Backlog Refinement Contract Job Trends in Halifax

Backlog Refinement (Backlog Grooming)
West Yorkshire > Halifax

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Halifax requiring Backlog Refinement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Backlog Refinement 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Halifax 10.71% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.79% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £506 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 - -
75th Percentile £519 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £525 - £475
% change year-on-year - - -17.39%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Halifax

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 Halifax.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 19 6 29
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Halifax 67.86% 100.00% 87.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 5 18
10th Percentile £366 £310 £467
25th Percentile £405 £475 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £613 £550
Median % change year-on-year -24.49% +11.36% +12.82%
75th Percentile £541 £738 £725
90th Percentile £595 - £738
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £486 £525
% change year-on-year +2.83% -7.38% +1.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £12.30 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £27.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -19.49% +41.03% -7.14%

Backlog Refinement
Job Vacancy Trend in Halifax

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

Backlog Refinement job vacancy trend in Halifax

Backlog Refinement
Daily Rate Trend in Halifax

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

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

Backlog Refinement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Halifax 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Banking
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Designer
2 2 (66.67%) UX Designer
3 1 (33.33%) Junior
3 1 (33.33%) Junior Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 3 (100.00%) Journey Map
1 3 (100.00%) Re-Platforming
1 3 (100.00%) Service Design
1 3 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 3 (100.00%) Systems Thinking
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
1 3 (100.00%) User Research
1 3 (100.00%) UX Design
1 3 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation