Backlog Management Contracts in the City of London

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for Backlog Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Backlog Management over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 155 140
Rank change year-on-year +41 -15 -9
Contract jobs citing Backlog Management 11 17 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.50% 0.47% 1.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 0.51% 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 43
10th Percentile £488 £291 £453
25th Percentile £534 £452 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £550 £570
Median % change year-on-year +11.36% -3.51% +14.00%
75th Percentile £675 £692 £600
90th Percentile £719 £789 £685
Central London median daily rate £600 £550 £570
% change year-on-year +9.09% -3.51% +14.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Backlog Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,993 3,339 3,884
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.51% 91.81% 91.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,406 2,252 2,942
10th Percentile £359 £356 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £730 £675
90th Percentile £800 £825 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £570
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 23 41
10th Percentile £19.13 £15.50 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.50 £24.25
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -13.58% +113.30%
75th Percentile £40.00 £58.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £48.57 £88.30 £62.50
Central London median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year -20.54% -13.58% +102.50%

Backlog Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Backlog Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Backlog Management in the City of London

Backlog Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Backlog Management in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Backlog Management in the City of London

Backlog Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Backlog Management in the City of London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Backlog Management in the City of London

Backlog Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 1 (9.09%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (9.09%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Azure
1 3 (27.27%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) Data Lake
1 3 (27.27%) Power BI
2 1 (9.09%) Big Data
2 1 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) JIRA
2 1 (9.09%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 8 (72.73%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Finance
2 3 (27.27%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Digital Health
4 1 (9.09%) Digital Healthcare
4 1 (9.09%) Health Technology
4 1 (9.09%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Analyst
1 5 (45.45%) Business Analyst
1 5 (45.45%) Product Owner
2 3 (27.27%) Data Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Data Business Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Insurance Business Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Agile Product Owner
3 1 (9.09%) Digital Product Manager
3 1 (9.09%) E-Commerce Manager
3 1 (9.09%) E-Commerce Product Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Finance Business Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Financial Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) HR Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) HR Business Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Pega Business Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Product Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Senior
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) Product Ownership
2 1 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Agile
2 9 (81.82%) User Stories
3 4 (36.36%) Acceptance Criteria
3 4 (36.36%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 4 (36.36%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (36.36%) Product Backlog
3 4 (36.36%) Roadmaps
4 3 (27.27%) Data Visualisation
4 3 (27.27%) Product Vision
4 3 (27.27%) Release Management
4 3 (27.27%) Scrum
4 3 (27.27%) Software Engineering
4 3 (27.27%) Software Testing
4 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (27.27%) Visualisation
5 2 (18.18%) Product Roadmap
5 2 (18.18%) Product Strategy
5 2 (18.18%) Project Management
5 2 (18.18%) User Experience
5 2 (18.18%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Databricks
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Pega
2 1 (9.09%) Salesforce