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 advertised in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Back Office over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 99 133 164
Rank change year-on-year +34 +31 -61
Contract jobs citing Back Office 10 8 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.52% 0.33% 0.25%
As % of the General category 0.92% 0.57% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 8
10th Percentile £553 - £399
25th Percentile £613 £250 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £275 £434
Median % change year-on-year +163.64% -36.60% +44.58%
75th Percentile £844 £388 £496
90th Percentile £908 £391 £588
England median daily rate £625 £688 £625
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £17.45 - -
25th Percentile £21.25 - -
Median hourly rate £22.50 - -
75th Percentile £23.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £22.50 £52.50 £17.25
% change year-on-year -57.14% +204.35% -25.68%

All General Skills
West Midlands

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 advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,092 1,415 2,029
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 56.58% 58.67% 56.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 752 987 1,534
10th Percentile £263 £225 £250
25th Percentile £398 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £512 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.29% +7.68% +17.28%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £575
90th Percentile £750 £694 £675
England median daily rate £538 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -2.27% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 43 54
10th Percentile £11.06 £12.10 £11.48
25th Percentile £13.90 £12.91 £12.84
Median hourly rate £19.59 £17.72 £16.75
Median % change year-on-year +10.55% +5.79% -1.47%
75th Percentile £39.34 £26.75 £19.47
90th Percentile £56.25 £55.75 £22.25
England median hourly rate £28.75 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -17.86% +62.79% -4.44%

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 24 April 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 24 April 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 - 6 - -
Birmingham +12 3 £813 +116.67% 4
Coventry +11 1 £525 +110.00% 1
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 (10.00%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) OCI
1 1 (10.00%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) LAN
1 6 (60.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) SAP HANA
General
1 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Local Government
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (10.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Analyst
1 6 (60.00%) Support Analyst
1 6 (60.00%) Technical Analyst
1 6 (60.00%) Technical Support
1 6 (60.00%) Technical Support Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Architect
3 1 (10.00%) CCTV Operator
3 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Integration Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Lead
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Middleware
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) AS400
2 1 (10.00%) CCTV
2 1 (10.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 6 (60.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Batch Scheduling
1 6 (60.00%) Infrastructure Monitoring
1 6 (60.00%) ITIL
1 6 (60.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (10.00%) Agile
2 1 (10.00%) Business Case
2 1 (10.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (10.00%) Coaching
2 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (10.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (10.00%) ERP
2 1 (10.00%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (10.00%) Project Management
2 1 (10.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (10.00%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) ABAP
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) SAP
2 1 (10.00%) Ariba
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle
2 1 (10.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (10.00%) ServiceNow