Backlog Refinement Contract Job Trends in Hounslow

Backlog Refinement (Backlog Grooming)
West London > Hounslow

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hounslow requiring Backlog Refinement skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Backlog Refinement 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hounslow 3.03% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.13% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £225 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 - -
75th Percentile £275 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West London median daily rate £350 - £700
% change year-on-year - - +34.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £43.00 - -
West London median hourly rate £43.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hounslow

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 Hounslow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 64 106 125
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hounslow 96.97% 93.81% 95.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 64 69
10th Percentile £225 £189 £122
25th Percentile £357 £330 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £530
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -19.81% +2.91%
75th Percentile £501 £498 £619
90th Percentile £538 £568 £679
West London median daily rate £420 £475 £563
% change year-on-year -11.58% -15.56% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 11 21
10th Percentile £33.00 £18.13 £60.00
25th Percentile £34.31 £20.75 £65.00
Median hourly rate £41.25 £54.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.61% -28.00% +368.75%
75th Percentile £49.75 £65.00 £90.00
90th Percentile £53.50 £68.00 -
West London median hourly rate £25.15 £45.75 £72.00
% change year-on-year -45.03% -36.46% +278.95%

Backlog Refinement
Job Vacancy Trend in Hounslow

Job postings citing Backlog Refinement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hounslow.

Job vacancy trend for Backlog Refinement in Hounslow

Backlog Refinement
Daily Rate Trend in Hounslow

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

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

Backlog Refinement
Contract Job Locations in Hounslow

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Backlog Refinement within the Hounslow region over the 6 months to 14 September 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
Osterley - 2 £250 -
Backlog Refinement
West London

Backlog Refinement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hounslow 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 2 (100.00%) Confluence
2 1 (50.00%) CMS
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 2 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
2 1 (50.00%) Content Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Product Backlog
2 1 (50.00%) Product Management