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 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 284 251 348
Rank change year-on-year -33 +97 +50
Permanent jobs citing Back Office 106 287 303
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.82% 1.21% 0.90%
As % of the General category 1.07% 1.79% 1.31%
Number of salaries quoted 81 220 219
10th Percentile £48,500 £60,000 £48,750
25th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £86,250 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +7.81% +6.67%
75th Percentile £115,000 £112,500 £105,000
90th Percentile £132,500 £138,750 £118,000
England median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% - +3.70%

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 9,895 16,062 23,170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 76.51% 67.90% 68.75%
Number of salaries quoted 5,453 11,372 16,019
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £42,000
25th Percentile £55,250 £50,000 £54,458
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -5.08% +5.36%
75th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £125,000 £118,750 £120,000
England median annual salary £57,443 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.41% -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 17 May 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 17 May 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 +41 41 £96,250 +24.19% 17
West London +34 3 £49,000 +50.77% 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 12 (11.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (6.60%) IIS
3 4 (3.77%) CMS
4 3 (2.83%) nginx
4 3 (2.83%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.94%) Apache
5 1 (0.94%) Jetty
5 1 (0.94%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.94%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (7.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.83%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.83%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (9.43%) Endur
2 9 (8.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (2.83%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (1.89%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.94%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.94%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.94%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.94%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.94%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.94%) Oracle Internet Expenses
5 1 (0.94%) Oracle iProcurement
5 1 (0.94%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.94%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.94%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.94%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 42 (39.62%) Azure
2 18 (16.98%) SaaS
3 14 (13.21%) AWS
4 13 (12.26%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (10.38%) Power Platform
6 8 (7.55%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (6.60%) Azure Service Bus
8 5 (4.72%) GitHub
9 4 (3.77%) Firebase
9 4 (3.77%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (2.83%) Mimecast
10 3 (2.83%) OpenShift
11 2 (1.89%) Azure App Service
11 2 (1.89%) Azure Functions
11 2 (1.89%) Entra ID
11 2 (1.89%) OCI
11 2 (1.89%) Serverless
12 1 (0.94%) Amazon EKS
12 1 (0.94%) Google Sheets
12 1 (0.94%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.77%) TCP/IP
2 3 (2.83%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (2.83%) DHCP
2 3 (2.83%) DNS
2 3 (2.83%) Firewall
3 1 (0.94%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (0.94%) Internet
3 1 (0.94%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (12.26%) SQL Server
2 11 (10.38%) Power BI
3 9 (8.49%) Data Hub
3 9 (8.49%) SQL CLR
4 6 (5.66%) Redis
5 5 (4.72%) Metadata
5 5 (4.72%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 5 (4.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (3.77%) Oracle Database
7 3 (2.83%) MySQL
8 2 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.89%) MongoDB
8 2 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.94%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.94%) GIS
9 1 (0.94%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.94%) Hazelcast
9 1 (0.94%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.94%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (4.72%) JIRA
2 4 (3.77%) Git
3 3 (2.83%) Artifactory
4 2 (1.89%) JUnit
4 2 (1.89%) Octopus Deploy
4 2 (1.89%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.94%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.94%) Jaeger
5 1 (0.94%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.94%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.94%) Selenium
5 1 (0.94%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.94%) Visual Studio
General
1 64 (60.38%) Finance
2 28 (26.42%) Social Skills
3 12 (11.32%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (10.38%) Banking
5 10 (9.43%) Front Office
5 10 (9.43%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (4.72%) Public Sector
7 4 (3.77%) Advertising
7 4 (3.77%) Investment Banking
8 3 (2.83%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.89%) Retail
10 1 (0.94%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.94%) German Language
10 1 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.94%) Legal
10 1 (0.94%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 23 (21.70%) Senior
2 14 (13.21%) Developer
3 13 (12.26%) Analyst
3 13 (12.26%) Applications Support
4 9 (8.49%) Business Analyst
4 9 (8.49%) Development Manager
5 8 (7.55%) Applications Manager
5 8 (7.55%) Consultant
5 8 (7.55%) Senior Developer
5 8 (7.55%) Support Engineer
6 7 (6.60%) Application Development Manager
6 7 (6.60%) Applications Development Manager
6 7 (6.60%) Software Engineer
7 6 (5.66%) Architect
7 6 (5.66%) Head of Architecture
7 6 (5.66%) Project Manager
8 5 (4.72%) Lead
8 5 (4.72%) Microsoft Developer
8 5 (4.72%) Senior Microsoft Developer
8 5 (4.72%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (18.87%) .NET
2 16 (15.09%) .NET Framework
3 9 (8.49%) Kafka
4 7 (6.60%) REST
4 7 (6.60%) Web Services
5 6 (5.66%) .NET Core
5 6 (5.66%) FIX Protocol
5 6 (5.66%) RabbitMQ
6 5 (4.72%) React
7 4 (3.77%) Dapper ORM
7 4 (3.77%) Entity Framework
7 4 (3.77%) Node.js
8 3 (2.83%) ASP.NET
8 3 (2.83%) ASP.NET MVC
8 3 (2.83%) HTML
8 3 (2.83%) jQuery
8 3 (2.83%) KnockoutJS
8 3 (2.83%) QuickFIX
8 3 (2.83%) WCF
8 3 (2.83%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.49%) Private Cloud
2 8 (7.55%) Derivative
3 5 (4.72%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.77%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.77%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (3.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 4 (3.77%) Greenfield Project
4 4 (3.77%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.77%) Public Cloud
4 4 (3.77%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 3 (2.83%) Driving Licence
5 3 (2.83%) Equities
5 3 (2.83%) Equity Derivative
5 3 (2.83%) Hedge funds
5 3 (2.83%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.83%) NHS
6 2 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.89%) Reinsurance
6 2 (1.89%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 24 (22.64%) Windows
2 20 (18.87%) Linux
3 9 (8.49%) Windows Server
4 8 (7.55%) Unix
5 1 (0.94%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (26.42%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (21.70%) Agile
3 19 (17.92%) DevOps
4 18 (16.98%) CI/CD
5 15 (14.15%) Data Management
5 15 (14.15%) Fintech
5 15 (14.15%) Workflow
6 14 (13.21%) Business Intelligence
6 14 (13.21%) Software Engineering
7 13 (12.26%) Infrastructure as Code
8 12 (11.32%) Data Privacy
8 12 (11.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 11 (10.38%) CRM
9 11 (10.38%) Microservices
9 11 (10.38%) Project Management
9 11 (10.38%) Scrum
10 10 (9.43%) Data Integration
10 10 (9.43%) ETRM
10 10 (9.43%) Migration
10 10 (9.43%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 52 (49.06%) SQL
2 16 (15.09%) Python
3 13 (12.26%) C#
4 11 (10.38%) PowerShell
5 8 (7.55%) JavaScript
6 5 (4.72%) T-SQL
7 4 (3.77%) Java
7 4 (3.77%) PL/SQL
7 4 (3.77%) TypeScript
8 3 (2.83%) PHP
9 2 (1.89%) C++
10 1 (0.94%) Bash
10 1 (0.94%) Bicep
10 1 (0.94%) Groovy
10 1 (0.94%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 17 (16.04%) Degree
2 5 (4.72%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.94%) Master's Degree
3 1 (0.94%) MCP
3 1 (0.94%) MCSA
3 1 (0.94%) MCSE
3 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (0.94%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.77%) FINRA
2 3 (2.83%) ISO 9001
2 3 (2.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.89%) PMO
4 1 (0.94%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.94%) QA
System Software
1 10 (9.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (5.66%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.83%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.83%) Samba
4 2 (1.89%) Docker
5 1 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (10.38%) Kubernetes
2 6 (5.66%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (4.72%) Failover Clustering
4 4 (3.77%) Ansible
4 4 (3.77%) Terraform
5 3 (2.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (2.83%) SCCM
6 1 (0.94%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 23 (21.70%) Microsoft
2 12 (11.32%) Oracle
3 10 (9.43%) VMware
4 9 (8.49%) Siebel
5 6 (5.66%) Cisco
6 5 (4.72%) Murex
6 5 (4.72%) Trayport
7 3 (2.83%) CheckPoint
7 3 (2.83%) Dell
7 3 (2.83%) LogicMonitor
7 3 (2.83%) Okta
7 3 (2.83%) Red Hat
7 3 (2.83%) SolarWinds
7 3 (2.83%) Zscaler
8 2 (1.89%) eFront
8 2 (1.89%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.89%) Sophis
9 1 (0.94%) Citrix
9 1 (0.94%) Google
9 1 (0.94%) IBM