Back Office Jobs in the South East

Back Office
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Back Office over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 278 325 351
Rank change year-on-year +47 +26 +40
Permanent jobs citing Back Office 23 71 54
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.24% 0.42% 0.38%
As % of the General category 0.36% 0.74% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 20 67 42
10th Percentile - £26,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £26,500 £51,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £37,500 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year - -40.48% +44.00%
75th Percentile £55,938 £48,125 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £63,500 £87,500
England median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% - +7.69%

All General Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 6,460 9,587 9,031
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 68.50% 56.65% 63.63%
Number of salaries quoted 2,659 6,038 4,365
10th Percentile £27,700 £25,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,537 £32,500 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.57% -12.50% -

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Back Office in the South East

Back Office
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Back Office in the South East.

Salary trend for Back Office in the South East

Back Office
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Back Office in the South East over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Back Office in the South East

Back Office
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Back Office within the South East region over the 6 months to 23 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
Thames Valley +34 13 £46,000 +22.67% 102
Berkshire +19 10 £39,500 +5.33% 80
Kent +32 8 £33,000 -30.53% 17
Buckinghamshire +32 3 £52,500 -25.00% 15
Hampshire +51 1 £82,500 +184.48% 35
Surrey +38 1 £37,500 +10.29% 19
Back Office
England

Back Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 8 (34.78%) IIS
2 6 (26.09%) Apache
3 2 (8.70%) CMS
3 2 (8.70%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 6 (26.09%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (8.70%) AWS
2 2 (8.70%) Azure
2 2 (8.70%) GitHub
2 2 (8.70%) Google Workspace
2 2 (8.70%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 11 (47.83%) Firewall
2 6 (26.09%) VPN
3 5 (21.74%) DNS
3 5 (21.74%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (26.09%) Relational Database
1 6 (26.09%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Bitbucket
1 2 (8.70%) Git
1 2 (8.70%) JIRA
1 2 (8.70%) Octopus Deploy
1 2 (8.70%) Visual Studio
1 2 (8.70%) Visual Studio Code
1 2 (8.70%) Vite
General
1 9 (39.13%) Social Skills
2 8 (34.78%) Retail
3 6 (26.09%) Local Government
3 6 (26.09%) Public Sector
4 3 (13.04%) Marketing
4 3 (13.04%) Telecoms
5 2 (8.70%) Advertising
5 2 (8.70%) Finance
5 2 (8.70%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (26.09%) Analyst
1 6 (26.09%) Support Engineer
1 6 (26.09%) Technical Engineer
1 6 (26.09%) Technical Support
1 6 (26.09%) Technical Support Engineer
2 3 (13.04%) Account Director
3 2 (8.70%) Architect
3 2 (8.70%) Developer
3 2 (8.70%) Full-Stack Developer
3 2 (8.70%) Product Owner
4 1 (4.35%) Applications Specialist
4 1 (4.35%) Business Architect
4 1 (4.35%) Business Systems Analyst
4 1 (4.35%) Database Specialist
4 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (4.35%) Senior Support Analyst
4 1 (4.35%) Support Analyst
4 1 (4.35%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (4.35%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) .NET
1 2 (8.70%) .NET Core
1 2 (8.70%) .NET Framework
1 2 (8.70%) CSS
1 2 (8.70%) HTML
1 2 (8.70%) Sass
2 1 (4.35%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 8 (34.78%) Management Information System
2 6 (26.09%) Data Centre
2 6 (26.09%) Onboarding
3 5 (21.74%) Client/Server
4 3 (13.04%) Handset
4 3 (13.04%) IoT
5 2 (8.70%) FMCG
5 2 (8.70%) Product Ownership
6 1 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (4.35%) Learning Management System
6 1 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (47.83%) Windows
1 11 (47.83%) Windows Server
2 6 (26.09%) Windows 10
2 6 (26.09%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (52.17%) Project Delivery
2 7 (30.43%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (30.43%) Roadmaps
3 6 (26.09%) Analytics
3 6 (26.09%) Client Onboarding
3 6 (26.09%) Customer Service
3 6 (26.09%) Incident Management
3 6 (26.09%) Information Security
3 6 (26.09%) ITIL
3 6 (26.09%) ITSM
3 6 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (26.09%) Project Management
3 6 (26.09%) Server Virtualisation
3 6 (26.09%) Service Management
4 5 (21.74%) Change Management
5 4 (17.39%) Mentoring
6 3 (13.04%) Computer Science
6 3 (13.04%) Contract Negotiation
6 3 (13.04%) Pricing Strategy
6 3 (13.04%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (34.78%) SQL
2 5 (21.74%) PowerShell
2 5 (21.74%) Python
3 2 (8.70%) C#
3 2 (8.70%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (13.04%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) Accessibility
2 1 (4.35%) GDPR
System Software
1 6 (26.09%) Hyper-V
1 6 (26.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (21.74%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 7 (30.43%) Microsoft
1 7 (30.43%) Oracle
2 6 (26.09%) VMware
3 1 (4.35%) MuleSoft