.21 £17.65 £11.17
25th Percentile £15.21 £20.12 £12.96
Median hourly rate £18.69 £24.00 £25.18
Median % change year-on-year -22.15% -4.69% +51.37%
75th Percentile £37.81 £41.25 £54.50
90th Percentile £83.25 £45.00 £81.54
Wales median hourly rate £18.34 £24.00 £22.68
% change year-on-year -23.58% +5.82% +19.18%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Back Office job vacancy trend in South Wales

Back Office
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

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

Back Office
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

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

Back Office
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 1 March 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
Bridgend - 2 £575 - 1
Cardiff - 1 - - 1
Back Office
Wales

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

General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Transformation Director
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Data Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Operations Director
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) AI
1 2 (66.67%) Change Management
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Cost Optimisation
1 2 (66.67%) Culture Change
1 2 (66.67%) Digital Enablement
1 2 (66.67%) Workflow
2 1 (33.33%) Data Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Data Transformation
2 1 (33.33%) ERP