Backlog Prioritisation Contracts in the South East

Backlog Prioritisation
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Backlog Prioritisation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Backlog Prioritisation 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 141 194 182
Rank change year-on-year +53 -12 +62
Contract jobs citing Backlog Prioritisation 18 11 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.60% 0.20% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.65% 0.23% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 6 25
10th Percentile £390 £516 £344
25th Percentile £472 £556 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £522 £638 £450
Median % change year-on-year -18.12% +41.67% -21.74%
75th Percentile £616 £695 £588
90th Percentile £688 £706 £695
England median daily rate £494 £600 £525
% change year-on-year -17.67% +14.29% -7.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,757 4,716 5,181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.59% 84.85% 89.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,756 2,743 3,594
10th Percentile £256 £243 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £508
Median % change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
75th Percentile £600 £621 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 434 219
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.00 £18.25
25th Percentile £15.79 £18.23 £23.83
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.49 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.83
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Backlog Prioritisation
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Backlog Prioritisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Backlog Prioritisation in the South East

Backlog Prioritisation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Backlog Prioritisation in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Backlog Prioritisation in the South East

Backlog Prioritisation
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Backlog Prioritisation in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Backlog Prioritisation in the South East

Backlog Prioritisation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Backlog Prioritisation in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Backlog Prioritisation in the South East

Backlog Prioritisation
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Backlog Prioritisation within the South East 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
Thames Valley +49 10 £494 -22.93% 5
Berkshire +37 10 £494 -22.93% 5
Hampshire +27 5 £625 -7.41% 5
Surrey +16 2 - - 1
West Sussex - 1 £625 -
Backlog Prioritisation
England

Backlog Prioritisation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (11.11%) Appian
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) Azure
1 2 (11.11%) SaaS
2 1 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
2 1 (5.56%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (11.11%) Metadata
1 2 (11.11%) Oracle BI EE
1 2 (11.11%) Oracle Database
1 2 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 2 (11.11%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Balsamiq
2 1 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 8 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 7 (38.89%) Telecoms
3 5 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (44.44%) Product Owner
2 4 (22.22%) Scrum Master
3 3 (16.67%) Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Agile Product Owner
4 2 (11.11%) Agile Scrum Master
4 2 (11.11%) Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) IFS Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) Technical Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Business Intelligence Lead
5 1 (5.56%) Lead
5 1 (5.56%) Payments Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Payments Business Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Product Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Product Business Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Product Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Report Manager
5 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 11 (61.11%) Product Ownership
2 2 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.56%) Data Fabric
3 1 (5.56%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (72.22%) Agile
1 13 (72.22%) Roadmaps
1 13 (72.22%) Scrum
2 8 (44.44%) Product Roadmap
2 8 (44.44%) Sprint Planning
3 6 (33.33%) Product Backlog
3 6 (33.33%) Sprint Retrospective
4 5 (27.78%) Acceptance Criteria
4 5 (27.78%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 5 (27.78%) User Stories
5 4 (22.22%) B2B
5 4 (22.22%) Backlog Management
5 4 (22.22%) Coaching
5 4 (22.22%) Computer Science
5 4 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (22.22%) Product Management
5 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (16.67%) Burndown Charts
6 3 (16.67%) Epics
6 3 (16.67%) Product Requirements
Programming Languages
1 5 (27.78%) SQL
2 2 (11.11%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (38.89%) Degree
2 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) QA
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (5.56%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) Blue Prism
2 2 (11.11%) Cisco
2 2 (11.11%) IFS
2 2 (11.11%) Nokia
2 2 (11.11%) Oracle
2 2 (11.11%) Rakuten
3 1 (5.56%) Genesys
3 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow