Back Office Jobs 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 458 413 476
Rank change year-on-year -45 +63 -32
Permanent jobs citing Back Office 374 513 1,091
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.48% 0.72% 0.74%
As % of the General category 0.83% 1.09% 1.10%
Number of salaries quoted 274 385 562
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,750 £33,600
25th Percentile £36,500 £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £75,000 £60,250
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +24.48% -13.93%
75th Percentile £83,438 £96,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £112,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% -7.14%

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 common skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 44,799 46,891 99,241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 57.17% 65.97% 67.50%
Number of salaries quoted 28,228 29,742 48,838
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £43,250 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £73,886 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +6.19%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Back Office in England

Back Office
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Back Office in England.

Salary trend for Back Office in England

Back Office
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Back Office in England over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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 -6 218 £80,000 -3.03% 28
North of England -9 46 £50,000 +5.26% 19
South East +8 45 £37,500 -42.75% 24
North West +1 40 £47,500 +16.07% 10
Midlands -20 30 £28,000 -46.67% 10
West Midlands -2 21 £25,000 -61.54% 5
South West +3 20 £30,000 -40.00% 13
East of England -2 14 £46,297 +8.93% 8
East Midlands -28 9 £36,383 -27.24% 5
Yorkshire +35 6 £65,000 +36.84% 7
Back Office
UK

Back Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 17 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (1.87%) ArcGIS
2 7 (1.87%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.34%) CMS
3 5 (1.34%) Umbraco
4 3 (0.80%) IIS
5 2 (0.53%) GlassFish
5 2 (0.53%) JCAPS
5 2 (0.53%) WebLogic
5 2 (0.53%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.53%) WebSphere Application Server
5 2 (0.53%) WordPress
6 1 (0.27%) Apache
6 1 (0.27%) Apache Pulsar
6 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.27%) Kentico
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.27%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 39 (10.43%) Microsoft Excel
1 39 (10.43%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.07%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.53%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.27%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.27%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 21 (5.61%) NEC Housing
2 6 (1.60%) Maximo
2 6 (1.60%) Oracle General Ledger
2 6 (1.60%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 5 (1.34%) Endur
4 4 (1.07%) Workday HCM
5 3 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.80%) Magento
5 3 (0.80%) Shopify
6 2 (0.53%) Adaptiv
6 2 (0.53%) Findur
6 2 (0.53%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.27%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.27%) Front Arena
7 1 (0.27%) Markit EDM
7 1 (0.27%) nopCommerce
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 93 (24.87%) Azure
2 77 (20.59%) AWS
3 41 (10.96%) Power Platform
4 40 (10.70%) GCP
5 31 (8.29%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (4.55%) Azure Service Bus
6 17 (4.55%) Google Sheets
7 14 (3.74%) Azure Monitor
7 14 (3.74%) Power Automate
8 13 (3.48%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 13 (3.48%) Dynamics 365
9 9 (2.41%) SaaS
10 7 (1.87%) Microsoft 365
10 7 (1.87%) OCI
11 4 (1.07%) Google Workspace
11 4 (1.07%) Miro
12 3 (0.80%) Google Compute Engine
12 3 (0.80%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 3 (0.80%) Mimecast
12 3 (0.80%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.48%) Firewall
2 11 (2.94%) ADSL
2 11 (2.94%) LAN
3 10 (2.67%) TCP/IP
4 7 (1.87%) VPN
4 7 (1.87%) WAN
4 7 (1.87%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (1.87%) Wireless
5 6 (1.60%) Broadband
6 5 (1.34%) 5G
7 4 (1.07%) SSH
8 3 (0.80%) BGP
8 3 (0.80%) Bluetooth
8 3 (0.80%) FTP
8 3 (0.80%) GPRS
8 3 (0.80%) Internet
8 3 (0.80%) Network Security
8 3 (0.80%) VLAN
8 3 (0.80%) VoIP
9 2 (0.53%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (17.91%) SQL Server
2 29 (7.75%) Power BI
3 27 (7.22%) Oracle Database
4 25 (6.68%) PostgreSQL
5 22 (5.88%) GIS
6 21 (5.61%) Oracle Database 12c
7 16 (4.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 9 (2.41%) NoSQL
9 8 (2.14%) Data Lake
9 8 (2.14%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (2.14%) Geospatial Data
10 7 (1.87%) MongoDB
10 7 (1.87%) MySQL
11 6 (1.60%) Relational Database
11 6 (1.60%) SAP BW
11 6 (1.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 6 (1.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.80%) MS Access
13 2 (0.53%) Hadoop
13 2 (0.53%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (4.01%) JIRA
2 10 (2.67%) Visual Studio
3 9 (2.41%) Git
4 3 (0.80%) Ant
4 3 (0.80%) Maven
4 3 (0.80%) Postman
4 3 (0.80%) SpecFlow
5 2 (0.53%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.53%) JUnit
5 2 (0.53%) Selenium
5 2 (0.53%) Subversion
6 1 (0.27%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.27%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.27%) Mercurial
6 1 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.27%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.27%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.27%) Visual Studio Team System
6 1 (0.27%) Vite
General
1 179 (47.86%) Finance
2 152 (40.64%) Social Skills
3 75 (20.05%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (13.64%) Local Government
5 46 (12.30%) Front Office
6 45 (12.03%) Banking
7 36 (9.63%) Retail
8 32 (8.56%) Public Sector
9 27 (7.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 26 (6.95%) Police
11 19 (5.08%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (3.48%) Telecoms
13 10 (2.67%) Law
14 7 (1.87%) Billing
14 7 (1.87%) Financial Institution
14 7 (1.87%) Marketing
15 6 (1.60%) General Ledger
16 5 (1.34%) Investment Banking
17 4 (1.07%) Legal
17 4 (1.07%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 89 (23.80%) Senior
2 82 (21.93%) Developer
3 65 (17.38%) Analyst
4 44 (11.76%) Lead
5 40 (10.70%) Senior Developer
6 38 (10.16%) .NET Developer
7 33 (8.82%) Senior Software Developer
8 30 (8.02%) Architect
8 30 (8.02%) Software Engineer
9 29 (7.75%) Developer/Software Engineer
9 29 (7.75%) Senior .NET Developer
9 29 (7.75%) Senior Software Engineer
10 27 (7.22%) .NET Software Developer
10 27 (7.22%) .NET Software Engineer
10 27 (7.22%) Applications Support
10 27 (7.22%) Senior .NET Software Developer
10 27 (7.22%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
11 23 (6.15%) Administrator
11 23 (6.15%) Business Analyst
12 21 (5.61%) Oracle DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (20.05%) .NET
2 37 (9.89%) React
3 36 (9.63%) .NET Core
4 31 (8.29%) AngularJS
5 27 (7.22%) Redux
6 26 (6.95%) Vue
7 20 (5.35%) ASP.NET
8 17 (4.55%) FIX Protocol
8 17 (4.55%) Web Services
9 16 (4.28%) CSS
10 15 (4.01%) HTML
11 13 (3.48%) ASP.NET Core
12 12 (3.21%) .NET Framework
13 10 (2.67%) Pandas
13 10 (2.67%) REST
14 9 (2.41%) RESTful
15 8 (2.14%) Kafka
15 8 (2.14%) XML
16 6 (1.60%) ADO
16 6 (1.60%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 44 (11.76%) Driving Licence
2 43 (11.50%) Derivative
3 38 (10.16%) Self-Motivation
4 36 (9.63%) Equities
5 34 (9.09%) Fixed Income
5 34 (9.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 30 (8.02%) Hedge funds
7 25 (6.68%) Management Information System
8 18 (4.81%) Onboarding
9 14 (3.74%) Cloud Native
10 12 (3.21%) Enterprise Software
11 10 (2.67%) Blog
12 8 (2.14%) Hybrid Cloud
13 7 (1.87%) Data Protection Act
14 6 (1.60%) Equity Derivative
14 6 (1.60%) IoT
14 6 (1.60%) NHS
14 6 (1.60%) Public Cloud
14 6 (1.60%) Reinsurance
15 5 (1.34%) Culture of Ownership
Operating Systems
1 52 (13.90%) Windows
2 44 (11.76%) Unix
3 22 (5.88%) Linux
4 21 (5.61%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.34%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.34%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (1.07%) Android
6 4 (1.07%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.80%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.53%) AIX
9 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.27%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (24.87%) Agile
2 70 (18.72%) Problem-Solving
3 67 (17.91%) Customer Service
4 64 (17.11%) Software Engineering
5 56 (14.97%) ITIL
6 54 (14.44%) Asset Management
7 42 (11.23%) Data Analysis
7 42 (11.23%) DevOps
8 41 (10.96%) Service Management
9 36 (9.63%) Investment Management
10 34 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
11 33 (8.82%) Continuous Improvement
12 29 (7.75%) Business Intelligence
13 27 (7.22%) Project Delivery
14 26 (6.95%) Roadmaps
15 24 (6.42%) Migration
15 24 (6.42%) Performance Tuning
15 24 (6.42%) Project Management
16 23 (6.15%) Problem Management
17 22 (5.88%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 114 (30.48%) SQL
2 81 (21.66%) C#
3 55 (14.71%) Python
4 46 (12.30%) JavaScript
5 34 (9.09%) TypeScript
6 21 (5.61%) Java
7 19 (5.08%) PowerShell
8 14 (3.74%) Bicep
8 14 (3.74%) T-SQL
9 6 (1.60%) Kotlin
9 6 (1.60%) Shell Script
9 6 (1.60%) VBA
10 3 (0.80%) Bash
10 3 (0.80%) Go
11 2 (0.53%) XPath
12 1 (0.27%) Swift
12 1 (0.27%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 68 (18.18%) Degree
2 41 (10.96%) Security Cleared
3 27 (7.22%) Oracle Certification
4 20 (5.35%) SC Cleared
5 16 (4.28%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.14%) AWS Certification
7 6 (1.60%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.34%) DBS Check
9 4 (1.07%) ISEB
10 3 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.80%) CISM
10 3 (0.80%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.80%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.80%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 3 (0.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.53%) CISA
11 2 (0.53%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.53%) Numerate Degree
11 2 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.22%) Accessibility
1 27 (7.22%) SLA
2 17 (4.55%) QA
3 13 (3.48%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.60%) GAAP
4 6 (1.60%) IFRS
5 5 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.34%) PMO
6 4 (1.07%) EMIR
6 4 (1.07%) MiFID
6 4 (1.07%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.80%) COBIT
7 3 (0.80%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.27%) COSHH
8 1 (0.27%) GDPR
8 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.27%) NIST
System Software
1 32 (8.56%) Active Directory
2 16 (4.28%) Docker
3 4 (1.07%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.80%) KVM
5 2 (0.53%) vSphere
6 1 (0.27%) Firmware
6 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 17 (4.55%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.34%) Control-M
3 4 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.27%) Ansible
4 1 (0.27%) Hadoop YARN
4 1 (0.27%) SCOM
4 1 (0.27%) SCOrch
4 1 (0.27%) Terraform
4 1 (0.27%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 101 (27.01%) Microsoft
2 53 (14.17%) Oracle
3 22 (5.88%) Google
4 21 (5.61%) NEC
5 10 (2.67%) IBM
6 9 (2.41%) SAP
7 7 (1.87%) ESRI
8 6 (1.60%) PeopleSoft
8 6 (1.60%) Salesforce
8 6 (1.60%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.34%) OpenLink
9 5 (1.34%) Virgin Media
9 5 (1.34%) VMware
10 4 (1.07%) Murex
10 4 (1.07%) Workday
11 3 (0.80%) Barracuda Networks
11 3 (0.80%) ConnectWise
11 3 (0.80%) HP
11 3 (0.80%) SolarWinds
11 3 (0.80%) Xamarin