Backlog Management Contract Job Trends in Telford

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
Shropshire > Telford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Telford requiring Backlog Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 30 -
Rank change year-on-year -33 - -
Contract jobs citing Backlog Management 9 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Telford 1.52% 0.90% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.76% 0.93% -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £464 - -
25th Percentile £492 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 - -
75th Percentile £515 - -
90th Percentile £524 - -
Shropshire median daily rate £509 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Telford

Backlog Management 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 Telford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 510 107 82
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Telford 86.15% 96.40% 65.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 412 71 54
10th Percentile £358 £315 £298
25th Percentile £408 £435 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £495 £389
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% +27.25% -27.70%
75th Percentile £506 £537 £499
90th Percentile £552 £541 £520
Shropshire median daily rate £459 £475 £359
% change year-on-year -3.37% +32.31% -33.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 0 7
10th Percentile £25.15 - -
25th Percentile £44.73 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £10.42
Median % change year-on-year - - -81.05%
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile £60.62 - £11.85
Shropshire median hourly rate £52.50 £12.18 £10.42
% change year-on-year +331.03% +16.89% -81.05%

Backlog Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Telford

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

Backlog Management job vacancy trend in Telford

Backlog Management
Daily Rate Trend in Telford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Telford citing Backlog Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Telford citing Backlog Management

Backlog Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Telford 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (44.44%) Confluence
2 1 (11.11%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
1 2 (22.22%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (22.22%) Figma
Development Applications
1 5 (55.56%) JIRA
2 2 (22.22%) Balsamiq
General
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Scrum Master
2 3 (33.33%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Business Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Pega Business Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Product Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Senior
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) Kafka
1 1 (11.11%) REST
1 1 (11.11%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Agile
1 8 (88.89%) Product Backlog
2 7 (77.78%) Sprint Planning
2 7 (77.78%) Sprint Retrospective
2 7 (77.78%) Sprint Review
3 6 (66.67%) Scrum
4 5 (55.56%) Conflict Resolution
4 5 (55.56%) User Stories
5 3 (33.33%) Analytics
5 3 (33.33%) Burndown Charts
5 3 (33.33%) Coaching
5 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (33.33%) Mentoring
5 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (33.33%) Project Delivery
6 2 (22.22%) Acceptance Criteria
6 2 (22.22%) Backlog Refinement
6 2 (22.22%) BPMN
6 2 (22.22%) DevOps
6 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Pega