Backlog Management Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring Backlog Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 - 46
Rank change year-on-year - - +20
Contract jobs citing Backlog Management 4 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 0.64% - 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.82% - 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £509 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 - £550
75th Percentile £532 - -
90th Percentile £535 - -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £518 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.91% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 486 188 386
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 78.01% 93.07% 86.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 345 143 279
10th Percentile £311 £249 £249
25th Percentile £412 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £640 £650 £705
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £505 £475
% change year-on-year +3.96% +6.32% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 4 27
10th Percentile £15.09 £12.98 £15.85
25th Percentile - £14.44 £17.82
Median hourly rate £16.35 £17.25 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year -5.22% -27.37% +137.50%
75th Percentile £27.43 £28.81 £30.00
90th Percentile £36.00 £43.78 £48.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £16.35 £19.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -13.95% -24.00% +150.00%

Backlog Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Backlog Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

Backlog Management job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Backlog Management
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Backlog Management

Backlog Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 (25.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Product Manager
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Product Delivery Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (25.00%) Educational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) User Stories
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) Product Management
3 2 (50.00%) Analytics
3 2 (50.00%) Business Analytics
3 2 (50.00%) Product Vision
3 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (50.00%) User Research
4 1 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (25.00%) Agile Coaching
4 1 (25.00%) Burndown Charts
4 1 (25.00%) Coaching
4 1 (25.00%) Epics
4 1 (25.00%) Objectives and Key Results
4 1 (25.00%) Product Backlog
4 1 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared