Backlog Management Contracts in the North West

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Backlog Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Backlog Management over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 125 145 160
Rank change year-on-year +20 +15 -26
Contract jobs citing Backlog Management 13 10 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.48% 0.32% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 0.35% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 8 13
10th Percentile - £508 £371
25th Percentile - £586 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £65 £675 £563
Median % change year-on-year -90.37% +20.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £488 £700 £700
90th Percentile £494 - -
England median daily rate £500 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +13.99%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Backlog Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,345 2,862 3,567
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 86.28% 90.60% 88.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,495 2,036 2,606
10th Percentile £306 £313 £240
25th Percentile £405 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £593 £588 £575
90th Percentile £689 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 245 141 163
10th Percentile £10.95 £16.85 £10.63
25th Percentile £13.31 £22.41 £14.25
Median hourly rate £22.11 £36.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.58% +71.43% +15.93%
75th Percentile £45.88 £49.52 £43.25
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.75 £58.75
England median hourly rate £36.33 £36.77 £24.35
% change year-on-year -1.19% +51.01% +1.46%

Backlog Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Backlog Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Backlog Management in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Backlog Management in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Backlog Management in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Backlog Management in the North West over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Backlog Management in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Backlog Management within the North West region over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. 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
Cheshire +12 7 £65 -87.38%
Manchester +18 6 £475 -29.63% 3
Backlog Management
England

Backlog Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Applications
1 12 (92.31%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (38.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (38.46%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (53.85%) Primavera
Communications & Networking
1 7 (53.85%) PPP
Development Applications
1 5 (38.46%) JIRA
General
1 12 (92.31%) Social Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Analyst
1 5 (38.46%) Business Analyst
1 5 (38.46%) Pega Business Analyst
2 1 (7.69%) Delivery Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Agile
2 12 (92.31%) User Stories
3 8 (61.54%) Scrum
3 8 (61.54%) Sprint Planning
4 7 (53.85%) Asset Management
4 7 (53.85%) Decision-Making
4 7 (53.85%) Kanban
4 7 (53.85%) Risk Management
4 7 (53.85%) Sprint Retrospective
4 7 (53.85%) Sprint Review
4 7 (53.85%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (38.46%) Business Process Modelling
5 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (38.46%) Use Case
6 1 (7.69%) Change Management
6 1 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (7.69%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 1 (7.69%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) Degree
1 7 (53.85%) SC Cleared
1 7 (53.85%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (38.46%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
1 5 (38.46%) Pega
2 2 (15.38%) Cognizant