Backlog Refinement Contract Job Trends in Croydon

Backlog Refinement (Backlog Grooming)
South London > Croydon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Croydon requiring Backlog Refinement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Backlog Refinement 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Croydon 0.70% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £488 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 - -
75th Percentile £503 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South London median daily rate £495 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Croydon

Backlog Refinement 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 Croydon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 126 101 162
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Croydon 88.73% 92.66% 92.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 75 105
10th Percentile £456 £380 £231
25th Percentile £500 £463 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -5.91%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £600
90th Percentile £634 £629 £668
South London median daily rate £513 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 10
10th Percentile - - £16.64
25th Percentile - - £17.06
Median hourly rate - - £23.00
75th Percentile - - £25.25
90th Percentile - - -
South London median hourly rate £61.22 £73.60 £23.50
% change year-on-year -16.82% +213.19% -46.11%

Backlog Refinement
Job Vacancy Trend in Croydon

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

Backlog Refinement job vacancy trend in Croydon

Backlog Refinement
Daily Rate Trend in Croydon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Croydon citing Backlog Refinement.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Croydon citing Backlog Refinement

Backlog Refinement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Croydon 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%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum Master
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 1 (100.00%) Burndown Charts
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Review
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared