Back Office Job Trends in the North of England

Back Office
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in permanent job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Back Office over the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 264 281 323
Rank change year-on-year +17 +42 -13
Permanent jobs citing Back Office 78 35 45
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.37% 0.37% 0.27%
As % of the General category 0.87% 0.54% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 58 28 37
10th Percentile £36,250 £50,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,188 £62,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.85% +30.00% +10.50%
75th Percentile £57,500 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £76,625 £67,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -21.43% +16.67% -20.00%

All General Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 8,954 6,523 9,087
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 42.55% 69.18% 53.98%
Number of salaries quoted 5,966 2,882 6,201
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,300 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £69,390 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,125
% change year-on-year - +1.62% -9.79%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Back Office job vacancy trend in the North of England

Back Office
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Back Office.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Back Office

Back Office
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Back Office in the North of England over the 6 months to 21 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Back Office in the North of England

Back Office
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 21 July 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
North West +26 53 £40,000 -38.46% 3
Yorkshire -24 24 £52,500 -19.23% 2
North East -48 1 £50,000 - 3
Back Office
England

Back Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 14 (17.95%) SAP PM
2 1 (1.28%) OpenText VIM for SAP
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.56%) SaaS
2 1 (1.28%) AWS
2 1 (1.28%) AWS CodePipeline
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.28%) HTTP
1 1 (1.28%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (37.18%) Tableau
2 3 (3.85%) Relational Database
2 3 (3.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (3.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.28%) Git
1 1 (1.28%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.28%) JIRA
1 1 (1.28%) Visual Studio
General
1 48 (61.54%) Law
2 47 (60.26%) Military
3 45 (57.69%) Social Skills
4 41 (52.56%) Telecoms
5 31 (39.74%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (39.74%) Finance
6 6 (7.69%) Local Government
7 5 (6.41%) Retail
8 2 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.28%) Games
9 1 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.28%) Legal
9 1 (1.28%) Legal Technology
9 1 (1.28%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 18 (23.08%) Project Manager
2 17 (21.79%) Analyst
3 15 (19.23%) Performance Analyst
4 14 (17.95%) Performance Manager
5 9 (11.54%) Administrator
5 9 (11.54%) Technical Administrator
6 6 (7.69%) Senior
6 6 (7.69%) Traffic Manager
7 5 (6.41%) Network Engineer
8 4 (5.13%) Developer
8 4 (5.13%) Senior Developer
9 3 (3.85%) Applications Developer
9 3 (3.85%) Applications Support
9 3 (3.85%) Senior Applications Developer
9 3 (3.85%) Senior Applications Support
10 2 (2.56%) Architect
10 2 (2.56%) Consultant
10 2 (2.56%) Payroll Consultant
10 2 (2.56%) Solutions Architect
10 2 (2.56%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.13%) .NET
2 3 (3.85%) Classic ASP
3 1 (1.28%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.28%) Playwright
3 1 (1.28%) QML
3 1 (1.28%) Qt
3 1 (1.28%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 12 (15.38%) Driving Licence
2 3 (3.85%) Legacy Code
2 3 (3.85%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.28%) Client/Server
3 1 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.28%) EPoS
3 1 (1.28%) Low-Code
3 1 (1.28%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.28%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (38.46%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 29 (37.18%) Data Development
2 29 (37.18%) Data Governance
2 29 (37.18%) Visualisation
3 13 (16.67%) Commercial Awareness
4 8 (10.26%) Business Development
5 7 (8.97%) Agile
6 5 (6.41%) E-Commerce
6 5 (6.41%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (5.13%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (5.13%) Customer Experience
7 4 (5.13%) Kanban
8 3 (3.85%) Roadmaps
9 2 (2.56%) Actionable Insight
9 2 (2.56%) Business Case
9 2 (2.56%) Collaborative Culture
9 2 (2.56%) Decision-Making
9 2 (2.56%) End-to-End Testing
9 2 (2.56%) Project Management
9 2 (2.56%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.41%) C#
2 4 (5.13%) JavaScript
3 3 (3.85%) Java
3 3 (3.85%) SQL
4 1 (1.28%) C++
4 1 (1.28%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (2.56%) Degree
2 1 (1.28%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.69%) COSHH
2 1 (1.28%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 15 (19.23%) SAP
2 5 (6.41%) Mitel
3 1 (1.28%) Concur
3 1 (1.28%) Microsoft