Back Office Job Trends in England

Back Office
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Back Office over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 344 437 410
Rank change year-on-year +93 -27 +59
Permanent jobs citing Back Office 382 194 484
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.47% 0.49% 0.57%
As % of the General category 0.96% 0.68% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 177 149 390
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £52,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.14% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £94,875
90th Percentile £106,250 £115,500 £112,975
UK median annual salary £55,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -24.14% +3.57% +3.70%

All General Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 39,977 28,554 50,254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 48.96% 72.49% 59.45%
Number of salaries quoted 23,120 14,344 35,642
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £27,445
25th Percentile £39,750 £40,190 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Back Office job vacancy trend in England

Back Office
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Back Office.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Back Office

Back Office
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Back Office in England over the 6 months to 17 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Back Office in England

Back Office
Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 17 May 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
London +44 188 £90,000 - 60
North of England +10 86 £50,000 -23.08% 7
South West -1 59 £42,500 -26.09% 6
North West +47 58 £40,000 -38.46% 5
Yorkshire -37 27 £57,500 -11.54% 2
Midlands -14 24 £35,000 -30.00% 8
South East -18 22 £30,000 -20.00% 21
West Midlands -17 16 £35,000 -50.00% 6
East of England -14 15 £80,000 +32.46% 3
East Midlands -28 8 - - 2
North East -42 1 £50,000 -28.57% 1
Back Office
UK

Back Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 5 (1.31%) CMS
2 1 (0.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (3.93%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 11 (2.88%) Dynamics CRM
1 11 (2.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (2.62%) SAP PM
2 10 (2.62%) Shopify
3 9 (2.36%) Dynamics NAV
3 9 (2.36%) Magento
4 3 (0.79%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.52%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.26%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.26%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 1 (0.26%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.26%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 127 (33.25%) SaaS
2 46 (12.04%) AWS
3 37 (9.69%) Amazon EKS
4 36 (9.42%) GCP
5 23 (6.02%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (3.66%) Azure
7 11 (2.88%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (1.83%) Figma
9 6 (1.57%) SuccessFactors
10 4 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.05%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (1.05%) Azure Monitor
10 4 (1.05%) Power Platform
11 3 (0.79%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (0.79%) Amazon ECS
11 3 (0.79%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (0.79%) AWS Direct Connect
11 3 (0.79%) Nutanix
11 3 (0.79%) Route 53
11 3 (0.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.66%) TCP/IP
2 10 (2.62%) LAN
2 10 (2.62%) WAN
3 3 (0.79%) BGP
3 3 (0.79%) VLAN
3 3 (0.79%) VPN
4 2 (0.52%) Modbus
4 2 (0.52%) MQTT
4 2 (0.52%) Network Security
5 1 (0.26%) Broadband
5 1 (0.26%) DNS
5 1 (0.26%) Firewall
5 1 (0.26%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.50%) SQL Server
2 20 (5.24%) Tableau
3 5 (1.31%) Redis
3 5 (1.31%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.79%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.79%) Power BI
4 3 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.52%) MySQL
6 1 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 31 (8.12%) TeamCity
2 11 (2.88%) JIRA
3 3 (0.79%) Git
4 2 (0.52%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.52%) JUnit
5 1 (0.26%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.26%) GCC
5 1 (0.26%) Selenium
5 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 209 (54.71%) Finance
2 188 (49.21%) Law
3 135 (35.34%) Retail
4 129 (33.77%) Social Skills
5 126 (32.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 125 (32.72%) Banking
7 98 (25.65%) Financial Institution
8 69 (18.06%) Military
9 53 (13.87%) Telecoms
10 43 (11.26%) Analytical Skills
11 23 (6.02%) Marketing
12 21 (5.50%) Local Government
13 20 (5.24%) Presentation Skills
14 19 (4.97%) Polish Language
15 14 (3.66%) Italian Language
16 12 (3.14%) Legal
17 11 (2.88%) Public Sector
18 10 (2.62%) German Language
19 6 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
20 5 (1.31%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 52 (13.61%) Project Manager
2 46 (12.04%) Senior
3 37 (9.69%) Analyst
4 32 (8.38%) Software Engineer
5 29 (7.59%) Architect
5 29 (7.59%) Lead
6 23 (6.02%) Solutions Architect
7 21 (5.50%) Traffic Manager
8 18 (4.71%) Consultant
9 17 (4.45%) Administrator
9 17 (4.45%) Support Engineer
10 14 (3.66%) Business Consultant
10 14 (3.66%) Business Development Consultant
10 14 (3.66%) Desktop Engineer
10 14 (3.66%) Desktop Support
10 14 (3.66%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 14 (3.66%) Development Consultant
10 14 (3.66%) Site Engineer
11 13 (3.40%) Senior Software Engineer
11 13 (3.40%) Technical Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (7.33%) REST
2 13 (3.40%) RESTful
3 12 (3.14%) .NET
4 9 (2.36%) Middleware
4 9 (2.36%) SOAP
5 7 (1.83%) OpenAPI
5 7 (1.83%) Swagger
6 6 (1.57%) React
7 4 (1.05%) JSON
8 3 (0.79%) .NET Core
8 3 (0.79%) ASP.NET
8 3 (0.79%) Blazor
8 3 (0.79%) Classic ASP
8 3 (0.79%) CSS
8 3 (0.79%) Playwright
8 3 (0.79%) Razor View Engine
8 3 (0.79%) WebAssembly
8 3 (0.79%) XML
9 2 (0.52%) Dagger
9 2 (0.52%) Retrofit
Miscellaneous
1 67 (17.54%) Cloud Native
2 37 (9.69%) Product Ownership
3 28 (7.33%) Driving Licence
4 21 (5.50%) Distributed Systems
5 18 (4.71%) EPoS
5 18 (4.71%) Onboarding
6 14 (3.66%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (2.88%) Blog
7 11 (2.88%) Management Information System
8 7 (1.83%) Data Centre
8 7 (1.83%) Mobile App
9 6 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.05%) Legacy Code
12 3 (0.79%) e-Learning
12 3 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (0.79%) Freedom of Information
12 3 (0.79%) Freedom of Information Act
12 3 (0.79%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 29 (7.59%) Windows
2 14 (3.66%) Windows 10
3 10 (2.62%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.09%) Android
4 8 (2.09%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.05%) Linux
6 3 (0.79%) Unix
7 1 (0.26%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (18.85%) Continuous Improvement
2 55 (14.40%) Fintech
3 52 (13.61%) Roadmaps
4 50 (13.09%) Business Development
5 46 (12.04%) Problem-Solving
6 45 (11.78%) Software Engineering
7 44 (11.52%) CI/CD
7 44 (11.52%) Test Automation
8 41 (10.73%) Agile
9 40 (10.47%) Product Roadmap
10 38 (9.95%) Microservices
11 36 (9.42%) Clean Code
12 33 (8.64%) Commercial Awareness
13 32 (8.38%) Customer Service
14 31 (8.12%) Continuous Deployment
14 31 (8.12%) CRM
14 31 (8.12%) Deployment Automation
15 29 (7.59%) Stakeholder Management
16 28 (7.33%) Mentoring
17 27 (7.07%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 51 (13.35%) Java
2 25 (6.54%) SQL
3 10 (2.62%) Python
3 10 (2.62%) T-SQL
4 9 (2.36%) C#
5 6 (1.57%) Go
5 6 (1.57%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.05%) TypeScript
7 3 (0.79%) PHP
8 2 (0.52%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.26%) C++
Qualifications
1 32 (8.38%) Degree
2 17 (4.45%) SC Cleared
2 17 (4.45%) Security Cleared
3 14 (3.66%) CTC Cleared
4 10 (2.62%) CISA
4 10 (2.62%) CISSP
4 10 (2.62%) CRISC
5 7 (1.83%) CompTIA Security+
6 3 (0.79%) CISM
6 3 (0.79%) CREST Certified
6 3 (0.79%) ISACA
6 3 (0.79%) OSCP
7 2 (0.52%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.26%) ISEB
8 1 (0.26%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.26%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.26%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.28%) SLA
2 21 (5.50%) COSHH
2 21 (5.50%) PCI DSS
2 21 (5.50%) SOC 2
3 15 (3.93%) Accessibility
4 12 (3.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (2.09%) GRC
6 6 (1.57%) QA
7 3 (0.79%) COBIT
7 3 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.79%) GDPR
7 3 (0.79%) NIST
7 3 (0.79%) PSD2
7 3 (0.79%) SOC 1
System Software
1 1 (0.26%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 43 (11.26%) Terraform
2 32 (8.38%) Kubernetes
3 31 (8.12%) Grafana
4 3 (0.79%) Check_MK
5 2 (0.52%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 26 (6.81%) SAP
2 21 (5.50%) Microsoft
3 14 (3.66%) Cisco
4 9 (2.36%) ConnectWise
4 9 (2.36%) ServiceNow
4 9 (2.36%) WooCommerce
5 7 (1.83%) Ariba
6 6 (1.57%) Oracle
6 6 (1.57%) VMware
6 6 (1.57%) Workday
7 5 (1.31%) Mitel
8 3 (0.79%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.52%) Charles River
9 2 (0.52%) eFront
9 2 (0.52%) PayPal
9 2 (0.52%) SimCorp
9 2 (0.52%) Temenos
10 1 (0.26%) Concur
10 1 (0.26%) DocuSign
10 1 (0.26%) Sparx