Backlog Refinement Contract Job Trends in Northampton

Backlog Refinement (Backlog Grooming)
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northampton requiring Backlog Refinement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Backlog Refinement 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northampton 0.82% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £307 - -
25th Percentile £308 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 - -
75th Percentile £311 - -
90th Percentile £312 - -
Northamptonshire median daily rate £310 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northampton

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 Northampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 228 101 90
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northampton 93.83% 98.06% 96.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 84 68
10th Percentile £313 £313 £218
25th Percentile £358 £356 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £403 £400 £485
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% -17.53% +14.12%
75th Percentile £475 £506 £531
90th Percentile £550 £624 £546
Northamptonshire median daily rate £420 £401 £457
% change year-on-year +4.87% -12.27% +7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £14.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.68%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £35.75
Northamptonshire median hourly rate - £24.20 £17.29
% change year-on-year - +40.01% -5.21%

Backlog Refinement
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

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

Backlog Refinement job vacancy trend in Northampton

Backlog Refinement
Daily Rate Trend in Northampton

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northampton citing Backlog Refinement

Backlog Refinement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northampton 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 2 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Banking Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Banking Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Epics
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
1 2 (100.00%) Wireframes
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance