Backlog Management Contracts in the UK excluding London

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Backlog Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Backlog Management over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 307 319 332
Rank change year-on-year +12 +13 +25
Contract jobs citing Backlog Management 86 140 184
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.42% 0.58% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.65% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 92 124
10th Percentile £208 £407 £413
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +4.76% +23.53%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £582
90th Percentile £623 £700 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £558 £550
% change year-on-year -10.39% +1.45% +13.99%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Backlog Management 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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,509 21,592 27,554
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.76% 89.53% 88.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,486 14,972 19,224
10th Percentile £248 £252 £231
25th Percentile £378 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,026 1,320 1,373
10th Percentile £12.30 £11.00 £12.00
25th Percentile £15.17 £15.99 £14.00
Median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - +80.00% -8.17%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £45.20
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.60 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -

Backlog Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Backlog Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Backlog Management in the UK excluding London

Backlog Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Backlog Management in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Backlog Management in the UK excluding London

Backlog Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Backlog Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Backlog Management in the UK excluding London

Backlog Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Backlog Management in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Backlog Management in the UK excluding London

Backlog Management
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Backlog Management within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
North of England +29 20 £444 -36.61% 9
South East -7 20 £550 -8.33% 17
Scotland +32 17 £500 -4.76% 2
Midlands +18 17 £575 +27.78% 5
East Midlands +28 13 £595 +25.26% 3
South West +25 13 £475 -26.92% 8
North West +18 13 £65 -90.37% 3
Yorkshire +13 7 £450 -35.71% 6
West Midlands +15 4 £383 -15.00% 2
Backlog Management
UK

Backlog Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 23 (26.74%) Confluence
2 12 (13.95%) SharePoint
3 11 (12.79%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (1.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 14 (16.28%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (10.47%) MS Visio
3 8 (9.30%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (6.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (2.33%) Adobe XD
5 2 (2.33%) InVision
5 2 (2.33%) Sketch
5 2 (2.33%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 7 (8.14%) Primavera
2 1 (1.16%) SAP Hybris
2 1 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.16%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 14 (16.28%) Azure
2 10 (11.63%) Azure Stack
3 3 (3.49%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (3.49%) OCI
4 2 (2.33%) AWS
4 2 (2.33%) Figma
4 2 (2.33%) GitHub
4 2 (2.33%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.33%) Serverless
4 2 (2.33%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (1.16%) Adobe Analytics
5 1 (1.16%) IaaS
5 1 (1.16%) SaaS
5 1 (1.16%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (12.79%) BGP
1 11 (12.79%) Firewall
2 7 (8.14%) PPP
3 1 (1.16%) 3G
3 1 (1.16%) 4G
3 1 (1.16%) 5G
3 1 (1.16%) Broadband
3 1 (1.16%) DSL
3 1 (1.16%) LAN
3 1 (1.16%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 31 (36.05%) JIRA
2 2 (2.33%) Axure RP
2 2 (2.33%) Cypress.io
2 2 (2.33%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.33%) Selenium
General
1 38 (44.19%) Social Skills
2 14 (16.28%) Finance
2 14 (16.28%) Public Sector
3 13 (15.12%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (12.79%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (8.14%) Manufacturing
6 6 (6.98%) Marketing
6 6 (6.98%) Telecoms
7 4 (4.65%) Billing
7 4 (4.65%) Electronics
7 4 (4.65%) Retail
8 3 (3.49%) Legal
9 2 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.16%) Banking
10 1 (1.16%) General Ledger
10 1 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (30.23%) Analyst
2 17 (19.77%) Product Owner
3 13 (15.12%) Business Analyst
4 9 (10.47%) Product Manager
5 5 (5.81%) Lead
5 5 (5.81%) Pega Business Analyst
5 5 (5.81%) Service Analyst
5 5 (5.81%) Service Management Analyst
6 3 (3.49%) Debt Manager
6 3 (3.49%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
6 3 (3.49%) Functional Analyst
6 3 (3.49%) Project Manager
6 3 (3.49%) Senior
7 2 (2.33%) Delivery Manager
7 2 (2.33%) Junior
7 2 (2.33%) Scrum Master
7 2 (2.33%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (2.33%) Senior Business Analyst
7 2 (2.33%) Technical Analyst
7 2 (2.33%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.49%) HTML
2 2 (2.33%) CSS
2 2 (2.33%) CSS3
2 2 (2.33%) HTML5
2 2 (2.33%) Jest
2 2 (2.33%) Node.js
2 2 (2.33%) React
2 2 (2.33%) React Native
2 2 (2.33%) REST
3 1 (1.16%) JSON
3 1 (1.16%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (26.74%) Product Ownership
2 11 (12.79%) Private Cloud
3 3 (3.49%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.33%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.16%) Blockchain
5 1 (1.16%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.16%) IoT
5 1 (1.16%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.16%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 12 (13.95%) Windows
2 1 (1.16%) Linux
2 1 (1.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (62.79%) Agile
2 35 (40.70%) User Stories
3 32 (37.21%) Product Backlog
3 32 (37.21%) Roadmaps
4 24 (27.91%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 23 (26.74%) Continuous Improvement
6 19 (22.09%) Product Roadmap
6 19 (22.09%) Scrum
6 19 (22.09%) Stakeholder Management
7 18 (20.93%) Epics
8 16 (18.60%) Product Strategy
9 15 (17.44%) Project Management
10 14 (16.28%) Product Management
11 12 (13.95%) ITIL
11 12 (13.95%) Service Management
12 11 (12.79%) Capacity Management
12 11 (12.79%) ITSM
12 11 (12.79%) Kanban
12 11 (12.79%) Network Management
12 11 (12.79%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.49%) Python
2 2 (2.33%) Java
2 2 (2.33%) Kotlin
2 2 (2.33%) TypeScript
3 1 (1.16%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 27 (31.40%) Security Cleared
2 15 (17.44%) SC Cleared
3 13 (15.12%) DV Cleared
4 11 (12.79%) Degree
5 2 (2.33%) CSPO
6 1 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.16%) IIBA
6 1 (1.16%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.16%) PMP
6 1 (1.16%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (13.95%) PMO
2 11 (12.79%) Government Security Classifications
3 5 (5.81%) QA
4 2 (2.33%) Accessibility
4 2 (2.33%) SLA
4 2 (2.33%) WCAG
5 1 (1.16%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (1.16%) GDPR
5 1 (1.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (1.16%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.33%) Terraform
2 1 (1.16%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 23 (26.74%) Microsoft
2 11 (12.79%) Atlassian
3 6 (6.98%) SAP
4 5 (5.81%) Pega
5 3 (3.49%) Adobe
5 3 (3.49%) Oracle
6 2 (2.33%) Cognizant
7 1 (1.16%) Ariba
7 1 (1.16%) Cadence
7 1 (1.16%) Citrix
7 1 (1.16%) Concur
7 1 (1.16%) Google
7 1 (1.16%) HP
7 1 (1.16%) Salesforce