Back Office Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Back Office
England > Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in contract job vacancies in Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Back Office over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 83 100
Rank change year-on-year -42 +17 +28
Contract jobs citing Back Office 2 1 7
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.11% 0.099% 0.39%
As % of the General category 0.18% 0.18% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £376
25th Percentile - - £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £140 - £438
Median % change year-on-year - - +21.53%
75th Percentile - - £472
90th Percentile - - £489
England median daily rate £650 £600 £625
% change year-on-year +8.33% -4.00% -10.71%

All General Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,105 567 988
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 58.40% 56.31% 55.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 751 312 627
10th Percentile £263 £250 £226
25th Percentile £385 £364 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £479 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.88% -4.30% -2.44%
75th Percentile £551 £573 £588
90th Percentile £660 £650 £675
England median daily rate £500 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -5.70% -3.59% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 18 26
10th Percentile £14.25 £13.68 £11.15
25th Percentile £15.25 £15.35 £12.64
Median hourly rate £21.78 £19.32 £15.31
Median % change year-on-year +12.76% +26.22% -24.42%
75th Percentile £56.69 £36.25 £19.69
90th Percentile £74.28 £42.50 £37.77
England median hourly rate £23.02 £29.00 £30.48
% change year-on-year -20.64% -4.84% +18.53%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Back Office job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Back Office
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

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

Back Office
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

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

Back Office
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
West Yorkshire - 1 £140 - 5
Back Office
England

Back Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Data Mart
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Financial Institution
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Floorwalker
1 1 (50.00%) IT Floorwalker
1 1 (50.00%) Junior
1 1 (50.00%) Murex Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (50.00%) Derivative
1 1 (50.00%) Fixed Income
1 1 (50.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Economics
1 1 (50.00%) IT Asset Management
1 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Time Management
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Murex