Backlog Refinement (Backlog Grooming)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring Backlog Refinement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 23 Oct 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 71 | 67 | 87 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -4 | +20 | +28 |
| Contract jobs citing Backlog Refinement | 10 | 2 | 4 |
| As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire | 1.20% | 0.25% | 0.30% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 1.38% | 0.30% | 0.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £508 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £509 | - | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | - | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -17.39% |
| 75th Percentile | £556 | - | £488 |
| 90th Percentile | £568 | - | - |
| Yorkshire median daily rate | £523 | - | £463 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +15.63% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
West Yorkshire
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 West Yorkshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 724 | 676 | 1,206 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire | 87.02% | 85.68% | 89.87% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 466 | 424 | 788 |
| 10th Percentile | £295 | £325 | £323 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £404 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £488 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.56% | -7.14% | +1.94% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £573 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £650 | £700 |
| Yorkshire median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 19 | 18 | 18 |
| 10th Percentile | £18.87 | £15.00 | £12.82 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £19.19 | £16.61 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.14 | £27.50 | £19.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -19.49% | +41.03% | -7.14% |
| 75th Percentile | £66.88 | £37.50 | £23.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £81.25 | £44.00 | £30.02 |
| Yorkshire median hourly rate | £25.00 | £19.00 | £21.31 |
| % change year-on-year | +31.58% | -10.84% | +12.16% |
Backlog Refinement
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Backlog Refinement relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.
Backlog Refinement
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Backlog Refinement.
Backlog Refinement
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 Refinement within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 23 October 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 | - | 6 | £538 | - | 1 |
| Halifax | - | 3 | £513 | - | 1 |
| Leeds | -11 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Backlog Refinement Yorkshire |
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Backlog Refinement
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: