Back Office Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Back Office
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 360 427 385
Rank change year-on-year +67 -42 +96
Permanent jobs citing Back Office 156 141 158
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.37% 0.38% 0.52%
As % of the General category 0.65% 0.60% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 76 80 112
10th Percentile £37,375 £27,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £30,375 £40,031
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,250 £54,250
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -14.75% +8.50%
75th Percentile £69,063 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £94,625 £80,000 £78,375
UK median annual salary £62,500 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -13.79% -3.33% +7.14%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 23,950 23,604 18,754
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 57.08% 63.07% 61.23%
Number of salaries quoted 12,322 9,923 13,326
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £35,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £66,778
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £81,138
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -2.36%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Back Office job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Back Office
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Back Office.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Back Office

Back Office
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Back Office in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Back Office in the UK excluding London

Back Office
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Back Office within the UK excluding London 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
South West +35 41 £51,250 -31.67% 24
Midlands +45 37 £42,500 +11.84% 26
North of England +21 37 £65,000 +18.18% 46
West Midlands +49 33 £42,500 +18.88% 13
North West +39 25 £65,000 +51.16% 27
South East +1 22 £62,500 +56.25% 67
Scotland +7 10 £25,250 -13.68% 14
Yorkshire 0 10 £53,750 +19.44% 15
East of England +25 8 £48,000 -8.57% 27
East Midlands -8 4 £47,500 +21.79% 11
Wales - 3 - - 4
North East +1 2 - - 4
Back Office
UK

Back Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (1.92%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 31 (19.87%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 11 (7.05%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (3.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (3.21%) Magento
2 5 (3.21%) Shopify
3 4 (2.56%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.64%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.64%) Odoo
4 1 (0.64%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 35 (22.44%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (13.46%) Azure
3 13 (8.33%) SaaS
4 12 (7.69%) Commercetools
5 11 (7.05%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (5.77%) GitHub
7 4 (2.56%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.92%) AWS
8 3 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.92%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.28%) Azure AI
9 2 (1.28%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.64%) Azure App Service
10 1 (0.64%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (0.64%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.64%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.64%) ChatGPT
10 1 (0.64%) Firebase
10 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.64%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.56%) DNS
1 4 (2.56%) Firewall
1 4 (2.56%) TCP/IP
1 4 (2.56%) WAN
2 3 (1.92%) DHCP
2 3 (1.92%) Softphone
2 3 (1.92%) VLAN
2 3 (1.92%) VPN
3 2 (1.28%) Modbus
3 2 (1.28%) MQTT
3 2 (1.28%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.64%) Broadband
4 1 (0.64%) LAN
4 1 (0.64%) Mobile Broadband
4 1 (0.64%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (10.26%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.56%) Power BI
2 4 (2.56%) Relational Database
3 3 (1.92%) Tableau
4 2 (1.28%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.64%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.64%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (3.21%) JIRA
2 2 (1.28%) Git
3 1 (0.64%) GCC
General
1 58 (37.18%) Social Skills
2 47 (30.13%) Finance
3 39 (25.00%) Law
3 39 (25.00%) Military
4 23 (14.74%) Local Government
5 22 (14.10%) Retail
6 17 (10.90%) Telecoms
7 6 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (3.85%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.56%) Advertising
8 4 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.56%) Marketing
9 3 (1.92%) Banking
9 3 (1.92%) Publishing
10 2 (1.28%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.28%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (1.28%) Automotive
11 1 (0.64%) Arabic Language
11 1 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.64%) Legal
Job Titles
1 40 (25.64%) Project Manager
2 31 (19.87%) Support Engineer
3 28 (17.95%) Desktop Engineer
3 28 (17.95%) Desktop Support
3 28 (17.95%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 24 (15.38%) Site Engineer
5 21 (13.46%) Traffic Manager
6 14 (8.97%) Developer
7 12 (7.69%) Head of Architecture
8 10 (6.41%) Analyst
9 9 (5.77%) Senior
10 8 (5.13%) Support Analyst
11 7 (4.49%) IT Support
12 6 (3.85%) Dynamics NAV Developer
12 6 (3.85%) SaaS Developer
13 5 (3.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 5 (3.21%) Software Analyst
14 4 (2.56%) Senior Analyst
14 4 (2.56%) Senior Support Analyst
14 4 (2.56%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.85%) XML
2 5 (3.21%) Middleware
2 5 (3.21%) REST
2 5 (3.21%) SOAP
3 3 (1.92%) EDI
3 3 (1.92%) React
4 2 (1.28%) .NET
4 2 (1.28%) ASP.NET Web API
4 2 (1.28%) Node.js
5 1 (0.64%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.64%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.64%) ASP.NET Web Forms
5 1 (0.64%) Blazor
5 1 (0.64%) OAuth
5 1 (0.64%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.64%) OpenID
5 1 (0.64%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.64%) React Native
5 1 (0.64%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 19 (12.18%) Driving Licence
2 8 (5.13%) EPoS
3 6 (3.85%) NHS
4 4 (2.56%) IoT
5 3 (1.92%) Digital Signage
5 3 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.92%) FMCG
5 3 (1.92%) Mainframe
5 3 (1.92%) Mobile App
5 3 (1.92%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.28%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.28%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.28%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 2 (1.28%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.28%) SCADA
6 2 (1.28%) Social Media
7 1 (0.64%) BYOD
7 1 (0.64%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.64%) Legacy Code
7 1 (0.64%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 35 (22.44%) Windows
2 28 (17.95%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.64%) Android
3 1 (0.64%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.64%) Linux
3 1 (0.64%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.64%) VMS
3 1 (0.64%) Windows Mobile
3 1 (0.64%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (34.62%) Continuous Improvement
2 36 (23.08%) ITIL
3 35 (22.44%) Customer Service
4 34 (21.79%) Cybersecurity
5 32 (20.51%) Customer Experience
6 31 (19.87%) Analytics
7 30 (19.23%) Ticket Management
8 29 (18.59%) Patch Management
9 28 (17.95%) Customer Acquisition
9 28 (17.95%) Software Deployment
10 24 (15.38%) People Management
11 16 (10.26%) TOGAF
12 15 (9.62%) Commercial Awareness
12 15 (9.62%) ERP
13 14 (8.97%) CRM
14 11 (7.05%) Business Intelligence
15 10 (6.41%) Agile
16 9 (5.77%) Data Management
16 9 (5.77%) DevOps
16 9 (5.77%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 13 (8.33%) SQL
2 8 (5.13%) C#
3 7 (4.49%) Java
4 6 (3.85%) C
4 6 (3.85%) T-SQL
5 5 (3.21%) Python
6 3 (1.92%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.28%) PL/SQL
7 2 (1.28%) R
8 1 (0.64%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 41 (26.28%) Degree
2 30 (19.23%) Security Cleared
3 28 (17.95%) CTC Cleared
3 28 (17.95%) SC Cleared
4 16 (10.26%) TOGAF Certification
5 12 (7.69%) Azure Certification
6 6 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.28%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (18.59%) SLA
2 23 (14.74%) COSHH
3 7 (4.49%) ISO 9001
4 6 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.28%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.64%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (3.21%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.64%) Firmware
3 1 (0.64%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (1.28%) Grafana
Vendors
1 34 (21.79%) Microsoft
2 28 (17.95%) Cisco
3 7 (4.49%) SAP
4 5 (3.21%) ConnectWise
4 5 (3.21%) ServiceNow
4 5 (3.21%) WooCommerce
5 3 (1.92%) Oracle
6 2 (1.28%) VMware
7 1 (0.64%) Foundry
7 1 (0.64%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.64%) Remedy
7 1 (0.64%) UiPath
7 1 (0.64%) Veeam