Back Office Jobs 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 11 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 282 243
Rank change year-on-year +126 -39 +49
Permanent jobs citing Back Office 19 11 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.53% 0.11% 0.39%
As % of the General category 0.82% 0.21% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 9 9 17
10th Percentile £34,450 - £34,200
25th Percentile £36,250 £30,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 -
90th Percentile £68,150 £56,750 £51,500
England median annual salary £72,500 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +7.41% -3.57% +7.69%

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 common skills in the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,308 5,333 4,020
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 64.60% 51.03% 62.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,289 3,550 2,296
10th Percentile £25,217 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,601 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £50,238
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -5.45% +4.66%
75th Percentile £64,000 £60,980 £67,070
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Back Office in the South West

Back Office
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Back Office in the South West

Back Office
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Back Office in the South West over the 6 months to 11 June 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 11 June 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 +44 7 £55,000 +33.33%
Bristol - 4 £69,750 - 3
Gloucestershire - 4 £37,500 - 1
Somerset +18 3 - -
Devon - 1 £28,500 - 2
Back Office
England

Back Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Applications
1 7 (36.84%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (47.37%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (36.84%) Entra ID
3 2 (10.53%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (5.26%) AWS
4 1 (5.26%) GitHub
4 1 (5.26%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Git
General
1 12 (63.16%) Social Skills
2 6 (31.58%) Finance
3 4 (21.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (21.05%) Law
3 4 (21.05%) Military
3 4 (21.05%) Telecoms
4 1 (5.26%) Legal
4 1 (5.26%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (36.84%) Desktop Support
1 7 (36.84%) Desktop Support Technician
1 7 (36.84%) Desktop Technician
1 7 (36.84%) Support Technician
2 5 (26.32%) Project Manager
3 4 (21.05%) Administrator
3 4 (21.05%) Network Administrator
4 3 (15.79%) Project Administrator
5 2 (10.53%) Network Manager
5 2 (10.53%) Presales Manager
6 1 (5.26%) Backend Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Cisco Network Administrator
6 1 (5.26%) Cisco Presales Consultant
6 1 (5.26%) IT Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Presales Consultant
6 1 (5.26%) Project Coordinator
6 1 (5.26%) Senior
6 1 (5.26%) Senior Project Manager
6 1 (5.26%) Service Desk Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Driving Licence
2 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.26%) PMI
2 1 (5.26%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 8 (42.11%) Windows
2 7 (36.84%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) Continuous Improvement
2 8 (42.11%) Analytics
2 8 (42.11%) Customer Acquisition
2 8 (42.11%) Customer Experience
2 8 (42.11%) Customer Service
2 8 (42.11%) Ticket Management
3 7 (36.84%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (36.84%) ITIL
3 7 (36.84%) Patch Management
3 7 (36.84%) Software Deployment
4 4 (21.05%) Commercial Awareness
4 4 (21.05%) Presales
5 3 (15.79%) Project Delivery
5 3 (15.79%) Time Management
6 2 (10.53%) Bill of Materials
6 2 (10.53%) ERP
7 1 (5.26%) Business Case
7 1 (5.26%) CI/CD
7 1 (5.26%) Collaborative Culture
7 1 (5.26%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.26%) Python
1 1 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (36.84%) CTC Cleared
1 7 (36.84%) Degree
1 7 (36.84%) SC Cleared
1 7 (36.84%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.26%) ACCA
2 1 (5.26%) CIMA
2 1 (5.26%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (36.84%) SLA
2 2 (10.53%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (10.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (10.53%) NIST
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (5.26%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 9 (47.37%) Cisco
2 8 (42.11%) Microsoft
3 2 (10.53%) Fortinet
3 2 (10.53%) Juniper
3 2 (10.53%) Meraki
3 2 (10.53%) Palo Alto
3 2 (10.53%) Ruckus Wireless
3 2 (10.53%) SAP
4 1 (5.26%) Oracle
4 1 (5.26%) Salesforce