Backlog Refinement Contract Job Trends in South London

Backlog Refinement (Backlog Grooming)
London > South London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South London requiring Backlog Refinement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Backlog Refinement 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South London 0.62% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £488 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 - -
75th Percentile £503 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £525 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +10.53% -13.64% -4.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South London

Backlog Refinement 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 274 165 221
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South London 84.83% 87.77% 93.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 100 148
10th Percentile £390 £380 £213
25th Percentile £456 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £550 £641 £575
90th Percentile £646 £845 £638
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 12 17
10th Percentile £18.85 - £17.00
25th Percentile £54.51 - £21.25
Median hourly rate £58.94 £15.84 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year +272.06% -32.60% +0.17%
75th Percentile £66.50 £20.38 £75.00
90th Percentile £67.70 £73.96 £83.75
London median hourly rate £35.50 £34.50 £28.50
% change year-on-year +2.90% +21.05% -25.25%

Backlog Refinement
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Backlog Refinement relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South London.

Backlog Refinement job vacancy trend in South London

Backlog Refinement
Daily Rate Trend in South London

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

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

Backlog Refinement
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 Refinement within the South London region over the 6 months to 29 April 2026. 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
Croydon - 1 £495 -
Backlog Refinement
London

Backlog Refinement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London 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 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum Master
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Blackberry
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 1 (50.00%) Burndown Charts
1 1 (50.00%) Coaching
1 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Product Backlog
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 1 (50.00%) Sprint Review
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft