Backlog Management Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Backlog Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Backlog Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 238 277 330
Rank change year-on-year +39 +53 +33
Contract jobs citing Backlog Management 66 68 148
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.67% 0.44% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 0.50% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 50 95
10th Percentile £360 £65 £450
25th Percentile £500 £450 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £513 £558
Median % change year-on-year +0.49% -8.15% +2.86%
75th Percentile £606 £618 £638
90th Percentile £651 £650 £700
UK median daily rate £506 £500 £558
% change year-on-year +1.20% -10.39% +1.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £52.50 -
UK median hourly rate - £52.50 £58.25
% change year-on-year - -9.87% -17.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Backlog Management
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Backlog Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Backlog Management trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Backlog Management
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Backlog Management.

Backlog Management daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Backlog Management
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Backlog Management over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Backlog Management daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Backlog Management
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Backlog Management.

Backlog Management hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Backlog Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (16.67%) Confluence
2 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (12.12%) Trello
2 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.52%) Adobe XD
3 1 (1.52%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 3 (4.55%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (3.03%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.52%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 11 (16.67%) Azure
2 6 (9.09%) AWS
3 5 (7.58%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (4.55%) Entra ID
5 2 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (3.03%) Figma
5 2 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (3.03%) Mimecast
5 2 (3.03%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.52%) IaaS
6 1 (1.52%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.52%) SaaS
6 1 (1.52%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.03%) Firewall
2 1 (1.52%) 2G
2 1 (1.52%) 3G
2 1 (1.52%) 4G
2 1 (1.52%) 5G
2 1 (1.52%) MQTT
2 1 (1.52%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.03%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.52%) GIS
Development Applications
1 28 (42.42%) JIRA
2 2 (3.03%) Bitbucket
2 2 (3.03%) Git
2 2 (3.03%) Jenkins
2 2 (3.03%) TeamCity
3 1 (1.52%) Storybook
General
1 35 (53.03%) Social Skills
2 16 (24.24%) Public Sector
3 13 (19.70%) Finance
4 12 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (7.58%) Telecoms
6 4 (6.06%) Marketing
6 4 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.03%) Automotive
7 2 (3.03%) Electronics
7 2 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.52%) Banking
8 1 (1.52%) German Language
8 1 (1.52%) Humanities
8 1 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.52%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.52%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (25.76%) Analyst
2 13 (19.70%) Product Owner
3 12 (18.18%) Product Manager
4 11 (16.67%) Business Analyst
5 5 (7.58%) Scrum Master
6 4 (6.06%) Lead
6 4 (6.06%) Project Manager
6 4 (6.06%) Senior
7 3 (4.55%) Digital Transformation
7 3 (4.55%) Incident Analyst
8 2 (3.03%) Agile Delivery Manager
8 2 (3.03%) Consultant
8 2 (3.03%) JIRA Expert
8 2 (3.03%) Product Lead
8 2 (3.03%) Senior Product Owner
9 1 (1.52%) Lead Consultant
9 1 (1.52%) ServiceNow Architect
9 1 (1.52%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
9 1 (1.52%) ServiceNow Manager
9 1 (1.52%) ServiceNow Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.03%) .NET
1 2 (3.03%) AWS CDK
2 1 (1.52%) Gherkin
2 1 (1.52%) REST
2 1 (1.52%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 24 (36.36%) Product Ownership
2 4 (6.06%) Virtual Team
3 2 (3.03%) Cloud Native
3 2 (3.03%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.52%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (1.52%) IoT
4 1 (1.52%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.52%) NHS
4 1 (1.52%) PMI
4 1 (1.52%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.03%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (78.79%) Agile
2 24 (36.36%) Product Backlog
2 24 (36.36%) User Stories
3 19 (28.79%) Roadmaps
3 19 (28.79%) Scrum
3 19 (28.79%) Stakeholder Management
4 16 (24.24%) Acceptance Criteria
4 16 (24.24%) Product Vision
4 16 (24.24%) Sprint Planning
5 14 (21.21%) Sprint Retrospective
6 13 (19.70%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 13 (19.70%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (19.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 13 (19.70%) User Experience
7 12 (18.18%) User Research
8 11 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
9 10 (15.15%) Product Strategy
10 9 (13.64%) Analytics
10 9 (13.64%) Requirements Gathering
10 9 (13.64%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.55%) SQL
2 2 (3.03%) C#
2 2 (3.03%) Python
3 1 (1.52%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (4.55%) CSPO
1 3 (4.55%) Degree
1 3 (4.55%) PMI Certification
2 2 (3.03%) PMP
2 2 (3.03%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.52%) CTC Cleared
3 1 (1.52%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (1.52%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.52%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (1.52%) SAFe Agilist
3 1 (1.52%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (18.18%) Accessibility
2 4 (6.06%) QA
3 3 (4.55%) PMO
4 1 (1.52%) GDPR
4 1 (1.52%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (3.03%) Active Directory
1 2 (3.03%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.03%) Kubernetes
1 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (3.03%) Opsgenie
1 2 (3.03%) SCCM
1 2 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (10.61%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.58%) ServiceNow
3 3 (4.55%) BMC
3 3 (4.55%) BT
3 3 (4.55%) Remedy
4 2 (3.03%) Adobe
4 2 (3.03%) Atlassian
4 2 (3.03%) PagerDuty
4 2 (3.03%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.52%) SAP
5 1 (1.52%) Siemens
5 1 (1.52%) Workday