Back Office Job Trends in the South West

Back Office
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in permanent job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Back Office over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 146 282
Rank change year-on-year -4 +136 -53
Permanent jobs citing Back Office 59 14 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.77% 0.52% 0.033%
As % of the General category 1.86% 0.75% 0.062%
Number of salaries quoted 27 4 1
10th Percentile £33,750 - -
25th Percentile £40,000 £52,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.09% -8.00% +31.58%
75th Percentile £43,750 £68,938 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,025 -
England median annual salary £55,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -24.14% +3.57% +3.70%

All General Skills
South 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 general skills in the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 3,176 1,867 4,851
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 41.47% 69.33% 54.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,822 1,093 3,395
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,058 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.86% +7.49% -5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,525 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,450
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,670 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.63% +9.85% -12.50%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Back Office job vacancy trend in the South West

Back Office
Salary Trend in the South West

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

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

Back Office
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Back Office in the South West over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Back Office in the South West

Back Office
Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
Wiltshire +5 21 £42,500 -22.73% 1
Bristol -5 17 £40,000 -42.65% 3
Gloucestershire - 9 £42,500 - 2
Somerset -21 6 - - 2
Devon - 3 - - 1
Dorset - 3 £26,500 -
Back Office
England

Back Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 14 (23.73%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.08%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (15.25%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (15.25%) Dynamics NAV
1 9 (15.25%) Magento
1 9 (15.25%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 17 (28.81%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (15.25%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (15.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (15.25%) JIRA
General
1 19 (32.20%) Finance
1 19 (32.20%) Social Skills
2 4 (6.78%) Law
2 4 (6.78%) Military
2 4 (6.78%) Telecoms
3 1 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (28.81%) Administrator
2 14 (23.73%) Desktop Engineer
2 14 (23.73%) Desktop Support
2 14 (23.73%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 14 (23.73%) Site Engineer
2 14 (23.73%) Support Engineer
3 13 (22.03%) Technical Administrator
4 9 (15.25%) Analyst
5 8 (13.56%) Senior
5 8 (13.56%) Support Analyst
6 5 (8.47%) Coordinator
6 5 (8.47%) Release Coordinator
6 5 (8.47%) Release Manager
6 5 (8.47%) Software Analyst
7 4 (6.78%) .NET Developer
7 4 (6.78%) Applications Support Analyst
7 4 (6.78%) Developer
7 4 (6.78%) Project Manager
7 4 (6.78%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (6.78%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (15.25%) Middleware
1 9 (15.25%) REST
1 9 (15.25%) SOAP
2 4 (6.78%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.78%) Driving Licence
2 3 (5.08%) e-Learning
2 3 (5.08%) Web Conferencing
3 1 (1.69%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 14 (23.73%) Windows
1 14 (23.73%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (38.98%) Continuous Improvement
2 18 (30.51%) Analytics
3 14 (23.73%) Customer Acquisition
3 14 (23.73%) Customer Experience
3 14 (23.73%) Customer Service
3 14 (23.73%) Cybersecurity
3 14 (23.73%) ITIL
3 14 (23.73%) Office Automation
3 14 (23.73%) Patch Management
3 14 (23.73%) People Management
3 14 (23.73%) Software Deployment
3 14 (23.73%) Ticket Management
4 12 (20.34%) Data Management
5 10 (16.95%) CRM
5 10 (16.95%) User Experience
6 9 (15.25%) API Integration
6 9 (15.25%) Change Management
6 9 (15.25%) E-Commerce
6 9 (15.25%) ERP
6 9 (15.25%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (15.25%) SQL
1 9 (15.25%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (25.42%) Degree
2 14 (23.73%) CTC Cleared
2 14 (23.73%) SC Cleared
2 14 (23.73%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (23.73%) SLA
Vendors
1 14 (23.73%) Cisco
2 9 (15.25%) ConnectWise
2 9 (15.25%) Microsoft
2 9 (15.25%) ServiceNow
2 9 (15.25%) WooCommerce
3 1 (1.69%) DocuSign