Sprint Backlog Contract Job Trends in the North West

Sprint Backlogs
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Sprint Backlog skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 148 - 135
Rank change year-on-year - - +39
Contract jobs citing Sprint Backlog 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.040% - 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.045% - 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £502
25th Percentile - - £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £538
75th Percentile - - £578
90th Percentile - - £584
England median daily rate £525 £420 £540
% change year-on-year +25.00% -22.22% -10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Sprint Backlog 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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,213 1,874 2,344
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.38% 86.48% 89.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,448 1,055 1,596
10th Percentile £213 £265 £295
25th Percentile £358 £390 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £567 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £656 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 195 108 157
10th Percentile £16.41 £16.00 £15.75
25th Percentile £20.63 £21.20 £18.00
Median hourly rate £31.50 £31.25 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.80% -11.97% +33.81%
75th Percentile £51.76 £51.91 £46.88
90th Percentile £69.78 £68.65 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%

Sprint Backlog
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Sprint Backlog relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Sprint Backlog job vacancy trend in the North West

Sprint Backlog
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Sprint Backlog.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Sprint Backlog

Sprint Backlog
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 Sprint Backlog within the North West region over the 6 months to 19 December 2025. 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
Manchester - 1 £550 -
Sprint Backlog
England

Sprint Backlog
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) B2C
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management