Backlog Refinement Contract Job Trends in Ealing

Backlog Refinement (Backlog Grooming)
West London > Ealing

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Ealing requiring Backlog Refinement skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Backlog Refinement 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Ealing 7.69% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.50% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West London median daily rate £350 - £700
% change year-on-year - - +34.62%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Ealing

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 Ealing.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8 1 16
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Ealing 61.54% 100.00% 94.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 15
10th Percentile £455 - £460
25th Percentile - - £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £180 £575
Median % change year-on-year +177.78% -68.70% +61.97%
75th Percentile - - £631
90th Percentile - - £642
West London median daily rate £420 £475 £563
% change year-on-year -11.58% -15.56% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.24 - -
Median hourly rate £21.63 - -
75th Percentile £23.01 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West London median hourly rate £25.15 £45.75 £72.00
% change year-on-year -45.03% -36.46% +278.95%

Backlog Refinement
Contract Job Locations in Ealing

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Backlog Refinement within the Ealing region over the 6 months to 14 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
Northolt - 1 £450 -
Backlog Refinement
West London

Backlog Refinement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Ealing 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Aeronautics
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%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management