Back Office Job Trends 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 21 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 272 236 321
Rank change year-on-year -36 +85 +40
Permanent jobs citing Back Office 24 17 71
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.17% 0.25% 0.44%
As % of the General category 0.36% 0.37% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 18 15 67
10th Percentile - £27,800 -
25th Percentile £29,000 £31,500 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £37,500 £36,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +4.17% -42.40%
75th Percentile £57,500 £38,250 £48,125
90th Percentile £73,000 £53,800 £63,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -20.69% +3.57% +4.67%

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 general skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 6,686 4,605 9,192
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 47.07% 67.09% 57.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3,686 2,037 6,022
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +11.70% -10.48%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £75,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -13.22%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Back Office job vacancy trend in the South East

Back Office
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Back Office.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Back Office

Back Office
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Back Office in the South East over the 6 months to 21 April 2026.

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 21 April 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
Hampshire -14 14 £30,000 +7.14% 2
Thames Valley -3 5 £55,000 +46.67%
Buckinghamshire -17 3 £92,500 -
Berkshire -1 2 £55,000 +46.67%
Surrey -27 2 £52,700 +75.67% 7
Kent -40 2 £52,500 +59.09% 5
East Sussex - 1 £57,500 -
Back Office
England

Back Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.17%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) SAP CO
1 1 (4.17%) SAP FI
1 1 (4.17%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (4.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.33%) Azure
1 2 (8.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.17%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 10 (41.67%) LAN
1 10 (41.67%) TCP/IP
1 10 (41.67%) WAN
2 2 (8.33%) Modbus
2 2 (8.33%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (41.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (8.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) GCC
1 1 (4.17%) Git
General
1 6 (25.00%) Retail
2 3 (12.50%) Finance
3 2 (8.33%) Manufacturing
3 2 (8.33%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Arabic Language
4 1 (4.17%) Banking
4 1 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 9 (37.50%) Support Technician
2 6 (25.00%) IT Support
3 4 (16.67%) 1st/2nd Line Support
3 4 (16.67%) 1st/2nd Line Support Technician
3 4 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
3 4 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support Technician
3 4 (16.67%) Business Development Manager
3 4 (16.67%) Business Manager
3 4 (16.67%) Development Manager
4 3 (12.50%) IT Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) IT Support Technician
4 3 (12.50%) IT Technician
4 3 (12.50%) Support Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Developer
5 2 (8.33%) Implementation Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Manufacturing Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Senior
5 2 (8.33%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) CSS
1 1 (4.17%) HTML
1 1 (4.17%) Node.js
1 1 (4.17%) React
1 1 (4.17%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 14 (58.33%) EPoS
2 3 (12.50%) IoT
3 2 (8.33%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 2 (8.33%) SCADA
4 1 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (4.17%) Onboarding
4 1 (4.17%) Reinsurance
4 1 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (4.17%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 10 (41.67%) Windows
1 10 (41.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (41.67%) Customer Service
2 4 (16.67%) Business Development
2 4 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (8.33%) CRM
3 2 (8.33%) Data Integration
3 2 (8.33%) Data Visualisation
3 2 (8.33%) Decision-Making
3 2 (8.33%) ERP
3 2 (8.33%) Full-Stack Development
3 2 (8.33%) Quality Management
3 2 (8.33%) Risk Management
3 2 (8.33%) Roadmaps
3 2 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (8.33%) System Testing
3 2 (8.33%) Validation
3 2 (8.33%) Visualisation
4 1 (4.17%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (4.17%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (4.17%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.50%) SQL
2 1 (4.17%) PHP
2 1 (4.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (4.17%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (41.67%) SLA
2 1 (4.17%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) Grafana
Vendors
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.17%) SAP