Backlog Refinement Contracts in West Yorkshire

Backlog Refinement (Backlog Grooming)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West Yorkshire 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 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 71 104 104
Rank change year-on-year +33 0 -
Contract jobs citing Backlog Refinement 4 1 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 0.40% 0.061% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.067% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 7
10th Percentile £534 - £483
25th Percentile £556 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £598 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +49.38% -23.81% -
75th Percentile £646 - £663
90th Percentile £671 - £750
Yorkshire median daily rate £598 £431 £525
% change year-on-year +38.55% -17.86% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 871 1,495 1,740
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 87.80% 91.38% 90.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 509 1,024 1,245
10th Percentile £300 £350 £300
25th Percentile £400 £450 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £578 £600 £575
90th Percentile £668 £700 £650
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £525 £480
% change year-on-year -9.52% +9.38% +9.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 16 43
10th Percentile £11.95 £12.58 £10.63
25th Percentile £12.15 £15.10 £11.75
Median hourly rate £12.53 £25.25 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.38% +40.28% -22.40%
75th Percentile £15.24 £65.31 £22.58
90th Percentile £38.25 £70.00 £28.45
Yorkshire median hourly rate £13.50 £10.63 £17.64
% change year-on-year +27.00% -39.74% -10.42%

Backlog Refinement
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Backlog Refinement in West Yorkshire

Backlog Refinement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Backlog Refinement in West Yorkshire

Backlog Refinement
Daily Rate Histogram in West Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Backlog Refinement in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Backlog Refinement in West Yorkshire

Backlog Refinement
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Backlog Refinement within the West Yorkshire 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
Leeds +30 2 - -
Bradford - 2 £598 -
Backlog Refinement
Yorkshire

Backlog Refinement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Senior
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Business Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Agile Business Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Data Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Product Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Project Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Transformation Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) Scrum
2 3 (75.00%) User Stories
3 2 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 2 (50.00%) Business Analysis
3 2 (50.00%) Business Process Modelling
3 2 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
3 2 (50.00%) Migration
3 2 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 2 (50.00%) Use Case
3 2 (50.00%) Web Development
4 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
4 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
4 1 (25.00%) Product Management
4 1 (25.00%) Product Roadmap
4 1 (25.00%) Product Strategy
4 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Databricks