Backlog Prioritisation Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Backlog Prioritisation
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring Backlog Prioritisation skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 73 91
Rank change year-on-year +3 +18 +12
Contract jobs citing Backlog Prioritisation 5 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 0.66% 0.12% 0.072%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.75% 0.14% 0.079%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 £455 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £460 £475
Median % change year-on-year +19.57% -3.16% -2.56%
75th Percentile £575 £465 £488
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £550 £460 £475
% change year-on-year +19.57% -3.16% -5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 669 727 1,259
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 87.80% 85.53% 90.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 431 467 830
10th Percentile £276 £357 £350
25th Percentile £400 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £625
90th Percentile £675 £650 £700
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 24 21
10th Percentile £18.87 £12.15 £12.00
25th Percentile - £13.87 £13.17
Median hourly rate £22.14 £20.75 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.70% +15.28% -12.20%
75th Percentile £74.06 £33.75 £21.31
90th Percentile £81.25 £38.75 £26.78
Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £17.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year +26.51% -12.50% +5.26%

Backlog Prioritisation
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Job postings citing Backlog Prioritisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Backlog Prioritisation in West Yorkshire

Backlog Prioritisation
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

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

Backlog Prioritisation
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 Prioritisation within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
Bradford - 3 £550 - 1
Leeds +2 2 - - 5
Backlog Prioritisation
Yorkshire

Backlog Prioritisation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Dynamics CRM
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Health
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Scrum Master
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Product Manager
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 3 (60.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
1 4 (80.00%) Backlog Refinement
1 4 (80.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (80.00%) Migration
1 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (60.00%) Burndown Charts
2 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (60.00%) CRM
2 3 (60.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (60.00%) Data Migration
2 3 (60.00%) ERP
2 3 (60.00%) Kanban
2 3 (60.00%) Planning Poker
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Scrum
2 3 (60.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (60.00%) Sprint Planning
2 3 (60.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (60.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft