Back Office Job Trends in London

Back Office
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in permanent job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Back Office over the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 234 325 243
Rank change year-on-year +91 -82 +119
Permanent jobs citing Back Office 145 109 222
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.05% 0.70% 1.24%
As % of the General category 1.55% 0.96% 1.87%
Number of salaries quoted 78 79 189
10th Percentile £30,750 £58,500 £57,500
25th Percentile £49,000 £72,500 £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £82,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -3.53% +17.24%
75th Percentile £97,500 £115,000 £112,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £127,500 £138,750
England median annual salary £62,500 £75,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% -3.23% +24.00%

All General Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 9,363 11,412 11,891
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 68.09% 73.21% 66.65%
Number of salaries quoted 5,742 6,117 9,230
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -4.00%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Back Office job vacancy trend in London

Back Office
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Back Office.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Back Office

Back Office
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Back Office in London over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Back Office in London

Back Office
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Back Office within the London region over the 6 months to 4 January 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
Central London +30 10 £68,736 -29.14% 17
West London - 3 £60,000 - 1
Back Office
England

Back Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 9 (6.21%) CMS
2 5 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (3.45%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (4.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.76%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.38%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.69%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (4.14%) Endur
2 2 (1.38%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.69%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.69%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 53 (36.55%) SaaS
2 30 (20.69%) AWS
3 24 (16.55%) GCP
4 18 (12.41%) Amazon EKS
5 14 (9.66%) Azure
6 8 (5.52%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (4.83%) GitHub
8 5 (3.45%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (2.76%) Firebase
10 3 (2.07%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (2.07%) Amazon ECS
10 3 (2.07%) Amazon S3
10 3 (2.07%) AWS Direct Connect
10 3 (2.07%) Route 53
10 3 (2.07%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 2 (1.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 2 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (1.38%) Entra ID
11 2 (1.38%) OneDrive
12 1 (0.69%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.76%) Firewall
1 4 (2.76%) Intrusion Detection
1 4 (2.76%) Network Security
2 3 (2.07%) BGP
2 3 (2.07%) TCP/IP
2 3 (2.07%) VLAN
2 3 (2.07%) VPN
3 2 (1.38%) Intranet
3 2 (1.38%) LAN
3 2 (1.38%) WAN
3 2 (1.38%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.69%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.69%) Skype
4 1 (0.69%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.52%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.76%) Redis
2 4 (2.76%) Relational Database
2 4 (2.76%) Tick Data
3 3 (2.07%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (2.07%) BusinessObjects
3 3 (2.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (2.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.69%) ClickHouse
5 1 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.69%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.69%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.69%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.69%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 19 (13.10%) TeamCity
2 7 (4.83%) JIRA
3 4 (2.76%) Git
4 3 (2.07%) Selenium
5 2 (1.38%) Artifactory
5 2 (1.38%) Cypress.io
5 2 (1.38%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.69%) GitLab
6 1 (0.69%) Jenkins
General
1 106 (73.10%) Finance
2 54 (37.24%) Banking
3 53 (36.55%) Retail
4 48 (33.10%) Financial Institution
5 47 (32.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 45 (31.03%) Law
6 45 (31.03%) Social Skills
7 31 (21.38%) Analytical Skills
8 11 (7.59%) Front Office
9 7 (4.83%) Legal
9 7 (4.83%) Marketing
10 5 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (2.76%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (2.76%) Polish Language
11 4 (2.76%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (1.38%) Investment Banking
13 2 (1.38%) Japanese Language
13 2 (1.38%) Public Sector
14 1 (0.69%) Billing
Job Titles
1 28 (19.31%) Analyst
2 24 (16.55%) Lead
3 18 (12.41%) Senior
4 17 (11.72%) Software Engineer
5 14 (9.66%) Business Analyst
6 13 (8.97%) Developer
7 8 (5.52%) Architect
7 8 (5.52%) Graduate
8 7 (4.83%) Java Engineer
8 7 (4.83%) Java Software Engineer
8 7 (4.83%) Solutions Architect
8 7 (4.83%) Support Analyst
9 6 (4.14%) Product Lead
9 6 (4.14%) Senior Developer
9 6 (4.14%) Senior Software Engineer
10 5 (3.45%) Administrator
10 5 (3.45%) Applications Support
10 5 (3.45%) Data Integration Architect
10 5 (3.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (3.45%) Integration Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (7.59%) .NET
2 8 (5.52%) REST
3 6 (4.14%) RESTful
4 5 (3.45%) FIX Protocol
4 5 (3.45%) React
5 4 (2.76%) Node.js
5 4 (2.76%) Web Services
6 3 (2.07%) CSS
6 3 (2.07%) HTML
6 3 (2.07%) Playwright
7 2 (1.38%) .NET Core
7 2 (1.38%) AngularJS
7 2 (1.38%) ASP.NET
7 2 (1.38%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (1.38%) GraphQL
7 2 (1.38%) OpenAPI
7 2 (1.38%) Swagger
7 2 (1.38%) XML
8 1 (0.69%) gRPC
8 1 (0.69%) MACH
Miscellaneous
1 32 (22.07%) Cloud Native
2 18 (12.41%) Product Ownership
3 16 (11.03%) Onboarding
4 10 (6.90%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (6.21%) Data Protection Act
6 8 (5.52%) Blog
6 8 (5.52%) Data Centre
6 8 (5.52%) Hedge funds
7 7 (4.83%) Equities
7 7 (4.83%) Management Information System
7 7 (4.83%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (4.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 5 (3.45%) Derivative
9 5 (3.45%) Fixed Income
9 5 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (3.45%) Mobile App
10 3 (2.07%) CMDB
10 3 (2.07%) Security Posture
11 2 (1.38%) NHS
11 2 (1.38%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 11 (7.59%) Linux
2 9 (6.21%) Windows
3 4 (2.76%) Unix
4 3 (2.07%) Android
4 3 (2.07%) Apple iOS
4 3 (2.07%) Windows 10
4 3 (2.07%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (22.76%) Software Engineering
3 32 (22.07%) CI/CD
4 25 (17.24%) Test Automation
5 24 (16.55%) Agile
5 24 (16.55%) Microservices
6 23 (15.86%) DevOps
7 22 (15.17%) Mentoring
8 21 (14.48%) Clean Code
8 21 (14.48%) Roadmaps
9 17 (11.72%) Stakeholder Management
10 15 (10.34%) Continuous Deployment
10 15 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (10.34%) CRM
10 15 (10.34%) Deployment Automation
10 15 (10.34%) Fintech
10 15 (10.34%) Product Roadmap
10 15 (10.34%) Risk Management
11 14 (9.66%) Asset Management
11 14 (9.66%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 29 (20.00%) Java
2 27 (18.62%) SQL
3 24 (16.55%) Python
4 13 (8.97%) C#
5 8 (5.52%) TypeScript
6 7 (4.83%) Go
7 4 (2.76%) Bash
8 3 (2.07%) JavaScript
8 3 (2.07%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.38%) C
9 2 (1.38%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.38%) VBA
10 1 (0.69%) C++
Qualifications
1 22 (15.17%) Degree
2 7 (4.83%) AAT
3 6 (4.14%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (2.76%) AWS Certification
5 3 (2.07%) CISA
5 3 (2.07%) CISSP
5 3 (2.07%) CompTIA Security+
5 3 (2.07%) CRISC
5 3 (2.07%) ISEB
5 3 (2.07%) ISTQB
5 3 (2.07%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 2 (1.38%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.38%) MBA
6 2 (1.38%) Numerate Degree
6 2 (1.38%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.69%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.69%) PMP
7 1 (0.69%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (11.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (10.34%) PCI DSS
2 15 (10.34%) SOC 2
3 7 (4.83%) GRC
3 7 (4.83%) QA
3 7 (4.83%) SLA
4 4 (2.76%) ISO 9001
5 3 (2.07%) NIST
6 2 (1.38%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.38%) EMIR
6 2 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 2 (1.38%) MiFID
6 2 (1.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.69%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (3.45%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 29 (20.00%) Terraform
2 26 (17.93%) Kubernetes
3 15 (10.34%) Grafana
4 4 (2.76%) Cilium
5 2 (1.38%) Control-M
5 2 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.69%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (8.28%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.52%) Xero
3 6 (4.14%) SAP
3 6 (4.14%) ServiceNow
4 5 (3.45%) Bloomberg
5 3 (2.07%) Calypso
5 3 (2.07%) Citrix
5 3 (2.07%) OpenLink
6 2 (1.38%) Google
6 2 (1.38%) ION Trading
6 2 (1.38%) Oracle
6 2 (1.38%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.69%) Reuters
7 1 (0.69%) Tradeweb