Backlog Management Contracts in Central London

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for Backlog Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Backlog Management over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 125 161 145
Rank change year-on-year +36 -16 -11
Contract jobs citing Backlog Management 12 18 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.50% 0.48% 1.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 0.52% 1.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 45
10th Percentile £535 £291 £435
25th Percentile £575 £419 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £531 £570
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -6.80% +14.00%
75th Percentile £663 £598 £613
90th Percentile £713 £697 £688
London median daily rate £550 £580 £570
% change year-on-year -5.17% +1.75% +14.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Backlog Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,196 3,454 4,135
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 90.59% 91.33% 91.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,563 2,340 3,166
10th Percentile £350 £325 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £573
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.80% +9.05%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £800 £825 £775
London median daily rate £550 £590 £575
% change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 28 43
10th Percentile £20.22 £15.18 £18.50
25th Percentile £22.75 £18.03 £22.63
Median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.54% -13.58% +102.50%
75th Percentile £30.41 £55.00 £53.50
90th Percentile £41.47 £88.30 £65.10
London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year -28.21% +5.41% +12.63%

Backlog Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Backlog Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Backlog Management in Central London

Backlog Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Backlog Management in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Backlog Management in Central London

Backlog Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Backlog Management in Central London over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Backlog Management in Central London

Backlog Management
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 10 May 2024. 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
City of London +29 11 £625 +13.64% 1
Backlog Management
London

Backlog Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (8.33%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) Azure
1 3 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) Data Lake
1 3 (25.00%) Power BI
2 2 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (8.33%) Big Data
3 1 (8.33%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) JIRA
2 1 (8.33%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Finance
2 3 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Back Office
3 1 (8.33%) Digital Health
3 1 (8.33%) Digital Healthcare
3 1 (8.33%) Health Technology
3 1 (8.33%) Retail
3 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Product Owner
2 4 (33.33%) Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Business Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) Data Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) Data Business Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) Insurance Business Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) Product Manager
4 2 (16.67%) Senior
4 2 (16.67%) Senior Product Owner
5 1 (8.33%) Agile Product Owner
5 1 (8.33%) Digital Product Manager
5 1 (8.33%) E-Commerce Manager
5 1 (8.33%) E-Commerce Product Manager
5 1 (8.33%) Finance Business Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Financial Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) HR Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) HR Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (58.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (8.33%) Blockchain
2 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (91.67%) Agile
2 8 (66.67%) User Stories
3 5 (41.67%) Acceptance Criteria
3 5 (41.67%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 5 (41.67%) Product Backlog
3 5 (41.67%) Roadmaps
4 4 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (33.33%) Product Vision
4 4 (33.33%) Scrum
5 3 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
5 3 (25.00%) Product Roadmap
5 3 (25.00%) Product Strategy
5 3 (25.00%) Release Management
5 3 (25.00%) Software Engineering
5 3 (25.00%) Software Testing
5 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (25.00%) User Experience
5 3 (25.00%) Visualisation
6 2 (16.67%) Product Requirements
6 2 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Databricks
2 1 (8.33%) Salesforce