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

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 518 464 491
Rank change year-on-year -54 +27 -21
Permanent jobs citing Back Office 202 503 603
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.37% 0.51% 0.60%
As % of the General category 0.53% 0.85% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 154 393 410
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,000 £34,424
25th Percentile £48,500 £37,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £93,750 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £112,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +50.00% -20.00% +11.11%

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 37,993 59,332 68,820
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 68.91% 59.79% 68.21%
Number of salaries quoted 18,640 39,684 37,197
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £43,162
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £82,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £102,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%

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 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Back Office in the UK

Back Office
Top 16 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 12 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
England -81 193 £72,500 +3.57% 376
London -35 106 £90,000 - 259
Work from Home +13 99 £70,000 -12.50% 189
UK excluding London +45 92 £60,000 +50.00% 193
North of England +54 37 £65,000 +18.18% 45
South East +48 21 £35,250 -2.08% 94
North West -18 16 £65,000 +22.47% 27
Yorkshire +77 15 £65,000 +23.81% 11
South West +117 14 £57,500 -8.00% 9
Midlands +33 7 £50,000 +78.57% 24
East of England +14 7 £60,394 +28.77% 9
North East +51 6 £70,000 -28.21% 8
Scotland +105 5 £40,518 +56.43% 10
West Midlands +29 4 £70,000 +180.00% 12
East Midlands +37 3 £40,000 +9.94% 9
Wales - 1 - - 5

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 20 (9.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (7.43%) IIS
3 7 (3.47%) Apache
3 7 (3.47%) Confluence
4 5 (2.48%) Jupyter
4 5 (2.48%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.98%) CMS
6 3 (1.49%) nginx
7 1 (0.50%) ColdFusion
7 1 (0.50%) Jetty
7 1 (0.50%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.50%) Tomcat
Applications
1 19 (9.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (7.43%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.49%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.50%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (4.95%) Endur
2 8 (3.96%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (2.48%) Markit EDM
4 3 (1.49%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.99%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.99%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.50%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.50%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.50%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.50%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.50%) Oracle Internet Expenses
6 1 (0.50%) Oracle iProcurement
6 1 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.50%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.50%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 55 (27.23%) Azure
2 25 (12.38%) SaaS
3 24 (11.88%) AWS
3 24 (11.88%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (8.42%) Power Platform
5 14 (6.93%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (6.93%) GitHub
6 12 (5.94%) Entra ID
7 10 (4.95%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (3.96%) Azure Service Bus
9 5 (2.48%) GCP
10 4 (1.98%) Firebase
10 4 (1.98%) Serverless
11 3 (1.49%) Azure Functions
11 3 (1.49%) Mimecast
11 3 (1.49%) OCI
11 3 (1.49%) OpenShift
12 2 (0.99%) Amazon S3
12 2 (0.99%) Azure App Service
13 1 (0.50%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 16 (7.92%) Firewall
2 10 (4.95%) TCP/IP
3 8 (3.96%) DNS
4 6 (2.97%) VPN
5 4 (1.98%) 5G
5 4 (1.98%) Broadband
6 3 (1.49%) Cisco ASA
6 3 (1.49%) DHCP
7 1 (0.50%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.50%) Internet
7 1 (0.50%) LAN
7 1 (0.50%) SSH
7 1 (0.50%) WAN
7 1 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (16.83%) SQL Server
2 17 (8.42%) Power BI
3 16 (7.92%) Data Hub
3 16 (7.92%) SQL CLR
4 11 (5.45%) Relational Database
5 10 (4.95%) Metadata
5 10 (4.95%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 10 (4.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (3.47%) MongoDB
7 6 (2.97%) MySQL
7 6 (2.97%) Redis
7 6 (2.97%) Tableau
8 5 (2.48%) Data Lake
8 5 (2.48%) Dremio
8 5 (2.48%) Oracle Database
9 4 (1.98%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.99%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.50%) GIS
11 1 (0.50%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 14 (6.93%) JIRA
2 10 (4.95%) Git
3 3 (1.49%) Artifactory
4 2 (0.99%) JUnit
4 2 (0.99%) Octopus Deploy
4 2 (0.99%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.99%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.50%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.50%) Jaeger
5 1 (0.50%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.50%) Moq
5 1 (0.50%) MSTest
5 1 (0.50%) NUnit
5 1 (0.50%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.50%) Selenium
5 1 (0.50%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.50%) Subversion
5 1 (0.50%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.50%) xUnit.net
General
1 97 (48.02%) Finance
2 59 (29.21%) Social Skills
3 21 (10.40%) Retail
4 17 (8.42%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (7.92%) Front Office
6 15 (7.43%) Presentation Skills
7 13 (6.44%) Banking
8 12 (5.94%) Marketing
8 12 (5.94%) Public Sector
9 6 (2.97%) Local Government
9 6 (2.97%) Telecoms
10 5 (2.48%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.98%) Law
11 4 (1.98%) Legal
11 4 (1.98%) Military
12 3 (1.49%) Advertising
12 3 (1.49%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 42 (20.79%) Senior
2 34 (16.83%) Developer
3 30 (14.85%) Analyst
4 19 (9.41%) Senior Developer
5 15 (7.43%) Support Engineer
6 14 (6.93%) Project Manager
7 13 (6.44%) Applications Support
7 13 (6.44%) Lead
8 12 (5.94%) Architect
9 11 (5.45%) Business Analyst
10 10 (4.95%) Consultant
10 10 (4.95%) Microsoft Developer
10 10 (4.95%) SaaS Developer
10 10 (4.95%) Senior Microsoft Developer
10 10 (4.95%) Senior SQL Developer
10 10 (4.95%) Software Engineer
10 10 (4.95%) SQL Developer
10 10 (4.95%) Technical Support
11 9 (4.46%) Support Technician
12 8 (3.96%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (13.37%) .NET
2 17 (8.42%) .NET Framework
3 14 (6.93%) .NET Core
4 12 (5.94%) HTML
5 9 (4.46%) Kafka
6 7 (3.47%) CSS
6 7 (3.47%) Entity Framework
6 7 (3.47%) REST
6 7 (3.47%) Web Services
7 6 (2.97%) ASP.NET Web API
7 6 (2.97%) Blazor
7 6 (2.97%) Dapper ORM
7 6 (2.97%) RabbitMQ
7 6 (2.97%) React
8 5 (2.48%) FIX Protocol
8 5 (2.48%) jQuery
9 4 (1.98%) Node.js
10 3 (1.49%) ASP.NET MVC
10 3 (1.49%) JSON
10 3 (1.49%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.40%) Onboarding
2 16 (7.92%) Management Information System
2 16 (7.92%) Private Cloud
3 11 (5.45%) Data Centre
4 9 (4.46%) Derivative
4 9 (4.46%) Equities
5 8 (3.96%) Driving Licence
6 6 (2.97%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.97%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 5 (2.48%) Client/Server
7 5 (2.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 5 (2.48%) Reference Data
7 5 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.98%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.98%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (1.98%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.98%) Operational Technology
8 4 (1.98%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.98%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 49 (24.26%) Windows
2 24 (11.88%) Windows Server
3 22 (10.89%) Linux
4 16 (7.92%) Windows 10
5 9 (4.46%) Unix
6 7 (3.47%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.99%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.50%) Android
8 1 (0.50%) CentOS
8 1 (0.50%) Debian
8 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (24.75%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (19.80%) Agile
3 26 (12.87%) Customer Service
4 24 (11.88%) Business Intelligence
5 23 (11.39%) DevOps
5 23 (11.39%) ITIL
5 23 (11.39%) Workflow
6 22 (10.89%) Fintech
7 21 (10.40%) CI/CD
7 21 (10.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 21 (10.40%) Project Delivery
7 21 (10.40%) Project Management
7 21 (10.40%) Roadmaps
7 21 (10.40%) Software Engineering
8 20 (9.90%) Continuous Improvement
8 20 (9.90%) Migration
9 19 (9.41%) Change Management
9 19 (9.41%) Cybersecurity
9 19 (9.41%) Data Privacy
10 17 (8.42%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 86 (42.57%) SQL
2 34 (16.83%) Python
3 21 (10.40%) C#
4 15 (7.43%) PowerShell
5 13 (6.44%) JavaScript
6 11 (5.45%) T-SQL
7 10 (4.95%) PHP
8 6 (2.97%) Java
8 6 (2.97%) TypeScript
9 5 (2.48%) Bash
9 5 (2.48%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.99%) C++
11 1 (0.50%) Bicep
11 1 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.50%) Groovy
11 1 (0.50%) R
11 1 (0.50%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 38 (18.81%) Degree
2 9 (4.46%) SC Cleared
2 9 (4.46%) Security Cleared
3 8 (3.96%) CTC Cleared
4 5 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.50%) ACCA
5 1 (0.50%) CIMA
5 1 (0.50%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.50%) MCP
5 1 (0.50%) MCSA
5 1 (0.50%) MCSE
5 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.50%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (0.50%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.94%) SLA
2 5 (2.48%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.48%) FINRA
3 3 (1.49%) ISO 9001
3 3 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.49%) PMO
3 3 (1.49%) QA
4 1 (0.50%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.50%) GDPR
System Software
1 23 (11.39%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (4.46%) Active Directory
2 9 (4.46%) Hyper-V
3 8 (3.96%) Docker
4 3 (1.49%) Samba
5 1 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (5.45%) Kubernetes
2 10 (4.95%) Failover Clustering
3 9 (4.46%) Terraform
4 8 (3.96%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (2.48%) ZABBIX
6 4 (1.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (1.98%) Ansible
7 3 (1.49%) SCCM
8 1 (0.50%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.50%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 57 (28.22%) Microsoft
2 23 (11.39%) VMware
3 22 (10.89%) Oracle
4 14 (6.93%) Cisco
5 8 (3.96%) Siebel
6 6 (2.97%) Bloomberg
6 6 (2.97%) Murex
6 6 (2.97%) Reuters
7 5 (2.48%) Databricks
7 5 (2.48%) Trayport
8 4 (1.98%) Red Hat
9 3 (1.49%) CheckPoint
9 3 (1.49%) Dell
9 3 (1.49%) LogicMonitor
9 3 (1.49%) Okta
9 3 (1.49%) SAP
9 3 (1.49%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.49%) Zscaler
10 2 (0.99%) eFront
10 2 (0.99%) ServiceNow