Backlog Management Contracts in the UK excluding London

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Backlog Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Backlog Management over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 254 325 309
Rank change year-on-year +71 -16 +41
Contract jobs citing Backlog Management 81 72 124
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.63% 0.35% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 0.42% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 64 84
10th Percentile £365 £400 £406
25th Percentile £402 £461 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £586 £595 £638
90th Percentile £638 £623 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £519 £566
% change year-on-year -3.61% -8.39% +2.95%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,664 17,222 20,402
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.66% 83.58% 89.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,264 10,282 14,009
10th Percentile £235 £250 £260
25th Percentile £375 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +3.04%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £690
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 845 2,110 1,238
10th Percentile £13.83 £12.40 £10.63
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.39 £15.22
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.82% +8.57% +75.00%
75th Percentile £60.63 £61.30 £64.63
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £36.13
% change year-on-year -24.66% +1.04% +40.67%

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 29 May 2025.

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 29 May 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
North of England +22 21 £402 -10.67% 211
Scotland +16 20 £450 -10.00% 44
South East +42 19 £522 -2.88% 231
North West +18 16 £402 -10.67% 117
Midlands +11 16 £425 -26.09% 169
West Midlands +19 9 £515 +139.53% 97
East Midlands +2 7 £415 -30.25% 61
South West +36 6 £600 +26.32% 98
Yorkshire +9 4 £370 -17.78% 72
North East - 1 £475 - 22
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 16 (19.75%) Confluence
2 5 (6.17%) JBoss
2 5 (6.17%) Tomcat
2 5 (6.17%) WebLogic
2 5 (6.17%) WebSphere
3 1 (1.23%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.70%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (3.70%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.23%) Primavera
2 1 (1.23%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 14 (17.28%) Azure
2 10 (12.35%) AWS
3 9 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (7.41%) SaaS
5 5 (6.17%) Power Platform
6 4 (4.94%) IaaS
7 2 (2.47%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (2.47%) Power Automate
7 2 (2.47%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.70%) Broadband
2 2 (2.47%) Firewall
2 2 (2.47%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (1.23%) 2G
3 1 (1.23%) 3G
3 1 (1.23%) 4G
3 1 (1.23%) 5G
3 1 (1.23%) DHCP
3 1 (1.23%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.17%) DB2
2 1 (1.23%) Data Mart
2 1 (1.23%) GIS
2 1 (1.23%) Power BI
2 1 (1.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 24 (29.63%) JIRA
2 6 (7.41%) Bitbucket
3 5 (6.17%) Git
4 3 (3.70%) Jenkins
5 2 (2.47%) GitLab
5 2 (2.47%) Toad
6 1 (1.23%) TeamCity
General
1 38 (46.91%) Social Skills
2 30 (37.04%) Finance
3 18 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (13.58%) Telecoms
5 9 (11.11%) Banking
6 6 (7.41%) Marketing
7 4 (4.94%) Investment Banking
7 4 (4.94%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (4.94%) Public Sector
8 3 (3.70%) Electronics
8 3 (3.70%) Manufacturing
8 3 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (3.70%) Retail
9 2 (2.47%) Automotive
9 2 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.23%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.23%) Humanities
10 1 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (25.93%) Scrum Master
2 16 (19.75%) Analyst
3 15 (18.52%) Product Owner
4 11 (13.58%) Business Analyst
5 6 (7.41%) Project Manager
6 4 (4.94%) Agile Scrum Master
6 4 (4.94%) Developer
6 4 (4.94%) Lead
6 4 (4.94%) Product Manager
6 4 (4.94%) Senior
7 3 (3.70%) Agile Delivery Manager
7 3 (3.70%) Business Systems Analyst
7 3 (3.70%) Delivery Manager
7 3 (3.70%) Digital Transformation
7 3 (3.70%) Incident Analyst
7 3 (3.70%) Product Lead
7 3 (3.70%) Systems Analyst
8 2 (2.47%) IT Manager
8 2 (2.47%) Senior Business Analyst
8 2 (2.47%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.17%) RAML
1 5 (6.17%) REST
1 5 (6.17%) SOAP
1 5 (6.17%) Web Services
1 5 (6.17%) WSDL
2 4 (4.94%) EJB
2 4 (4.94%) J2EE
2 4 (4.94%) JSP
2 4 (4.94%) Servlets
2 4 (4.94%) Spring
2 4 (4.94%) Spring Boot
3 2 (2.47%) FIDO
4 1 (1.23%) Gherkin
4 1 (1.23%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 46 (56.79%) Product Ownership
2 6 (7.41%) Virtual Team
3 5 (6.17%) Private Cloud
4 3 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.70%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (3.70%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.47%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.47%) Data Structures
5 2 (2.47%) Low-Code
5 2 (2.47%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.23%) NHS
6 1 (1.23%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.23%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (86.42%) Agile
2 43 (53.09%) Scrum
3 27 (33.33%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 26 (32.10%) Continuous Improvement
5 25 (30.86%) Product Backlog
6 22 (27.16%) Sprint Planning
6 22 (27.16%) User Stories
7 21 (25.93%) Roadmaps
8 19 (23.46%) DevOps
8 19 (23.46%) Stakeholder Management
9 17 (20.99%) Problem-Solving
10 15 (18.52%) Kanban
11 14 (17.28%) Product Vision
12 13 (16.05%) Coaching
12 13 (16.05%) Sprint Retrospective
13 12 (14.81%) Conflict Resolution
14 11 (13.58%) Product Roadmap
15 10 (12.35%) Decision-Making
15 10 (12.35%) Sprint Review
15 10 (12.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 9 (11.11%) SQL
2 7 (8.64%) Java
3 6 (7.41%) JavaScript
4 3 (3.70%) Python
5 2 (2.47%) Bash
5 2 (2.47%) PL/SQL
5 2 (2.47%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.23%) R
Qualifications
1 5 (6.17%) Security Cleared
2 4 (4.94%) Degree
2 4 (4.94%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.47%) CCNA
3 2 (2.47%) CCNP
3 2 (2.47%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.23%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.17%) PMO
2 4 (4.94%) GDPR
3 3 (3.70%) Accessibility
4 2 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.47%) NIST
4 2 (2.47%) NIST 800
5 1 (1.23%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (1.23%) Automotive SPICE
5 1 (1.23%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.23%) ISO 26262
5 1 (1.23%) QA
System Software
1 2 (2.47%) Virtual Machines
1 2 (2.47%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 3 (3.70%) Ansible
2 2 (2.47%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.47%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.23%) Amdocs OSS
3 1 (1.23%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 12 (14.81%) Microsoft
2 8 (9.88%) ServiceNow
3 6 (7.41%) Oracle
4 4 (4.94%) Atlassian
5 3 (3.70%) BMC
5 3 (3.70%) BT
5 3 (3.70%) Fortinet
5 3 (3.70%) Infoblox
5 3 (3.70%) Remedy
5 3 (3.70%) SAP
6 1 (1.23%) Adobe
6 1 (1.23%) Cramer
6 1 (1.23%) Lotus
6 1 (1.23%) PagerDuty
6 1 (1.23%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.23%) Siemens
6 1 (1.23%) Veeam