Back Office Jobs in the North West

Back Office
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in permanent job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Back Office over the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 273 255 258
Rank change year-on-year -18 +3 +46
Permanent jobs citing Back Office 16 43 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.20% 0.38% 0.44%
As % of the General category 0.29% 0.74% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 13 34 23
10th Percentile £61,500 £35,000 £22,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £38,438 £23,113
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £51,150 £39,744
Median % change year-on-year +27.08% +28.70% -43.22%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £50,875
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,750 £70,000
England median annual salary £72,500 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +7.41% -3.57% +7.69%

All General Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,468 5,850 4,868
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 69.96% 52.19% 66.52%
Number of salaries quoted 2,397 4,089 2,379
10th Percentile £25,480 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.38% -9.52% +3.02%
75th Percentile £61,000 £62,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,772 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Back Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Back Office in the North West

Back Office
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Back Office in the North West.

Salary trend for Back Office in the North West

Back Office
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Back Office in the North West over the 6 months to 10 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Back Office in the North West

Back Office
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 10 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
Manchester +52 13 £65,000 +13.04% 33
Cheshire +3 3 £75,000 +76.47% 10
Back Office
England

Back Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 5 (31.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (12.50%) IIS
3 1 (6.25%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) AWS
1 5 (31.25%) SaaS
2 3 (18.75%) Azure
2 3 (18.75%) Power Platform
3 2 (12.50%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (68.75%) SQL Server
2 6 (37.50%) MongoDB
3 5 (31.25%) Data Hub
3 5 (31.25%) SQL CLR
4 3 (18.75%) Metadata
4 3 (18.75%) Power BI
4 3 (18.75%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 3 (18.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 10 (62.50%) Retail
2 5 (31.25%) Finance
3 3 (18.75%) Front Office
4 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (12.50%) Social Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Legal
Job Titles
1 13 (81.25%) Senior
2 9 (56.25%) Developer
2 9 (56.25%) Senior Developer
3 6 (37.50%) .NET Developer
3 6 (37.50%) Senior .NET Developer
4 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Developer
4 3 (18.75%) Project Manager
4 3 (18.75%) SaaS Developer
4 3 (18.75%) Senior Manager
4 3 (18.75%) Senior Microsoft Developer
4 3 (18.75%) Senior Project Manager
4 3 (18.75%) Senior SQL Developer
4 3 (18.75%) SQL Developer
5 2 (12.50%) Head of Development
6 1 (6.25%) Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Business Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Senior Business Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (50.00%) .NET
1 8 (50.00%) .NET Core
2 6 (37.50%) ASP.NET Web API
2 6 (37.50%) Blazor
3 2 (12.50%) .NET Framework
3 2 (12.50%) Dapper ORM
3 2 (12.50%) Entity Framework
4 1 (6.25%) CSS
4 1 (6.25%) HTML
4 1 (6.25%) WinForms
4 1 (6.25%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Private Cloud
2 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 2 (12.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (6.25%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
1 2 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Agile
2 6 (37.50%) Design Patterns
2 6 (37.50%) Kanban
2 6 (37.50%) Microservices
2 6 (37.50%) OOP
2 6 (37.50%) Performance Optimisation
2 6 (37.50%) Roadmaps
3 5 (31.25%) Data Privacy
3 5 (31.25%) Fintech
3 5 (31.25%) High Availability
3 5 (31.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 5 (31.25%) Performance Tuning
3 5 (31.25%) Wealth Management
3 5 (31.25%) Workflow
4 4 (25.00%) Line Management
4 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (18.75%) Mentoring
5 3 (18.75%) Migration
5 3 (18.75%) Refactoring
5 3 (18.75%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 8 (50.00%) C#
2 5 (31.25%) SQL
3 3 (18.75%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (6.25%) Degree
System Software
1 5 (31.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 5 (31.25%) VMware