Backlog Prioritisation Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Backlog Prioritisation
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring Backlog Prioritisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 61 78
Rank change year-on-year -8 +17 +20
Contract jobs citing Backlog Prioritisation 5 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.69% 0.15% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.78% 0.18% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £476
25th Percentile - £455 £497
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £460 £538
Median % change year-on-year +19.57% -14.42% +7.50%
75th Percentile - £465 £572
90th Percentile - - £589
West Yorkshire median daily rate £550 £460 £538
% change year-on-year +19.57% -14.42% +19.44%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leeds

Backlog Prioritisation 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 642 561 903
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 88.92% 85.65% 89.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 430 356 623
10th Percentile £300 £325 £325
25th Percentile £400 £406 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% -5.71% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £625
90th Percentile £651 £650 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £480 £520
% change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 14 8
10th Percentile £25.10 £15.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £25.25 £20.13 £18.88
Median hourly rate £26.00 £30.00 £21.01
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +42.81% -1.14%
75th Percentile £27.63 £38.75 £22.41
90th Percentile £28.30 £51.00 £35.23
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £27.50 £20.35
% change year-on-year -19.49% +35.12% -3.08%

Backlog Prioritisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Backlog Prioritisation job vacancy trend in Leeds

Backlog Prioritisation
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

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

Backlog Prioritisation
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) GCP
General
1 3 (60.00%) Digital Health
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Product Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Product Owner
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
1 4 (80.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (80.00%) Product Backlog
1 4 (80.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (60.00%) Cost Control
2 3 (60.00%) Product Roadmap
2 3 (60.00%) Product Vision
2 3 (60.00%) Programme Governance
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (60.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 1 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (20.00%) Database Tuning
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) DevSecOps
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Optimisation
3 1 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (20.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CSPO
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft