Backlog Management Contract Job Trends in Central London

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Backlog Management skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 118 138
Rank change year-on-year +17 +20 +27
Contract jobs citing Backlog Management 28 11 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 1.46% 0.47% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.56% 0.51% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 7 12
10th Percentile £321 - £502
25th Percentile £419 £613 £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £598 £640 £588
Median % change year-on-year -6.64% +8.94% +11.90%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £655
90th Percentile £727 £705 £674
London median daily rate £525 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -16.00% +4.17% +10.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,800 2,142 2,917
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 93.70% 91.97% 89.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,204 1,383 2,028
10th Percentile £315 £363 £356
25th Percentile £419 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £598
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -3.77% +3.91%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £788 £813
London median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -0.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 28 17
10th Percentile £18.69 £17.75 £14.25
25th Percentile £23.00 £24.83 £16.61
Median hourly rate £28.33 £35.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.07% +34.62% -38.10%
75th Percentile £50.75 £65.63 £42.32
90th Percentile £63.75 £119.65 £59.30
London median hourly rate £31.49 £35.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -10.03% -6.67% +3.45%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Backlog Management

Backlog Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Backlog Management in Central London over the 6 months to 21 September 2025.

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 21 September 2025. 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 +21 24 £543 -15.23% 25
Southwark - 1 £595 -
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 5 (17.86%) Confluence
2 2 (7.14%) CMS
2 2 (7.14%) Drupal
2 2 (7.14%) SharePoint
2 2 (7.14%) WordPress
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.57%) Adobe XD
2 1 (3.57%) Chatbot
2 1 (3.57%) InVision
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.57%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.57%) Sketch
2 1 (3.57%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (7.14%) HFM
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.71%) Power Platform
2 2 (7.14%) AWS
2 2 (7.14%) Azure
2 2 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (7.14%) Entra ID
2 2 (7.14%) Figma
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (7.14%) Miro
2 2 (7.14%) Power Automate
2 2 (7.14%) PowerApps
2 2 (7.14%) SaaS
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (3.57%) Mimecast
3 1 (3.57%) OCI
3 1 (3.57%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) Firewall
1 1 (3.57%) LAN
1 1 (3.57%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (21.43%) Star Schema
2 3 (10.71%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (35.71%) JIRA
2 1 (3.57%) Eclipse
General
1 16 (57.14%) Finance
2 15 (53.57%) Social Skills
3 10 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (21.43%) Influencing Skills
4 6 (21.43%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (21.43%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (10.71%) Banking
5 3 (10.71%) Retail
6 1 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.57%) Financial Institution
6 1 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.57%) Investment Banking
6 1 (3.57%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 11 (39.29%) Analyst
2 10 (35.71%) Product Owner
3 8 (28.57%) Business Analyst
4 3 (10.71%) Digital Product Manager
4 3 (10.71%) Finance Business Analyst
4 3 (10.71%) Financial Analyst
4 3 (10.71%) Product Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Business Systems Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Digital Product Owner
5 2 (7.14%) Insurance Systems Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Project Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Systems Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) Business Engagement Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) Consultant
6 1 (3.57%) Engagement Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) IT Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
6 1 (3.57%) Senior
6 1 (3.57%) Senior Digital Product Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 17 (60.71%) Product Ownership
2 3 (10.71%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (10.71%) Reinsurance
3 2 (7.14%) AS400
3 2 (7.14%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (3.57%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.57%) Credit Risk
4 1 (3.57%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.57%) Educational Technology
4 1 (3.57%) e-Learning
4 1 (3.57%) iSeries
4 1 (3.57%) Marketing Technology
4 1 (3.57%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.57%) PKI
4 1 (3.57%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (85.71%) Agile
2 19 (67.86%) User Stories
3 17 (60.71%) Product Backlog
4 13 (46.43%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 13 (46.43%) Roadmaps
5 11 (39.29%) Acceptance Criteria
5 11 (39.29%) Scrum
6 8 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
7 7 (25.00%) Backlog Refinement
7 7 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
7 7 (25.00%) Data Analysis
7 7 (25.00%) Epics
7 7 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (21.43%) Data Modelling
8 6 (21.43%) Data Reconciliation
8 6 (21.43%) Financial Modelling
8 6 (21.43%) Impact Assessments
8 6 (21.43%) Project Governance
8 6 (21.43%) Sprint Review
9 5 (17.86%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.71%) SQL
2 2 (7.14%) Korn
2 2 (7.14%) RPG
3 1 (3.57%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.57%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (21.43%) Degree
2 1 (3.57%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) QA
2 2 (7.14%) GDPR
3 1 (3.57%) Accessibility
3 1 (3.57%) Basel II
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (7.14%) SCCM
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.71%) Adobe
3 2 (7.14%) Hyperion
3 2 (7.14%) Oracle
3 2 (7.14%) Tagetik