Backlog Management Contracts in the South East

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
England > South East

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

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 173 165 216
Rank change year-on-year -8 +51 -23
Contract jobs citing Backlog Management 21 54 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.38% 0.93% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 1.05% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 38 22
10th Percentile £445 £425 £467
25th Percentile £463 £500 £512
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £545
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +10.09% +3.81%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £634
90th Percentile £690 - £650
England median daily rate £500 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +14.58%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,700 5,156 6,968
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.75% 89.24% 89.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,740 3,588 4,724
10th Percentile £243 £250 £225
25th Percentile £400 £405 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.91% +2.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £623 £619 £593
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 437 224 288
10th Percentile £13.00 £18.25 £12.21
25th Percentile £18.20 £22.34 £15.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.99
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +127.43% -20.05%
75th Percentile £62.50 £64.72 £48.62
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.55 £62.48
England median hourly rate £36.00 £37.34 £24.30
% change year-on-year -3.59% +53.69% +1.23%

Backlog Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Backlog Management in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Backlog Management in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Backlog Management in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Backlog Management in the South East over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Backlog Management in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Backlog Management in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Backlog Management in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Thames Valley -4 12 £575 +15.00% 11
Berkshire -20 11 £600 +20.00% 5
Surrey +1 5 £469 -25.00% 6
Hampshire -5 3 £585 -3.70% 5
Buckinghamshire +23 1 £550 - 2
West Sussex - 1 £400 - 1
Backlog Management
England

Backlog Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (9.52%) Confluence
2 1 (4.76%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (4.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (4.76%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) SAP Hybris
1 1 (4.76%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (4.76%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 3 (14.29%) Azure
2 2 (9.52%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.76%) Adobe Analytics
3 1 (4.76%) IaaS
3 1 (4.76%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.52%) Broadband
2 1 (4.76%) 3G
2 1 (4.76%) 4G
2 1 (4.76%) 5G
2 1 (4.76%) DSL
2 1 (4.76%) LAN
2 1 (4.76%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) JIRA
General
1 10 (47.62%) Social Skills
2 9 (42.86%) Finance
3 5 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (19.05%) Billing
5 3 (14.29%) Legal
5 3 (14.29%) Telecoms
6 2 (9.52%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (9.52%) Marketing
7 1 (4.76%) General Ledger
7 1 (4.76%) Manufacturing
7 1 (4.76%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (4.76%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (57.14%) Product Owner
2 2 (9.52%) Analyst
2 2 (9.52%) Business Analyst
2 2 (9.52%) Lead
3 1 (4.76%) Business Intelligence Lead
3 1 (4.76%) Consultant
3 1 (4.76%) Digital Analyst
3 1 (4.76%) Digital Business Analyst
3 1 (4.76%) Digital Product Owner
3 1 (4.76%) Disaster Recovery Analyst
3 1 (4.76%) Disaster Recovery Manager
3 1 (4.76%) Disaster Recovery Project Manager
3 1 (4.76%) Product Manager
3 1 (4.76%) Project Manager
3 1 (4.76%) Robotic Process Automation Consultant
3 1 (4.76%) Scrum Master
3 1 (4.76%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (4.76%) Technical Business Analyst
3 1 (4.76%) Technical Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) HTML
1 1 (4.76%) JSON
1 1 (4.76%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (66.67%) Product Ownership
2 2 (9.52%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (4.76%) Blockchain
3 1 (4.76%) Cyberattack
3 1 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (4.76%) IoT
3 1 (4.76%) Public Cloud
3 1 (4.76%) Robotics
3 1 (4.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.76%) Linux
1 1 (4.76%) Windows
1 1 (4.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (76.19%) Roadmaps
2 13 (61.90%) Agile
2 13 (61.90%) Product Backlog
2 13 (61.90%) Product Roadmap
3 11 (52.38%) User Stories
4 7 (33.33%) Scrum
5 6 (28.57%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 6 (28.57%) Business Strategy
5 6 (28.57%) Epics
6 5 (23.81%) Contingency Planning
6 5 (23.81%) Matrix Organization
7 4 (19.05%) Acceptance Criteria
7 4 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (19.05%) Product Management
7 4 (19.05%) Product Vision
7 4 (19.05%) Service Delivery
7 4 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (14.29%) Product Strategy
8 3 (14.29%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.76%) JavaScript
1 1 (4.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) Degree
2 2 (9.52%) CSPO
2 2 (9.52%) DV Cleared
2 2 (9.52%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.76%) SAP Certification
3 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) SLA
2 1 (4.76%) GDPR
2 1 (4.76%) PMO
2 1 (4.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.52%) SAP
3 1 (4.76%) Adobe
3 1 (4.76%) Ariba
3 1 (4.76%) Cadence
3 1 (4.76%) Citrix
3 1 (4.76%) Concur
3 1 (4.76%) HP
3 1 (4.76%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.76%) UiPath