Back Office Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Back Office
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in contract job vacancies in South Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Back Office over the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 70 56
Rank change year-on-year -31 -14 0
Contract jobs citing Back Office 3 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 0.27% 0.16% 0.45%
As % of the General category 0.44% 0.22% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £194 - -
25th Percentile £251 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £346 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year -39.80% - -
75th Percentile £442 - -
90th Percentile £499 - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £155 £358 -
% change year-on-year -56.55% - -

All General Skills
South Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 682 446 281
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 61.00% 69.91% 62.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 463 295 146
10th Percentile £358 £279 £244
25th Percentile £420 £367 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £460 £507
Median % change year-on-year +8.80% -9.27% -9.63%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £588
90th Percentile £675 £620 £650
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £471 £500
% change year-on-year +6.09% -5.74% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 7 6
10th Percentile £21.11 £14.54 £15.88
25th Percentile £24.88 £15.00 £20.13
Median hourly rate £30.96 £18.21 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +70.04% -13.31% +7.69%
75th Percentile £36.61 £18.40 £21.88
90th Percentile - £18.50 £22.00
Yorkshire median hourly rate £24.00 £18.87 £19.00
% change year-on-year +27.19% -0.68% -

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Back Office job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Back Office
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

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

Back Office
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Back Office in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 16 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Back Office in South Yorkshire

Back Office
Hourly Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

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

Back Office
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 16 September 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
Sheffield -27 3 £346 -39.80% 2
Back Office
Yorkshire

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

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) ATM
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Front Office
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) EPoS Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Equity Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Equities
1 2 (66.67%) Product Ownership
1 2 (66.67%) Virtual Team
2 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
2 1 (33.33%) EPoS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
1 2 (66.67%) Observability
1 2 (66.67%) Order Management
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Regulatory Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Java
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) MiFID
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