Backlog Management Contract Job Trends in Knutsford

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
Cheshire > Knutsford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Knutsford requiring Backlog Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Backlog Management 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Knutsford 0.74% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.77% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £437 - -
25th Percentile £480 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 - -
75th Percentile £655 - -
90th Percentile £701 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £713 £649 £65
% change year-on-year +9.83% +898.08% -87.38%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Knutsford

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 Knutsford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 259 94 123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford 96.28% 96.91% 93.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 82 99
10th Percentile £323 £318 £400
25th Percentile £358 £356 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £378 £525
Median % change year-on-year +18.25% -28.00% -0.38%
75th Percentile £551 £499 £583
90th Percentile £634 £600 £625
Cheshire median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £80.00 -
Cheshire median hourly rate £22.85 £32.50 £23.61
% change year-on-year -29.69% +37.65% +18.05%

Backlog Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

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

Backlog Management job vacancy trend in Knutsford

Backlog Management
Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing Backlog Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing Backlog Management

Backlog Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Knutsford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Backlog Management in Knutsford over the 6 months to 3 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Backlog Management in Knutsford

Backlog Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Knutsford 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 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Product Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Product Owner
1 1 (50.00%) Report Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 2 (100.00%) Product Vision
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Customer-Centric Approach
2 1 (50.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Market Research
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Product Management
2 1 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Product Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) User Stories
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft