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 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 143 178 217
Rank change year-on-year +35 +39 +15
Permanent jobs citing Back Office 41 22 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.82% 0.51% 0.069%
As % of the General category 1.70% 0.90% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 14 17 3
10th Percentile £33,200 - £44,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £30,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.67% +7.14% +43.59%
75th Percentile £79,375 £77,500 -
90th Percentile £102,500 £80,000 -
England median annual salary £62,500 £75,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% -3.23% +24.00%

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 2,405 2,458 2,336
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 47.99% 56.68% 53.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,556 1,173 1,697
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,000 £29,980
25th Percentile £30,750 £38,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £68,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £84,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -4.00%

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 31 December 2025.

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 31 December 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
Wiltshire +5 11 - - 2
Bristol +20 10 £87,500 - 3
Somerset - 10 £70,000 -
Gloucestershire - 6 £42,500 - 1
Devon - 4 £30,500 - 1
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 22 (53.66%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (14.63%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (12.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (12.20%) Magento
2 5 (12.20%) Shopify
3 1 (2.44%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 21 (51.22%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (14.63%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (9.76%) SaaS
4 3 (7.32%) GitHub
5 2 (4.88%) AWS
5 2 (4.88%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (14.63%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.88%) Relational Database
3 1 (2.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (12.20%) JIRA
2 2 (4.88%) Git
General
1 24 (58.54%) Social Skills
2 9 (21.95%) Finance
3 1 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.44%) Banking
3 1 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (2.44%) Law
3 1 (2.44%) Military
3 1 (2.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 21 (51.22%) Desktop Engineer
1 21 (51.22%) Desktop Support
1 21 (51.22%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 21 (51.22%) Site Engineer
1 21 (51.22%) Support Engineer
2 9 (21.95%) Analyst
3 7 (17.07%) Support Analyst
4 6 (14.63%) Senior
5 5 (12.20%) Software Analyst
6 4 (9.76%) Developer
6 4 (9.76%) Senior Analyst
6 4 (9.76%) Senior Support Analyst
6 4 (9.76%) Software Support Analyst
7 3 (7.32%) Backend Developer
7 3 (7.32%) IT Analyst
7 3 (7.32%) IT Support
7 3 (7.32%) IT Support Analyst
7 3 (7.32%) Service Analyst
7 3 (7.32%) Service Desk Analyst
7 3 (7.32%) Service Desk Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (12.20%) Middleware
1 5 (12.20%) REST
1 5 (12.20%) SOAP
2 1 (2.44%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.32%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.44%) EPoS
2 1 (2.44%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 24 (58.54%) Windows
2 21 (51.22%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (65.85%) Continuous Improvement
2 22 (53.66%) Customer Service
2 22 (53.66%) Ticket Management
3 21 (51.22%) Analytics
3 21 (51.22%) Customer Acquisition
3 21 (51.22%) Customer Experience
3 21 (51.22%) Cybersecurity
3 21 (51.22%) ITIL
3 21 (51.22%) Patch Management
3 21 (51.22%) People Management
3 21 (51.22%) Software Deployment
4 8 (19.51%) ITSM
5 5 (12.20%) API Integration
5 5 (12.20%) Change Management
5 5 (12.20%) CRM
5 5 (12.20%) Data Management
5 5 (12.20%) E-Commerce
5 5 (12.20%) ERP
5 5 (12.20%) Service Management
5 5 (12.20%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 7 (17.07%) SQL
2 5 (12.20%) T-SQL
3 2 (4.88%) Python
4 1 (2.44%) C
4 1 (2.44%) C#
4 1 (2.44%) Java
Qualifications
1 23 (56.10%) Degree
2 21 (51.22%) CTC Cleared
2 21 (51.22%) SC Cleared
2 21 (51.22%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (51.22%) SLA
2 1 (2.44%) ISO 9001
2 1 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 21 (51.22%) Cisco
2 6 (14.63%) Microsoft
3 5 (12.20%) ConnectWise
3 5 (12.20%) ServiceNow
3 5 (12.20%) WooCommerce
4 1 (2.44%) SAP