Back Office Jobs

Back Office
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Back Office over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 484 424 460
Rank change year-on-year -60 +36 -22
Permanent jobs citing Back Office 395 580 1,352
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.44% 0.72% 0.77%
As % of the General category 0.76% 1.09% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 283 442 689
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,530 £36,250
25th Percentile £36,500 £50,313 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £109,875 £97,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -23.81% +10.53% +5.56%

All General Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 51,660 53,362 118,305
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 57.16% 66.13% 67.50%
Number of salaries quoted 31,702 33,264 55,108
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,350 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,750 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +6.19%
75th Percentile £72,557 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,557 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.42% +5.00% +5.26%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Back Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Back Office in the UK

Back Office
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Back Office in the UK

Back Office
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Back Office over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Back Office in the UK

Back Office
Top 15 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
England -45 374 £60,000 -20.00% 94
London -6 218 £80,000 -3.03% 28
Work from Home -24 169 £70,000 -12.50% 32
UK excluding London -75 164 £40,000 -23.81% 77
North of England -9 46 £50,000 +5.26% 19
South East +8 45 £37,500 -42.75% 24
North West +1 40 £47,500 +16.07% 10
Midlands -20 30 £28,000 -46.67% 10
West Midlands -2 21 £25,000 -61.54% 5
South West +3 20 £30,000 -40.00% 13
East of England -2 14 £46,297 +8.93% 8
East Midlands -28 9 £36,383 -27.24% 5
Scotland -75 8 £29,701 -43.43% 5
Yorkshire +35 6 £65,000 +36.84% 7
Northern Ireland - 1 £70,000 - 2

Back Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 17 (4.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (1.77%) ArcGIS
2 7 (1.77%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.27%) CMS
3 5 (1.27%) Umbraco
4 3 (0.76%) IIS
5 2 (0.51%) GlassFish
5 2 (0.51%) JCAPS
5 2 (0.51%) WebLogic
5 2 (0.51%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.51%) WebSphere Application Server
5 2 (0.51%) WordPress
6 1 (0.25%) Apache
6 1 (0.25%) Apache Pulsar
6 1 (0.25%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.25%) Kentico
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.25%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 40 (10.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 40 (10.13%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.51%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.25%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.25%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 22 (5.57%) NEC Housing
2 11 (2.78%) Endur
3 6 (1.52%) Maximo
3 6 (1.52%) Oracle General Ledger
3 6 (1.52%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 4 (1.01%) Workday HCM
5 3 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.76%) Magento
5 3 (0.76%) Shopify
6 2 (0.51%) Adaptiv
6 2 (0.51%) Findur
6 2 (0.51%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.25%) Fidessa
7 1 (0.25%) Front Arena
7 1 (0.25%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 1 (0.25%) Markit EDM
7 1 (0.25%) nopCommerce
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 98 (24.81%) Azure
2 80 (20.25%) AWS
3 43 (10.89%) GCP
4 41 (10.38%) Power Platform
5 34 (8.61%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (4.30%) Azure Service Bus
6 17 (4.30%) Google Sheets
7 14 (3.54%) Azure Monitor
7 14 (3.54%) Power Automate
8 13 (3.29%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 13 (3.29%) Dynamics 365
9 12 (3.04%) SaaS
10 8 (2.03%) OCI
11 7 (1.77%) Microsoft 365
12 4 (1.01%) Amazon EKS
12 4 (1.01%) Google Workspace
12 4 (1.01%) Miro
13 3 (0.76%) Google Compute Engine
13 3 (0.76%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 3 (0.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.29%) Firewall
2 11 (2.78%) ADSL
2 11 (2.78%) LAN
3 10 (2.53%) TCP/IP
4 7 (1.77%) VPN
4 7 (1.77%) WAN
4 7 (1.77%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (1.77%) Wireless
5 6 (1.52%) Broadband
6 5 (1.27%) 5G
7 4 (1.01%) SSH
8 3 (0.76%) BGP
8 3 (0.76%) Bluetooth
8 3 (0.76%) FTP
8 3 (0.76%) GPRS
8 3 (0.76%) Internet
8 3 (0.76%) Network Security
8 3 (0.76%) VLAN
8 3 (0.76%) VoIP
9 2 (0.51%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (17.72%) SQL Server
2 29 (7.34%) Power BI
3 28 (7.09%) Oracle Database
4 26 (6.58%) PostgreSQL
5 22 (5.57%) GIS
5 22 (5.57%) Oracle Database 12c
6 16 (4.05%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 11 (2.78%) NoSQL
8 10 (2.53%) Data Lake
9 8 (2.03%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (2.03%) Geospatial Data
10 7 (1.77%) MongoDB
10 7 (1.77%) MySQL
11 6 (1.52%) Relational Database
11 6 (1.52%) SAP BW
11 6 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 6 (1.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.76%) MS Access
13 2 (0.51%) Hadoop
13 2 (0.51%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (4.05%) JIRA
2 10 (2.53%) Visual Studio
3 9 (2.28%) Git
4 3 (0.76%) Ant
4 3 (0.76%) Maven
4 3 (0.76%) Postman
4 3 (0.76%) SpecFlow
4 3 (0.76%) TeamCity
5 2 (0.51%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.51%) JUnit
5 2 (0.51%) Selenium
5 2 (0.51%) Subversion
6 1 (0.25%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.25%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.25%) Mercurial
6 1 (0.25%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.25%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.25%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.25%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 190 (48.10%) Finance
2 158 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 85 (21.52%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (13.16%) Local Government
5 48 (12.15%) Banking
6 46 (11.65%) Front Office
7 42 (10.63%) Retail
8 36 (9.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 33 (8.35%) Public Sector
10 30 (7.59%) Police
11 19 (4.81%) Law
11 19 (4.81%) Organisational Skills
12 15 (3.80%) Telecoms
13 10 (2.53%) Financial Institution
14 9 (2.28%) Billing
15 7 (1.77%) Marketing
16 6 (1.52%) General Ledger
17 5 (1.27%) Investment Banking
18 4 (1.01%) Legal
18 4 (1.01%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 89 (22.53%) Senior
2 87 (22.03%) Developer
3 68 (17.22%) Analyst
4 45 (11.39%) Lead
5 40 (10.13%) Senior Developer
6 38 (9.62%) .NET Developer
7 33 (8.35%) Senior Software Developer
7 33 (8.35%) Software Engineer
8 30 (7.59%) Architect
9 29 (7.34%) Developer/Software Engineer
9 29 (7.34%) Senior .NET Developer
9 29 (7.34%) Senior Software Engineer
10 27 (6.84%) .NET Software Developer
10 27 (6.84%) .NET Software Engineer
10 27 (6.84%) Applications Support
10 27 (6.84%) Senior .NET Software Developer
10 27 (6.84%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
11 24 (6.08%) Administrator
11 24 (6.08%) Business Analyst
12 23 (5.82%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (19.75%) .NET
2 39 (9.87%) .NET Core
3 37 (9.37%) React
4 31 (7.85%) AngularJS
5 27 (6.84%) Redux
6 26 (6.58%) Vue
7 20 (5.06%) ASP.NET
7 20 (5.06%) Web Services
8 19 (4.81%) CSS
9 17 (4.30%) FIX Protocol
10 15 (3.80%) HTML
11 13 (3.29%) ASP.NET Core
12 12 (3.04%) .NET Framework
13 10 (2.53%) Pandas
13 10 (2.53%) REST
14 9 (2.28%) RESTful
15 8 (2.03%) Kafka
15 8 (2.03%) XML
16 6 (1.52%) ADO
16 6 (1.52%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 45 (11.39%) Driving Licence
2 44 (11.14%) Derivative
3 40 (10.13%) Self-Motivation
4 36 (9.11%) Equities
5 35 (8.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 34 (8.61%) Fixed Income
7 30 (7.59%) Hedge funds
8 25 (6.33%) Management Information System
9 18 (4.56%) Onboarding
10 17 (4.30%) Cloud Native
11 14 (3.54%) Enterprise Software
12 13 (3.29%) Blog
13 8 (2.03%) Hybrid Cloud
14 7 (1.77%) Data Protection Act
15 6 (1.52%) Equity Derivative
15 6 (1.52%) IoT
15 6 (1.52%) NHS
15 6 (1.52%) Public Cloud
15 6 (1.52%) Reinsurance
16 5 (1.27%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 52 (13.16%) Windows
2 45 (11.39%) Unix
3 22 (5.57%) Linux
4 21 (5.32%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.27%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.27%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (1.01%) Android
6 4 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.76%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.51%) AIX
9 1 (0.25%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.25%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (24.30%) Agile
2 77 (19.49%) Problem-Solving
3 69 (17.47%) Customer Service
4 67 (16.96%) Software Engineering
5 58 (14.68%) ITIL
6 54 (13.67%) Asset Management
7 45 (11.39%) DevOps
8 42 (10.63%) Data Analysis
9 41 (10.38%) Service Management
10 36 (9.11%) Investment Management
11 34 (8.61%) Technical Leadership
12 33 (8.35%) Continuous Improvement
13 29 (7.34%) Business Intelligence
14 27 (6.84%) CRM
14 27 (6.84%) Project Delivery
14 27 (6.84%) Roadmaps
15 25 (6.33%) Performance Tuning
15 25 (6.33%) Project Management
15 25 (6.33%) Use Case
16 24 (6.08%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 122 (30.89%) SQL
2 84 (21.27%) C#
3 55 (13.92%) Python
4 46 (11.65%) JavaScript
5 34 (8.61%) TypeScript
6 26 (6.58%) Java
7 19 (4.81%) PowerShell
8 16 (4.05%) T-SQL
9 14 (3.54%) Bicep
10 8 (2.03%) Kotlin
11 6 (1.52%) Shell Script
11 6 (1.52%) VBA
12 3 (0.76%) Bash
12 3 (0.76%) Go
13 2 (0.51%) XPath
14 1 (0.25%) Swift
14 1 (0.25%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 68 (17.22%) Degree
2 43 (10.89%) Security Cleared
3 28 (7.09%) Oracle Certification
4 21 (5.32%) SC Cleared
5 16 (4.05%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.03%) AWS Certification
6 8 (2.03%) DBS Check
7 6 (1.52%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.01%) ISEB
9 3 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.76%) CISM
9 3 (0.76%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.76%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.76%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 3 (0.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.76%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.51%) MCSA
10 2 (0.51%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (7.09%) Accessibility
2 27 (6.84%) SLA
3 21 (5.32%) QA
4 15 (3.80%) Data Quality
5 7 (1.77%) PMO
6 6 (1.52%) GAAP
6 6 (1.52%) IFRS
7 5 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (1.01%) EMIR
8 4 (1.01%) MiFID
8 4 (1.01%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.76%) COBIT
9 3 (0.76%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.25%) COSHH
10 1 (0.25%) GDPR
10 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.25%) ITGC
10 1 (0.25%) NIST
System Software
1 32 (8.10%) Active Directory
2 16 (4.05%) Docker
3 4 (1.01%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.76%) KVM
5 2 (0.51%) vSphere
6 1 (0.25%) Firmware
6 1 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 20 (5.06%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.27%) Control-M
3 4 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (1.01%) Terraform
4 3 (0.76%) Grafana
5 1 (0.25%) Ansible
5 1 (0.25%) Hadoop YARN
5 1 (0.25%) SCOM
5 1 (0.25%) SCOrch
5 1 (0.25%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 104 (26.33%) Microsoft
2 55 (13.92%) Oracle
3 22 (5.57%) Google
3 22 (5.57%) NEC
4 11 (2.78%) OpenLink
5 10 (2.53%) IBM
6 9 (2.28%) SAP
7 7 (1.77%) ESRI
8 6 (1.52%) PeopleSoft
8 6 (1.52%) Salesforce
8 6 (1.52%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.27%) Virgin Media
9 5 (1.27%) VMware
10 4 (1.01%) Murex
10 4 (1.01%) Workday
11 3 (0.76%) Barracuda Networks
11 3 (0.76%) ConnectWise
11 3 (0.76%) HP
11 3 (0.76%) SolarWinds
11 3 (0.76%) Xamarin