Backlog Management Contract Job Trends in Wales

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Backlog Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Backlog Management 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.17% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £306 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 - -
75th Percentile £319 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -2.22%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 444 302 308
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 73.27% 85.55% 75.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 265 191 177
10th Percentile £300 £190 £143
25th Percentile £375 £283 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -5.88% -10.53%
75th Percentile £575 £488 £544
90th Percentile £675 £649 £605
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 48 51
10th Percentile £12.46 £13.08 £15.20
25th Percentile £16.25 £15.00 £18.52
Median hourly rate £21.75 £20.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.10% -8.89% +7.17%
75th Percentile £43.96 £25.15 £48.13
90th Percentile £54.38 - £53.75
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -37.90% -4.71%

Backlog Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Backlog Management job vacancy trend in Wales

Backlog Management
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

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

Backlog Management
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 4 August 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
South Wales - 1 £313 - 12
Backlog Management
UK

Backlog Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Refinement
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Business Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Business Process Mapping
1 1 (100.00%) Business Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft