Backlog Refinement (Backlog Grooming)
England > East of England
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England requiring Backlog Refinement skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Backlog Refinement over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 9 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 112 | 113 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +1 | +30 |
| Contract jobs citing Backlog Refinement | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England | - | 0.11% | 0.45% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 0.12% | 0.51% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £450 | £359 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £500 | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +17.65% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £550 | £475 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £490 |
| England median daily rate | £500 | £525 | £538 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -2.33% | +1.42% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England
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 the East of England.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 860 | 1,618 | 1,752 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England | 89.86% | 85.34% | 87.64% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 452 | 679 | 1,021 |
| 10th Percentile | £226 | £206 | £205 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £332 | £322 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £475 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.26% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £575 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £677 | £700 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -4.55% | +2.33% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 173 | 612 | 338 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.99 | £14.16 | £13.41 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £15.39 | £14.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £40.00 | £40.00 | £23.31 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +71.60% | +50.39% |
| 75th Percentile | £72.50 | £60.63 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.00 | £75.23 | £70.00 |
| England median hourly rate | £29.02 | £36.50 | £37.30 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.49% | -2.14% | +52.24% |
Backlog Refinement
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England
Job postings citing Backlog Refinement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.
Backlog Refinement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Backlog Refinement in the East of England.