Backlog Prioritisation Contracts in the City of London

Backlog Prioritisation
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 25 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 111 162
Rank change year-on-year +9 +51 +12
Contract jobs citing Backlog Prioritisation 10 17 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.60% 0.78% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 0.87% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 5
10th Percentile £421 - £558
25th Percentile £521 £481 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £488 £850
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -42.65% +54.55%
75th Percentile £694 £663 £900
90th Percentile £728 £783 £945
Central London median daily rate £613 £488 £850
% change year-on-year +25.64% -42.65% +54.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,569 1,961 3,192
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.50% 90.49% 91.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 986 1,377 2,150
10th Percentile £350 £354 £356
25th Percentile £456 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £551 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% -6.25% +4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +6.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 12 25
10th Percentile £22.18 £19.95 £14.65
25th Percentile £24.43 £20.22 £16.61
Median hourly rate £29.58 £25.63 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.41% -26.79% -11.39%
75th Percentile £45.00 £40.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £62.25 £41.65 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £28.61 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +2.88% -20.54% -12.50%

Backlog Prioritisation
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Backlog Prioritisation in the City of London

Backlog Prioritisation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Backlog Prioritisation in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Backlog Prioritisation in the City of London

Backlog Prioritisation
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Backlog Prioritisation in the City of London over the 6 months to 25 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Backlog Prioritisation in the City of London

Backlog Prioritisation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 (10.00%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Apple Pay
2 1 (10.00%) AWS
2 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (10.00%) Google Pay
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (10.00%) OCI
2 1 (10.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (50.00%) Finance
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Back Office
3 2 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Retail
4 1 (10.00%) Banking
4 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Product Owner
2 3 (30.00%) Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Business Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Digital Product Owner
3 2 (20.00%) Lead
3 2 (20.00%) Scrum Master
4 1 (10.00%) Business Support Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Business Systems Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Finance Business Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Financial Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Lead Product Owner
4 1 (10.00%) Product Lead
4 1 (10.00%) Support Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Systems Support
4 1 (10.00%) Systems Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (80.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (10.00%) Digital Wallet
2 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Agile
2 5 (50.00%) Backlog Refinement
2 5 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 5 (50.00%) User Stories
3 4 (40.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 4 (40.00%) Product Backlog
3 4 (40.00%) Scrum
4 3 (30.00%) Backlog Management
4 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (30.00%) Product Roadmap
4 3 (30.00%) Sprint Planning
5 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (20.00%) Data Reconciliation
5 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
5 2 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
5 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (20.00%) Product Strategy
5 2 (20.00%) Product Vision
5 2 (20.00%) Project Governance
5 2 (20.00%) Sprint Review
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Klarna
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle