Backlog Management Contracts in England

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 383 391 355
Rank change year-on-year +8 -36 +48
Contract jobs citing Backlog Management 156 280 534
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.42% 0.55% 0.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.61% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 186 348
10th Percentile £314 £409 £423
25th Percentile £450 £463 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £575 £551
Median % change year-on-year -11.35% +4.31% +14.84%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £691
UK median daily rate £500 £558 £550
% change year-on-year -10.39% +1.45% +14.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 4
10th Percentile - - £57.01
25th Percentile £51.25 £54.00 £65.65
Median hourly rate £52.50 £58.25 £71.45
Median % change year-on-year -9.87% -18.47% +4.52%
75th Percentile £53.75 £63.75 £73.30
90th Percentile - £73.13 £75.63
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £58.25 £70.90
% change year-on-year -9.87% -17.84% +41.80%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,992 45,544 64,506
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.53% 90.24% 90.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,975 31,977 45,770
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £749
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,229 1,592 1,769
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.87 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.60
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.17% +49.20% -

Backlog Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Backlog Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Backlog Management in England

Backlog Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Backlog Management in England.

Daily rate trend for Backlog Management in England

Backlog Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Backlog Management in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Backlog Management in England

Backlog Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Backlog Management in England.

Hourly rate trend for Backlog Management in England

Backlog Management
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Backlog Management within the England region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
London +28 82 £550 -5.17% 33
North of England +28 20 £444 -36.61% 9
South East -13 20 £550 -8.33% 20
Midlands +22 17 £575 +27.78% 3
East Midlands +29 13 £595 +25.26% 2
North West +25 13 £65 -90.37% 3
South West +18 13 £475 -26.92% 9
Yorkshire +16 7 £450 -35.71% 6
West Midlands +16 4 £383 -15.00% 1
Backlog Management
UK

Backlog Management
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 23 (14.74%) Confluence
2 13 (8.33%) SharePoint
3 11 (7.05%) SharePoint Server
4 4 (2.56%) CMS
5 2 (1.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (1.28%) OpenStack
Applications
1 18 (11.54%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (7.05%) MS Visio
4 8 (5.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (3.21%) Adobe XD
5 5 (3.21%) InVision
5 5 (3.21%) Sketch
5 5 (3.21%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 7 (4.49%) Primavera
2 2 (1.28%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.64%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 1 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.64%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 32 (20.51%) Azure
2 10 (6.41%) Azure Stack
3 9 (5.77%) Power Platform
4 8 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (4.49%) Figma
6 6 (3.85%) AWS
6 6 (3.85%) SaaS
7 5 (3.21%) Serverless
8 4 (2.56%) GitHub
8 4 (2.56%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 2 (1.28%) Adobe Analytics
9 2 (1.28%) Amazon Kinesis
9 2 (1.28%) Asana
9 2 (1.28%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.28%) Miro
9 2 (1.28%) PaaS
9 2 (1.28%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (0.64%) Azure Functions
10 1 (0.64%) IaaS
10 1 (0.64%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 13 (8.33%) Firewall
2 11 (7.05%) BGP
3 7 (4.49%) PPP
4 3 (1.92%) DNS
5 2 (1.28%) DHCP
5 2 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.64%) 3G
6 1 (0.64%) 4G
6 1 (0.64%) 5G
6 1 (0.64%) Broadband
6 1 (0.64%) DSL
6 1 (0.64%) iSCSI
6 1 (0.64%) LAN
6 1 (0.64%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.85%) Power BI
2 3 (1.92%) Big Data
2 3 (1.92%) Data Lake
2 3 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.28%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (1.28%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (1.28%) GIS
3 2 (1.28%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.28%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 45 (28.85%) JIRA
2 5 (3.21%) Axure RP
3 4 (2.56%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.92%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (1.28%) Cypress.io
5 2 (1.28%) Selenium
General
1 68 (43.59%) Social Skills
2 20 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (11.54%) Finance
4 16 (10.26%) Public Sector
5 11 (7.05%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (6.41%) Banking
7 9 (5.77%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (5.77%) Retail
8 5 (3.21%) Billing
8 5 (3.21%) Marketing
8 5 (3.21%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.56%) Back Office
9 4 (2.56%) General Ledger
9 4 (2.56%) Legal
9 4 (2.56%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.92%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.28%) Corporate Banking
11 2 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 45 (28.85%) Analyst
2 36 (23.08%) Product Owner
3 34 (21.79%) Business Analyst
4 13 (8.33%) Product Manager
5 12 (7.69%) Senior
6 11 (7.05%) Scrum Master
7 7 (4.49%) Designer
7 7 (4.49%) Lead
7 7 (4.49%) Service Designer
8 6 (3.85%) Data Business Analyst
8 6 (3.85%) Pega Business Analyst
8 6 (3.85%) Senior Analyst
8 6 (3.85%) Senior Business Analyst
9 5 (3.21%) Service Analyst
9 5 (3.21%) Service Management Analyst
10 4 (2.56%) Consultant
10 4 (2.56%) Project Manager
10 4 (2.56%) Senior Product Owner
11 3 (1.92%) Architect
11 3 (1.92%) Business Intelligence Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.56%) HTML
1 4 (2.56%) Node.js
2 3 (1.92%) .NET
3 2 (1.28%) CSS
3 2 (1.28%) CSS3
3 2 (1.28%) HTML5
3 2 (1.28%) Jest
3 2 (1.28%) JSON
3 2 (1.28%) LDAP
3 2 (1.28%) React
3 2 (1.28%) React Native
3 2 (1.28%) REST
3 2 (1.28%) XML
4 1 (0.64%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.64%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 63 (40.38%) Product Ownership
2 11 (7.05%) Private Cloud
3 6 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (2.56%) Algorithms
4 4 (2.56%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.28%) Blockchain
5 2 (1.28%) Client/Server
5 2 (1.28%) Clustering
5 2 (1.28%) CMDB
5 2 (1.28%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.28%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.28%) Derivative
5 2 (1.28%) Equities
5 2 (1.28%) Fixed Income
5 2 (1.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (1.28%) Freedom of Information
5 2 (1.28%) Freedom of Information Act
6 1 (0.64%) IoT
6 1 (0.64%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 13 (8.33%) Windows
2 3 (1.92%) Linux
3 2 (1.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (62.18%) Agile
2 61 (39.10%) User Stories
3 57 (36.54%) Roadmaps
4 54 (34.62%) Product Backlog
4 54 (34.62%) Scrum
5 38 (24.36%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 36 (23.08%) Product Roadmap
7 35 (22.44%) Stakeholder Management
8 29 (18.59%) Acceptance Criteria
8 29 (18.59%) Continuous Improvement
9 24 (15.38%) Sprint Planning
10 23 (14.74%) Problem-Solving
11 22 (14.10%) Product Strategy
12 20 (12.82%) Business Analysis
12 20 (12.82%) Kanban
12 20 (12.82%) Requirements Gathering
12 20 (12.82%) Sprint Review
13 19 (12.18%) DevOps
14 17 (10.90%) ITIL
14 17 (10.90%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (5.77%) SQL
2 7 (4.49%) Python
3 3 (1.92%) Java
4 2 (1.28%) C
4 2 (1.28%) C#
4 2 (1.28%) Go
4 2 (1.28%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.28%) Kotlin
4 2 (1.28%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.28%) TypeScript
4 2 (1.28%) VB.NET
5 1 (0.64%) C++
Qualifications
1 26 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 24 (15.38%) Degree
3 14 (8.97%) SC Cleared
4 13 (8.33%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.28%) CSPO
5 2 (1.28%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.28%) MBA
5 2 (1.28%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.28%) PMP
6 1 (0.64%) CBAP
6 1 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.64%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (10.26%) QA
2 13 (8.33%) PMO
3 11 (7.05%) Government Security Classifications
4 7 (4.49%) Accessibility
4 7 (4.49%) WCAG
5 6 (3.85%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.92%) GAAP
7 2 (1.28%) EMIR
7 2 (1.28%) MiFID
7 2 (1.28%) SLA
8 1 (0.64%) GDPR
8 1 (0.64%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (1.28%) Docker
2 1 (0.64%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.64%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (2.56%) Terraform
2 2 (1.28%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.64%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 27 (17.31%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.05%) Atlassian
3 8 (5.13%) Pega
4 7 (4.49%) Adobe
5 6 (3.85%) SAP
6 5 (3.21%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.92%) Databricks
7 3 (1.92%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.28%) Civica
8 2 (1.28%) Cognizant
8 2 (1.28%) Oracle
9 1 (0.64%) Ariba
9 1 (0.64%) Bloomberg
9 1 (0.64%) Cadence
9 1 (0.64%) Charles River
9 1 (0.64%) Citrix
9 1 (0.64%) Concur
9 1 (0.64%) HP
9 1 (0.64%) VMware