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 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 164 289 241
Rank change year-on-year +125 -48 +51
Permanent jobs citing Back Office 14 3 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.39% 0.032% 0.44%
As % of the General category 0.64% 0.060% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 22
10th Percentile - - £29,400
25th Percentile £52,500 £61,250 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +31.58% -13.64%
75th Percentile £68,938 £63,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £76,025 - £52,250
England median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.57% +3.70% -3.57%

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 2,204 5,007 4,331
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 62.10% 54.00% 63.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,282 3,396 2,383
10th Percentile £25,313 £26,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,594 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,894 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.93% -5.00% +3.07%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -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 9 May 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 9 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
Wiltshire - 7 £55,000 -
Bristol - 4 £69,750 - 1
Somerset +12 3 - - 1
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 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (7.14%) AWS
3 1 (7.14%) GitHub
3 1 (7.14%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Git
General
1 11 (78.57%) Social Skills
2 6 (42.86%) Finance
3 4 (28.57%) Law
3 4 (28.57%) Military
3 4 (28.57%) Telecoms
4 1 (7.14%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Desktop Support
1 7 (50.00%) Desktop Support Technician
1 7 (50.00%) Desktop Technician
1 7 (50.00%) Support Technician
2 5 (35.71%) Project Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Backend Developer
3 1 (7.14%) Developer
3 1 (7.14%) ERP Manager
3 1 (7.14%) ERP Project Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Senior
3 1 (7.14%) Senior Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Driving Licence
2 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.14%) PMI
2 1 (7.14%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 7 (50.00%) Windows
1 7 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Analytics
1 8 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
1 8 (57.14%) Customer Acquisition
1 8 (57.14%) Customer Experience
1 8 (57.14%) Customer Service
2 7 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (50.00%) ITIL
2 7 (50.00%) Patch Management
2 7 (50.00%) Software Deployment
2 7 (50.00%) Ticket Management
3 4 (28.57%) Commercial Awareness
4 2 (14.29%) ERP
5 1 (7.14%) Business Case
5 1 (7.14%) Change Management
5 1 (7.14%) CI/CD
5 1 (7.14%) Financial Analysis
5 1 (7.14%) Migration
5 1 (7.14%) Service Delivery
5 1 (7.14%) Software Engineering
5 1 (7.14%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) Python
1 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) CTC Cleared
1 7 (50.00%) Degree
1 7 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) ACCA
2 1 (7.14%) CIMA
2 1 (7.14%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (50.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 8 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 7 (50.00%) Cisco
3 2 (14.29%) SAP
4 1 (7.14%) Oracle
4 1 (7.14%) Salesforce