Back Office Jobs in the West Midlands

Back Office
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Back Office over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 214 262 255
Rank change year-on-year +48 -7 -51
Permanent jobs citing Back Office 34 12 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.47% 0.18% 0.51%
As % of the General category 0.81% 0.24% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 23 9 23
10th Percentile - £32,500 £30,600
25th Percentile - £33,000 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% -15.79% -26.92%
75th Percentile £33,750 £53,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £44,740 £57,650 £76,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% -3.57% +7.69%

All General Skills
West Midlands

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 advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 4,198 5,103 4,479
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 58.05% 76.39% 61.80%
Number of salaries quoted 3,018 2,265 2,834
10th Percentile £25,675 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £47,875
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +9.66% +4.08%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £73,965 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,047 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.57% +0.08% +4.35%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Back Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Back Office in the West Midlands

Back Office
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Back Office in the West Midlands

Back Office
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Back Office in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Back Office in the West Midlands

Back Office
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Back Office within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 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
Birmingham +3 14 £44,600 +35.15% 5
Tipton - 7 £25,000 -
Dudley +9 6 £25,000 -19.35% 1
Warwickshire - 3 £28,000 - 1
Worcestershire -15 2 £32,500 -18.75% 1
Staffordshire - 1 £42,000 - 1
Back Office
England

Back Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 15 (44.12%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (35.29%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (11.76%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 12 (35.29%) Power Platform
2 3 (8.82%) Azure
3 2 (5.88%) AWS
3 2 (5.88%) GCP
4 1 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.94%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.82%) Internet
2 2 (5.88%) LAN
3 1 (2.94%) DHCP
3 1 (2.94%) DNS
3 1 (2.94%) Firewall
3 1 (2.94%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (2.94%) SAN
3 1 (2.94%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.94%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (35.29%) Power BI
2 4 (11.76%) Oracle Database
2 4 (11.76%) Oracle Database 12c
2 4 (11.76%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (11.76%) SQL Server
General
1 26 (76.47%) Finance
2 25 (73.53%) Social Skills
3 17 (50.00%) Local Government
4 5 (14.71%) Manufacturing
4 5 (14.71%) Retail
5 4 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (11.76%) Police
5 4 (11.76%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.94%) Banking
6 1 (2.94%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.94%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 13 (38.24%) Analyst
2 12 (35.29%) Commercial Analyst
3 5 (14.71%) Product Owner
4 4 (11.76%) Administrator
4 4 (11.76%) DBA
4 4 (11.76%) Oracle DBA
4 4 (11.76%) PostgreSQL DBA
5 3 (8.82%) Graduate
5 3 (8.82%) IT Graduate
6 2 (5.88%) Support Engineer
7 1 (2.94%) Architect
7 1 (2.94%) Desktop Engineer
7 1 (2.94%) Desktop Support
7 1 (2.94%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 1 (2.94%) IT Manager
7 1 (2.94%) Project Manager
7 1 (2.94%) Service Analyst
7 1 (2.94%) Service Desk Analyst
7 1 (2.94%) Solutions Architect
7 1 (2.94%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 12 (35.29%) Smartcard
2 7 (20.59%) Driving Licence
3 5 (14.71%) Product Ownership
4 4 (11.76%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (8.82%) Blockchain
5 3 (8.82%) IoT
6 1 (2.94%) Derivative
6 1 (2.94%) Fixed Income
6 1 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (2.94%) NHS
6 1 (2.94%) Smartphone
6 1 (2.94%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (2.94%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 5 (14.71%) Unix
2 4 (11.76%) Windows
3 1 (2.94%) CentOS
3 1 (2.94%) Debian
3 1 (2.94%) Linux
3 1 (2.94%) Mac OS
3 1 (2.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (2.94%) Scientific Linux
3 1 (2.94%) Ubuntu
3 1 (2.94%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.94%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.94%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (2.94%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (2.94%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (2.94%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (41.18%) Customer Service
2 13 (38.24%) Mathematics
3 12 (35.29%) Business Intelligence
3 12 (35.29%) Data Analysis
3 12 (35.29%) Economics
3 12 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (20.59%) Roadmaps
5 6 (17.65%) Agile
5 6 (17.65%) ITIL
5 6 (17.65%) Problem Management
5 6 (17.65%) Product Vision
6 5 (14.71%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 5 (14.71%) Commercial Awareness
6 5 (14.71%) Contact Management
6 5 (14.71%) Customer-Centric Approach
6 5 (14.71%) Customer-Centricity
6 5 (14.71%) Project Delivery
6 5 (14.71%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (14.71%) Strategic Roadmap
6 5 (14.71%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.88%) Python
1 2 (5.88%) Shell Script
1 2 (5.88%) SQL
2 1 (2.94%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.94%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 18 (52.94%) Degree
2 4 (11.76%) Oracle Certification
2 4 (11.76%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.94%) CISM
3 1 (2.94%) CISSP
3 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.94%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.76%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.94%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.94%) PMO
2 1 (2.94%) QA
System Software
1 4 (11.76%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.94%) Terminal Services
2 1 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) ITRS Geneos
Vendors
1 15 (44.12%) Microsoft
2 6 (17.65%) Oracle
3 5 (14.71%) Genesys
3 5 (14.71%) YouTube
4 4 (11.76%) NEC
5 1 (2.94%) HP
5 1 (2.94%) New Relic
5 1 (2.94%) SAP
5 1 (2.94%) Sophos
5 1 (2.94%) VMware