Backlog Prioritisation Contract Job Trends in the South East

Backlog Prioritisation
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Backlog Prioritisation skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 163 198
Rank change year-on-year +10 +35 +56
Contract jobs citing Backlog Prioritisation 8 21 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.23% 0.46% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.55% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 14
10th Percentile £338 £469 -
25th Percentile £361 £497 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £550 £356
Median % change year-on-year -25.45% +54.39% -38.04%
75th Percentile £456 £656 £467
90th Percentile £478 £700 £534
England median daily rate £463 £550 £531
% change year-on-year -15.91% +3.53% -1.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £70.16 - -
England median hourly rate £70.16 £33.07 -
% change year-on-year +112.16% - -

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 3,105 3,792 4,984
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 89.17% 82.60% 89.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,936 2,272 3,332
10th Percentile £220 £255 £250
25th Percentile £379 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £518
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -1.14% +1.65%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £625
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 305 254 256
10th Percentile £13.35 £16.08 £15.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £31.44 £24.07
Median hourly rate £21.25 £57.35 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -62.95% +9.24% +63.02%
75th Percentile £50.00 £71.86 £66.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £78.75 £75.67
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.79
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.81% +51.01%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Backlog Prioritisation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Backlog Prioritisation

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 17 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Backlog Prioritisation in the South East

Backlog Prioritisation
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Backlog Prioritisation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Backlog Prioritisation

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 17 September 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
Hampshire +7 5 £335 -41.74%
Surrey - 2 - -
East Sussex - 1 £485 - 2
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 1 (12.50%) Confluence
1 1 (12.50%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Payment Gateway
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (25.00%) Metadata
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle BI EE
1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 2 (25.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Banking
2 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Product Owner
2 2 (25.00%) Head of Digital
3 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence Lead
3 1 (12.50%) Data Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Head of Networks
3 1 (12.50%) Lead
3 1 (12.50%) Report Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (25.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Agile
2 6 (75.00%) Product Backlog
3 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (50.00%) Scrum
3 4 (50.00%) User Stories
4 3 (37.50%) Backlog Management
4 3 (37.50%) Roadmaps
5 2 (25.00%) Budget Management
5 2 (25.00%) Dashboard Development
5 2 (25.00%) Data Privacy
5 2 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
5 2 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 2 (25.00%) Product Roadmap
5 2 (25.00%) Product Vision
5 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
5 2 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 2 (25.00%) SDLC
5 2 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
5 2 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (25.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) CSPO
2 1 (12.50%) OCP
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 2 (25.00%) GDPR
2 1 (12.50%) PCI DSS
2 1 (12.50%) PSD2
2 1 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft