Backlog Management Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring Backlog Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 66 84
Rank change year-on-year -12 +18 +18
Contract jobs citing Backlog Management 4 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 0.46% 0.13% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.15% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £503 - £480
25th Percentile £506 £455 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £460 £500
Median % change year-on-year +14.13% -8.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £619 £465 £563
90th Percentile £668 - £585
Yorkshire median daily rate £507 £460 £500
% change year-on-year +10.22% -8.00% -8.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 755 668 1,181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 86.19% 85.86% 90.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 496 410 768
10th Percentile £290 £325 £312
25th Percentile £400 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £480 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -8.57% -
75th Percentile £575 £567 £625
90th Percentile £654 £650 £700
Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £500 £517
% change year-on-year -2.50% -3.29% +3.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 18 19
10th Percentile £18.48 £15.00 £12.94
25th Percentile £21.93 £19.19 £16.71
Median hourly rate £22.14 £27.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.49% +37.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £59.69 £37.50 £23.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £44.00 £30.02
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.00 £18.07 £21.31
% change year-on-year +38.37% -15.22% +12.16%

Backlog Management
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Backlog Management job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Backlog Management
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

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

Backlog Management
Daily Rate Histogram in West Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Backlog Management in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 2 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Backlog Management in West Yorkshire

Backlog Management
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 2 November 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
Leeds -14 2 £500 +8.70% 3
Wakefield - 1 £700 -
Halifax - 1 £525 -
Backlog Management
Yorkshire

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

Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Financial Institution
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Product Owner
2 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum Master
2 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow Manager
2 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (25.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Product Backlog
2 3 (75.00%) Scrum
2 3 (75.00%) User Stories
3 2 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
3 2 (50.00%) Product Vision
3 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (25.00%) Coaching
4 1 (25.00%) Contingency Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (25.00%) Line Management
4 1 (25.00%) Service Design
4 1 (25.00%) Sprint Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Sprint Retrospective
4 1 (25.00%) Sprint Review
4 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (25.00%) MBA
1 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (25.00%) PMP
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow