Back Office Jobs in England

Back Office
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Back Office over the 6 months leading up to 21 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 456 443 449
Rank change year-on-year -13 +6 +27
Permanent jobs citing Back Office 238 489 516
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.48% 0.50% 0.64%
As % of the General category 0.69% 0.89% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 169 376 383
10th Percentile £33,750 £27,000 £35,100
25th Percentile £55,000 £37,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £109,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% +7.69%

All General Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 34,562 54,918 54,379
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 69.94% 56.43% 67.20%
Number of salaries quoted 16,398 37,030 31,189
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,500 £32,200
25th Percentile £37,750 £36,250 £43,465
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Back Office in England

Back Office
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Back Office in England.

Salary trend for Back Office in England

Back Office
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Back Office in England over the 6 months to 21 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Back Office in England

Back Office
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Back Office within the England region over the 6 months to 21 June 2025. 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
London -18 130 £92,317 +15.40% 743
North of England +35 29 £65,000 +30.00% 141
South West +133 28 £37,500 +25.00% 49
South East +44 24 £37,500 +2.04% 177
North West -8 17 £65,000 +30.00% 79
Midlands +69 14 £55,000 +96.43% 61
Yorkshire +67 12 £65,000 +16.72% 49
West Midlands +45 7 £65,000 +160.00% 36
East Midlands +44 7 £33,044 -9.18% 25
East of England +16 6 £60,394 +30.45% 51
Back Office
UK

Back Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 31 (13.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (10.08%) IIS
3 9 (3.78%) CMS
3 9 (3.78%) Confluence
4 6 (2.52%) Apache
5 3 (1.26%) nginx
5 3 (1.26%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.26%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.42%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.42%) ColdFusion
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 21 (8.82%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (5.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.26%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.42%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (6.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (3.78%) Endur
3 2 (0.84%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.84%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.84%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.42%) CiviCRM
4 1 (0.42%) Eikon
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle Internet Expenses
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle iProcurement
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 68 (28.57%) Azure
2 39 (16.39%) SaaS
3 33 (13.87%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (10.92%) GitHub
5 25 (10.50%) AWS
6 22 (9.24%) Azure DevOps
7 21 (8.82%) Power Platform
8 16 (6.72%) Entra ID
9 15 (6.30%) Dynamics 365
10 7 (2.94%) Azure Service Bus
11 6 (2.52%) Firebase
12 4 (1.68%) GCP
13 3 (1.26%) Google Workspace
13 3 (1.26%) Mimecast
13 3 (1.26%) npm
13 3 (1.26%) OCI
13 3 (1.26%) OpenShift
14 2 (0.84%) Azure Functions
14 2 (0.84%) Power Automate
14 2 (0.84%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.30%) Firewall
2 10 (4.20%) TCP/IP
2 10 (4.20%) VPN
3 9 (3.78%) DNS
4 4 (1.68%) 5G
4 4 (1.68%) Broadband
4 4 (1.68%) DHCP
5 3 (1.26%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (0.42%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.42%) Internet
6 1 (0.42%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.42%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (18.49%) SQL Server
2 26 (10.92%) Data Hub
2 26 (10.92%) SQL CLR
3 21 (8.82%) Power BI
4 16 (6.72%) Metadata
5 13 (5.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 13 (5.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (2.94%) MongoDB
6 7 (2.94%) Redis
6 7 (2.94%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.68%) MySQL
7 4 (1.68%) Oracle Database
8 3 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (1.26%) Tableau
9 1 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 20 (8.40%) JIRA
2 14 (5.88%) Git
3 5 (2.10%) Octopus Deploy
4 3 (1.26%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.26%) Visual Studio
4 3 (1.26%) Visual Studio Code
4 3 (1.26%) Vite
5 2 (0.84%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.84%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.42%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.42%) JUnit
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.42%) Subversion
6 1 (0.42%) TeamCity
General
1 110 (46.22%) Finance
2 79 (33.19%) Social Skills
3 21 (8.82%) Front Office
3 21 (8.82%) Retail
4 20 (8.40%) Banking
5 17 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
7 12 (5.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (4.20%) Law
8 10 (4.20%) Marketing
9 9 (3.78%) Public Sector
10 8 (3.36%) Telecoms
11 7 (2.94%) Advertising
12 6 (2.52%) Avionics
13 5 (2.10%) Legal
13 5 (2.10%) Local Government
14 4 (1.68%) Investment Banking
14 4 (1.68%) Military
15 3 (1.26%) Automotive
15 3 (1.26%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 51 (21.43%) Senior
2 40 (16.81%) Developer
3 26 (10.92%) Analyst
4 24 (10.08%) Senior Developer
5 17 (7.14%) Architect
6 16 (6.72%) Development Manager
6 16 (6.72%) Lead
6 16 (6.72%) Project Manager
7 15 (6.30%) Applications Manager
7 15 (6.30%) Applications Support
7 15 (6.30%) Desktop Support
8 14 (5.88%) Application Development Manager
8 14 (5.88%) Applications Development Manager
8 14 (5.88%) Desktop Support Technician
8 14 (5.88%) Desktop Technician
8 14 (5.88%) SaaS Developer
8 14 (5.88%) Software Engineer
8 14 (5.88%) Support Technician
9 13 (5.46%) Head of Development
9 13 (5.46%) Senior SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (18.91%) .NET
2 37 (15.55%) .NET Framework
3 23 (9.66%) .NET Core
4 15 (6.30%) Entity Framework
5 13 (5.46%) Dapper ORM
5 13 (5.46%) HTML
6 10 (4.20%) Web Services
7 9 (3.78%) REST
8 7 (2.94%) CSS
9 6 (2.52%) ASP.NET Web API
9 6 (2.52%) Blazor
9 6 (2.52%) Kafka
9 6 (2.52%) Node.js
9 6 (2.52%) RabbitMQ
10 5 (2.10%) FIX Protocol
10 5 (2.10%) React
11 4 (1.68%) AngularJS
11 4 (1.68%) jQuery
11 4 (1.68%) WinForms
12 3 (1.26%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 26 (10.92%) Private Cloud
2 15 (6.30%) Management Information System
3 13 (5.46%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 12 (5.04%) Data Centre
5 10 (4.20%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (4.20%) Onboarding
5 10 (4.20%) Operational Technology
6 7 (2.94%) Derivative
7 6 (2.52%) Driving Licence
8 5 (2.10%) Client/Server
8 5 (2.10%) Cloud Native
8 5 (2.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (2.10%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (2.10%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (1.68%) Handset
9 4 (1.68%) IoT
9 4 (1.68%) Video Conferencing
10 3 (1.26%) Hedge funds
10 3 (1.26%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 54 (22.69%) Windows
2 31 (13.03%) Windows Server
3 22 (9.24%) Windows 10
4 15 (6.30%) Linux
5 6 (2.52%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (1.26%) Unix
7 1 (0.42%) CentOS
7 1 (0.42%) Debian
7 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (25.63%) Agile
2 54 (22.69%) Problem-Solving
3 33 (13.87%) Data Privacy
3 33 (13.87%) Workflow
4 32 (13.45%) Continuous Improvement
5 31 (13.03%) Fintech
6 30 (12.61%) Software Engineering
7 29 (12.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 28 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
8 28 (11.76%) CI/CD
9 27 (11.34%) Cybersecurity
9 27 (11.34%) Wealth Management
10 26 (10.92%) Analytics
10 26 (10.92%) CRM
10 26 (10.92%) Customer Service
10 26 (10.92%) DevOps
10 26 (10.92%) High Availability
10 26 (10.92%) Performance Tuning
11 25 (10.50%) Roadmaps
12 24 (10.08%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 81 (34.03%) SQL
2 32 (13.45%) C#
3 26 (10.92%) Python
4 17 (7.14%) PowerShell
5 13 (5.46%) T-SQL
6 12 (5.04%) JavaScript
7 8 (3.36%) TypeScript
8 7 (2.94%) C++
8 7 (2.94%) PHP
9 5 (2.10%) Bash
10 4 (1.68%) Java
11 3 (1.26%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.42%) Bicep
12 1 (0.42%) C
12 1 (0.42%) DataWeave
12 1 (0.42%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 41 (17.23%) Degree
2 15 (6.30%) SC Cleared
2 15 (6.30%) Security Cleared
3 14 (5.88%) CTC Cleared
4 9 (3.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.52%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.26%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.26%) MBA
7 2 (0.84%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.42%) ACCA
8 1 (0.42%) CIMA
8 1 (0.42%) MCP
8 1 (0.42%) MCSA
8 1 (0.42%) MCSE
8 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.42%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.14%) SLA
2 5 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.68%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.26%) NCSC
5 2 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.84%) GDPR
5 2 (0.84%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.84%) NIST
5 2 (0.84%) PMO
5 2 (0.84%) QA
6 1 (0.42%) EMIR
System Software
1 32 (13.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (4.20%) Hyper-V
3 8 (3.36%) Active Directory
4 6 (2.52%) Docker
5 3 (1.26%) Samba
6 1 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (5.46%) Failover Clustering
2 12 (5.04%) Kubernetes
3 8 (3.36%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (2.94%) Terraform
5 5 (2.10%) ZABBIX
6 4 (1.68%) SCCM
7 3 (1.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (1.26%) Ansible
8 1 (0.42%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.42%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.42%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 73 (30.67%) Microsoft
2 32 (13.45%) VMware
3 22 (9.24%) Cisco
4 21 (8.82%) Oracle
5 16 (6.72%) Siebel
6 8 (3.36%) ServiceNow
7 7 (2.94%) Trayport
8 4 (1.68%) Murex
8 4 (1.68%) Red Hat
9 3 (1.26%) CheckPoint
9 3 (1.26%) Dell
9 3 (1.26%) LogicMonitor
9 3 (1.26%) Okta
9 3 (1.26%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.26%) Zscaler
10 2 (0.84%) eFront
10 2 (0.84%) Guidewire
10 2 (0.84%) Meraki
10 2 (0.84%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.84%) Ruckus Wireless
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