Backlog Prioritisation Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Backlog Prioritisation
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

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

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 - 47
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Backlog Prioritisation 5 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.53% - 0.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% - 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £469 - -
25th Percentile £478 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 - £600
75th Percentile £534 - -
90th Percentile £558 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £492 - £600

All Process & Methodology Skills
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 873 282 323
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 93.37% 96.58% 92.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 594 188 185
10th Percentile £355 £278 £366
25th Percentile £413 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £490 £485
Median % change year-on-year -0.26% +1.03% -11.82%
75th Percentile £550 £598 £588
90th Percentile £650 £650 £650
South Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 8
10th Percentile £15.74 £16.08 -
25th Percentile £16.34 £17.38 £10.90
Median hourly rate £18.01 £18.21 £17.63
Median % change year-on-year -1.10% +3.29% +53.26%
75th Percentile £19.01 £18.36 £23.75
90th Percentile £19.21 £18.45 -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £16.67 £18.21 £13.23
% change year-on-year -8.43% +37.60% +24.46%

Backlog Prioritisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Backlog Prioritisation job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Backlog Prioritisation
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

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

Backlog Prioritisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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:

General
1 2 (40.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Product Owner
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Software Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Software Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Product Backlog
1 3 (60.00%) SDLC
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Backlog Management
2 2 (40.00%) Capacity Management
2 2 (40.00%) Observability
2 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) Scrum
2 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Service Management
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Client Onboarding
3 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) KYC
3 1 (20.00%) Product Management
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) User Stories
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Data Quality