Backlog Management Contract Job Trends in West London

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
London > West London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West London requiring Backlog Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 - 37
Rank change year-on-year - - +15
Contract jobs citing Backlog Management 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in West London 0.62% - 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.70% - 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £781 - -
25th Percentile £847 - £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £1,013 - £465
Median % change year-on-year - - -25.60%
75th Percentile £1,197 - £473
90th Percentile £1,274 - -
London median daily rate £563 £525 £625
% change year-on-year +7.14% -16.00% +4.17%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West 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 West London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 428 239 257
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West London 88.25% 87.23% 89.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 259 143 185
10th Percentile £225 £215 £250
25th Percentile £400 £338 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £420 £475
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% -11.58% -15.56%
75th Percentile £688 £500 £588
90th Percentile £775 £550 £650
London median daily rate £550 £540 £550
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 33 17
10th Percentile £14.33 £25.00 £19.70
25th Percentile £14.80 - £23.80
Median hourly rate £16.15 £25.15 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.81% -32.93% -47.92%
75th Percentile £27.17 £34.27 £65.00
90th Percentile £29.88 £46.00 £70.80
London median hourly rate £35.00 £31.49 £35.00
% change year-on-year +11.15% -10.03% -7.28%

Backlog Management
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

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

Backlog Management job vacancy trend in West London

Backlog Management
Daily Rate Trend in West London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Backlog Management

Backlog Management
Daily Rate Histogram in West London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Backlog Management in West London over the 6 months to 22 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Backlog Management in West London

Backlog Management
Contract Job Locations in West 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 West London region over the 6 months to 22 September 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
Hillingdon - 2 £1,013 -
Hounslow - 1 - - 1
Backlog Management
London

Backlog Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Aviation
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Product Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Financial Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Portfolio Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Logistics
2 2 (66.67%) Product Management
2 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Data Extraction
3 1 (33.33%) Data Management
3 1 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (33.33%) Portfolio Management
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Product Backlog
3 1 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) SAP