Back Office Contracts in London

Back Office
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in contract job vacancies advertised in London. 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 172 243 315
Rank change year-on-year +71 +72 -40
Contract jobs citing Back Office 248 271 330
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.42% 1.07% 0.85%
As % of the General category 2.26% 1.68% 1.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 226 257
10th Percentile £422 £450 £475
25th Percentile £511 £553 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £684 £654
Median % change year-on-year -8.59% +4.61% +13.67%
75th Percentile £705 £835 £750
90th Percentile £850 £838 £813
England median daily rate £625 £675 £630
% change year-on-year -7.41% +7.14% +10.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - - £15.40
25th Percentile - £16.13 £19.38
Median hourly rate £16.86 £17.07 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.20% -34.37% +63.86%
75th Percentile - £18.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £21.73 £35.25 £21.35
% change year-on-year -38.35% +65.11% +22.00%

All General Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 10,976 16,110 23,454
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 62.68% 63.34% 60.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,837 11,743 17,033
10th Percentile £335 £375 £385
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £580
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +3.45% +7.91%
75th Percentile £700 £725 £700
90th Percentile £825 £825 £800
England median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 200 283
10th Percentile £16.00 £16.13 £18.09
25th Percentile £18.25 £20.86 £25.68
Median hourly rate £30.00 £30.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year - -15.49% +23.05%
75th Percentile £48.44 £52.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.90 £70.00 £64.55
England median hourly rate £30.44 £31.92 £21.50
% change year-on-year -4.65% +48.47% +2.14%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Back Office in London

Back Office
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Back Office in London.

Daily rate trend for Back Office in London

Back Office
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Back Office in London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Back Office in London

Back Office
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Back Office in London.

Hourly rate trend for Back Office in London

Back Office
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London 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
Central London +35 39 £585 -8.88% 5
East London +3 9 £575 +8.49% 2
South London +4 2 £493 -48.16% 1
West London - 1 - - 2
Back Office
England

Back Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 8 (3.23%) CMS
2 3 (1.21%) MTS
3 1 (0.40%) SAS
3 1 (0.40%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.81%) Mingle
3 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 22 (8.87%) Endur
2 4 (1.61%) Markit EDM
2 4 (1.61%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 4 (1.61%) thinkFolio
3 3 (1.21%) Aligne
3 3 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.21%) EuroRunner
4 1 (0.40%) Advent Geneva
4 1 (0.40%) FIS Private Capital Suite
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle HRMS
4 1 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.40%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.40%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.40%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.40%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.40%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 66 (26.61%) Azure
2 38 (15.32%) Azure DevOps
3 33 (13.31%) Azure Service Bus
4 20 (8.06%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 18 (7.26%) Azure Monitor
6 10 (4.03%) Azure Pipelines
7 7 (2.82%) AWS
7 7 (2.82%) Miro
8 6 (2.42%) Power Platform
9 4 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.61%) Serverless
10 3 (1.21%) Entra ID
10 3 (1.21%) SaaS
11 2 (0.81%) Snowflake
12 1 (0.40%) Azure Key Vault
12 1 (0.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 1 (0.40%) GCP
12 1 (0.40%) Microsoft 365
12 1 (0.40%) SuccessFactors
12 1 (0.40%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.82%) FTP
2 4 (1.61%) Internet
3 1 (0.40%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (19.35%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.42%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (2.42%) Power BI
2 6 (2.42%) Relational Database
2 6 (2.42%) SAP HANA
3 5 (2.02%) NoSQL
3 5 (2.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (1.61%) NonStop SQL
4 4 (1.61%) RDBMS
4 4 (1.61%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 4 (1.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (1.21%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (1.21%) Big Data
5 3 (1.21%) GIS
6 2 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.40%) Data Mart
7 1 (0.40%) MySQL
7 1 (0.40%) Star Schema
7 1 (0.40%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (8.87%) Git
2 19 (7.66%) Postman
3 16 (6.45%) JIRA
4 11 (4.44%) SpecFlow
5 9 (3.63%) Cucumber
5 9 (3.63%) Visual Studio
6 8 (3.23%) Selenium
7 6 (2.42%) LoadRunner
7 6 (2.42%) WebDriver
8 5 (2.02%) FitNesse
8 5 (2.02%) JMeter
8 5 (2.02%) Team Foundation Server
9 3 (1.21%) Appium
9 3 (1.21%) Rational Performance Tester
9 3 (1.21%) TestRail
10 2 (0.81%) TestComplete
11 1 (0.40%) Jenkins
11 1 (0.40%) TeamCity
General
1 86 (34.68%) Finance
2 67 (27.02%) Banking
3 59 (23.79%) Front Office
4 58 (23.39%) Social Skills
5 31 (12.50%) Public Sector
6 21 (8.47%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (3.23%) Investment Banking
8 7 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (2.42%) Wholesale Banking
10 5 (2.02%) Local Government
11 4 (1.61%) General Ledger
12 3 (1.21%) Corporate Banking
13 2 (0.81%) Games
13 2 (0.81%) Legal
14 1 (0.40%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.40%) Marketing
14 1 (0.40%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.40%) Publishing
14 1 (0.40%) Retail
14 1 (0.40%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 95 (38.31%) Analyst
2 81 (32.66%) Senior
3 38 (15.32%) Developer
4 37 (14.92%) Business Analyst
5 34 (13.71%) Senior Analyst
6 29 (11.69%) Lead
7 28 (11.29%) Financial Analyst
8 24 (9.68%) Banking Analyst
9 23 (9.27%) Technical Analyst
10 21 (8.47%) Test Analyst
11 19 (7.66%) Product Owner
11 19 (7.66%) Technical Leader
12 18 (7.26%) Senior Test Analyst
12 18 (7.26%) SQL Analyst
13 15 (6.05%) Senior Developer
14 14 (5.65%) Senior Product Owner
14 14 (5.65%) Tester
15 13 (5.24%) Senior Financial Analyst
16 12 (4.84%) Support Analyst
16 12 (4.84%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (22.58%) .NET
2 36 (14.52%) .NET Core
3 13 (5.24%) React
4 12 (4.84%) XML
5 11 (4.44%) CSS
6 10 (4.03%) ASP.NET
6 10 (4.03%) jQuery
7 8 (3.23%) HTML
8 7 (2.82%) JSON
9 6 (2.42%) .NET Framework
9 6 (2.42%) AngularJS
9 6 (2.42%) ASP.NET MVC
9 6 (2.42%) SAP PI
10 5 (2.02%) FIX Protocol
10 5 (2.02%) REST
11 4 (1.61%) Playwright
12 3 (1.21%) ADO
12 3 (1.21%) pytest
12 3 (1.21%) RESTful
13 2 (0.81%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 51 (20.56%) Product Ownership
2 39 (15.73%) Derivative
3 33 (13.31%) Hedge funds
4 17 (6.85%) Mobile App
5 16 (6.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 15 (6.05%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 12 (4.84%) Equities
8 9 (3.63%) Fixed Income
9 7 (2.82%) Greenfield Project
9 7 (2.82%) Onboarding
10 6 (2.42%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (2.42%) Reference Data
11 5 (2.02%) Management Information System
12 4 (1.61%) Market Risk
12 4 (1.61%) Renewable Energy
13 3 (1.21%) Contactless
13 3 (1.21%) DTCC
13 3 (1.21%) Freedom of Information
13 3 (1.21%) Freedom of Information Act
13 3 (1.21%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.05%) Android
2 9 (3.63%) Unix
3 5 (2.02%) Linux
3 5 (2.02%) Windows
4 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.40%) CentOS
4 1 (0.40%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (52.02%) Agile
2 49 (19.76%) Asset Management
3 47 (18.95%) DevOps
4 44 (17.74%) Test Automation
5 41 (16.53%) OO
6 40 (16.13%) TDD
7 39 (15.73%) Investment Management
8 34 (13.71%) Mentoring
9 33 (13.31%) OOD
10 31 (12.50%) Software Testing
11 28 (11.29%) Continuous Integration
12 26 (10.48%) Clean Code
12 26 (10.48%) Scrum
13 24 (9.68%) User Stories
14 22 (8.87%) Data Analysis
15 21 (8.47%) Acceptance Criteria
15 21 (8.47%) API Management
15 21 (8.47%) Requirements Gathering
16 20 (8.06%) Problem-Solving
17 19 (7.66%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 88 (35.48%) C#
2 76 (30.65%) SQL
3 43 (17.34%) Python
4 28 (11.29%) Bicep
5 19 (7.66%) Java
6 17 (6.85%) JavaScript
7 15 (6.05%) Kotlin
8 13 (5.24%) TypeScript
9 12 (4.84%) PowerShell
10 8 (3.23%) T-SQL
11 5 (2.02%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.81%) VBA
13 1 (0.40%) Bash
13 1 (0.40%) C++
13 1 (0.40%) PHP
13 1 (0.40%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (7.66%) Degree
2 4 (1.61%) Numerate Degree
3 3 (1.21%) ISTQB
3 3 (1.21%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 3 (1.21%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.40%) CBAP
4 1 (0.40%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (0.40%) PgMP
4 1 (0.40%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.40%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.68%) PCI DSS
2 18 (7.26%) QA
3 12 (4.84%) Accessibility
4 10 (4.03%) WCAG
5 4 (1.61%) GAAP
5 4 (1.61%) ISO 15022
5 4 (1.61%) ISO 20022
6 3 (1.21%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.21%) PMO
7 1 (0.40%) MiFID
System Software
1 22 (8.87%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.21%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (3.23%) Control-M
2 2 (0.81%) Terraform
3 1 (0.40%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 54 (21.77%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.85%) Oracle
3 9 (3.63%) OpenLink
3 9 (3.63%) SAP
4 7 (2.82%) HP
5 6 (2.42%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.02%) CyberSource
7 4 (1.61%) Murex
8 3 (1.21%) IBM
9 2 (0.81%) CA Agile Central
9 2 (0.81%) Temenos
10 1 (0.40%) Advent
10 1 (0.40%) Bloomberg
10 1 (0.40%) Databricks
10 1 (0.40%) FIS
10 1 (0.40%) ION Trading
10 1 (0.40%) NCR
10 1 (0.40%) Nintex
10 1 (0.40%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.40%) ServiceNow