Back Office Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Back Office
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Back Office over the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 344 359 380
Rank change year-on-year +15 +21 +42
Permanent jobs citing Back Office 88 240 311
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.54% 0.71% 0.73%
As % of the General category 0.70% 1.15% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 70 219 206
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £62,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% +7.69%
75th Percentile £81,250 £110,000 £93,438
90th Percentile £101,500 £138,750 £105,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,625
% change year-on-year - +6.67% +0.96%

All General Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 12,655 20,785 28,005
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 77.13% 61.39% 66.08%
Number of salaries quoted 7,578 15,154 18,641
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,750 £46,570
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £106,250 £95,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Back Office
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Back Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Back Office trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Back Office
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Back Office.

Back Office salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Back Office
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Back Office over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Back Office salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Back Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 14 (15.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (12.50%) IIS
3 7 (7.95%) Confluence
4 6 (6.82%) Apache
5 1 (1.14%) ColdFusion
5 1 (1.14%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (1.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (3.41%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (1.14%) Endur
2 1 (1.14%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (1.14%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (1.14%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.14%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (1.14%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (1.14%) Oracle Internet Expenses
2 1 (1.14%) Oracle iProcurement
2 1 (1.14%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (1.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (1.14%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (1.14%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 21 (23.86%) SaaS
2 16 (18.18%) Azure
3 13 (14.77%) Power Platform
4 12 (13.64%) GitHub
5 8 (9.09%) AWS
6 6 (6.82%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (4.55%) GCP
8 3 (3.41%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (2.27%) OCI
10 1 (1.14%) Amazon EventBridge
10 1 (1.14%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (1.14%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (1.14%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (1.14%) Azure Service Bus
10 1 (1.14%) Google Sheets
10 1 (1.14%) Power Automate
10 1 (1.14%) Serverless
10 1 (1.14%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.82%) TCP/IP
2 5 (5.68%) DNS
2 5 (5.68%) Firewall
3 4 (4.55%) 5G
3 4 (4.55%) Broadband
4 1 (1.14%) LAN
4 1 (1.14%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (31.82%) SQL Server
2 14 (15.91%) Data Hub
2 14 (15.91%) SQL CLR
3 13 (14.77%) Power BI
4 10 (11.36%) Relational Database
5 9 (10.23%) Metadata
5 9 (10.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 9 (10.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (7.95%) MongoDB
7 5 (5.68%) Oracle Database
8 2 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (2.27%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (2.27%) RDBMS
9 1 (1.14%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (1.14%) DynamoDB
9 1 (1.14%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (1.14%) GIS
9 1 (1.14%) MySQL
9 1 (1.14%) NoSQL
9 1 (1.14%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 9 (10.23%) JIRA
2 3 (3.41%) Git
3 1 (1.14%) Moq
3 1 (1.14%) MSTest
3 1 (1.14%) NUnit
3 1 (1.14%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (1.14%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (1.14%) Subversion
3 1 (1.14%) xUnit.net
General
1 45 (51.14%) Finance
2 37 (42.05%) Social Skills
3 13 (14.77%) Retail
4 11 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (11.36%) Presentation Skills
5 10 (11.36%) Public Sector
6 6 (6.82%) Banking
6 6 (6.82%) Front Office
6 6 (6.82%) Local Government
7 4 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (4.55%) Legal
8 3 (3.41%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.27%) Advertising
9 2 (2.27%) Investment Banking
9 2 (2.27%) Marketing
10 1 (1.14%) Billing
10 1 (1.14%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 26 (29.55%) Senior
2 23 (26.14%) Developer
3 16 (18.18%) Analyst
4 15 (17.05%) Senior Developer
5 9 (10.23%) Microsoft Developer
5 9 (10.23%) SaaS Developer
5 9 (10.23%) Senior Microsoft Developer
5 9 (10.23%) Senior SQL Developer
5 9 (10.23%) SQL Developer
6 8 (9.09%) Project Manager
7 7 (7.95%) Business Analyst
8 6 (6.82%) Consultant
9 5 (5.68%) .NET Developer
9 5 (5.68%) Architect
9 5 (5.68%) Head of Development
9 5 (5.68%) Senior .NET Developer
9 5 (5.68%) Software Engineer
9 5 (5.68%) Support Engineer
10 4 (4.55%) Implementation Project Manager
10 4 (4.55%) Technology Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (17.05%) .NET
2 12 (13.64%) .NET Core
3 10 (11.36%) HTML
4 8 (9.09%) .NET Framework
5 6 (6.82%) ASP.NET Web API
5 6 (6.82%) Blazor
5 6 (6.82%) Entity Framework
6 5 (5.68%) CSS
6 5 (5.68%) Dapper ORM
7 4 (4.55%) FIX Protocol
7 4 (4.55%) React
8 3 (3.41%) ASP.NET
8 3 (3.41%) ASP.NET MVC
8 3 (3.41%) jQuery
8 3 (3.41%) REST
8 3 (3.41%) Web Services
8 3 (3.41%) WinForms
9 2 (2.27%) JSON
9 2 (2.27%) QuickFIX
9 2 (2.27%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 15 (17.05%) Onboarding
2 14 (15.91%) Management Information System
2 14 (15.91%) Private Cloud
3 7 (7.95%) Data Centre
4 6 (6.82%) Derivative
5 5 (5.68%) Client/Server
5 5 (5.68%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (5.68%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 4 (4.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (3.41%) Cloud Native
7 3 (3.41%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (3.41%) Driving Licence
7 3 (3.41%) NHS
7 3 (3.41%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 3 (3.41%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (2.27%) EPoS
8 2 (2.27%) Equities
8 2 (2.27%) Equity Derivative
8 2 (2.27%) PDA
8 2 (2.27%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 21 (23.86%) Windows
2 11 (12.50%) Linux
3 10 (11.36%) Windows Server
4 9 (10.23%) Unix
5 1 (1.14%) Android
5 1 (1.14%) CentOS
5 1 (1.14%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (30.68%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (23.86%) Agile
3 18 (20.45%) Fintech
3 18 (20.45%) Workflow
4 17 (19.32%) Data Privacy
5 16 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
6 15 (17.05%) Project Management
7 14 (15.91%) High Availability
7 14 (15.91%) Incident Management
7 14 (15.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 14 (15.91%) ITIL
7 14 (15.91%) Performance Tuning
7 14 (15.91%) Wealth Management
8 13 (14.77%) Change Management
9 12 (13.64%) DevOps
9 12 (13.64%) Software Engineering
10 11 (12.50%) Migration
11 10 (11.36%) Roadmaps
12 9 (10.23%) Collaborative Culture
12 9 (10.23%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 54 (61.36%) SQL
2 17 (19.32%) Python
3 15 (17.05%) C#
4 10 (11.36%) PowerShell
4 10 (11.36%) T-SQL
5 7 (7.95%) JavaScript
6 5 (5.68%) PHP
7 4 (4.55%) Bash
8 3 (3.41%) PL/SQL
9 2 (2.27%) Java
9 2 (2.27%) TypeScript
10 1 (1.14%) Bicep
10 1 (1.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (1.14%) R
Qualifications
1 8 (9.09%) Degree
2 3 (3.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.14%) ACCA
3 1 (1.14%) CIMA
3 1 (1.14%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.14%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (1.14%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.14%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.68%) FINRA
2 4 (4.55%) SLA
3 3 (3.41%) ISO 9001
3 3 (3.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.27%) QA
5 1 (1.14%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.14%) GDPR
System Software
1 20 (22.73%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (6.82%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (10.23%) Failover Clustering
2 5 (5.68%) Terraform
2 5 (5.68%) ZABBIX
3 1 (1.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 34 (38.64%) Microsoft
2 20 (22.73%) VMware
3 17 (19.32%) Oracle
4 5 (5.68%) Murex
5 3 (3.41%) SAP
6 2 (2.27%) Sophis
7 1 (1.14%) Google
7 1 (1.14%) OpenLink
7 1 (1.14%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.14%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.14%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.14%) Splunk
7 1 (1.14%) Xamarin