Backlog Prioritisation Contract Job Trends in Surrey

Backlog Prioritisation
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring Backlog Prioritisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 42 61
Rank change year-on-year -12 +19 +5
Contract jobs citing Backlog Prioritisation 1 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 0.22% 0.56% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.64% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £356 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.78%
75th Percentile £369 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £510 £625 £538
% change year-on-year -18.40% +16.28% +7.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 368 314 538
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 81.96% 88.20% 83.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 197 412
10th Percentile £204 £195 £200
25th Percentile £355 £260 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £493
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -3.55% -2.96%
75th Percentile £581 £550 £580
90th Percentile £688 £663 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £503 £509
% change year-on-year -0.50% -1.28% +1.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 15 41
10th Percentile £25.15 £15.95 £13.25
25th Percentile £35.15 £22.24 £16.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £24.18 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +127.46% -51.64% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61.88 £26.50 £76.53
90th Percentile £75.00 £31.95 £77.50
South East median hourly rate £25.11 £43.94 £47.50
% change year-on-year -42.85% -7.49% +5.56%

Backlog Prioritisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Backlog Prioritisation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Backlog Prioritisation job vacancy trend in Surrey

Backlog Prioritisation
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Backlog Prioritisation

Backlog Prioritisation
Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Backlog Prioritisation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Backlog Prioritisation

Backlog Prioritisation
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

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 Surrey region over the 6 months to 11 February 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
Staines - 1 £363 - 1
Backlog Prioritisation
South East

Backlog Prioritisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR