Back Office Contract Job Trends in Wales

Back Office
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in contract job vacancies in 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 47 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Back Office 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.77% - -
As % of the General category 1.42% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £475 - -
25th Percentile £494 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £613 - -
90th Percentile £635 - -
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £625
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -10.71%

All General Skills
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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 281 182 189
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 54.25% 51.27% 42.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 101 120
10th Percentile £181 £160 £158
25th Percentile £283 £205 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £375 £424
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -11.50% -10.79%
75th Percentile £488 £530 £550
90th Percentile £630 £625 £625
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 27 25
10th Percentile £12.39 £18.40 £11.32
25th Percentile £13.33 £20.12 £12.58
Median hourly rate £18.34 £24.00 £22.68
Median % change year-on-year -23.58% +5.82% +19.18%
75th Percentile £25.28 £41.25 £53.75
90th Percentile £50.00 £45.00 £75.28
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £29.80 £26.00
% change year-on-year -20.05% +14.62% -13.33%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Back Office job vacancy trend in Wales

Back Office
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

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

Back Office
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Back Office in Wales over the 6 months to 1 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Back Office in Wales

Back Office
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

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

Back Office
Contract Job Locations in 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 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
South Wales - 3 £575 - 6
West Wales - 1 £475 - 2
Back Office
UK

Back Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 4 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Data Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Transformation Director
2 1 (25.00%) Operations Director
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) AI
1 2 (50.00%) Change Management
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) Cost Optimisation
1 2 (50.00%) Culture Change
1 2 (50.00%) Data Strategy
1 2 (50.00%) Data Transformation
1 2 (50.00%) Digital Enablement
1 2 (50.00%) ERP
1 2 (50.00%) Workflow