Backlog Management Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Backlog Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Backlog Management 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 0.32% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £306 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 - -
75th Percentile £319 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median daily rate £313 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 231 175 185
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 72.87% 89.29% 74.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 132 134
10th Percentile £300 £226 £143
25th Percentile £400 £303 £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £409 £450
Median % change year-on-year +16.21% -9.17% -2.70%
75th Percentile £592 £496 £550
90th Percentile £775 £661 £596
South Wales median daily rate £475 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +18.75% -5.88% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 9 11
10th Percentile - £12.21 -
25th Percentile £12.21 - £15.48
Median hourly rate £20.87 £13.08 £18.57
Median % change year-on-year +59.52% -29.56% -25.72%
75th Percentile £43.96 £17.00 £25.60
90th Percentile - £24.64 -
South Wales median hourly rate £21.50 £15.50 £25.09
% change year-on-year +38.71% -38.22% +19.50%

Backlog Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Backlog Management job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Backlog Management
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

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

Backlog Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Refinement
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Business Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Business Process Mapping
1 1 (100.00%) Business Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft