Backlog Management Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
North West > Cheshire

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

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 - 54
Rank change year-on-year - - +13
Contract jobs citing Backlog Management 1 0 8
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.15% - 1.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% - 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £694 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £713 - £65
Median % change year-on-year - - -87.38%
75th Percentile £731 - -
90th Percentile - - £188
North West median daily rate £467 £338 £65
% change year-on-year +38.37% +419.23% -90.71%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 590 401 456
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 89.39% 90.52% 87.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 426 234 302
10th Percentile £300 £297 £313
25th Percentile £356 £356 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £475 £505
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% -5.94% +6.32%
75th Percentile £538 £570 £560
90th Percentile £659 £650 £615
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 27 34
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.80 £14.60
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.05 £17.37
Median hourly rate £22.85 £27.39 £25.14
Median % change year-on-year -16.56% +8.95% +29.50%
75th Percentile £43.00 £81.75 £39.50
90th Percentile £76.05 £86.00 £43.75
North West median hourly rate £41.94 £31.51 £30.00
% change year-on-year +33.10% +5.03% -19.57%

Backlog Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Backlog Management job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Backlog Management
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

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

Backlog Management
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 4 February 2026. 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
Knutsford - 1 £713 -
Backlog Management
North West

Backlog Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Product Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Report Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer-Centric Approach
1 1 (100.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (100.00%) Market Research
1 1 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 1 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Product Vision
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft