Backlog Management Contract Job Trends in London

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Backlog Management skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 258 326 335
Rank change year-on-year +68 +9 -20
Contract jobs citing Backlog Management 106 59 117
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.79% 0.36% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 0.41% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 43 84
10th Percentile £330 £383 £450
25th Percentile £405 £503 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +4.17% +10.50%
75th Percentile £638 £719 £670
90th Percentile £775 £750 £743
England median daily rate £496 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.77% - +0.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £54.00
75th Percentile - - £75.00
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - - £54.00
% change year-on-year - - -17.92%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,365 14,516 19,888
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.50% 89.18% 90.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,163 9,653 14,419
10th Percentile £331 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -0.86%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £694
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 178 227
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.25 £18.10
25th Percentile £24.83 £23.80 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.49 £35.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.03% -6.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile £48.44 £55.00 £62.13
90th Percentile £63.75 £75.00 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -41.51% -2.05% +51.38%

Backlog Management
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Backlog Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Backlog Management in London

Backlog Management
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Backlog Management
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Backlog Management in London over the 6 months to 21 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Backlog Management in London

Backlog Management
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Backlog Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Backlog Management

Backlog Management
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Backlog Management within the London region over the 6 months to 21 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
Central London +17 28 £598 -6.64% 25
East London +6 1 £360 -32.71% 4
South London -7 1 £650 +26.83%
Backlog Management
England

Backlog Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 17 (16.04%) Confluence
2 2 (1.89%) CMS
2 2 (1.89%) Drupal
2 2 (1.89%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.89%) WordPress
3 1 (0.94%) Apache
3 1 (0.94%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.94%) Appian
3 1 (0.94%) JBoss
3 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.94%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.94%) WebLogic
3 1 (0.94%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (4.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.89%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.89%) Trello
4 1 (0.94%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.94%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.94%) InVision
4 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.94%) Sketch
4 1 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (5.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.89%) HFM
2 2 (1.89%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.94%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.94%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 15 (14.15%) Azure
2 7 (6.60%) AWS
2 7 (6.60%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (5.66%) Power Platform
4 5 (4.72%) Dynamics 365
4 5 (4.72%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (4.72%) SaaS
5 3 (2.83%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.83%) Figma
5 3 (2.83%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (2.83%) Miro
5 3 (2.83%) PowerApps
6 2 (1.89%) GCP
6 2 (1.89%) GitHub
6 2 (1.89%) Power Automate
6 2 (1.89%) Slack
7 1 (0.94%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (0.94%) IaaS
7 1 (0.94%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.94%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.89%) Internet
2 1 (0.94%) DHCP
2 1 (0.94%) DNS
2 1 (0.94%) Firewall
2 1 (0.94%) LAN
2 1 (0.94%) MPLS
2 1 (0.94%) Network Security
2 1 (0.94%) SSH
2 1 (0.94%) SSL
2 1 (0.94%) VPN
2 1 (0.94%) Wireless
2 1 (0.94%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.66%) Star Schema
2 5 (4.72%) Power BI
3 3 (2.83%) DB2
4 1 (0.94%) AlloyDB
4 1 (0.94%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.94%) Cloud Spanner
4 1 (0.94%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.94%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.94%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.94%) GIS
4 1 (0.94%) Looker
4 1 (0.94%) Metadata
4 1 (0.94%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.94%) Spatial Data
4 1 (0.94%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 34 (32.08%) JIRA
2 3 (2.83%) Git
3 2 (1.89%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.89%) Postman
4 1 (0.94%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.94%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.94%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.94%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.94%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.94%) Fiddler
4 1 (0.94%) Maven
4 1 (0.94%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.94%) SpecFlow
General
1 49 (46.23%) Social Skills
2 33 (31.13%) Finance
3 27 (25.47%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (9.43%) Influencing Skills
4 10 (9.43%) Presentation Skills
5 8 (7.55%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (7.55%) Retail
6 7 (6.60%) Public Sector
7 5 (4.72%) Banking
8 4 (3.77%) Marketing
9 3 (2.83%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.89%) Front Office
10 2 (1.89%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.89%) Military
11 1 (0.94%) Back Office
11 1 (0.94%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.94%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 42 (39.62%) Product Owner
2 28 (26.42%) Analyst
3 26 (24.53%) Business Analyst
4 10 (9.43%) Product Manager
5 7 (6.60%) Senior
6 6 (5.66%) Scrum Master
7 5 (4.72%) Lead
8 4 (3.77%) Business Systems Analyst
8 4 (3.77%) Digital Product Manager
8 4 (3.77%) Insurance Systems Analyst
8 4 (3.77%) Systems Analyst
9 3 (2.83%) Consultant
9 3 (2.83%) Finance Business Analyst
9 3 (2.83%) Financial Analyst
9 3 (2.83%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
9 3 (2.83%) Product Analyst
9 3 (2.83%) Product Business Analyst
9 3 (2.83%) Regulatory Business Analyst
9 3 (2.83%) Regulatory Reporting Business Analyst
9 3 (2.83%) Senior Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.89%) .NET
1 2 (1.89%) EDI
1 2 (1.89%) JSON
1 2 (1.89%) REST
2 1 (0.94%) AWS CDK
2 1 (0.94%) Playwright
2 1 (0.94%) RAML
2 1 (0.94%) SAML
2 1 (0.94%) SOAP
2 1 (0.94%) Swagger
2 1 (0.94%) Web Services
2 1 (0.94%) WSDL
2 1 (0.94%) XML
2 1 (0.94%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 61 (57.55%) Product Ownership
2 8 (7.55%) Reinsurance
3 6 (5.66%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (4.72%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (3.77%) AS400
5 4 (3.77%) Cloud Native
5 4 (3.77%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.83%) iSeries
7 2 (1.89%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.89%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.89%) PKI
7 2 (1.89%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.94%) Credit Risk
8 1 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.94%) DTCC
8 1 (0.94%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.94%) IoT
8 1 (0.94%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.94%) Reference Data
8 1 (0.94%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.83%) Windows
2 1 (0.94%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.94%) Linux
2 1 (0.94%) Mac OS
2 1 (0.94%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (83.02%) Agile
2 55 (51.89%) Product Backlog
3 53 (50.00%) User Stories
4 51 (48.11%) Roadmaps
5 41 (38.68%) Scrum
6 36 (33.96%) Backlog Prioritisation
7 29 (27.36%) Product Roadmap
8 27 (25.47%) Problem-Solving
9 25 (23.58%) Stakeholder Management
10 21 (19.81%) Continuous Improvement
11 20 (18.87%) Product Vision
11 20 (18.87%) Sprint Planning
12 18 (16.98%) Acceptance Criteria
12 18 (16.98%) Product Management
13 17 (16.04%) Decision-Making
13 17 (16.04%) Sprint Retrospective
14 15 (14.15%) DevOps
15 14 (13.21%) Epics
16 13 (12.26%) Sprint Review
16 13 (12.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 12 (11.32%) SQL
2 3 (2.83%) C#
2 3 (2.83%) JavaScript
2 3 (2.83%) Python
2 3 (2.83%) VBA
3 2 (1.89%) Korn
3 2 (1.89%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.89%) RPG
4 1 (0.94%) Bash
4 1 (0.94%) C++
4 1 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.94%) Go
4 1 (0.94%) Groovy
4 1 (0.94%) Java
4 1 (0.94%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.94%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (11.32%) Degree
2 6 (5.66%) SC Cleared
2 6 (5.66%) Security Cleared
3 5 (4.72%) CSPO
4 3 (2.83%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.94%) CCNA
5 1 (0.94%) CISA
5 1 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.94%) CISM
5 1 (0.94%) CISSP
5 1 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.94%) GIAC
5 1 (0.94%) GSEC
5 1 (0.94%) ISACA
5 1 (0.94%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.94%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.94%) SANS
5 1 (0.94%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
5 1 (0.94%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.72%) QA
2 4 (3.77%) GDPR
3 3 (2.83%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.83%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.83%) Dodd-Frank
3 3 (2.83%) EMIR
3 3 (2.83%) MiFID
4 2 (1.89%) GRC
5 1 (0.94%) Basel II
5 1 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.94%) NIST
5 1 (0.94%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (2.83%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.94%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (3.77%) Terraform
2 3 (2.83%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.89%) SCCM
4 1 (0.94%) Ansible
4 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.94%) Puppet
Vendors
1 13 (12.26%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.83%) Adobe
2 3 (2.83%) Oracle
2 3 (2.83%) SAP
3 2 (1.89%) Databricks
3 2 (1.89%) Guidewire
3 2 (1.89%) Hyperion
3 2 (1.89%) Spotify
3 2 (1.89%) Tagetik
4 1 (0.94%) Charles River
4 1 (0.94%) Citrix
4 1 (0.94%) Google
4 1 (0.94%) ION Trading
4 1 (0.94%) Northgate
4 1 (0.94%) Okta
4 1 (0.94%) OpenLink
4 1 (0.94%) ServiceNow
4 1 (0.94%) Trayport
4 1 (0.94%) Workday
4 1 (0.94%) Zscaler