Backlog Management Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Backlog Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 75 104
Rank change year-on-year -32 +29 -9
Contract jobs citing Backlog Management 11 15 11
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.60% 1.33% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 1.43% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 11
10th Percentile - £458 £463
25th Percentile £606 £468 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £487 £600
Median % change year-on-year +25.77% -18.83% +15.66%
75th Percentile £619 £495 £650
90th Percentile - £528 £698
South East median daily rate £500 £522 £525
% change year-on-year -4.21% -0.57% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £89.92 - -
25th Percentile £92.87 - -
Median hourly rate £99.37 - -
75th Percentile £103.75 - -
90th Percentile £104.20 - -
South East median hourly rate £99.37 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Backlog Management 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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,513 1,048 1,707
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 83.09% 92.99% 88.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 977 648 876
10th Percentile £306 £325 £235
25th Percentile £400 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £610 £608
90th Percentile £700 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £514 £500 £510
% change year-on-year +2.80% -1.96% +0.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 25 102
10th Percentile £31.25 £26.90 £17.05
25th Percentile £76.09 £48.00 £41.25
Median hourly rate £83.00 £63.00 £60.30
Median % change year-on-year +31.75% +4.48% +4.29%
75th Percentile £88.00 £80.00 £71.75
90th Percentile £107.00 £88.87 £87.41
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £25.30 £47.50
% change year-on-year +107.51% -46.74% -5.00%

Backlog Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Backlog Management job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Backlog Management
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Backlog Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Backlog Management

Backlog Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Backlog Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Backlog Management

Backlog Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Backlog Management in Berkshire over the 6 months to 28 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Backlog Management in Berkshire

Backlog Management
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 28 May 2026. 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
Reading -28 8 £613 +23.99% 3
Windsor - 1 - -
Backlog Management
South East

Backlog Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) Confluence
1 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) SAP ERP
1 1 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) Azure
2 3 (27.27%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (18.18%) Entra ID
4 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) GIS
2 1 (9.09%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (9.09%) Power BI
General
1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 5 (45.45%) Aerospace
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Legal
3 1 (9.09%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Product Owner
2 4 (36.36%) Lead
3 3 (27.27%) Lead Product Owner
3 3 (27.27%) Project Manager
3 3 (27.27%) Senior
3 3 (27.27%) Senior Manager
3 3 (27.27%) Senior Project Manager
4 2 (18.18%) Senior Service Manager
4 2 (18.18%) ServiceNow Manager
4 2 (18.18%) ServiceNow Project Manager
5 1 (9.09%) Analyst
5 1 (9.09%) Business Analyst
5 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 1 (9.09%) Product Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) ADO
2 2 (18.18%) LDAP
2 2 (18.18%) OAuth
2 2 (18.18%) OpenID
2 2 (18.18%) SAML
3 1 (9.09%) OAuth2
3 1 (9.09%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) Product Ownership
2 1 (9.09%) Mobile App
2 1 (9.09%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Agile
2 7 (63.64%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (45.45%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (36.36%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 3 (27.27%) Coaching
5 3 (27.27%) Decision-Making
5 3 (27.27%) DevOps
5 3 (27.27%) Migration
5 3 (27.27%) Product Backlog
5 3 (27.27%) Product Management
5 3 (27.27%) Risk Management
5 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (27.27%) User Stories
6 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (18.18%) Epics
6 2 (18.18%) Identity Access Management
6 2 (18.18%) Master Data Management
6 2 (18.18%) Product Strategy
6 2 (18.18%) Product Vision
6 2 (18.18%) Re-Platforming
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) SC Cleared
1 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) CISSP
2 2 (18.18%) CSPO
3 1 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) Data Quality
2 1 (9.09%) GRC
2 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (9.09%) QA
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
1 1 (9.09%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) SAP
2 2 (18.18%) ESRI
2 2 (18.18%) ForgeRock
2 2 (18.18%) Okta
2 2 (18.18%) Ping Identity
2 2 (18.18%) Salesforce
2 2 (18.18%) ServiceNow
3 1 (9.09%) CyberArk
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft