Backlog Refinement Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Backlog Refinement (Backlog Grooming)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Backlog Refinement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 - 87
Rank change year-on-year - - +34
Contract jobs citing Backlog Refinement 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.077% - 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.092% - 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £187
25th Percentile £525 - £232
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £317
75th Percentile £575 - £402
90th Percentile - - £449
South East median daily rate £525 £513 £470
% change year-on-year +2.44% +9.04% -20.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,083 770 1,123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 83.12% 83.97% 87.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 731 534 618
10th Percentile £313 £356 £313
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +3.77%
75th Percentile £631 £630 £650
90th Percentile £725 £696 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 51 73
10th Percentile £16.17 £20.12 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £27.00 £21.05
Median hourly rate £20.71 £35.00 £51.42
Median % change year-on-year -40.83% -31.93% +18.21%
75th Percentile £25.15 £70.21 £63.75
90th Percentile £49.75 £75.00 £77.50
South East median hourly rate £22.23 £50.00 £53.00
% change year-on-year -55.55% -5.66% +41.33%

Backlog Refinement
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Backlog Refinement job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Backlog Refinement
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

Backlog Refinement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Product Owner
1 1 (100.00%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Responsive Web Design
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Review
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
1 1 (100.00%) UX Research
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA