Backlog Management Contracts in the East Midlands

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
England > East Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for Backlog Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Backlog Management over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 56 82 98
Rank change year-on-year +26 +16 -27
Contract jobs citing Backlog Management 10 3 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 1.31% 0.29% 0.069%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.67% 0.33% 0.083%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 1
10th Percentile £473 £415 -
25th Percentile £550 £438 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year +25.26% +18.75% -
75th Percentile £623 £513 £425
90th Percentile - £535 -
England median daily rate £504 £561 £556
% change year-on-year -10.29% +0.94% +15.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Midlands

Backlog Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 598 908 1,206
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 78.27% 88.50% 83.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 407 682 892
10th Percentile £188 £213 £210
25th Percentile £269 £330 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 £450 £440
Median % change year-on-year -7.11% +2.27% +13.55%
75th Percentile £550 £574 £520
90th Percentile £625 £700 £612
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 74 83
10th Percentile £11.67 £11.80 £9.51
25th Percentile £12.75 £16.25 £13.32
Median hourly rate £17.25 £18.56 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.05% +0.31% +19.90%
75th Percentile £26.15 £31.50 £26.81
90th Percentile £50.79 £58.50 £35.00
England median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +56.25% -

Backlog Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing Backlog Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Backlog Management in the East Midlands

Backlog Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Backlog Management in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Backlog Management in the East Midlands

Backlog Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Backlog Management in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Backlog Management in the East Midlands

Backlog Management
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. 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
Northamptonshire - 8 £620 - 2
Leicestershire +12 1 £550 -
Lincolnshire - 1 £550 -
Backlog Management
England

Backlog Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) LAN
General
1 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (10.00%) Banking
1 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Debt Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Product Owner
3 1 (10.00%) Agile Scrum Master
3 1 (10.00%) Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Scrum Master
3 1 (10.00%) Senior
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Scrum Master
3 1 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 7 (70.00%) Product Strategy
3 4 (40.00%) Project Management
3 4 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (30.00%) Agile
4 3 (30.00%) End-to-End Testing
4 3 (30.00%) Project Planning
4 3 (30.00%) Test Management
5 2 (20.00%) Kanban
5 2 (20.00%) Product Backlog
5 2 (20.00%) Product Roadmap
5 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps
5 2 (20.00%) Scrum
5 2 (20.00%) User Stories
6 1 (10.00%) Coaching
6 1 (10.00%) Requirements Engineering
6 1 (10.00%) Software Engineering
6 1 (10.00%) System Testing
6 1 (10.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
1 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (70.00%) PMO