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 3 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 188 155 177
Rank change year-on-year -33 +22 -41
Permanent jobs citing Back Office 19 12 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.23% 0.36% 0.090%
As % of the General category 0.53% 0.54% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 14 7 4
10th Percentile £52,438 - -
25th Percentile - - £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £48,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -8.57% +61.54%
75th Percentile £105,000 £63,749 £55,313
90th Percentile - £70,061 £58,125
England median annual salary £55,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -21.43% - -3.45%

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 3,585 2,210 2,302
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 43.28% 66.31% 52.07%
Number of salaries quoted 2,387 1,096 1,056
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,000 £31,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -10.00% +1.37%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,813 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%

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 3 October 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 3 October 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 -27 12 £80,000 +66.67% 6
Cambridgeshire -34 6 £105,000 +73.86%
Bedfordshire -13 1 £41,250 - 1
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (10.53%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) HTTP
2 1 (5.26%) VLAN
General
1 7 (36.84%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.79%) Finance
2 3 (15.79%) Law
2 3 (15.79%) Legal
3 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Lead
1 6 (31.58%) Service Manager
2 5 (26.32%) Architect
2 5 (26.32%) Enterprise Architect
2 5 (26.32%) Lead Architect
2 5 (26.32%) Lead Enterprise Architect
3 3 (15.79%) Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Head of Finance
3 3 (15.79%) Head of Support
4 2 (10.53%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Security Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Security Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) SOC Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) SOC Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Head of Architecture
5 1 (5.26%) Head of Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (5.26%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.79%) EDI
2 2 (10.53%) JSON
2 2 (10.53%) LDAP
2 2 (10.53%) Regular Expression
3 1 (5.26%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Management Information System
2 2 (10.53%) CSOC
2 2 (10.53%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (10.53%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (5.26%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.79%) Windows
2 1 (5.26%) Apple iOS
2 1 (5.26%) Windows 10
2 1 (5.26%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) Continuous Improvement
1 9 (47.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 8 (42.11%) Roadmaps
3 6 (31.58%) Technology Roadmap
4 5 (26.32%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (15.79%) BCP
5 3 (15.79%) Budget Management
5 3 (15.79%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 3 (15.79%) Business Continuity
5 3 (15.79%) Business Continuity Planning
5 3 (15.79%) Business Forecasting
5 3 (15.79%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (15.79%) Decision-Making
5 3 (15.79%) Due Diligence
5 3 (15.79%) People Management
5 3 (15.79%) Performance Management
5 3 (15.79%) Planning and Forecasting
5 3 (15.79%) Risk Management
5 3 (15.79%) Risk Register
5 3 (15.79%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) PowerShell
1 2 (10.53%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) ACCA
1 3 (15.79%) CIMA
2 1 (5.26%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 3 (15.79%) Active Directory
1 3 (15.79%) Hyper-V
2 2 (10.53%) NFS
2 2 (10.53%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) PaperCut
1 1 (5.26%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.53%) VMware
3 1 (5.26%) Apple
3 1 (5.26%) Veeam