Backlog Refinement Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Backlog Refinement (Backlog Grooming)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Backlog Refinement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 65 -
Rank change year-on-year -19 - -
Contract jobs citing Backlog Refinement 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.077% 0.14% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.099% 0.16% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £475 £500 -
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,014 641 815
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 77.82% 91.70% 82.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 519 336 447
10th Percentile £325 £235 £259
25th Percentile £423 £361 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £638 £644 £713
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 247 102 193
10th Percentile £19.33 £17.35 £43.75
25th Percentile £46.25 £18.87 £55.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £32.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -53.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £68.00 £67.13 £72.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.38 £79.60
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £25.15 £65.00
% change year-on-year +128.63% -61.31% -

Backlog Refinement
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Backlog Refinement job vacancy trend in Bristol

Backlog Refinement
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

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

Backlog Refinement
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Epics
1 1 (100.00%) Presales
1 1 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Review
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared