Backlog Prioritisation Contracts in Central London

Backlog Prioritisation
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring Backlog Prioritisation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Backlog Prioritisation over the 6 months leading up to 24 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 117 167
Rank change year-on-year +6 +50 +13
Contract jobs citing Backlog Prioritisation 12 18 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.63% 0.75% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% 0.82% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 7 4
10th Percentile £437 - £606
25th Percentile £538 £481 £747
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £488 £875
Median % change year-on-year +25.64% -44.29% +59.09%
75th Percentile £684 £663 £919
90th Percentile £724 £783 £953
London median daily rate £525 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -8.70% +2.22% -1.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £33.00 -
London median hourly rate - £31.71 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,772 2,183 3,415
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 93.31% 90.69% 91.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,143 1,546 2,305
10th Percentile £350 £350 £325
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +5.26%
75th Percentile £675 £679 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £820
London median daily rate £550 £550 £595
% change year-on-year - -7.56% +3.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 22 29
10th Percentile £22.00 £20.22 £15.05
25th Percentile £23.00 £22.63 £18.50
Median hourly rate £28.61 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.88% -20.54% -13.58%
75th Percentile £44.40 £28.98 £53.75
90th Percentile £50.75 £40.00 £88.30
London median hourly rate £31.00 £27.83 £39.21
% change year-on-year +11.41% -29.04% +9.68%

Backlog Prioritisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Backlog Prioritisation in Central London

Backlog Prioritisation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Backlog Prioritisation in Central London

Backlog Prioritisation
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Backlog Prioritisation in Central London over the 6 months to 24 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Backlog Prioritisation in Central London

Backlog Prioritisation
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 Prioritisation within the Central London region over the 6 months to 24 May 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 +4 10 £600 +23.08% 5
West End of London - 1 £625 - 3
City of Westminster - 1 £625 -
Backlog Prioritisation
London

Backlog Prioritisation
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:

Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Azure
1 2 (16.67%) OCI
1 2 (16.67%) SaaS
2 1 (8.33%) Apple Pay
2 1 (8.33%) AWS
2 1 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (8.33%) Google Pay
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Purview
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 7 (58.33%) Finance
2 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (25.00%) Back Office
5 2 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (16.67%) Retail
6 1 (8.33%) Banking
6 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Analyst
1 4 (33.33%) Product Owner
2 3 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Lead
3 2 (16.67%) Digital Product Owner
3 2 (16.67%) Product Lead
3 2 (16.67%) Scrum Master
4 1 (8.33%) Business IT Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Business Support Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Business Systems Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Finance Business Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Financial Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) IT Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) IT Business Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Lead Product Owner
4 1 (8.33%) Support Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Systems Support
4 1 (8.33%) Systems Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (66.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (8.33%) Digital Wallet
2 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (91.67%) Agile
2 6 (50.00%) Product Backlog
2 6 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 6 (50.00%) User Stories
3 5 (41.67%) Acceptance Criteria
3 5 (41.67%) Backlog Refinement
4 4 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
4 4 (33.33%) Scrum
5 3 (25.00%) Backlog Management
5 3 (25.00%) Decision-Making
5 3 (25.00%) Epics
5 3 (25.00%) Project Management
5 3 (25.00%) Sprint Planning
5 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (16.67%) Data Reconciliation
6 2 (16.67%) Financial Modelling
6 2 (16.67%) Project Governance
6 2 (16.67%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle
2 1 (8.33%) Klarna