Backlog Management Contracts in England

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Backlog Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Backlog Management over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 346 395 410
Rank change year-on-year +49 +15 -63
Contract jobs citing Backlog Management 140 141 238
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.58% 0.38% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% 0.45% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 114 161
10th Percentile £380 £363 £406
25th Percentile £450 £457 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £588
Median % change year-on-year - -10.64% +6.82%
75th Percentile £626 £625 £638
90th Percentile £739 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £575
% change year-on-year -4.76% -8.70% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 10
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £54.00
Median hourly rate - - £58.25
75th Percentile - - £72.19
90th Percentile - - £75.75
UK median hourly rate - - £58.25
% change year-on-year - - -2.51%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Backlog Management 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,122 31,544 42,731
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.29% 85.81% 89.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,378 20,598 30,002
10th Percentile £305 £300 £325
25th Percentile £410 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £769
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 964 2,306 1,516
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.84 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.04 £16.00 £15.61
Median hourly rate £28.53 £37.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.93% - +50.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.85 £36.50 £36.77
% change year-on-year -23.70% -0.73% +43.19%

Backlog Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Backlog Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Backlog Management in England

Backlog Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Backlog Management in England.

Daily rate trend for Backlog Management in England

Backlog Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Backlog Management in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Backlog Management in England

Backlog Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Backlog Management in England.

Hourly rate trend for Backlog Management in England

Backlog Management
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
London +47 76 £575 +4.55% 117
North of England +31 21 £402 -10.67% 48
South East +43 19 £522 -0.57% 14
North West +23 16 £402 -10.67% 36
Midlands +12 16 £425 -26.09% 29
West Midlands +17 9 £515 +139.53% 24
East Midlands +4 7 £415 -30.25% 5
South West +38 6 £600 +26.32% 12
Yorkshire +13 4 £370 -17.78% 8
North East - 1 £475 - 4
Backlog Management
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Backlog Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 20 (14.29%) Confluence
2 5 (3.57%) JBoss
2 5 (3.57%) Tomcat
2 5 (3.57%) WebLogic
2 5 (3.57%) WebSphere
3 4 (2.86%) SharePoint
4 3 (2.14%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.71%) Apache
5 1 (0.71%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.71%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 5 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (3.57%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.43%) Trello
3 1 (0.71%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.71%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.71%) Sketch
3 1 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (2.14%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.71%) Primavera
3 1 (0.71%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 25 (17.86%) Azure
2 20 (14.29%) AWS
3 13 (9.29%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (7.14%) Power Platform
4 10 (7.14%) SaaS
5 7 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (2.86%) Entra ID
7 3 (2.14%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (2.14%) GCP
7 3 (2.14%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (2.14%) Mimecast
7 3 (2.14%) OneDrive
7 3 (2.14%) Power Automate
7 3 (2.14%) PowerApps
8 2 (1.43%) Figma
9 1 (0.71%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.71%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (0.71%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.71%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 1 (0.71%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.29%) Firewall
2 3 (2.14%) Broadband
3 2 (1.43%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.71%) 2G
4 1 (0.71%) 3G
4 1 (0.71%) 4G
4 1 (0.71%) 5G
4 1 (0.71%) DHCP
4 1 (0.71%) DNS
4 1 (0.71%) LAN
4 1 (0.71%) MPLS
4 1 (0.71%) MQTT
4 1 (0.71%) Network Security
4 1 (0.71%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.71%) VLAN
4 1 (0.71%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.57%) DB2
2 4 (2.86%) NoSQL
2 4 (2.86%) Power BI
3 2 (1.43%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.43%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.43%) Star Schema
3 2 (1.43%) Tableau
4 1 (0.71%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.71%) Cloud Spanner
4 1 (0.71%) Data Mart
4 1 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.71%) GIS
4 1 (0.71%) Looker
4 1 (0.71%) Metadata
4 1 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.71%) Redis
Development Applications
1 36 (25.71%) JIRA
2 11 (7.86%) Git
3 8 (5.71%) Jenkins
4 7 (5.00%) Bitbucket
5 5 (3.57%) GitLab
6 2 (1.43%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.71%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.71%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.71%) Storybook
General
1 59 (42.14%) Social Skills
2 44 (31.43%) Finance
3 29 (20.71%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (9.29%) Banking
5 11 (7.86%) Presentation Skills
5 11 (7.86%) Telecoms
6 10 (7.14%) Public Sector
7 6 (4.29%) Retail
8 5 (3.57%) Investment Banking
8 5 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.86%) Electronics
9 4 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.86%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.86%) Marketing
10 3 (2.14%) Automotive
10 3 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (2.14%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.43%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.71%) Legal
12 1 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 29 (20.71%) Product Owner
2 26 (18.57%) Analyst
3 23 (16.43%) Business Analyst
3 23 (16.43%) Scrum Master
4 11 (7.86%) Project Manager
5 10 (7.14%) Product Manager
6 9 (6.43%) Lead
7 8 (5.71%) Developer
8 5 (3.57%) Senior
9 4 (2.86%) Agile Scrum Master
9 4 (2.86%) Product Lead
10 3 (2.14%) Automation Developer
10 3 (2.14%) Delivery Manager
10 3 (2.14%) Digital Product Owner
10 3 (2.14%) Digital Transformation
10 3 (2.14%) Product Business Analyst
10 3 (2.14%) Regulatory Business Analyst
10 3 (2.14%) Regulatory Reporting Business Analyst
10 3 (2.14%) Senior Product Owner
10 3 (2.14%) ServiceNow Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.71%) REST
2 6 (4.29%) .NET
3 5 (3.57%) RAML
3 5 (3.57%) SOAP
3 5 (3.57%) Web Services
3 5 (3.57%) WSDL
4 4 (2.86%) EJB
4 4 (2.86%) J2EE
4 4 (2.86%) JSP
4 4 (2.86%) Servlets
4 4 (2.86%) Spring
4 4 (2.86%) Spring Boot
5 3 (2.14%) .NET Framework
5 3 (2.14%) ADO
5 3 (2.14%) AWS CDK
5 3 (2.14%) Entity Framework
6 2 (1.43%) .NET Core
6 2 (1.43%) Dapper ORM
6 2 (1.43%) FIDO
6 2 (1.43%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 70 (50.00%) Product Ownership
2 5 (3.57%) Data Centre
2 5 (3.57%) Onboarding
2 5 (3.57%) Private Cloud
3 4 (2.86%) Virtual Team
4 3 (2.14%) Cloud Native
4 3 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (2.14%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (2.14%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.43%) FMCG
5 2 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.43%) Low-Code
5 2 (1.43%) Reinsurance
5 2 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.71%) Credit Risk
6 1 (0.71%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (0.71%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.71%) PMI
6 1 (0.71%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.14%) Windows
2 1 (0.71%) Android
2 1 (0.71%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (74.29%) Agile
2 62 (44.29%) Scrum
3 58 (41.43%) Product Backlog
4 47 (33.57%) Roadmaps
5 42 (30.00%) User Stories
6 35 (25.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
7 31 (22.14%) Sprint Planning
8 29 (20.71%) Continuous Improvement
9 28 (20.00%) DevOps
9 28 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
10 25 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
11 23 (16.43%) Sprint Retrospective
12 22 (15.71%) Product Roadmap
12 22 (15.71%) Product Vision
13 17 (12.14%) Coaching
13 17 (12.14%) Decision-Making
13 17 (12.14%) Kanban
13 17 (12.14%) Product Strategy
13 17 (12.14%) Sprint Review
13 17 (12.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 16 (11.43%) SQL
2 10 (7.14%) Python
3 9 (6.43%) JavaScript
4 7 (5.00%) C#
4 7 (5.00%) Java
5 4 (2.86%) Bash
6 3 (2.14%) PowerShell
6 3 (2.14%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.43%) VB
7 2 (1.43%) VB6
8 1 (0.71%) C++
8 1 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.71%) Go
8 1 (0.71%) Groovy
8 1 (0.71%) R
8 1 (0.71%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.71%) VBA
Qualifications
1 10 (7.14%) Security Cleared
2 9 (6.43%) Degree
3 8 (5.71%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.14%) CCNA
4 3 (2.14%) CCNP
4 3 (2.14%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (2.14%) CSPO
4 3 (2.14%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.43%) PMP
6 1 (0.71%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.71%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (0.71%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.71%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.71%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.00%) Accessibility
1 7 (5.00%) QA
2 5 (3.57%) PMO
3 3 (2.14%) Dodd-Frank
3 3 (2.14%) EMIR
3 3 (2.14%) MiFID
3 3 (2.14%) NIST
4 2 (1.43%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (1.43%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.43%) GDPR
4 2 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.43%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.71%) Automotive SPICE
5 1 (0.71%) Basel II
5 1 (0.71%) COPPA
5 1 (0.71%) GRC
5 1 (0.71%) ISO 26262
5 1 (0.71%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (3.57%) Docker
2 4 (2.86%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.43%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.71%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 8 (5.71%) Kubernetes
2 6 (4.29%) Terraform
3 5 (3.57%) Ansible
4 4 (2.86%) SCCM
5 3 (2.14%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.43%) Opsgenie
6 2 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.71%) Amdocs OSS
7 1 (0.71%) Puppet
7 1 (0.71%) Sysdig
Vendors
1 21 (15.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.57%) ServiceNow
3 6 (4.29%) Oracle
4 5 (3.57%) Atlassian
5 4 (2.86%) Fortinet
5 4 (2.86%) Infoblox
6 3 (2.14%) BMC
6 3 (2.14%) BT
6 3 (2.14%) Remedy
6 3 (2.14%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.14%) SAP
7 2 (1.43%) Adobe
7 2 (1.43%) Databricks
7 2 (1.43%) PagerDuty
7 2 (1.43%) Workday
8 1 (0.71%) Lotus
8 1 (0.71%) Okta
8 1 (0.71%) Siemens
8 1 (0.71%) Splunk
8 1 (0.71%) Veeam