Back Office Contracts in the Thames Valley

Back Office
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Back Office over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 131 144 156
Rank change year-on-year +13 +12 -17
Contract jobs citing Back Office 1 6 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.038% 0.21% 0.28%
As % of the General category 0.068% 0.34% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 9
10th Percentile - £428 £343
25th Percentile - £433 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £456 £475
Median % change year-on-year -23.29% -3.95% -20.83%
75th Percentile - £473 £525
90th Percentile - £474 £875
South East median daily rate £560 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -2.61% - -4.17%

All General Skills
Thames Valley

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,462 1,751 2,179
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 55.36% 61.14% 60.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 773 1,126 1,413
10th Percentile £205 £275 £213
25th Percentile £333 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +3.26%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £575
90th Percentile £650 £700 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +5.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 43 68
10th Percentile £17.62 £14.45 £11.18
25th Percentile £22.58 £20.25 £13.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £28.16 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +77.56% +60.91% -16.86%
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.56 £23.75
90th Percentile £77.19 £75.40 £49.88
South East median hourly rate £45.00 £50.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -10.00% +150.00% -23.08%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Back Office in the Thames Valley

Back Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Back Office in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Back Office in the Thames Valley

Back Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Back Office in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Back Office in the Thames Valley

Back Office
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Back Office within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Buckinghamshire - 1 £350 - 4
Back Office
South East

Back Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Monitor
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Service Bus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Management
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) OOD
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bicep
1 1 (100.00%) C#