Back Office Contract Job Trends in Tower Hamlets

Back Office
East London > Tower Hamlets

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in contract job vacancies in Tower Hamlets. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Back Office over the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Back Office 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Tower Hamlets 9.09% - -
As % of the General category 12.20% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
East London median daily rate - £440 £600
% change year-on-year - -26.67% +33.33%

All General Skills
Tower Hamlets

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 Tower Hamlets.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 41 33 98
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tower Hamlets 74.55% 52.38% 57.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 30 84
10th Percentile £409 £470 £454
25th Percentile £495 £496 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £540 £582
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.18% +10.14%
75th Percentile £765 £638 £650
90th Percentile £1,000 £653 £753
East London median daily rate £506 £498 £585
% change year-on-year +1.76% -14.96% +23.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £28.14 - -
25th Percentile £32.61 - -
Median hourly rate £40.08 - £14.18
75th Percentile £47.54 - £15.52
90th Percentile £52.02 - £16.32
East London median hourly rate £25.15 - £14.18
% change year-on-year - - -43.28%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Tower Hamlets

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

Back Office job vacancy trend in Tower Hamlets

Back Office
Daily Rate Trend in Tower Hamlets

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tower Hamlets citing Back Office.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tower Hamlets citing Back Office

Back Office
Hourly Rate Trend in Tower Hamlets

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tower Hamlets citing Back Office.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tower Hamlets citing Back Office

Back Office
Contract Job Locations in Tower Hamlets

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 Tower Hamlets region over the 6 months to 13 December 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
Canary Wharf - 5 - -
Back Office
East London

Back Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tower Hamlets 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:

Business Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) AWS
1 3 (60.00%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) MongoDB
General
1 5 (100.00%) Automotive
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
1 5 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Architect
1 3 (60.00%) Endur Architect
1 3 (60.00%) OpenLink Architect
1 3 (60.00%) Technical Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Back Office Business Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Endur Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Endur Business Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) OpenLink Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) OpenLink Business Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Principal Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) JSON
1 3 (60.00%) React
1 3 (60.00%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (60.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (60.00%) Grid Computing
2 3 (60.00%) Product Ownership
3 2 (40.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) AI
1 5 (100.00%) DevOps
1 5 (100.00%) Digital Engineering
1 5 (100.00%) Digital Innovation
2 3 (60.00%) Analytical Modelling
2 3 (60.00%) API Design
2 3 (60.00%) Batch Processing
2 3 (60.00%) Business Strategy
2 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (60.00%) Containerisation
2 3 (60.00%) Cost Optimisation
2 3 (60.00%) Data Architecture
2 3 (60.00%) Data Migration
2 3 (60.00%) ETRM
2 3 (60.00%) Microservices
2 3 (60.00%) Portfolio Management
2 3 (60.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 3 (60.00%) Technical Architecture
2 3 (60.00%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) C#
1 3 (60.00%) Java
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
1 2 (40.00%) Master's Degree
1 2 (40.00%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) QA
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Ansible
1 3 (60.00%) Kubernetes
1 3 (60.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Hitachi
2 2 (40.00%) ION Trading
2 2 (40.00%) OpenLink
2 2 (40.00%) SAP