Back Office Job Trends in Watford

Back Office
Hertfordshire > Watford

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in permanent job vacancies in Watford. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Back Office over the 6 months leading up to 21 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Back Office 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Watford 0.38% - -
As % of the General category 0.72% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - -
75th Percentile £77,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median annual salary £68,250 £42,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year +61.54% -19.52% +10.53%

All General Skills
Watford

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 Watford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 139 137 156
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 52.26% 78.29% 60.94%
Number of salaries quoted 94 62 115
10th Percentile £26,625 £26,250 £27,900
25th Percentile £37,688 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -5.00% -23.81%
75th Percentile £75,000 £64,313 £63,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £77,500 £82,000
Hertfordshire median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - - -8.70%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

Back Office job vacancy trend in Watford

Back Office
Salary Trend in Watford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing Back Office.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing Back Office

Back Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Watford 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (100.00%) Private Cloud
1 1 (100.00%) Public Cloud
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) SIAM
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft