Backlog Management Contracts in Manchester

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Backlog Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Backlog Management 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 78 90 110
Rank change year-on-year +12 +20 +23
Contract jobs citing Backlog Management 1 6 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.11% 0.40% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.45% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 7
10th Percentile - £456 £571
25th Percentile £630 £463 £638
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £660 £475 £675
Median % change year-on-year +38.95% -29.63% +35.00%
75th Percentile £690 £493 £700
90th Percentile - £495 -
North West median daily rate £402 £65 £675
% change year-on-year +518.46% -90.37% +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 830 1,321 1,738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.63% 87.08% 91.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 577 898 1,273
10th Percentile £300 £319 £315
25th Percentile £400 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% - +1.73%
75th Percentile £575 £595 £594
90th Percentile £675 £694 £663
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 73 61
10th Percentile £15.18 £12.42 £14.65
25th Percentile £19.25 £13.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £24.19 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year +34.35% -35.15% +140.65%
75th Percentile £63.75 £57.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £77.00 £72.50 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%

Backlog Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Backlog Management in Manchester

Backlog Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Backlog Management in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for Backlog Management in Manchester

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Product Owner
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Refinement
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 1 (100.00%) Product Vision
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility