Back Office Job Trends in the East of England

Back Office
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in permanent job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Back Office over the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 160 175 131
Rank change year-on-year +15 -44 +106
Permanent jobs citing Back Office 10 4 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.30% 0.096% 0.31%
As % of the General category 0.46% 0.18% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 3
10th Percentile - - £24,150
25th Percentile - £51,250 £25,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £52,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +61.54% -40.91%
75th Percentile - £55,313 £35,285
90th Percentile £57,449 £58,125 £35,864
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% - +25.00%

All General Skills
East of England

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 East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,191 2,186 1,442
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 65.99% 52.70% 64.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1,140 922 897
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,125 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £49,575
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +0.86% -0.85%
75th Percentile £60,000 £68,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Back Office job vacancy trend in the East of England

Back Office
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Back Office.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Back Office

Back Office
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Back Office in the East of England over the 6 months to 20 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Back Office in the East of England

Back Office
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Back Office within the East of England region over the 6 months to 20 October 2025. 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
Bedfordshire - 4 - -
Hertfordshire - 4 £48,000 - 2
Cambridgeshire +13 2 £60,394 +15.04%
Back Office
England

Back Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 8 (80.00%) Azure
2 4 (40.00%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (40.00%) Commercetools
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (40.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Remote Desktop
General
1 8 (80.00%) Retail
2 6 (60.00%) Finance
3 4 (40.00%) Automotive
3 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Advertising
4 1 (10.00%) Legal
4 1 (10.00%) Marketing
4 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Head of Architecture
1 4 (40.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) ERP
2 4 (40.00%) Budget Management
2 4 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (40.00%) DevOps
2 4 (40.00%) Impact Assessments
2 4 (40.00%) Logistics
2 4 (40.00%) PRINCE2
2 4 (40.00%) Project Delivery
2 4 (40.00%) Project Planning
2 4 (40.00%) Supply Chain Management
2 4 (40.00%) TOGAF
3 1 (10.00%) Business Development
3 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (10.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (10.00%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (10.00%) Migration
3 1 (10.00%) Social Media Marketing
3 1 (10.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (10.00%) WFM
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Azure Certification
1 4 (40.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) Microsoft