Backlog Refinement (Backlog Grooming)
Hampshire > Southampton
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Southampton with a requirement for Backlog Refinement skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Backlog Refinement over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 14 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 24 | 40 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +16 | - |
| Contract jobs citing Backlog Refinement | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southampton | - | 0.73% | 1.26% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 0.93% | 1.38% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £417 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £513 | £424 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £525 | £443 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +18.64% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £538 | £454 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £458 |
| Hampshire median daily rate | £408 | £538 | £650 |
| % change year-on-year | -24.19% | -17.31% | - |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Southampton
Backlog Refinement is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Southampton with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 107 | 108 | 289 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton | 62.94% | 78.83% | 90.88% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 72 | 72 | 190 |
| 10th Percentile | £305 | £240 | £298 |
| 25th Percentile | £422 | £385 | £356 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £575 | £525 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.52% | +16.67% | +9.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £598 | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | £713 | £663 | £638 |
| Hampshire median daily rate | £588 | £525 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.00% | +5.00% | +6.42% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 10 | 5 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.13 | £18.24 | £16.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £66.88 | £21.22 | £16.41 |
| Median hourly rate | £80.00 | £36.00 | £17.64 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +122.22% | +104.08% | +26.18% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £43.50 | £23.75 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £52.65 | £36.67 |
| Hampshire median hourly rate | £57.35 | £52.50 | £22.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.24% | +133.33% | -31.82% |
Backlog Refinement
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton
Job postings citing Backlog Refinement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Southampton.
Backlog Refinement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Southampton
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Backlog Refinement in Southampton.