Backlog Prioritisation Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Backlog Prioritisation
South West > Bristol

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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 55 -
Rank change year-on-year -17 - -
Contract jobs citing Backlog Prioritisation 11 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.88% 0.36% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 0.40% -
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 0
10th Percentile £463 - -
25th Percentile £475 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £535 - -
South West median daily rate £500 £500 £588
% change year-on-year - -14.89% +6.82%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bristol

Backlog Prioritisation 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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 985 506 873
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 78.49% 92.17% 83.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 478 291 479
10th Percentile £325 £225 £257
25th Percentile £413 £359 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £570 £570 £600
90th Percentile £650 £650 £688
South West median daily rate £511 £516 £525
% change year-on-year -1.05% -1.73% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 272 86 186
10th Percentile £19.33 £18.51 £40.00
25th Percentile £60.00 £34.59 £45.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.69%
75th Percentile £67.50 £68.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £80.00
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% -9.39%

Backlog Prioritisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Backlog Prioritisation job vacancy trend in Bristol

Backlog Prioritisation
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Backlog Prioritisation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Backlog Prioritisation

Backlog Prioritisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Adobe XD
1 1 (9.09%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) AWS
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
1 1 (9.09%) Figma
1 1 (9.09%) GCP
1 1 (9.09%) Google Analytics
General
1 5 (45.45%) Banking
1 5 (45.45%) Finance
2 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 1 (9.09%) Billing
4 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Product Owner
2 6 (54.55%) Senior
3 5 (45.45%) Senior Product Owner
4 1 (9.09%) Data Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Designer
4 1 (9.09%) Product Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Data Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) AngularJS
1 1 (9.09%) CSS
1 1 (9.09%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (81.82%) Product Ownership
2 1 (9.09%) Cloud Native
2 1 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (9.09%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Agile
1 9 (81.82%) Product Backlog
2 8 (72.73%) Roadmaps
2 8 (72.73%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (72.73%) User Stories
3 7 (63.64%) AI
3 7 (63.64%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (63.64%) Generative AI
3 7 (63.64%) Product Roadmap
4 6 (54.55%) Acceptance Criteria
4 6 (54.55%) Analytics
4 6 (54.55%) Decision-Making
5 5 (45.45%) Data Science
5 5 (45.45%) LLM
5 5 (45.45%) Machine Learning
5 5 (45.45%) Product Requirements
5 5 (45.45%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 5 (45.45%) Use Case
6 3 (27.27%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 3 (27.27%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
1 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) CSPO
1 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
1 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Accessibility
1 1 (9.09%) Data Quality
1 1 (9.09%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Adobe
1 1 (9.09%) Amplitude
1 1 (9.09%) Braze
1 1 (9.09%) Google
1 1 (9.09%) Hotjar
1 1 (9.09%) Salesforce