Backlog Management Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring Backlog Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 62 78
Rank change year-on-year -14 +16 +17
Contract jobs citing Backlog Management 2 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.28% 0.15% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.18% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £480
25th Percentile - £455 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £460 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile - £465 £563
90th Percentile - - £585
West Yorkshire median daily rate £525 £460 £500
% change year-on-year +14.13% -8.00% -9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 624 565 931
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 88.64% 85.74% 90.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 417 353 638
10th Percentile £303 £338 £325
25th Percentile £400 £406 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% -5.71% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £625
90th Percentile £653 £650 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £480 £525
% change year-on-year +4.17% -8.57% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 14 11
10th Percentile £25.10 £15.38 £16.50
25th Percentile £25.25 £20.13 £18.50
Median hourly rate £26.00 £30.00 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +44.89% -2.56%
75th Percentile £27.63 £38.75 £22.86
90th Percentile £28.30 £51.00 £23.75
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £27.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -19.49% +37.50% -4.76%

Backlog Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Backlog Management job vacancy trend in Leeds

Backlog Management
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

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

Backlog Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Product Owner
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum Master
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (50.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
2 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) Product Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Product Vision
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (50.00%) Service Design
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Retrospective
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Review
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) User Research
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (50.00%) MBA