Back Office Jobs in the UK excluding London

Back Office
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Back Office over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 471 418 462
Rank change year-on-year -53 +44 +6
Permanent jobs citing Back Office 159 192 419
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.29% 0.56% 0.61%
As % of the General category 0.53% 0.87% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 94 130 238
10th Percentile £27,000 £34,238 £30,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £46,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% +20.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £55,000 £71,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £77,875
UK median annual salary £71,250 £70,000 £65,500
% change year-on-year +1.79% +6.87% -0.38%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

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 in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 30,211 22,120 45,559
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 55.66% 64.98% 66.12%
Number of salaries quoted 11,920 14,337 23,869
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,418 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,768 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,831 £81,250
UK median annual salary £59,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.67% - +4.35%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Back Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Back Office in the UK excluding London

Back Office
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Back Office in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Back Office in the UK excluding London

Back Office
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Back Office in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Salary histogram for Back Office in the UK excluding London

Back Office
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
South East -4 55 £37,500 -44.44% 13
North of England -82 33 £43,000 -28.33% 14
South West +24 32 £52,500 +5.00% 6
North West -42 24 £43,000 -30.65% 6
Midlands -35 23 £36,000 -40.00% 14
West Midlands -22 20 £35,750 -48.93% 7
Scotland -20 10 £29,250 -41.79% 6
Yorkshire -38 5 £45,000 -5.26% 4
North East -34 4 - - 4
East of England -57 4 £52,500 +57.14% 2
East Midlands -47 3 £38,000 -33.91% 7
Northern Ireland - 2 £70,000 -
Back Office
UK

Back Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 18 (11.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (9.43%) SharePoint
3 14 (8.81%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.63%) CMS
4 1 (0.63%) Umbraco
Applications
1 34 (21.38%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (11.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (9.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (2.52%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (8.18%) Maximo
2 6 (3.77%) NEC Housing
3 5 (3.14%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (1.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 21 (13.21%) Azure
2 10 (6.29%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (5.03%) Power Platform
4 5 (3.14%) iPaaS
4 5 (3.14%) SaaS
5 4 (2.52%) AWS
5 4 (2.52%) Miro
5 4 (2.52%) Power Automate
5 4 (2.52%) Zapier
6 2 (1.26%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.63%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.63%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.63%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.63%) Heroku
7 1 (0.63%) IaaS
7 1 (0.63%) OCI
7 1 (0.63%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (18.87%) TCP/IP
2 22 (13.84%) Firewall
3 18 (11.32%) DHCP
3 18 (11.32%) DNS
3 18 (11.32%) VPN
4 12 (7.55%) Intrusion Detection
4 12 (7.55%) LAN
4 12 (7.55%) Network Security
4 12 (7.55%) VLAN
4 12 (7.55%) WAN
4 12 (7.55%) Wireless
5 11 (6.92%) ADSL
6 6 (3.77%) SAN
6 6 (3.77%) VSAT
7 4 (2.52%) VoIP
8 2 (1.26%) Structured Cabling
9 1 (0.63%) Broadband
9 1 (0.63%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (32.08%) SQL Server
2 8 (5.03%) Power BI
3 7 (4.40%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (4.40%) Tableau
4 6 (3.77%) Oracle Database
4 6 (3.77%) Oracle Database 12c
5 5 (3.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (3.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (2.52%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (2.52%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.89%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.89%) NoSQL
8 2 (1.26%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.63%) GIS
9 1 (0.63%) MySQL
9 1 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.63%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 8 (5.03%) Visual Studio
2 7 (4.40%) JIRA
3 3 (1.89%) Git
3 3 (1.89%) RStudio
General
1 55 (34.59%) Social Skills
2 43 (27.04%) Finance
3 20 (12.58%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (8.18%) Marketing
5 9 (5.66%) Manufacturing
6 8 (5.03%) Local Government
6 8 (5.03%) Military
7 6 (3.77%) Police
7 6 (3.77%) Public Sector
7 6 (3.77%) Telecoms
8 4 (2.52%) Aerospace
8 4 (2.52%) Automotive
8 4 (2.52%) Billing
8 4 (2.52%) Electronics
8 4 (2.52%) Publishing
9 3 (1.89%) Retail
10 1 (0.63%) Front Office
10 1 (0.63%) Law
10 1 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (14.47%) Analyst
2 19 (11.95%) Lead
3 16 (10.06%) Developer
4 13 (8.18%) IT Technician
4 13 (8.18%) Support Technician
5 12 (7.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 12 (7.55%) Network Engineer
5 12 (7.55%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 12 (7.55%) Product Manager
6 10 (6.29%) PMO Lead
7 9 (5.66%) Project Manager
8 8 (5.03%) 2nd Line Support
8 8 (5.03%) 2nd Line Support Technician
8 8 (5.03%) IT Support
9 7 (4.40%) .NET Developer
10 6 (3.77%) .NET Architect
10 6 (3.77%) .NET Solutions Architect
10 6 (3.77%) C# Developer
10 6 (3.77%) Oracle DBA
10 6 (3.77%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (12.58%) .NET
2 12 (7.55%) ADO
3 6 (3.77%) REST
3 6 (3.77%) SOAP
4 5 (3.14%) JSON
4 5 (3.14%) Web Services
5 4 (2.52%) .NET Framework
5 4 (2.52%) XML
6 2 (1.26%) AngularJS
6 2 (1.26%) ASP.NET
6 2 (1.26%) CSS
6 2 (1.26%) HTML
6 2 (1.26%) React
6 2 (1.26%) Vue
7 1 (0.63%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.63%) jQuery
7 1 (0.63%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 28 (17.61%) Driving Licence
2 20 (12.58%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (7.55%) EPoS
4 10 (6.29%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (3.77%) Wiki
6 5 (3.14%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (3.14%) Enterprise Cloud
6 5 (3.14%) NHS
6 5 (3.14%) PACS
7 4 (2.52%) Data Centre
7 4 (2.52%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (1.26%) Derivative
8 2 (1.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (1.26%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.63%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.63%) Fixed Income
9 1 (0.63%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.63%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.63%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.63%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 51 (32.08%) Windows
2 22 (13.84%) Windows 10
3 18 (11.32%) Linux
4 6 (3.77%) Unix
5 2 (1.26%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.26%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.63%) Android
6 1 (0.63%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (25.16%) ITIL
2 37 (23.27%) Customer Service
3 32 (20.13%) Problem-Solving
4 28 (17.61%) Agile
5 25 (15.72%) Project Management
6 21 (13.21%) Service Management
7 19 (11.95%) CRM
8 17 (10.69%) Cybersecurity
9 14 (8.81%) Information Security
10 13 (8.18%) Asset Management
10 13 (8.18%) Mentoring
10 13 (8.18%) Roadmaps
11 12 (7.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 12 (7.55%) Product Management
11 12 (7.55%) Product Marketing
11 12 (7.55%) Scrum
11 12 (7.55%) SIEM
12 11 (6.92%) Artificial Intelligence
12 11 (6.92%) Software Licensing
12 11 (6.92%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (15.09%) SQL
2 14 (8.81%) C#
2 14 (8.81%) PowerShell
3 9 (5.66%) T-SQL
4 5 (3.14%) Python
5 4 (2.52%) JavaScript
5 4 (2.52%) VB.NET
6 3 (1.89%) Java
6 3 (1.89%) Kotlin
7 2 (1.26%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.63%) PHP
8 1 (0.63%) R
8 1 (0.63%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 45 (28.30%) Security Cleared
2 39 (24.53%) SC Cleared
3 18 (11.32%) Degree
4 8 (5.03%) TOGAF Certification
5 6 (3.77%) MCSA
5 6 (3.77%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (3.77%) Oracle Certification
6 3 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.26%) IIBA
8 1 (0.63%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.63%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.63%) HNC
8 1 (0.63%) HND
8 1 (0.63%) ISEB
8 1 (0.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.63%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (10.06%) PMO
2 13 (8.18%) SLA
3 12 (7.55%) GDPR
3 12 (7.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (7.55%) NIST
4 6 (3.77%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.89%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.89%) QA
6 2 (1.26%) COBIT
System Software
1 12 (7.55%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.52%) BitLocker
3 4 (2.52%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (2.52%) vSphere
4 1 (0.63%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 9 (5.66%) SCCM
2 4 (2.52%) WSUS
Vendors
1 55 (34.59%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.81%) ESRI
3 13 (8.18%) IBM
4 8 (5.03%) Salesforce
5 7 (4.40%) Oracle
6 6 (3.77%) HP
6 6 (3.77%) NEC
7 5 (3.14%) Cisco
7 5 (3.14%) IFS
7 5 (3.14%) VMware
8 2 (1.26%) Sparx