Back Office Jobs 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 13 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 283 254 325
Rank change year-on-year -29 +71 +89
Permanent jobs citing Back Office 126 282 312
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.98% 1.14% 1.00%
As % of the General category 1.27% 1.71% 1.46%
Number of salaries quoted 91 209 240
10th Percentile £52,500 £54,000 £51,250
25th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £94,635 £80,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.29% -3.03% +10.00%
75th Percentile £115,000 £110,000 £101,563
90th Percentile £131,250 £132,500 £117,750
England median annual salary £72,500 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +7.41% -3.57% +7.69%

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 common skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,925 16,537 21,348
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 77.09% 66.74% 68.39%
Number of salaries quoted 5,298 11,503 15,104
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,063 £50,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £101,250 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £125,000 £120,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Back Office in London

Back Office
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Back Office in London

Back Office
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Back Office in London over the 6 months to 13 June 2025.

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 13 June 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
Central London +46 47 £95,000 +18.75% 91
West London +25 3 £49,000 +50.77% 2
North London - 1 - -
Back Office
England

Back Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (13.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (7.14%) IIS
3 6 (4.76%) CMS
4 3 (2.38%) nginx
4 3 (2.38%) SharePoint
5 2 (1.59%) Confluence
6 1 (0.79%) Apache
6 1 (0.79%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 9 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.38%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (12.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (7.14%) Endur
3 2 (1.59%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.79%) CiviCRM
4 1 (0.79%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.79%) Eikon
4 1 (0.79%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.79%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.79%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.79%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.79%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.79%) Oracle Internet Expenses
4 1 (0.79%) Oracle iProcurement
4 1 (0.79%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.79%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.79%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.79%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 54 (42.86%) Azure
2 22 (17.46%) SaaS
3 20 (15.87%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (11.90%) Power Platform
5 13 (10.32%) AWS
6 12 (9.52%) Dynamics 365
7 9 (7.14%) GitHub
8 7 (5.56%) Azure Service Bus
9 6 (4.76%) Firebase
9 6 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (2.38%) Mimecast
10 3 (2.38%) OpenShift
11 2 (1.59%) Azure App Service
11 2 (1.59%) Azure Functions
11 2 (1.59%) Entra ID
11 2 (1.59%) OCI
11 2 (1.59%) Serverless
12 1 (0.79%) Azure Logic Apps
12 1 (0.79%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.97%) TCP/IP
2 4 (3.17%) DHCP
2 4 (3.17%) DNS
3 3 (2.38%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (2.38%) Firewall
4 1 (0.79%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (0.79%) Internet
4 1 (0.79%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.79%) SSH
4 1 (0.79%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (15.08%) SQL Server
2 15 (11.90%) Power BI
3 14 (11.11%) Data Hub
3 14 (11.11%) SQL CLR
4 8 (6.35%) Metadata
4 8 (6.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 8 (6.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (5.56%) Redis
6 4 (3.17%) Oracle Database
7 3 (2.38%) MySQL
7 3 (2.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (2.38%) Tableau
8 2 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.79%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.79%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (7.14%) Git
1 9 (7.14%) JIRA
2 2 (1.59%) Artifactory
2 2 (1.59%) Octopus Deploy
2 2 (1.59%) SpecFlow
3 1 (0.79%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.79%) JUnit
3 1 (0.79%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.79%) TeamCity
General
1 80 (63.49%) Finance
2 29 (23.02%) Social Skills
3 19 (15.08%) Banking
4 16 (12.70%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (11.11%) Front Office
6 9 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (4.76%) Law
9 4 (3.17%) Advertising
9 4 (3.17%) Legal
9 4 (3.17%) Marketing
10 3 (2.38%) Corporate Banking
10 3 (2.38%) Investment Banking
10 3 (2.38%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.59%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.79%) German Language
12 1 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.79%) Retail
Job Titles
1 33 (26.19%) Senior
2 19 (15.08%) Developer
3 17 (13.49%) Analyst
4 16 (12.70%) Development Manager
5 15 (11.90%) Applications Manager
5 15 (11.90%) Applications Support
6 14 (11.11%) Application Development Manager
6 14 (11.11%) Applications Development Manager
7 13 (10.32%) Senior Developer
7 13 (10.32%) Software Engineer
8 10 (7.94%) Business Analyst
9 9 (7.14%) Lead
10 8 (6.35%) Consultant
10 8 (6.35%) Microsoft Developer
10 8 (6.35%) SaaS Developer
10 8 (6.35%) Senior Microsoft Developer
10 8 (6.35%) Senior SQL Developer
10 8 (6.35%) SQL Developer
11 7 (5.56%) Applications Support Manager
11 7 (5.56%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (23.02%) .NET
2 27 (21.43%) .NET Framework
3 9 (7.14%) REST
3 9 (7.14%) Web Services
4 8 (6.35%) Entity Framework
5 7 (5.56%) .NET Core
6 6 (4.76%) Dapper ORM
6 6 (4.76%) Kafka
6 6 (4.76%) Node.js
6 6 (4.76%) RabbitMQ
7 5 (3.97%) FIX Protocol
7 5 (3.97%) HTML
8 4 (3.17%) React
9 3 (2.38%) AngularJS
9 3 (2.38%) ASP.NET MVC
9 3 (2.38%) jQuery
9 3 (2.38%) KnockoutJS
9 3 (2.38%) LEMP Stack
9 3 (2.38%) QuickFIX
9 3 (2.38%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 14 (11.11%) Private Cloud
2 7 (5.56%) Derivative
3 6 (4.76%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 5 (3.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 4 (3.17%) Cloud Native
5 4 (3.17%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (3.17%) Management Information System
5 4 (3.17%) Product Ownership
6 3 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.38%) Equities
6 3 (2.38%) Hedge funds
6 3 (2.38%) Public Cloud
6 3 (2.38%) Reinsurance
7 2 (1.59%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.59%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.59%) Equity Derivative
7 2 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.59%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (16.67%) Windows
2 14 (11.11%) Linux
3 12 (9.52%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.38%) Unix
5 1 (0.79%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (32.54%) Agile
2 36 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (19.05%) CI/CD
4 22 (17.46%) Data Management
4 22 (17.46%) DevOps
5 21 (16.67%) Software Engineering
6 20 (15.87%) CRM
6 20 (15.87%) Infrastructure as Code
6 20 (15.87%) Workflow
7 19 (15.08%) Fintech
8 18 (14.29%) Scrum
9 17 (13.49%) Case Management
9 17 (13.49%) Data Integration
9 17 (13.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 16 (12.70%) Business Intelligence
10 16 (12.70%) Cost Management
10 16 (12.70%) Data Privacy
10 16 (12.70%) Resource Management
10 16 (12.70%) Test Automation
11 15 (11.90%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 52 (41.27%) SQL
2 16 (12.70%) Python
3 15 (11.90%) C#
4 12 (9.52%) PowerShell
5 8 (6.35%) JavaScript
5 8 (6.35%) T-SQL
5 8 (6.35%) TypeScript
6 7 (5.56%) C++
7 3 (2.38%) PHP
7 3 (2.38%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.59%) Java
9 1 (0.79%) Bash
9 1 (0.79%) Bicep
9 1 (0.79%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 21 (16.67%) Degree
2 5 (3.97%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (3.17%) Master's Degree
4 3 (2.38%) MBA
5 1 (0.79%) MCP
5 1 (0.79%) MCSA
5 1 (0.79%) MCSE
5 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.79%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.59%) PMO
2 1 (0.79%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.79%) GDPR
2 1 (0.79%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.79%) QA
System Software
1 15 (11.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (5.56%) Active Directory
3 4 (3.17%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.38%) Samba
5 2 (1.59%) Docker
6 1 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (8.73%) Kubernetes
2 8 (6.35%) Failover Clustering
3 6 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (3.17%) SCCM
5 3 (2.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (2.38%) Ansible
5 3 (2.38%) Terraform
6 1 (0.79%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 30 (23.81%) Microsoft
2 16 (12.70%) Siebel
3 15 (11.90%) VMware
4 10 (7.94%) Oracle
5 6 (4.76%) Cisco
5 6 (4.76%) Trayport
6 4 (3.17%) Murex
7 3 (2.38%) CheckPoint
7 3 (2.38%) Dell
7 3 (2.38%) LogicMonitor
7 3 (2.38%) Okta
7 3 (2.38%) Red Hat
7 3 (2.38%) SolarWinds
7 3 (2.38%) Zscaler
8 2 (1.59%) Citrix
8 2 (1.59%) eFront
8 2 (1.59%) Guidewire
8 2 (1.59%) Reuters
8 2 (1.59%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.59%) Sybase