Back Office Jobs with Work from Home Options

Back Office
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Back Office over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 364 375 429
Rank change year-on-year +11 +54 -30
Permanent jobs citing Back Office 249 299 588
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.72% 0.78% 0.79%
As % of the General category 1.18% 1.18% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 220 208 282
10th Percentile £36,500 £41,955 £37,500
25th Percentile £62,188 £57,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% +11.54% -3.70%
75th Percentile £110,000 £95,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £137,500 £105,000 £94,875
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -3.70%

All General Skills
Work from Home

Back Office is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 21,085 25,303 47,955
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.60% 65.66% 64.37%
Number of salaries quoted 15,141 17,245 25,038
10th Percentile £31,750 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,570 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,751 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £104,116 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Back Office
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Back Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Back Office trend for jobs with a WFH option

Back Office
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Back Office over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

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 6 (2.41%) Umbraco
2 5 (2.01%) CMS
3 4 (1.61%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 2 (0.80%) IIS
4 2 (0.80%) WordPress
5 1 (0.40%) Apache Pulsar
5 1 (0.40%) Kentico
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.40%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 10 (4.02%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (2.41%) Oracle General Ledger
1 6 (2.41%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 5 (2.01%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.61%) Endur
4 2 (0.80%) Magento
4 2 (0.80%) nopCommerce
4 2 (0.80%) Shopify
4 2 (0.80%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.40%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.40%) Cognos Controller
5 1 (0.40%) Findur
5 1 (0.40%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 89 (35.74%) Azure
2 69 (27.71%) AWS
3 47 (18.88%) GCP
4 19 (7.63%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (5.62%) Power Platform
6 8 (3.21%) Google Sheets
7 7 (2.81%) OCI
8 5 (2.01%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.61%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.80%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 2 (0.80%) npm
11 1 (0.40%) Amazon EC2
11 1 (0.40%) Amazon EKS
11 1 (0.40%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.40%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.40%) GitHub
11 1 (0.40%) IaaS
11 1 (0.40%) Microsoft 365
11 1 (0.40%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.40%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.01%) 5G
1 5 (2.01%) Broadband
2 4 (1.61%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (1.20%) ADSL
3 3 (1.20%) GPRS
4 1 (0.40%) DHCP
4 1 (0.40%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (9.24%) SQL Server
2 13 (5.22%) NoSQL
3 12 (4.82%) GIS
4 10 (4.02%) Data Lake
4 10 (4.02%) Power BI
5 9 (3.61%) Oracle Database
6 7 (2.81%) Geospatial Data
7 6 (2.41%) SAP BW
8 4 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (1.61%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.80%) SQLPlus
10 1 (0.40%) MySQL
10 1 (0.40%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (4.82%) JIRA
2 6 (2.41%) Git
3 2 (0.80%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.40%) Ant
4 1 (0.40%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.40%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.40%) IntelliJ
4 1 (0.40%) Maven
4 1 (0.40%) Mercurial
4 1 (0.40%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (0.40%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.40%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.40%) Visual Studio Team System
4 1 (0.40%) Vite
General
1 154 (61.85%) Finance
2 99 (39.76%) Front Office
3 67 (26.91%) Social Skills
4 61 (24.50%) Banking
5 25 (10.04%) Retail
6 17 (6.83%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (4.02%) Billing
7 10 (4.02%) Police
7 10 (4.02%) Telecoms
8 9 (3.61%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.81%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.41%) General Ledger
10 6 (2.41%) Health Technology
11 4 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.20%) Advertising
12 3 (1.20%) Legal
12 3 (1.20%) Marketing
13 2 (0.80%) International Banking
13 2 (0.80%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 88 (35.34%) Developer
2 81 (32.53%) Senior
3 55 (22.09%) Senior Developer
4 54 (21.69%) Analyst
5 47 (18.88%) .NET Developer
5 47 (18.88%) Software Engineer
6 44 (17.67%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 44 (17.67%) Senior .NET Developer
6 44 (17.67%) Senior Software Developer
6 44 (17.67%) Senior Software Engineer
7 42 (16.87%) .NET Software Developer
7 42 (16.87%) .NET Software Engineer
7 42 (16.87%) Senior .NET Software Developer
7 42 (16.87%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
8 27 (10.84%) Financial Analyst
9 25 (10.04%) Banking Analyst
9 25 (10.04%) SQL Analyst
9 25 (10.04%) Technical Analyst
10 20 (8.03%) Senior Technical Engineer
10 20 (8.03%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (28.51%) .NET
2 50 (20.08%) AngularJS
2 50 (20.08%) React
3 43 (17.27%) Redux
4 42 (16.87%) Vue
5 33 (13.25%) ASP.NET
6 29 (11.65%) .NET Core
7 27 (10.84%) ASP.NET Core
8 18 (7.23%) CSS
9 13 (5.22%) FIX Protocol
9 13 (5.22%) Web Services
10 11 (4.42%) HTML
11 10 (4.02%) Pandas
12 8 (3.21%) .NET Framework
13 6 (2.41%) ASP.NET MVC
14 5 (2.01%) jQuery
14 5 (2.01%) REST
15 4 (1.61%) WCF
15 4 (1.61%) WinForms
16 3 (1.20%) QuickFIX
Miscellaneous
1 93 (37.35%) Derivative
2 90 (36.14%) Hedge funds
3 44 (17.67%) Fixed Income
3 44 (17.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 42 (16.87%) Equities
5 13 (5.22%) Management Information System
6 12 (4.82%) Onboarding
7 10 (4.02%) Cloud Native
7 10 (4.02%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (3.21%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (2.41%) Public Cloud
9 6 (2.41%) Reinsurance
10 5 (2.01%) Culture of Ownership
10 5 (2.01%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.61%) Replication
11 4 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (1.20%) Blog
12 3 (1.20%) Driving Licence
12 3 (1.20%) IoT
13 2 (0.80%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 18 (7.23%) Windows
2 12 (4.82%) Linux
2 12 (4.82%) Unix
3 4 (1.61%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.40%) Android
4 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.40%) Solaris
4 1 (0.40%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (35.34%) Asset Management
2 87 (34.94%) Investment Management
3 71 (28.51%) Agile
4 61 (24.50%) Software Engineering
5 56 (22.49%) Mentoring
6 34 (13.65%) DevOps
7 33 (13.25%) CRM
8 29 (11.65%) Problem-Solving
9 26 (10.44%) Project Delivery
10 24 (9.64%) Data Analysis
11 23 (9.24%) ERP
12 22 (8.84%) Roadmaps
13 19 (7.63%) Change Management
14 18 (7.23%) Line Management
14 18 (7.23%) Migration
14 18 (7.23%) Test Automation
15 16 (6.43%) CI/CD
15 16 (6.43%) Computer Science
15 16 (6.43%) ITIL
16 15 (6.02%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 138 (55.42%) SQL
2 119 (47.79%) C#
3 99 (39.76%) Python
4 56 (22.49%) JavaScript
5 47 (18.88%) TypeScript
6 19 (7.63%) T-SQL
7 14 (5.62%) PowerShell
8 12 (4.82%) Java
9 10 (4.02%) Kotlin
10 4 (1.61%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.40%) Bash
11 1 (0.40%) Swift
Qualifications
1 40 (16.06%) Degree
2 13 (5.22%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (4.42%) Master's Degree
4 10 (4.02%) DBS Check
5 8 (3.21%) PMI Certification
5 8 (3.21%) PMP
6 6 (2.41%) Oracle Certification
7 5 (2.01%) AWS Certification
7 5 (2.01%) CISSP
8 4 (1.61%) CISM
9 3 (1.20%) SC Cleared
9 3 (1.20%) Security Cleared
10 2 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.80%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.40%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.40%) MCSE
11 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Certified Architect
11 1 (0.40%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.02%) QA
2 14 (5.62%) Data Quality
3 9 (3.61%) PMO
4 6 (2.41%) GAAP
4 6 (2.41%) IFRS
5 3 (1.20%) EMIR
5 3 (1.20%) MiFID
6 2 (0.80%) SLA
7 1 (0.40%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.40%) ITGC
7 1 (0.40%) NIST
System Software
1 15 (6.02%) Docker
2 4 (1.61%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.40%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.40%) Firmware
4 1 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.40%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (6.43%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.40%) Ansible
2 1 (0.40%) Hadoop YARN
2 1 (0.40%) SCOM
2 1 (0.40%) SCOrch
2 1 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.40%) Terraform
2 1 (0.40%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 36 (14.46%) Microsoft
2 21 (8.43%) Oracle
3 19 (7.63%) SAP
4 11 (4.42%) Google
5 9 (3.61%) IBM
6 8 (3.21%) Algorithmics
6 8 (3.21%) ION Trading
7 6 (2.41%) PeopleSoft
7 6 (2.41%) Salesforce
8 5 (2.01%) Virgin Media
9 4 (1.61%) OpenLink
10 3 (1.20%) Iron Mountain
11 2 (0.80%) Adobe
11 2 (0.80%) Blue Prism
11 2 (0.80%) Calypso
11 2 (0.80%) Murex
11 2 (0.80%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.80%) UiPath
11 2 (0.80%) VMware
11 2 (0.80%) WooCommerce