Backlog Prioritisation Contracts in London

Backlog Prioritisation
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Backlog Prioritisation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Backlog Prioritisation over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 312 322 394
Rank change year-on-year +10 +72 +19
Contract jobs citing Backlog Prioritisation 41 69 99
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.33% 0.39% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.44% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 41 79
10th Percentile £365 £380 £443
25th Percentile £463 £506 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £563 £575
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -2.17% -
75th Percentile £638 £625 £681
90th Percentile £683 - £835
England median daily rate £494 £600 £525
% change year-on-year -17.67% +14.29% -7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £31.71 -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £31.71 -
% change year-on-year +120.75% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Backlog Prioritisation
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Backlog Prioritisation in London

Backlog Prioritisation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Backlog Prioritisation in London.

Daily rate trend for Backlog Prioritisation in London

Backlog Prioritisation
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Backlog Prioritisation in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Backlog Prioritisation in London

Backlog Prioritisation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Backlog Prioritisation in London.

Hourly rate trend for Backlog Prioritisation in London

Backlog Prioritisation
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 Prioritisation within the London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 -6 8 £613 +25.64% 3
South London +7 1 £380 - 1
Backlog Prioritisation
England

Backlog Prioritisation
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 8 (19.51%) Confluence
2 1 (2.44%) JBoss
2 1 (2.44%) Jupyter
2 1 (2.44%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.44%) Tomcat
2 1 (2.44%) WebLogic
2 1 (2.44%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Chatbot
1 1 (2.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.44%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (2.44%) Shopify
1 1 (2.44%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 7 (17.07%) Azure
2 5 (12.20%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (9.76%) SaaS
4 3 (7.32%) AWS
4 3 (7.32%) Power Platform
5 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (4.88%) OCI
6 1 (2.44%) Apple Pay
6 1 (2.44%) BigCommerce
6 1 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (2.44%) Figma
6 1 (2.44%) GitHub
6 1 (2.44%) Google Pay
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.44%) PuTTY
1 1 (2.44%) SD-WAN
1 1 (2.44%) SMS
1 1 (2.44%) WAN
1 1 (2.44%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.88%) Power BI
1 2 (4.88%) Tableau
2 1 (2.44%) Big Data
2 1 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.44%) DB2
Development Applications
1 11 (26.83%) JIRA
2 1 (2.44%) Bitbucket
2 1 (2.44%) Git
2 1 (2.44%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.44%) Postman
2 1 (2.44%) SoapUI
2 1 (2.44%) Storybook
2 1 (2.44%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 21 (51.22%) Social Skills
2 15 (36.59%) Finance
3 9 (21.95%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (12.20%) Retail
5 4 (9.76%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (9.76%) Public Sector
6 3 (7.32%) Banking
7 2 (4.88%) Back Office
7 2 (4.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (4.88%) Military
7 2 (4.88%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.44%) Marketing
8 1 (2.44%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 13 (31.71%) Product Owner
2 10 (24.39%) Product Manager
3 6 (14.63%) Analyst
4 4 (9.76%) Lead
4 4 (9.76%) Senior
5 3 (7.32%) Scrum Master
6 2 (4.88%) Business Analyst
6 2 (4.88%) Digital Product Owner
6 2 (4.88%) Implementation Specialist
6 2 (4.88%) Product Analyst
6 2 (4.88%) Product Lead
6 2 (4.88%) Senior Product Owner
6 2 (4.88%) Technical Manager
6 2 (4.88%) Workday Specialist
7 1 (2.44%) Agile Delivery Manager
7 1 (2.44%) Agile Scrum Master
7 1 (2.44%) Delivery Director
7 1 (2.44%) Investment Management Business Analyst
7 1 (2.44%) SQL Analyst
7 1 (2.44%) Tableau Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.44%) EDI
1 1 (2.44%) RAML
1 1 (2.44%) REST
1 1 (2.44%) SOAP
1 1 (2.44%) VML
1 1 (2.44%) Web Services
1 1 (2.44%) WSDL
Miscellaneous
1 26 (63.41%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.88%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (4.88%) FMCG
3 1 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.44%) Digital Wallet
3 1 (2.44%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (2.44%) Freedom of Information Act
3 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.44%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (87.80%) Agile
2 23 (56.10%) Roadmaps
3 20 (48.78%) Product Backlog
4 18 (43.90%) Product Roadmap
5 15 (36.59%) Scrum
6 14 (34.15%) Product Management
7 13 (31.71%) Stakeholder Management
8 12 (29.27%) Backlog Management
9 11 (26.83%) User Stories
10 8 (19.51%) Acceptance Criteria
10 8 (19.51%) Analytics
10 8 (19.51%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (19.51%) Product Strategy
11 7 (17.07%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (17.07%) Product Vision
11 7 (17.07%) User Experience
12 6 (14.63%) Business Intelligence
12 6 (14.63%) Decision-Making
12 6 (14.63%) DevOps
13 5 (12.20%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.88%) SQL
2 1 (2.44%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (9.76%) SC Cleared
1 4 (9.76%) Security Cleared
2 3 (7.32%) Degree
3 2 (4.88%) CSPO
4 1 (2.44%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.44%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.76%) QA
2 1 (2.44%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.44%) PMO
2 1 (2.44%) WCAG
Vendors
1 3 (7.32%) Microsoft
1 3 (7.32%) Oracle
2 2 (4.88%) Salesforce
2 2 (4.88%) ServiceNow
2 2 (4.88%) Workday
3 1 (2.44%) Adobe
3 1 (2.44%) Klarna
3 1 (2.44%) SAP
3 1 (2.44%) Sitecore