Back Office Job Trends in Berkshire

Back Office
South East > Berkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in permanent job vacancies in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 124 117 124
Rank change year-on-year -7 +7 +41
Permanent jobs citing Back Office 4 4 19
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 0.20% 0.24% 0.91%
As % of the General category 0.33% 0.40% 1.84%
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 18
10th Percentile - £40,100 -
25th Percentile £52,500 £40,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £41,000 £26,000
Median % change year-on-year +43.29% +57.69% -42.22%
75th Percentile £63,750 £58,250 £65,000
90th Percentile - £68,300 £68,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £44,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year +24.29% -26.25% +9.09%

All General Skills
Berkshire

Back Office falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills in Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,205 1,009 1,030
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 61.20% 61.67% 49.33%
Number of salaries quoted 476 282 598
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,525 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £45,000 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £60,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% +15.38% -5.45%
75th Percentile £70,313 £83,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £79,388
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -9.09%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Back Office job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Back Office
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Back Office.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Back Office

Back Office
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Back Office within the Berkshire 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading +25 2 £62,500 -16.67% 2
Back Office
South East

Back Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Modbus
1 2 (50.00%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Implementation Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Integration Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Systems Integration Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) IoT
1 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing Execution System
1 2 (50.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) Data Integration
1 2 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
1 2 (50.00%) ERP
1 2 (50.00%) Quality Management
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (50.00%) System Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Validation
1 2 (50.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft