Backlog Refinement Contract Job Trends in Lanarkshire

Backlog Refinement (Backlog Grooming)
Scotland > Lanarkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lanarkshire requiring Backlog Refinement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Backlog Refinement 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lanarkshire 33.33% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 33.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £438 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £463 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £495 £451 £396
% change year-on-year +9.76% +13.89% -14.38%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Lanarkshire

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 Lanarkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3 12 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lanarkshire 100.00% 92.31% 94.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 13
10th Percentile £439 £326 £370
25th Percentile £441 £488 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £460
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +14.13% -3.16%
75th Percentile £459 £563 £500
90th Percentile £461 - £593
Scotland median daily rate £450 £457 £475
% change year-on-year -1.53% -3.79% -

Backlog Refinement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lanarkshire 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Systems Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation