Backlog Prioritisation Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Backlog Prioritisation
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Backlog Prioritisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 76 105
Rank change year-on-year -2 +29 +31
Contract jobs citing Backlog Prioritisation 7 5 3
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.68% 0.44% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.75% 0.50% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 2
10th Percentile £375 - £371
25th Percentile £423 - £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 - £456
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.41%
75th Percentile £507 - £514
90th Percentile £519 - £547
North West median daily rate £423 £588 £475
% change year-on-year -28.09% +23.68% -2.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 935 994 1,486
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 90.16% 86.96% 88.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 608 566 1,088
10th Percentile £299 £313 £270
25th Percentile £385 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £598 £575 £588
90th Percentile £678 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 34 58
10th Percentile £16.37 £18.17 £15.21
25th Percentile £19.07 £28.75 £16.26
Median hourly rate £22.57 £36.00 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year -37.32% +87.01% -26.67%
75th Percentile £32.44 £62.50 £43.75
90th Percentile £60.00 £73.60 £68.50
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £35.00
% change year-on-year -37.64% +15.21% +40.00%

Backlog Prioritisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Backlog Prioritisation job vacancy trend in Manchester

Backlog Prioritisation
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

Backlog Prioritisation
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Backlog Prioritisation in Manchester over the 6 months to 20 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Backlog Prioritisation in Manchester

Backlog Prioritisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
1 2 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (28.57%) SaaS
2 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (14.29%) Figma
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Games
3 1 (14.29%) Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Product Owner
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Business Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Product Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Banking Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Banking Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) CRM Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) CRM Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Digital Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Digital Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Integration Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Technology Owner
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Product Ownership
2 1 (14.29%) Mobile Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Agile
2 4 (57.14%) Backlog Management
2 4 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (57.14%) Product Backlog
2 4 (57.14%) User Stories
3 3 (42.86%) Requirements Gathering
3 3 (42.86%) Sprint Planning
3 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (42.86%) User Experience
4 2 (28.57%) Acceptance Criteria
4 2 (28.57%) B2B
4 2 (28.57%) B2C
4 2 (28.57%) Coaching
4 2 (28.57%) Customer-Centricity
4 2 (28.57%) DevOps
4 2 (28.57%) Journey Map
4 2 (28.57%) Product Management
4 2 (28.57%) Product Strategy
4 2 (28.57%) Service Design
4 2 (28.57%) Strategic Thinking
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) GDPR
1 1 (14.29%) PSD2