Backlog Refinement Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Backlog Refinement (Backlog Grooming)
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring Backlog Refinement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
15 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 39 -
Rank change year-on-year -8 - -
Contract jobs citing Backlog Refinement 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 0.50% 0.48% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.52% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 £563 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -
75th Percentile £538 £588 -
90th Percentile - - -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £575 -
% change year-on-year -8.70% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Milton Keynes

Backlog Refinement 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 322 193 452
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 80.30% 92.34% 87.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 144 338
10th Percentile £252 £250 £294
25th Percentile £367 £396 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £640 £650 £750
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +3.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 3 29
10th Percentile £16.24 £13.10 £15.85
25th Percentile £16.35 £14.75 £18.00
Median hourly rate £29.61 £18.70 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year +58.34% -19.45% +22.18%
75th Percentile - £19.60 £30.00
90th Percentile £36.00 £20.14 £48.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £22.21 £19.00 £23.22
% change year-on-year +16.88% -18.16% +36.56%

Backlog Refinement
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Backlog Refinement job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Backlog Refinement
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

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

Backlog Refinement
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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Flutter
1 2 (100.00%) JSON
1 2 (100.00%) React
1 2 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Kanban
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 2 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
1 2 (100.00%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Kotlin
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
Backlog Refinement jobs