Backlog Refinement (Backlog Grooming)
West Midlands > Warwickshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Warwickshire requiring Backlog Refinement skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Backlog Refinement over the 6 months leading up to 25 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 25 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 56 | - | 50 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | -2 |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing Backlog Refinement | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Warwickshire | 0.20% | - | 0.25% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.23% | - | 0.28% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £488 | - | £563 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | - | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -17.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £513 | - | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £488 | £550 | £531 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.36% | +3.53% | +1.19% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Warwickshire
Backlog Refinement 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 Warwickshire.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 442 | 357 | 355 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire | 88.93% | 86.44% | 89.65% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 276 | 236 | 246 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £375 | £283 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £500 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £575 | £556 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -13.04% | +3.37% | +5.95% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £660 | £725 |
| 90th Percentile | £683 | £781 | £750 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £500 | £505 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.99% | +1.00% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 29 | 11 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.13 | £13.00 | £16.05 |
| 25th Percentile | £28.18 | £13.84 | £18.59 |
| Median hourly rate | £40.46 | £14.70 | £25.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +175.24% | -41.20% | +44.93% |
| 75th Percentile | £50.00 | £33.64 | £31.13 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £35.00 | £33.15 |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £24.34 | £21.00 | £27.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.90% | -23.64% | +63.45% |
Backlog Refinement
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwickshire
Job postings citing Backlog Refinement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire.
Backlog Refinement
Daily Rate Trend in Warwickshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwickshire citing Backlog Refinement.
Backlog Refinement
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Warwickshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Backlog Refinement within the Warwickshire region over the 6 months to 25 August 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 DemandTrendContract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warwick | - | 1 | £500 | - | 3 |
| Backlog Refinement West Midlands |
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Backlog Refinement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Warwickshire 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:
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