Backlog Prioritisation Contract Job Trends in South London

Backlog Prioritisation
London > South London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South London requiring Backlog Prioritisation skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 36 42
Rank change year-on-year -3 +6 -
Contract jobs citing Backlog Prioritisation 4 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South London 2.21% 0.49% 1.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.52% 0.55% 1.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 4
10th Percentile £651 - -
25th Percentile £691 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £738 £380 £380
Median % change year-on-year +94.08% - -
75th Percentile £750 - £469
90th Percentile - - £630
London median daily rate £550 £525 £600
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South London

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 South London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 159 181 258
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South London 87.85% 88.73% 82.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 123 193
10th Percentile £237 £247 £350
25th Percentile £413 £411 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £637 £567 £600
90th Percentile £738 £758 £675
London median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -0.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 17
10th Percentile - - £14.88
25th Percentile - £17.25 £23.46
Median hourly rate £15.84 £19.50 £52.19
Median % change year-on-year -18.77% -62.64% +18.32%
75th Percentile £17.45 £71.88 £55.00
90th Percentile £17.98 £73.75 £66.06
London median hourly rate £31.75 £35.00 £39.42
% change year-on-year -9.29% -11.21% +8.00%

Backlog Prioritisation
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

Job vacancy trend for Backlog Prioritisation in South London

Backlog Prioritisation
Daily Rate Trend in South London

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

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

Backlog Prioritisation
Contract Job Locations in South London

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 London region over the 6 months to 18 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
Bromley - 3 £750 - 2
Wandsworth - 1 £650 -
Backlog Prioritisation
London

Backlog Prioritisation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South London 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) GCP
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) MPLS
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Banking
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Architect
2 2 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Payments Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Programme Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
1 1 (25.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 3 (75.00%) Architectural Design
1 3 (75.00%) Business Strategy
1 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) API Design
2 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) Microservices
2 2 (50.00%) SDLC
2 2 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (25.00%) Backlog Management
3 1 (25.00%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (25.00%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) AWS Certification
2 2 (50.00%) Azure Certification
2 2 (50.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Docker
2 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Okta