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 17 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 164 166 141
Rank change year-on-year +2 -25 +119
Permanent jobs citing Back Office 12 8 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 0.35% 0.18% 0.39%
As % of the General category 0.53% 0.35% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 7 8 5
10th Percentile - - £25,300
25th Percentile - £46,297 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £49,399 £34,320
Median % change year-on-year -2.83% +43.94% -31.36%
75th Percentile £63,749 £53,750 £38,750
90th Percentile £70,061 £55,625 -
England median annual salary £70,000 £69,945 £71,000
% change year-on-year +0.08% -1.49% +18.33%

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 2,258 2,254 1,678
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 66.61% 50.70% 65.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,131 1,162 876
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £24,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £47,805
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +4.59% -4.39%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £78,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Back Office 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 17 September 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 17 September 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
Cambridgeshire +18 4 £60,394 +15.04% 2
Hertfordshire - 4 £48,000 - 4
Bedfordshire - 4 - - 1
Back Office
England

Back Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (66.67%) Azure
2 4 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (33.33%) Commercetools
2 4 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (33.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Remote Desktop
General
1 8 (66.67%) Finance
1 8 (66.67%) Retail
2 4 (33.33%) Automotive
2 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Marketing
3 2 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Advertising
4 1 (8.33%) Front Office
4 1 (8.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Head of Architecture
1 4 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 3 (25.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) ERP
2 4 (33.33%) Budget Management
2 4 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (33.33%) DevOps
2 4 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
2 4 (33.33%) Logistics
2 4 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 4 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 4 (33.33%) Project Planning
2 4 (33.33%) Supply Chain Management
2 4 (33.33%) TOGAF
3 3 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (25.00%) WFM
4 2 (16.67%) Change Management
4 2 (16.67%) Data Visualisation
4 2 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 2 (16.67%) Migration
4 2 (16.67%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Azure Certification
1 4 (33.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 8 (66.67%) Microsoft