Back Office Contract Job Trends in the South West

Back Office
England > South West

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

6 months to
8 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 142 155
Rank change year-on-year +24 +13 +16
Contract jobs citing Back Office 6 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.31% 0.039% 0.16%
As % of the General category 0.53% 0.075% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £671 - £395
25th Percentile £754 - £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £803 - £415
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.21%
75th Percentile £805 - £433
90th Percentile - - £436
England median daily rate £650 £520 £650
% change year-on-year +25.00% -20.00% -5.80%

All General Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,130 1,334 1,476
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 57.56% 52.31% 46.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 639 737 1,012
10th Percentile £200 £213 £300
25th Percentile £339 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £656
90th Percentile £707 £725 £725
England median daily rate £500 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -5.66% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 139 151
10th Percentile £13.50 £15.62 £15.61
25th Percentile £15.35 £31.97 £35.00
Median hourly rate £24.00 £65.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -63.08% +15.06% +2.71%
75th Percentile £38.94 £72.50 £69.62
90th Percentile £67.13 £75.00 £80.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% +16.67% +20.00%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Back Office job vacancy trend in the South West

Back Office
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Back Office
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for Back Office in the South West

Back Office
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Back Office
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 8 October 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
Bristol - 4 £803 - 7
Back Office
England

Back Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Architect
1 6 (100.00%) SOC Architect
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) NCSC
1 6 (100.00%) NIST
2 3 (50.00%) JSP 440