Back Office Jobs in the City of London

Back Office
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in permanent job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Back Office over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 140 187
Rank change year-on-year +28 +47 +19
Permanent jobs citing Back Office 33 35 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 1.63% 1.05% 1.06%
As % of the General category 2.32% 1.71% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 27 23 43
10th Percentile £47,850 £36,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £68,125 £54,000 £66,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £97,500 £75,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -16.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £131,875 £130,000 £105,000
90th Percentile £165,000 £137,500 £111,750
Central London median annual salary £97,500 £77,500 £90,000
% change year-on-year +25.81% -13.89% +20.00%

All General Skills
City of London

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 common skills in the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,421 2,052 3,038
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 70.38% 61.73% 65.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,015 1,601 2,473
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,500 £42,050
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% -3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £98,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £117,500
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year - -3.45% -

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Back Office in the City of London

Back Office
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Back Office in the City of London.

Salary trend for Back Office in the City of London

Back Office
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Back Office in the City of London over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Back Office in the City of London

Back Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 10 (30.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (21.21%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 21 (63.64%) Azure
2 10 (30.30%) Azure DevOps
2 10 (30.30%) Dynamics 365
3 6 (18.18%) AWS
3 6 (18.18%) Azure Service Bus
4 2 (6.06%) Azure App Service
4 2 (6.06%) Azure Functions
4 2 (6.06%) Mimecast
4 2 (6.06%) Serverless
5 1 (3.03%) Entra ID
5 1 (3.03%) Power Platform
5 1 (3.03%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (3.03%) Internet
1 1 (3.03%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.06%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (6.06%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.03%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (3.03%) Data Hub
2 1 (3.03%) Metadata
2 1 (3.03%) Power BI
2 1 (3.03%) Redis
2 1 (3.03%) SQL CLR
2 1 (3.03%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (3.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (12.12%) JIRA
2 3 (9.09%) Git
3 2 (6.06%) Artifactory
3 2 (6.06%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (3.03%) Visual Studio
General
1 15 (45.45%) Finance
2 3 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (9.09%) Social Skills
3 2 (6.06%) Banking
3 2 (6.06%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (3.03%) Advertising
4 1 (3.03%) Financial Institution
4 1 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.03%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (30.30%) Development Manager
2 8 (24.24%) Application Development Manager
2 8 (24.24%) Applications Development Manager
2 8 (24.24%) Applications Manager
3 6 (18.18%) Head of Architecture
4 4 (12.12%) Applications Support
4 4 (12.12%) Applications Support Manager
4 4 (12.12%) Support Manager
5 3 (9.09%) Agile Business Analyst
5 3 (9.09%) Analyst
5 3 (9.09%) Business Analyst
5 3 (9.09%) Business Transformation Analyst
5 3 (9.09%) Business Transformation Business Analyst
5 3 (9.09%) Developer
5 3 (9.09%) Insurance Business Analyst
5 3 (9.09%) Reinsurance Business Analyst
5 3 (9.09%) Software Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Transformation Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Consultant
6 2 (6.06%) Service Desk Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (33.33%) .NET
2 10 (30.30%) .NET Framework
3 7 (21.21%) Kafka
4 6 (18.18%) RabbitMQ
5 3 (9.09%) REST
6 1 (3.03%) AngularJS
6 1 (3.03%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (9.09%) Equities
2 3 (9.09%) Reinsurance
3 2 (6.06%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.03%) Derivative
4 1 (3.03%) Equity Derivative
4 1 (3.03%) Hedge funds
4 1 (3.03%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.09%) Linux
2 2 (6.06%) Unix
3 1 (3.03%) Windows
3 1 (3.03%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (45.45%) Agile
2 12 (36.36%) CI/CD
2 12 (36.36%) DevOps
3 11 (33.33%) Data Management
4 10 (30.30%) Case Management
4 10 (30.30%) Cost Management
4 10 (30.30%) CRM
4 10 (30.30%) Data Integration
4 10 (30.30%) Infrastructure as Code
4 10 (30.30%) Resource Management
4 10 (30.30%) Scrum
4 10 (30.30%) Test Automation
5 8 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (21.21%) ETRM
7 4 (12.12%) Software Engineering
8 3 (9.09%) Migration
8 3 (9.09%) Requirements Gathering
8 3 (9.09%) User Stories
9 2 (6.06%) API Development
9 2 (6.06%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 9 (27.27%) SQL
2 4 (12.12%) C#
3 3 (9.09%) PL/SQL
4 1 (3.03%) Java
4 1 (3.03%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.03%) Python
4 1 (3.03%) Shell Script
4 1 (3.03%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (6.06%) Degree
2 1 (3.03%) MCP
2 1 (3.03%) MCSA
2 1 (3.03%) MCSE
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.03%) QA
System Software
1 2 (6.06%) Active Directory
1 2 (6.06%) Docker
2 1 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (6.06%) Kubernetes
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.03%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 10 (30.30%) Siebel
2 3 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.09%) Oracle
3 2 (6.06%) Cisco
3 2 (6.06%) Guidewire
3 2 (6.06%) LogicMonitor
3 2 (6.06%) Okta
3 2 (6.06%) Zscaler
4 1 (3.03%) Bloomberg
4 1 (3.03%) Citrix
4 1 (3.03%) OpenLink
4 1 (3.03%) Reuters
4 1 (3.03%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.03%) Sophos
4 1 (3.03%) VMware