Backlog Management Contract Job Trends in Reading

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
Berkshire > Reading

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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 48 91
Rank change year-on-year -28 +43 -14
Contract jobs citing Backlog Management 8 12 6
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.78% 2.19% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.92% 2.40% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 6
10th Percentile - £456 £544
25th Percentile £606 £465 £581
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £494 £625
Median % change year-on-year +23.99% -20.96% +8.70%
75th Percentile £619 £495 £692
90th Percentile - £534 £706
Berkshire median daily rate £613 £487 £600
% change year-on-year +25.77% -18.83% +15.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £89.92 - -
25th Percentile £92.87 - -
Median hourly rate £99.37 - -
75th Percentile £103.75 - -
90th Percentile £104.20 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £99.37 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 865 501 1,052
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 84.64% 91.59% 89.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 526 323 561
10th Percentile £326 £330 £213
25th Percentile £425 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +1.85% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £625
90th Percentile £719 £700 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 2 48
10th Percentile £56.75 £67.34 £14.50
25th Percentile £80.75 £68.99 £50.89
Median hourly rate £84.00 £72.35 £61.33
Median % change year-on-year +16.11% +17.96% -7.08%
75th Percentile £88.00 £75.08 £78.84
90th Percentile £107.00 £76.35 £87.48
Berkshire median hourly rate £83.00 £63.00 £60.30
% change year-on-year +31.75% +4.48% +4.29%

Backlog Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Backlog Management job vacancy trend in Reading

Backlog Management
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Backlog Management

Backlog Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in Reading

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Backlog Management in Reading over the 6 months to 28 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Backlog Management in Reading

Backlog Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 (12.50%) Confluence
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) Azure
2 3 (37.50%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
3 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (12.50%) GIS
1 1 (12.50%) Power BI
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Lead
1 4 (50.00%) Product Owner
2 3 (37.50%) Lead Product Owner
3 2 (25.00%) Project Manager
3 2 (25.00%) Senior
3 2 (25.00%) Senior Manager
3 2 (25.00%) Senior Project Manager
3 2 (25.00%) Senior Service Manager
3 2 (25.00%) ServiceNow Manager
3 2 (25.00%) ServiceNow Project Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Product Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) ADO
2 1 (12.50%) LDAP
2 1 (12.50%) OAuth
2 1 (12.50%) OpenID
2 1 (12.50%) SailPoint
2 1 (12.50%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Product Ownership
2 1 (12.50%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Agile
1 6 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (50.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (37.50%) Coaching
3 3 (37.50%) Decision-Making
3 3 (37.50%) DevOps
3 3 (37.50%) Product Management
3 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (25.00%) ITSM
4 2 (25.00%) Portfolio Management
4 2 (25.00%) Re-Platforming
4 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (25.00%) Service Catalogue
4 2 (25.00%) Service Management
4 2 (25.00%) Source to Pay
4 2 (25.00%) User Stories
5 1 (12.50%) Product Governance
5 1 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) CISSP
2 1 (12.50%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (12.50%) CSPO
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
1 1 (12.50%) GRC
1 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (12.50%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (12.50%) CyberArk
2 1 (12.50%) ESRI
2 1 (12.50%) ForgeRock
2 1 (12.50%) Okta
2 1 (12.50%) Ping Identity
2 1 (12.50%) Salesforce
2 1 (12.50%) SAP