Backlog Refinement Contracts in Reading

Backlog Refinement (Backlog Grooming)
Berkshire > Reading

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for Backlog Refinement skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Backlog Refinement over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 92 89 94
Rank change year-on-year -3 +5 -29
Contract jobs citing Backlog Refinement 5 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.42% 0.097% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 0.11% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £445 £625 £354
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £650 £378
Median % change year-on-year -31.50% +72.04% -5.55%
75th Percentile £446 £675 £401
90th Percentile £446 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £446 £650 £501
% change year-on-year -31.46% +29.64% +25.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

Backlog Refinement 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 Reading with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,069 922 1,231
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 89.98% 89.78% 90.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 580 620 822
10th Percentile £213 £363 £263
25th Percentile £413 £460 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £619 £669 £600
90th Percentile £688 £721 £656
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 23 8
10th Percentile £20.17 £45.50 £12.73
25th Percentile £52.90 £53.00 £19.44
Median hourly rate £61.65 £65.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.16% +132.14% -35.63%
75th Percentile £80.69 £74.40 £33.13
90th Percentile £87.49 £79.19 £40.25
Berkshire median hourly rate £60.57 £57.82 £21.05
% change year-on-year +4.76% +174.67% -1.06%

Backlog Refinement
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing Backlog Refinement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Backlog Refinement in Reading

Backlog Refinement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Backlog Refinement in Reading.

Daily rate trend for Backlog Refinement in Reading

Backlog Refinement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Analyst
1 5 (100.00%) Product Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) IT Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) CRM
1 5 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 5 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 5 (100.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 5 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 5 (100.00%) SDLC
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Waterfall