Backlog Prioritisation Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Backlog Prioritisation
North East > Tyne and Wear

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

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Backlog Prioritisation 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.31% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median daily rate £550 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 295 205 160
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 90.77% 92.34% 85.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 103 105
10th Percentile £170 £306 £201
25th Percentile £362 £358 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -13.64%
75th Percentile £538 £586 £580
90th Percentile £588 £650 £720
North East median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 16 9
10th Percentile £14.13 £13.75 £16.10
25th Percentile £16.88 £15.11 £16.25
Median hourly rate £27.63 £16.00 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +72.66% -13.51% -17.78%
75th Percentile £53.75 £19.75 £20.25
90th Percentile £54.38 £45.00 £32.35
North East median hourly rate £28.91 £18.75 £19.50
% change year-on-year +54.19% -3.85% -13.33%

Backlog Prioritisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

Backlog Prioritisation job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Backlog Prioritisation
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Backlog Prioritisation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Backlog Prioritisation

Backlog Prioritisation
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 6 December 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
Newcastle upon Tyne - 1 £550 - 2
Backlog Prioritisation
North East

Backlog Prioritisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Product Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Case Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories