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 4 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 168 167
Rank change year-on-year -18 -1 -13
Permanent jobs citing Back Office 16 9 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.23% 0.26% 0.25%
As % of the General category 0.51% 0.39% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 16 9 9
10th Percentile £60,750 £44,050 £31,250
25th Percentile £78,125 - £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £48,000 £46,297
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% +3.68% +23.46%
75th Percentile - £63,749 -
90th Percentile £92,500 £66,905 £58,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -25.00% +12.00% -16.67%

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 general skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 3,108 2,324 2,410
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 44.33% 67.23% 51.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1,941 1,174 1,525
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,050 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.16% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £64,450 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £75,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

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 4 August 2026.

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 4 August 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
Hertfordshire -12 14 £80,000 +66.67% 3
Cambridgeshire -26 2 £105,000 +73.86% 3
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 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (18.75%) MongoDB
General
1 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Aerospace
2 3 (18.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (18.75%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.25%) Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (68.75%) Service Manager
2 3 (18.75%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Architect
3 1 (6.25%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (6.25%) Head of Architecture
3 1 (6.25%) Head of Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (6.25%) Lead
3 1 (6.25%) Lead Architect
3 1 (6.25%) Lead Enterprise Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
1 1 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (6.25%) Private Cloud
1 1 (6.25%) Public Cloud
1 1 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (18.75%) Linux
1 3 (18.75%) Unix
1 3 (18.75%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (25.00%) ITIL
3 3 (18.75%) Identity Access Management
3 3 (18.75%) Infrastructure Management
3 3 (18.75%) Line Management
3 3 (18.75%) People Management
3 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (18.75%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (12.50%) Roadmaps
4 2 (12.50%) Technology Roadmap
5 1 (6.25%) Budget Management
5 1 (6.25%) Business Analysis
5 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (6.25%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (6.25%) Matrix Organization
5 1 (6.25%) Process Improvement
5 1 (6.25%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (6.25%) Service Delivery
5 1 (6.25%) Service Management
5 1 (6.25%) SIAM
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
1 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) VMware
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft