Backlog Refinement Contract Job Trends in Basingstoke

Backlog Refinement (Backlog Grooming)
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Basingstoke requiring Backlog Refinement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 - 57
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Backlog Refinement 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Basingstoke 0.27% - 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% - 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £550 - £408
% change year-on-year - - -24.19%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Basingstoke

Backlog Refinement falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Basingstoke.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 294 138 399
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke 79.46% 95.17% 83.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 113 220
10th Percentile £500 £475 £425
25th Percentile £519 £525 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £625
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £725 £625 £700
90th Percentile £816 £650 £738
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £545 £591
% change year-on-year +0.92% -7.76% +12.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 13
10th Percentile £18.28 - £18.50
25th Percentile £26.00 - £35.00
Median hourly rate £27.00 £21.39 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.23% -54.97% +196.88%
75th Percentile £28.00 - £48.75
90th Percentile £28.45 - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £37.00 £50.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year -26.00% -12.82% +4.27%

Backlog Refinement
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Backlog Refinement relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke.

Backlog Refinement job vacancy trend in Basingstoke

Backlog Refinement
Daily Rate Trend in Basingstoke

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing Backlog Refinement.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing Backlog Refinement

Backlog Refinement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basingstoke by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum Master
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 1 (100.00%) Burndown Charts
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Conflict Resolution
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Servant Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared