Back Office Job Trends in Portsmouth

Back Office
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in permanent job vacancies in Portsmouth. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Back Office over the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 40 34
Rank change year-on-year -3 -6 -
Permanent jobs citing Back Office 1 3 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Portsmouth 0.30% 0.99% 1.35%
As % of the General category 0.59% 1.80% 3.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29,000 £27,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £28,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -53.33% -
75th Percentile £31,000 £29,000 £65,000
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median annual salary £30,000 £28,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -53.33% +14.29%

All General Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 170 167 99
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 50.75% 55.12% 44.59%
Number of salaries quoted 107 87 67
10th Percentile £27,750 £32,600 £42,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £42,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,125 £73,125
90th Percentile £81,750 £75,000 £80,050
Hampshire median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -9.09%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Back Office job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Back Office
Salary Trend in Portsmouth

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Back Office.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Back Office

Back Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support Technician
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support Technician
1 1 (100.00%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA