Back Office Contracts in the West Midlands

Back Office
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in contract job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Back Office over the 6 months leading up to 21 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 102 121 173
Rank change year-on-year +19 +52 -56
Contract jobs citing Back Office 9 8 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.44% 0.36% 0.11%
As % of the General category 0.82% 0.64% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 3
10th Percentile £221 £250 £456
25th Percentile £244 £256 £496
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £275 £575
Median % change year-on-year +79.55% -52.17% +91.67%
75th Percentile £791 £388 £588
90th Percentile £886 £391 -
England median daily rate £613 £675 £650
% change year-on-year -9.26% +3.85% +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £15.55 - -
25th Percentile £21.25 £20.25 -
Median hourly rate £22.50 £20.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +9.76% - -
75th Percentile £23.75 £20.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £21.73 £35.25 £21.35
% change year-on-year -38.35% +65.11% +22.00%

All General Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,095 1,242 2,052
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 53.62% 56.12% 57.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 753 870 1,537
10th Percentile £250 £262 £250
25th Percentile £375 £400 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £495
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +6.06% +17.02%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £575
90th Percentile £750 £703 £675
England median daily rate £534 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.96% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 45 45
10th Percentile £11.15 £12.20 £11.55
25th Percentile £13.93 £13.31 £13.00
Median hourly rate £19.30 £20.97 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.99% +23.35% +13.33%
75th Percentile £34.73 £28.75 £19.50
90th Percentile £56.25 £54.00 £22.25
England median hourly rate £31.97 £30.65 £22.50
% change year-on-year +4.32% +36.21% +7.14%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Back Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Back Office in the West Midlands

Back Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Back Office in the West Midlands

Back Office
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Back Office in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 21 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Back Office in the West Midlands

Back Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Back Office in the West Midlands

Back Office
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 June 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
Warwickshire - 4 - -
Birmingham +12 3 £813 +116.67% 1
Coventry +9 2 £238 -5.00%
Back Office
England

Back Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (11.11%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) LAN
1 4 (44.44%) WAN
2 1 (11.11%) Firewall
2 1 (11.11%) NGFW
2 1 (11.11%) Wireless
General
1 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Local Government
3 1 (11.11%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Analyst
1 4 (44.44%) Support Analyst
1 4 (44.44%) Technical Analyst
1 4 (44.44%) Technical Support
1 4 (44.44%) Technical Support Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Architect
2 1 (11.11%) CCTV Operator
2 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Lead
2 1 (11.11%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) AS400
2 1 (11.11%) CCTV
2 1 (11.11%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) ITIL
1 5 (55.56%) Problem Management
2 4 (44.44%) Batch Scheduling
2 4 (44.44%) Infrastructure Monitoring
3 1 (11.11%) Agile
3 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
3 1 (11.11%) Business Case
3 1 (11.11%) Business Strategy
3 1 (11.11%) Change Management
3 1 (11.11%) Coaching
3 1 (11.11%) Configuration Management
3 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
3 1 (11.11%) ERP
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (11.11%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (11.11%) Project Management
3 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
3 1 (11.11%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (11.11%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) CCNA
1 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) SCOM
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) SAP
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 1 (11.11%) Citrix
3 1 (11.11%) Ivanti
3 1 (11.11%) NetApp
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle
3 1 (11.11%) Salesforce
3 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow
3 1 (11.11%) VMware