Back Office Contracts

Back Office
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Back Office over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 298 373 424
Rank change year-on-year +75 +51 -19
Contract jobs citing Back Office 316 386 510
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.73% 0.65% 0.57%
As % of the General category 1.26% 1.12% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 292 369
10th Percentile £418 £414 £413
25th Percentile £513 £525 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £675 £625
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £738 £825 £725
90th Percentile £850 £873 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £560 £612 £476
% change year-on-year -8.53% +28.56% +5.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 8 8
10th Percentile £12.30 £14.88 £11.81
25th Percentile £16.86 £16.10 £12.21
Median hourly rate £21.73 £18.78 £19.30
Median % change year-on-year +15.69% -2.68% -5.18%
75th Percentile £23.75 £51.88 £48.53
90th Percentile - £59.00 £63.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.12 £35.25 £19.30
% change year-on-year -37.26% +82.64% -16.85%

All General Skills
UK

Back Office is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 25,090 34,580 49,855
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 58.15% 58.46% 56.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,823 23,988 34,549
10th Percentile £275 £313 £319
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £766 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.05% +5.26% +10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,939 1,061 1,440
10th Percentile £12.77 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.98 £15.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £33.39 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.14% +51.75% -2.22%
75th Percentile £52.50 £61.25 £47.05
90th Percentile £65.01 £72.50 £58.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.25 £29.00 £18.75
% change year-on-year -2.59% +54.67% -6.02%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Back Office in the UK

Back Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Back Office in the UK

Back Office
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Back Office over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Back Office in the UK

Back Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Back Office in the UK

Back Office
Top 14 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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
England +48 293 £625 -7.41% 205
London +65 257 £625 -8.59% 102
Work from Home +66 128 £625 -15.54% 109
UK excluding London +30 48 £560 -8.53% 108
Scotland +48 13 £675 +3.85% 4
Midlands +32 12 £625 +92.31% 21
West Midlands +28 11 £625 +127.27% 15
South East -5 7 £560 -26.56% 25
North of England +23 6 £375 - 35
East of England +10 5 - - 14
South West +7 5 £250 -62.96% 12
North West +20 3 - - 23
Yorkshire +17 3 £375 - 8
East Midlands +24 2 £525 +16.67% 6

Back Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (2.53%) CMS
2 4 (1.27%) Confluence
2 4 (1.27%) MTS
3 2 (0.63%) NetWeaver
3 2 (0.63%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.32%) Apache
4 1 (0.32%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.32%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (3.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.63%) Mingle
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 28 (8.86%) Endur
2 5 (1.58%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.27%) Aligne
3 4 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.27%) EuroRunner
3 4 (1.27%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 2 (0.63%) Elite 3E
4 2 (0.63%) Markit EDM
4 2 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.63%) SAP EWM
4 2 (0.63%) SAP SD
4 2 (0.63%) thinkFolio
5 1 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle HRMS
5 1 (0.32%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.32%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.32%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.32%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.32%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 62 (19.62%) Azure
2 39 (12.34%) Azure DevOps
3 28 (8.86%) Azure Service Bus
4 21 (6.65%) AWS
5 20 (6.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 19 (6.01%) Azure Monitor
7 13 (4.11%) Power Platform
8 10 (3.16%) Azure Pipelines
9 8 (2.53%) SaaS
10 6 (1.90%) AWS CodeBuild
10 6 (1.90%) AWS CodeDeploy
10 6 (1.90%) AWS CodePipeline
10 6 (1.90%) Miro
11 5 (1.58%) Google Sheets
12 4 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (1.27%) Entra ID
12 4 (1.27%) IaaS
13 3 (0.95%) Microsoft 365
13 3 (0.95%) Serverless
13 3 (0.95%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.22%) FTP
1 7 (2.22%) LAN
1 7 (2.22%) WAN
2 4 (1.27%) Internet
3 2 (0.63%) Firewall
3 2 (0.63%) SAN
3 2 (0.63%) Wireless
4 1 (0.32%) DHCP
4 1 (0.32%) DNS
4 1 (0.32%) Intranet
4 1 (0.32%) NetScaler
4 1 (0.32%) NGFW
4 1 (0.32%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (15.51%) SQL Server
2 13 (4.11%) Power BI
3 9 (2.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 8 (2.53%) Relational Database
5 7 (2.22%) GIS
5 7 (2.22%) SAP HANA
6 6 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (1.58%) NoSQL
7 5 (1.58%) Oracle Database
8 4 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (1.27%) NonStop SQL
8 4 (1.27%) RDBMS
8 4 (1.27%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 4 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.95%) Big Data
10 2 (0.63%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.63%) Data Mart
10 2 (0.63%) Delta Lake
10 2 (0.63%) Star Schema
11 1 (0.32%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 22 (6.96%) Git
2 16 (5.06%) JIRA
3 13 (4.11%) Postman
4 11 (3.48%) SpecFlow
5 9 (2.85%) Cucumber
6 8 (2.53%) Visual Studio
7 7 (2.22%) Selenium
8 5 (1.58%) FitNesse
8 5 (1.58%) JMeter
8 5 (1.58%) LoadRunner
8 5 (1.58%) Team Foundation Server
8 5 (1.58%) WebDriver
9 3 (0.95%) TestRail
10 2 (0.63%) Appium
10 2 (0.63%) Rational Performance Tester
10 2 (0.63%) TestComplete
11 1 (0.32%) GitLab
11 1 (0.32%) Jenkins
11 1 (0.32%) TeamCity
General
1 125 (39.56%) Finance
2 84 (26.58%) Social Skills
3 80 (25.32%) Banking
4 69 (21.84%) Front Office
5 38 (12.03%) Public Sector
6 32 (10.13%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (2.85%) Investment Banking
9 8 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (2.53%) Retail
10 6 (1.90%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.90%) Wholesale Banking
11 5 (1.58%) Local Government
12 4 (1.27%) General Ledger
12 4 (1.27%) Legal
13 3 (0.95%) Corporate Banking
13 3 (0.95%) Law
13 3 (0.95%) Mandarin Language
14 2 (0.63%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.63%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 112 (35.44%) Analyst
2 76 (24.05%) Senior
3 48 (15.19%) Business Analyst
4 45 (14.24%) Developer
5 31 (9.81%) Senior Analyst
5 31 (9.81%) Technical Analyst
6 30 (9.49%) Lead
7 29 (9.18%) Financial Analyst
8 26 (8.23%) Banking Analyst
9 20 (6.33%) SQL Analyst
10 19 (6.01%) Architect
10 19 (6.01%) Technical Leader
11 16 (5.06%) .NET Developer
11 16 (5.06%) Support Analyst
12 15 (4.75%) Project Manager
13 14 (4.43%) Senior Developer
13 14 (4.43%) Senior Technical Engineer
13 14 (4.43%) Technical Engineer
13 14 (4.43%) Test Analyst
13 14 (4.43%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (19.30%) .NET
2 40 (12.66%) .NET Core
3 13 (4.11%) React
3 13 (4.11%) REST
4 12 (3.80%) XML
5 11 (3.48%) CSS
5 11 (3.48%) jQuery
6 10 (3.16%) ASP.NET
7 9 (2.85%) SOAP
8 8 (2.53%) HTML
8 8 (2.53%) JSON
9 6 (1.90%) .NET Framework
9 6 (1.90%) AngularJS
9 6 (1.90%) ASP.NET MVC
10 5 (1.58%) FIX Protocol
10 5 (1.58%) SAP PI
11 4 (1.27%) Middleware
11 4 (1.27%) Playwright
12 3 (0.95%) ADO
12 3 (0.95%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 46 (14.56%) Derivative
2 41 (12.97%) Hedge funds
3 37 (11.71%) Product Ownership
4 18 (5.70%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 15 (4.75%) Mobile App
6 13 (4.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 13 (4.11%) Management Information System
7 12 (3.80%) Equities
8 8 (2.53%) Renewable Energy
9 7 (2.22%) Fixed Income
9 7 (2.22%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (1.90%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.90%) Market Risk
10 6 (1.90%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.90%) Reference Data
10 6 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.27%) AS400
11 4 (1.27%) DTCC
12 3 (0.95%) Freedom of Information
12 3 (0.95%) Freedom of Information Act
Operating Systems
1 14 (4.43%) Windows
2 13 (4.11%) Android
3 11 (3.48%) Unix
4 9 (2.85%) Linux
5 2 (0.63%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.32%) CentOS
6 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (39.87%) Agile
2 57 (18.04%) Asset Management
3 51 (16.14%) DevOps
4 47 (14.87%) Investment Management
5 42 (13.29%) OO
5 42 (13.29%) TDD
6 38 (12.03%) Test Automation
7 37 (11.71%) Mentoring
7 37 (11.71%) Problem-Solving
8 34 (10.76%) OOD
9 30 (9.49%) API Management
9 30 (9.49%) Software Testing
10 27 (8.54%) Clean Code
10 27 (8.54%) Migration
11 26 (8.23%) Stakeholder Management
12 25 (7.91%) Data Analysis
12 25 (7.91%) Scrum
13 22 (6.96%) Business Intelligence
14 21 (6.65%) CI/CD
14 21 (6.65%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 101 (31.96%) C#
2 98 (31.01%) SQL
3 55 (17.41%) Python
4 29 (9.18%) Bicep
4 29 (9.18%) Java
5 18 (5.70%) JavaScript
6 14 (4.43%) TypeScript
7 13 (4.11%) Kotlin
8 12 (3.80%) PowerShell
9 7 (2.22%) T-SQL
10 5 (1.58%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.63%) ABAP
11 2 (0.63%) VBA
12 1 (0.32%) Bash
12 1 (0.32%) C++
12 1 (0.32%) PHP
12 1 (0.32%) R
12 1 (0.32%) Scala
Qualifications
1 33 (10.44%) Degree
2 8 (2.53%) Numerate Degree
3 5 (1.58%) Master's Degree
4 3 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (0.95%) ISTQB
4 3 (0.95%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 2 (0.63%) PhD
6 1 (0.32%) CBAP
6 1 (0.32%) CCNA
6 1 (0.32%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.32%) PgMP
6 1 (0.32%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.32%) PMP
6 1 (0.32%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (5.70%) PCI DSS
2 17 (5.38%) QA
3 12 (3.80%) Accessibility
4 10 (3.16%) WCAG
5 4 (1.27%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.27%) GAAP
5 4 (1.27%) ISO 15022
6 3 (0.95%) Disclosure Scotland
6 3 (0.95%) GDPR
6 3 (0.95%) ISO 20022
6 3 (0.95%) MiFID
6 3 (0.95%) PMO
7 2 (0.63%) EMIR
8 1 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.32%) Dodd-Frank
8 1 (0.32%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (6.96%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.27%) Docker
3 3 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.32%) vSphere
4 1 (0.32%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 7 (2.22%) Terraform
2 6 (1.90%) Control-M
3 2 (0.63%) Grafana
4 1 (0.32%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.32%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 56 (17.72%) Microsoft
2 24 (7.59%) Oracle
2 24 (7.59%) SAP
3 14 (4.43%) OpenLink
4 9 (2.85%) Salesforce
5 7 (2.22%) HP
6 5 (1.58%) Google
7 4 (1.27%) CyberSource
7 4 (1.27%) Murex
8 3 (0.95%) IBM
8 3 (0.95%) VMware
9 2 (0.63%) Ariba
9 2 (0.63%) BMC
9 2 (0.63%) CA Agile Central
9 2 (0.63%) Databricks
9 2 (0.63%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.63%) Splunk
9 2 (0.63%) Temenos
9 2 (0.63%) Trayport
9 2 (0.63%) UiPath