Back Office Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Back Office
UK > Work from Home

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

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 238 220 284
Rank change year-on-year -18 +64 +132
Contract jobs citing Back Office 63 128 202
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.64% 0.84% 0.79%
As % of the General category 1.02% 1.44% 1.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 96 158
10th Percentile £350 £375 £448
25th Percentile £422 £550 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £606 £625 £740
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% -15.54% +23.33%
75th Percentile £756 £841 £835
90th Percentile £943 £850 £841
UK median daily rate £605 £625 £675
% change year-on-year -3.20% -7.41% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
Median hourly rate £70.00 £18.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +288.89% -64.00% +302.90%
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £21.73 £18.78
% change year-on-year -3.36% +15.69% -2.68%

All General Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 6,181 8,910 14,926
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 62.47% 58.80% 58.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,170 5,842 10,512
10th Percentile £330 £325 £363
25th Percentile £415 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £800 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 180 473 342
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.01 £19.01
25th Percentile £18.12 £22.61 £26.00
Median hourly rate £31.91 £38.12 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.30% -23.76% +56.99%
75th Percentile £64.81 £53.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £86.00 £72.50 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +47.73%

Back Office
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Back Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Back Office trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Back Office
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Back Office.

Back Office daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Back Office
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Back Office over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

Back Office daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Back Office
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Back Office.

Back Office hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Back Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 3 (4.76%) Confluence
2 1 (1.59%) CMS
2 1 (1.59%) Drupal
2 1 (1.59%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 5 (7.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (6.35%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (6.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.59%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (9.52%) Endur
2 2 (3.17%) Aladdin
3 1 (1.59%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.59%) Fidessa
3 1 (1.59%) MultiFonds
3 1 (1.59%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (1.59%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (1.59%) PeopleSoft Financials
3 1 (1.59%) SimCorp Dimension
3 1 (1.59%) Summit
3 1 (1.59%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 16 (25.40%) Azure
2 9 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (7.94%) Power Platform
4 4 (6.35%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (4.76%) SaaS
6 2 (3.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 2 (3.17%) Power Automate
6 2 (3.17%) PowerApps
7 1 (1.59%) AWS
7 1 (1.59%) BrowserStack
7 1 (1.59%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.17%) Firewall
1 2 (3.17%) NGFW
1 2 (3.17%) Wireless
2 1 (1.59%) DHCP
2 1 (1.59%) DNS
2 1 (1.59%) Intranet
2 1 (1.59%) LAN
2 1 (1.59%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.52%) Oracle Database
2 5 (7.94%) RDBMS
2 5 (7.94%) Relational Database
3 4 (6.35%) Crystal Reports
3 4 (6.35%) SQL Server
4 2 (3.17%) Power BI
5 1 (1.59%) Data Mart
5 1 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (12.70%) Git
2 6 (9.52%) JIRA
3 4 (6.35%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (1.59%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.59%) JMeter
4 1 (1.59%) Visual Studio
General
1 24 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 20 (31.75%) Finance
3 12 (19.05%) Public Sector
4 5 (7.94%) Retail
5 4 (6.35%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (6.35%) Banking
5 4 (6.35%) Front Office
6 3 (4.76%) Billing
6 3 (4.76%) Financial Institution
6 3 (4.76%) Investment Banking
6 3 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (4.76%) Telecoms
7 2 (3.17%) Marketing
8 1 (1.59%) Dutch Language
8 1 (1.59%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.59%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (28.57%) Analyst
2 9 (14.29%) Lead
3 8 (12.70%) Developer
4 7 (11.11%) Business Analyst
5 6 (9.52%) Architect
6 5 (7.94%) Technical Leader
7 4 (6.35%) Analyst Developer
7 4 (6.35%) ETRM Developer
7 4 (6.35%) Project Manager
7 4 (6.35%) Systems Analyst
8 3 (4.76%) Consultant
8 3 (4.76%) Python Engineer
9 2 (3.17%) Endur Business Analyst
9 2 (3.17%) Endur Developer
9 2 (3.17%) IT Analyst
9 2 (3.17%) Lead Architect
9 2 (3.17%) Murex Support
9 2 (3.17%) Network Engineer
9 2 (3.17%) Solutions Architect
9 2 (3.17%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (11.11%) .NET
2 5 (7.94%) Kafka
2 5 (7.94%) REST
3 4 (6.35%) Murex MxML
4 3 (4.76%) AngularJS
4 3 (4.76%) Node.js
4 3 (4.76%) XML
5 2 (3.17%) CSS
5 2 (3.17%) HTML
6 1 (1.59%) ASP.NET
6 1 (1.59%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (1.59%) Express.js
6 1 (1.59%) FpML
6 1 (1.59%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.11%) Product Ownership
2 5 (7.94%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (7.94%) Derivative
2 5 (7.94%) EPoS
2 5 (7.94%) Management Information System
3 4 (6.35%) PMI
3 4 (6.35%) Reference Data
4 3 (4.76%) Fixed Income
4 3 (4.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (4.76%) Hedge funds
4 3 (4.76%) Interest Rate Derivative
4 3 (4.76%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.17%) Credit Derivative
5 2 (3.17%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (3.17%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 1 (1.59%) DTCC
6 1 (1.59%) Equities
6 1 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.76%) Linux
2 2 (3.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.59%) Unix
3 1 (1.59%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (31.75%) Agile
2 16 (25.40%) DevOps
3 12 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (12.70%) CI/CD
4 8 (12.70%) Roadmaps
4 8 (12.70%) User Acceptance Testing
5 7 (11.11%) Clean Code
5 7 (11.11%) Resource Allocation
6 6 (9.52%) Content Management
6 6 (9.52%) Data Management
6 6 (9.52%) Database Optimisation
6 6 (9.52%) Decision-Making
6 6 (9.52%) OO
6 6 (9.52%) OOD
6 6 (9.52%) Project Delivery
6 6 (9.52%) Resource Management
6 6 (9.52%) TDD
7 5 (7.94%) ITIL
7 5 (7.94%) Project Management
7 5 (7.94%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (46.03%) SQL
2 10 (15.87%) Java
3 9 (14.29%) JavaScript
3 9 (14.29%) PL/SQL
4 7 (11.11%) C#
4 7 (11.11%) PowerShell
5 4 (6.35%) Python
6 2 (3.17%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.59%) PeopleCode
7 1 (1.59%) Ruby
7 1 (1.59%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (14.29%) Degree
2 5 (7.94%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (6.35%) PMI Certification
4 2 (3.17%) CCNA
4 2 (3.17%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.59%) APMP
5 1 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.59%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.59%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.94%) QA
2 4 (6.35%) PCI DSS
2 4 (6.35%) PMO
3 3 (4.76%) EMIR
3 3 (4.76%) MiFID
4 1 (1.59%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.59%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (1.59%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.59%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (20.63%) Microsoft
1 13 (20.63%) Oracle
2 5 (7.94%) OpenLink
3 4 (6.35%) Bloomberg
3 4 (6.35%) Murex
4 2 (3.17%) Genesys
4 2 (3.17%) Red Hat
4 2 (3.17%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.17%) Sybase
5 1 (1.59%) CQG
5 1 (1.59%) PeopleSoft
5 1 (1.59%) Reuters
5 1 (1.59%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.59%) SAP
5 1 (1.59%) SimCorp
5 1 (1.59%) Sitecore
5 1 (1.59%) SolarWinds
5 1 (1.59%) Splunk
5 1 (1.59%) Temenos
5 1 (1.59%) Tradeweb