Backlog Management Contracts in Scotland

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Backlog Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Backlog Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 112 145
Rank change year-on-year +17 +33 -12
Contract jobs citing Backlog Management 21 17 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.29% 0.77% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.38% 0.87% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 11 8
10th Percentile £368 £435 -
25th Percentile £406 £474 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £500 £588 £578
90th Percentile £613 - £588
UK median daily rate £506 £500 £558
% change year-on-year +1.20% -10.39% +1.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,518 1,963 2,651
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.42% 88.54% 92.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 920 1,196 1,908
10th Percentile £263 £229 £263
25th Percentile £375 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £556
90th Percentile £606 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 94 54
10th Percentile £16.19 £12.36 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.00 £11.51
Median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%
75th Percentile £24.66 £40.94 £53.75
90th Percentile £51.48 £60.75 £66.09
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Backlog Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Backlog Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Backlog Management in Scotland

Backlog Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Backlog Management in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Backlog Management in Scotland

Backlog Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Backlog Management in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Backlog Management in Scotland

Backlog Management
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Glasgow +12 16 £438 -23.91% 3
Edinburgh +3 5 £600 +20.00% 2
Backlog Management
UK

Backlog Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (14.29%) Confluence
2 1 (4.76%) JBoss
2 1 (4.76%) Tomcat
2 1 (4.76%) WebLogic
2 1 (4.76%) WebSphere
Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (14.29%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (19.05%) IaaS
2 3 (14.29%) Azure
2 3 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (14.29%) SaaS
3 1 (4.76%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) DHCP
1 1 (4.76%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) DB2
Development Applications
1 8 (38.10%) JIRA
2 2 (9.52%) Toad
3 1 (4.76%) Bitbucket
3 1 (4.76%) Git
General
1 13 (61.90%) Finance
2 11 (52.38%) Social Skills
3 5 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (14.29%) Marketing
5 2 (9.52%) Banking
5 2 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (4.76%) Financial Institution
6 1 (4.76%) Investment Banking
6 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (33.33%) Analyst
2 5 (23.81%) Business Analyst
2 5 (23.81%) Product Owner
2 5 (23.81%) Scrum Master
3 2 (9.52%) Business Systems Analyst
3 2 (9.52%) Project Manager
3 2 (9.52%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
3 2 (9.52%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (4.76%) Agile Delivery Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Agile Project Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Agile Scrum Master
4 1 (4.76%) Delivery Project Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Programme Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Senior
4 1 (4.76%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (4.76%) Senior Business Analyst
4 1 (4.76%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) RAML
1 1 (4.76%) REST
1 1 (4.76%) SOAP
1 1 (4.76%) Web Services
1 1 (4.76%) WSDL
Miscellaneous
1 12 (57.14%) Product Ownership
2 4 (19.05%) Virtual Team
3 2 (9.52%) Data Structures
4 1 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (4.76%) NHS
4 1 (4.76%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.76%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (95.24%) Agile
2 8 (38.10%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 8 (38.10%) Scrum
3 7 (33.33%) User Stories
4 6 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (28.57%) DevOps
4 6 (28.57%) Kanban
4 6 (28.57%) Workshop Facilitation
5 5 (23.81%) Data Analysis
5 5 (23.81%) Waterfall
6 4 (19.05%) Conflict Resolution
6 4 (19.05%) Customer Experience
6 4 (19.05%) ITSM
6 4 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (19.05%) Product Vision
6 4 (19.05%) Roadmaps
6 4 (19.05%) Service Delivery
7 3 (14.29%) Data Collection
7 3 (14.29%) Digital Customer Experience
7 3 (14.29%) Product Backlog
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) SQL
2 2 (9.52%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (4.76%) CBAP
1 1 (4.76%) Degree
1 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
1 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (9.52%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
1 4 (19.05%) ServiceNow
2 1 (4.76%) Oracle