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 have cited Back Office over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 466 485 482
Rank change year-on-year +19 -3 -58
Permanent jobs citing Back Office 491 616 1,139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.50% 0.59% 0.74%
As % of the General category 0.84% 0.86% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 389 419 659
10th Percentile £27,000 £34,348 £33,300
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% - +3.85%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £105,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £49,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -19.19% +10.00% +5.88%

All General Skills
UK

Back Office is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 58,670 71,907 98,006
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.84% 68.71% 63.59%
Number of salaries quoted 39,462 38,624 51,085
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +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 27 April 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 27 April 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 +74 474 £70,000 +3.70% 200
London +106 277 £90,000 +12.50% 96
Work from Home +25 229 £80,000 +14.29% 66
UK excluding London -39 207 £40,000 -19.19% 103
South East +47 71 £36,000 -42.40% 25
Midlands +19 42 £28,000 -37.78% 23
North of England -3 41 £51,150 +20.35% 31
East of England +37 39 £46,899 -2.80% 9
West Midlands +48 34 £25,000 -37.50% 14
North West +15 32 £51,150 +57.38% 24
Scotland -81 12 £25,901 -63.77% 3
Yorkshire +39 8 £52,500 -8.70% 4
East Midlands -25 8 £36,383 -21.34% 9
South West -31 3 £62,500 +31.58% 13
North East -5 1 £97,500 +114.88% 3

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 27 (5.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (0.81%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 4 (0.81%) CMS
2 4 (0.81%) Umbraco
3 2 (0.41%) Apache
3 2 (0.41%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.41%) GlassFish
3 2 (0.41%) IIS
3 2 (0.41%) JCAPS
3 2 (0.41%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.41%) WebLogic
3 2 (0.41%) WebSphere
3 2 (0.41%) WebSphere Application Server
3 2 (0.41%) WordPress
4 1 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
4 1 (0.20%) Kentico
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 51 (10.39%) Microsoft Excel
1 51 (10.39%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.20%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 19 (3.87%) Endur
2 13 (2.65%) NEC Housing
3 6 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.22%) OpenLink RightAngle
4 5 (1.02%) Oracle General Ledger
4 5 (1.02%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 3 (0.61%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.41%) Adaptiv
6 2 (0.41%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.41%) Magento
6 2 (0.41%) nopCommerce
6 2 (0.41%) Shopify
6 2 (0.41%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.20%) Bloomberg AIM
7 1 (0.20%) ION Anvil
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 108 (22.00%) Azure
2 87 (17.72%) AWS
3 55 (11.20%) Power Platform
4 46 (9.37%) GCP
5 29 (5.91%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (4.48%) Dynamics 365
7 18 (3.67%) Azure Service Bus
8 17 (3.46%) Azure Monitor
8 17 (3.46%) Google Sheets
9 16 (3.26%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 14 (2.85%) Microsoft 365
11 11 (2.24%) Mimecast
12 9 (1.83%) Power Automate
13 6 (1.22%) OCI
14 4 (0.81%) Google Workspace
14 4 (0.81%) SaaS
15 2 (0.41%) Amazon S3
15 2 (0.41%) Azure Key Vault
15 2 (0.41%) npm
15 2 (0.41%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.05%) Firewall
2 12 (2.44%) VPN
2 12 (2.44%) Wi-Fi
3 11 (2.24%) VoIP
4 10 (2.04%) Wireless
5 8 (1.63%) LAN
6 3 (0.61%) Bluetooth
6 3 (0.61%) FTP
6 3 (0.61%) GPRS
6 3 (0.61%) Internet
6 3 (0.61%) Network Security
7 2 (0.41%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.41%) WAN
8 1 (0.20%) DHCP
8 1 (0.20%) DNS
8 1 (0.20%) FIX Connectivity
8 1 (0.20%) Intranet
8 1 (0.20%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.20%) SAN
8 1 (0.20%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (17.31%) SQL Server
2 43 (8.76%) Power BI
3 27 (5.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 25 (5.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 25 (5.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 21 (4.28%) GIS
5 21 (4.28%) Oracle Database
6 13 (2.65%) Oracle Database 12c
6 13 (2.65%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (2.44%) NoSQL
8 11 (2.24%) Data Lake
8 11 (2.24%) MS Access
9 9 (1.83%) Relational Database
10 8 (1.63%) MySQL
11 7 (1.43%) Geospatial Data
12 6 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
12 6 (1.22%) MongoDB
12 6 (1.22%) RDBMS
13 5 (1.02%) SAP BW
14 2 (0.41%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 14 (2.85%) JIRA
1 14 (2.85%) Visual Studio
2 11 (2.24%) Git
3 5 (1.02%) Maven
4 3 (0.61%) Ant
4 3 (0.61%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.41%) JUnit
5 2 (0.41%) Subversion
6 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.20%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.20%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.20%) Mercurial
6 1 (0.20%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.20%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio Team System
6 1 (0.20%) Vite
General
1 281 (57.23%) Finance
2 196 (39.92%) Social Skills
3 119 (24.24%) Front Office
4 86 (17.52%) Analytical Skills
5 85 (17.31%) Banking
6 53 (10.79%) Retail
7 51 (10.39%) Local Government
8 24 (4.89%) Billing
8 24 (4.89%) Organisational Skills
8 24 (4.89%) Public Sector
9 22 (4.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 21 (4.28%) Police
11 15 (3.05%) Telecoms
12 13 (2.65%) Law
13 9 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (1.43%) General Ledger
15 6 (1.22%) Games
15 6 (1.22%) Health Technology
15 6 (1.22%) Manufacturing
16 4 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 122 (24.85%) Senior
2 109 (22.20%) Developer
3 104 (21.18%) Analyst
4 57 (11.61%) Senior Developer
5 46 (9.37%) .NET Developer
5 46 (9.37%) Senior Software Developer
5 46 (9.37%) Software Engineer
6 43 (8.76%) Senior .NET Developer
7 42 (8.55%) .NET Software Developer
7 42 (8.55%) .NET Software Engineer
7 42 (8.55%) Developer/Software Engineer
7 42 (8.55%) Senior .NET Software Developer
7 42 (8.55%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
7 42 (8.55%) Senior Software Engineer
8 37 (7.54%) Technical Analyst
9 34 (6.92%) Lead
10 29 (5.91%) Architect
10 29 (5.91%) Financial Analyst
10 29 (5.91%) SQL Analyst
11 27 (5.50%) Banking Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (20.37%) .NET
2 52 (10.59%) AngularJS
3 50 (10.18%) React
4 44 (8.96%) .NET Core
5 43 (8.76%) Redux
6 42 (8.55%) Vue
7 34 (6.92%) ASP.NET
8 27 (5.50%) ASP.NET Core
9 22 (4.48%) CSS
10 19 (3.87%) Web Services
11 17 (3.46%) .NET Framework
12 15 (3.05%) ASP.NET Web API
13 14 (2.85%) HTML
14 13 (2.65%) Pandas
15 12 (2.44%) FIX Protocol
16 6 (1.22%) Entity Framework
16 6 (1.22%) RESTful
17 4 (0.81%) jQuery
17 4 (0.81%) Spring
17 4 (0.81%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 112 (22.81%) Hedge funds
2 106 (21.59%) Derivative
3 69 (14.05%) Fixed Income
4 52 (10.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 48 (9.78%) Equities
6 40 (8.15%) Management Information System
7 31 (6.31%) Self-Motivation
8 20 (4.07%) Onboarding
9 16 (3.26%) Driving Licence
10 13 (2.65%) Legacy Systems
11 12 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
11 12 (2.44%) Smartcard
12 10 (2.04%) Product Ownership
12 10 (2.04%) Virtual Team
13 7 (1.43%) Blog
14 6 (1.22%) IoT
14 6 (1.22%) Swaptions
15 5 (1.02%) Reinsurance
16 4 (0.81%) Replication
17 3 (0.61%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 50 (10.18%) Windows
2 30 (6.11%) Windows 10
3 27 (5.50%) Unix
4 16 (3.26%) Linux
5 15 (3.05%) Windows 7
6 14 (2.85%) Windows Server
7 12 (2.44%) Windows Server 2016
7 12 (2.44%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.81%) Android
9 2 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.20%) AIX
10 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.20%) CentOS
10 1 (0.20%) Debian
10 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.20%) Scientific Linux
10 1 (0.20%) Solaris
10 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (27.90%) Asset Management
2 122 (24.85%) Problem-Solving
3 117 (23.83%) Agile
4 115 (23.42%) Investment Management
5 79 (16.09%) Customer Service
6 76 (15.48%) Software Engineering
7 59 (12.02%) Mentoring
8 50 (10.18%) Data Analysis
9 43 (8.76%) Business Intelligence
9 43 (8.76%) DevOps
10 40 (8.15%) ERP
11 38 (7.74%) CRM
12 35 (7.13%) Computer Science
12 35 (7.13%) Project Delivery
13 34 (6.92%) Roadmaps
13 34 (6.92%) User Acceptance Testing
14 30 (6.11%) Continuous Improvement
15 29 (5.91%) Project Management
15 29 (5.91%) Technical Leadership
15 29 (5.91%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 196 (39.92%) SQL
2 155 (31.57%) C#
3 118 (24.03%) Python
4 64 (13.03%) JavaScript
5 47 (9.57%) TypeScript
6 26 (5.30%) Java
7 19 (3.87%) T-SQL
8 17 (3.46%) Bicep
9 12 (2.44%) PowerShell
10 9 (1.83%) Kotlin
11 6 (1.22%) VB
12 5 (1.02%) VBA
13 4 (0.81%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.81%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.41%) PHP
14 2 (0.41%) XPath
15 1 (0.20%) Bash
15 1 (0.20%) Swift
15 1 (0.20%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 94 (19.14%) Degree
2 33 (6.72%) Computer Science Degree
3 29 (5.91%) Security Cleared
4 18 (3.67%) Master's Degree
4 18 (3.67%) Oracle Certification
5 16 (3.26%) SC Cleared
6 15 (3.05%) DV Cleared
7 11 (2.24%) CISM
8 10 (2.04%) CISSP
9 8 (1.63%) DBS Check
9 8 (1.63%) PMI Certification
9 8 (1.63%) PMP
10 3 (0.61%) Numerate Degree
11 2 (0.41%) ACCA
11 2 (0.41%) CIMA
11 2 (0.41%) CISA
12 1 (0.20%) CCNA
12 1 (0.20%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.20%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (5.70%) SLA
2 24 (4.89%) Data Quality
3 19 (3.87%) QA
4 17 (3.46%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.83%) PMO
6 5 (1.02%) GAAP
6 5 (1.02%) IFRS
7 2 (0.41%) COBIT
8 1 (0.20%) COSHH
8 1 (0.20%) GDPR
8 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 40 (8.15%) Active Directory
2 16 (3.26%) Docker
3 15 (3.05%) KVM
4 12 (2.44%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.20%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 17 (3.46%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.22%) Control-M
3 2 (0.41%) Terraform
4 1 (0.20%) Hadoop YARN
4 1 (0.20%) ITRS Geneos
4 1 (0.20%) SCCM
4 1 (0.20%) SCOM
Vendors
1 115 (23.42%) Microsoft
2 53 (10.79%) Oracle
3 29 (5.91%) SAP
4 23 (4.68%) Google
5 19 (3.87%) OpenLink
6 15 (3.05%) Charles River
7 13 (2.65%) NEC
8 12 (2.44%) Sophos
9 11 (2.24%) Apple
9 11 (2.24%) Barracuda Networks
9 11 (2.24%) ConnectWise
10 9 (1.83%) IBM
10 9 (1.83%) ION Trading
10 9 (1.83%) Salesforce
11 8 (1.63%) Algorithmics
11 8 (1.63%) Sybase
12 6 (1.22%) TIBCO
13 5 (1.02%) Genesys
13 5 (1.02%) PeopleSoft
13 5 (1.02%) YouTube