Backlog Prioritisation Contract Job Trends in Reading

Backlog Prioritisation
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Backlog Prioritisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 61 90
Rank change year-on-year -19 +29 -15
Contract jobs citing Backlog Prioritisation 10 11 3
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 1.02% 1.61% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.16% 1.70% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 3
10th Percentile £127 £433 £593
25th Percentile £192 £472 £621
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £302 £494 £682
Median % change year-on-year -38.97% -27.57% +33.07%
75th Percentile £411 £536 £706
90th Percentile £476 £550 £711
Berkshire median daily rate £520 £494 £682
% change year-on-year +5.26% -27.57% +43.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £80.50 - -
Median hourly rate £83.00 - -
75th Percentile £85.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £83.00 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Reading

Backlog Prioritisation 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 862 647 1,064
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 87.96% 94.59% 91.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 568 376 616
10th Percentile £310 £303 £213
25th Percentile £413 £425 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +7.32% -6.82%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £615
90th Percentile £675 £688 £678
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 4 37
10th Percentile £57.60 £27.08 £19.10
25th Percentile £80.63 £28.31 £52.90
Median hourly rate £84.00 £45.38 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +85.10% -26.33% -12.00%
75th Percentile £88.00 £65.62 £67.50
90th Percentile £106.00 £72.56 £87.53
Berkshire median hourly rate £83.00 £61.50 £58.30
% change year-on-year +34.97% +5.48% -9.86%

Backlog Prioritisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Backlog Prioritisation job vacancy trend in Reading

Backlog Prioritisation
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Backlog Prioritisation
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Backlog Prioritisation in Reading over the 6 months to 11 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Backlog Prioritisation in Reading

Backlog Prioritisation
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 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (10.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 9 (90.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Product Manager
2 3 (30.00%) Security Manager
2 3 (30.00%) Security Product Manager
2 3 (30.00%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (20.00%) DOORS Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Product Delivery Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Product Owner
4 1 (10.00%) Report Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Onboarding
1 2 (20.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (10.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (10.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 8 (80.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (60.00%) Configuration Management
4 5 (50.00%) Computer Science
4 5 (50.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 5 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 5 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
5 4 (40.00%) Agile
5 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (40.00%) Programme Management
5 4 (40.00%) SBOM
5 4 (40.00%) Threat Modelling
5 4 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
6 3 (30.00%) ITIL
6 3 (30.00%) Service Management
6 3 (30.00%) SysML
6 3 (30.00%) UML
7 2 (20.00%) Change Management
7 2 (20.00%) Migration
7 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 9 (90.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (50.00%) Degree
3 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (10.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) SCCM
1 1 (10.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) IBM
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft