Backlog Prioritisation Contracts in the City of London

Backlog Prioritisation
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 Prioritisation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Backlog Prioritisation over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 162 156
Rank change year-on-year +53 -6 -19
Contract jobs citing Backlog Prioritisation 17 10 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.77% 0.28% 0.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 0.30% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 9 26
10th Percentile - £763 £434
25th Percentile £481 £825 £487
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £850 £560
Median % change year-on-year -42.65% +51.79% +12.00%
75th Percentile £603 £875 £580
90th Percentile £783 £915 £600
Central London median daily rate £488 £850 £560
% change year-on-year -42.65% +51.79% +12.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Backlog Prioritisation 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 1,989 3,335 3,878
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.53% 91.72% 91.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,408 2,250 2,941
10th Percentile £363 £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 £813 £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 11 24 42
10th Percentile £19.92 £15.33 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.03 £24.25
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £41.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -14.63% +128.09%
75th Percentile £40.00 £58.75 £52.50
90th Percentile £41.84 £88.30 £65.43
Central London median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £41.00
% change year-on-year -20.54% -14.63% +105.00%

Backlog Prioritisation
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Backlog Prioritisation in the City of London

Backlog Prioritisation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for Backlog Prioritisation in the City of London

Backlog Prioritisation
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Backlog Prioritisation in the City of London over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Backlog Prioritisation in the City of London

Backlog Prioritisation
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 6 (35.29%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 15 (88.24%) Azure
2 7 (41.18%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (23.53%) SaaS
4 3 (17.65%) Power Platform
5 1 (5.88%) AWS
5 1 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) Data Lake
1 3 (17.65%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 8 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 5 (29.41%) Finance
3 4 (23.53%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (17.65%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (64.71%) Product Owner
2 4 (23.53%) Digital Product Owner
2 4 (23.53%) Senior
2 4 (23.53%) Senior Product Owner
3 3 (17.65%) Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) Business Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) Data Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) Data Business Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) Insurance Business Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Agile Product Owner
4 1 (5.88%) Delivery Director
4 1 (5.88%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Lead
4 1 (5.88%) Product Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Programme Director
Miscellaneous
1 12 (70.59%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (94.12%) Agile
2 11 (64.71%) Business Case
3 10 (58.82%) User Stories
4 8 (47.06%) Product Backlog
4 8 (47.06%) Sprint Planning
5 7 (41.18%) Acceptance Criteria
5 7 (41.18%) Backlog Refinement
5 7 (41.18%) DevOps
5 7 (41.18%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (35.29%) Creative Problem-Solving
6 6 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (35.29%) Product Requirements
6 6 (35.29%) Translating Business Requirements
6 6 (35.29%) User Acceptance Testing
6 6 (35.29%) Workflow
6 6 (35.29%) Workshop Facilitation
7 5 (29.41%) Objectives and Key Results
7 5 (29.41%) Product Strategy
7 5 (29.41%) Product Vision
7 5 (29.41%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) SQL
2 1 (5.88%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) QA
System Software
1 4 (23.53%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 3 (17.65%) Databricks
3 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.88%) Splunk