Backlog Prioritisation Contract Job Trends in West London

Backlog Prioritisation
London > West London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West London requiring Backlog Prioritisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Backlog Prioritisation 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in West London 2.06% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £255 - -
25th Percentile £300 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
75th Percentile £500 - -
90th Percentile £545 - -
London median daily rate £550 £540 £556
% change year-on-year +1.85% -2.92% +5.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £43.00 - -
London median hourly rate £43.00 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
West London

Backlog Prioritisation 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 270 170 341
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West London 92.78% 82.13% 87.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 119 242
10th Percentile £204 £219 £207
25th Percentile £384 £341 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year +30.63% -20.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £628 £475 £600
90th Percentile £718 £579 £647
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 11 26
10th Percentile £19.51 £18.13 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.68 £19.98 £16.78
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.27 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.93% -31.48% -48.00%
75th Percentile £29.73 £27.50 £53.75
90th Percentile £34.42 £29.50 £68.50
London median hourly rate £34.00 £37.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -8.11% +23.33% -14.29%

Backlog Prioritisation
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

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

Backlog Prioritisation job vacancy trend in West London

Backlog Prioritisation
Daily Rate Trend in West London

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

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

Backlog Prioritisation
Daily Rate Histogram in West London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Backlog Prioritisation in West London over the 6 months to 8 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Backlog Prioritisation in West London

Backlog Prioritisation
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 Prioritisation within the West London region over the 6 months to 8 February 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
Hounslow - 3 £400 -
Hillingdon - 1 - -
Backlog Prioritisation
London

Backlog Prioritisation
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 2 (33.33%) Confluence
2 1 (16.67%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Aviation
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Lead
2 2 (33.33%) Product Owner
3 1 (16.67%) Product Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Onboarding
1 2 (33.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (16.67%) AI Agents
2 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
3 2 (33.33%) AI
3 2 (33.33%) Backlog Refinement
3 2 (33.33%) Client Onboarding
3 2 (33.33%) ITSM
3 2 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) Product Backlog
3 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 2 (33.33%) Service Management
3 2 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
3 2 (33.33%) Sprint Retrospective
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) User Stories
4 1 (16.67%) AI Transformation
4 1 (16.67%) Generative AI
4 1 (16.67%) LLM
4 1 (16.67%) Product Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) ActionScript
1 2 (33.33%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) PgMP
1 1 (16.67%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft