Backlog Management Contracts with Work from Home Options

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Backlog Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Backlog Management over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 277 330 363
Rank change year-on-year +53 +33 +18
Contract jobs citing Backlog Management 68 148 285
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.44% 0.57% 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 0.64% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 95 202
10th Percentile £65 £450 £415
25th Percentile £450 £484 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £558 £543
Median % change year-on-year -8.15% +2.86% +12.44%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £600
90th Percentile £650 £700 £674
UK median daily rate £500 £558 £550
% change year-on-year -10.39% +1.45% +13.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £67.50
25th Percentile £51.25 - £68.25
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £69.50
75th Percentile £53.75 - £70.75
90th Percentile - - £71.50
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £58.25 £70.90
% change year-on-year -9.87% -17.84% +41.80%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Backlog Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,483 23,229 40,650
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.87% 89.84% 91.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,996 16,418 29,502
10th Percentile £325 £363 £360
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.81%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £719
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 579 532 548
10th Percentile £15.17 £19.00 £13.50
25th Percentile £25.25 £30.54 £19.98
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +34.62%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.23 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £35.65 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -4.42% +49.20% -

Backlog Management
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Backlog Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Backlog Management trend for jobs with a WFH option

Backlog Management
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Backlog Management over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

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 a work from home option 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 7 (10.29%) Confluence
2 2 (2.94%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 2 (2.94%) CMS
3 1 (1.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (22.06%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (13.24%) MS Visio
3 7 (10.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (10.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (10.29%) Primavera
2 2 (2.94%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (1.47%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 8 (11.76%) Azure
2 5 (7.35%) Power Platform
3 4 (5.88%) SaaS
4 3 (4.41%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.94%) Adobe Analytics
5 2 (2.94%) Asana
5 2 (2.94%) Oracle CX
5 2 (2.94%) Oracle Service Cloud
5 2 (2.94%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 1 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.47%) OCI
6 1 (1.47%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (10.29%) PPP
2 1 (1.47%) Broadband
2 1 (1.47%) DNS
2 1 (1.47%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.41%) Data Lake
1 3 (4.41%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 21 (30.88%) JIRA
General
1 31 (45.59%) Social Skills
2 14 (20.59%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (13.24%) Public Sector
4 7 (10.29%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (5.88%) Finance
5 4 (5.88%) Retail
6 3 (4.41%) Legal
6 3 (4.41%) Marketing
6 3 (4.41%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.94%) Banking
7 2 (2.94%) Billing
7 2 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.94%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.47%) Games
8 1 (1.47%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (36.76%) Analyst
2 21 (30.88%) Business Analyst
3 11 (16.18%) Product Owner
4 5 (7.35%) Pega Business Analyst
4 5 (7.35%) Technical Analyst
5 4 (5.88%) Consultant
5 4 (5.88%) Data Business Analyst
5 4 (5.88%) Senior
6 3 (4.41%) Customer Analyst
6 3 (4.41%) Data Analyst
6 3 (4.41%) Debt Manager
6 3 (4.41%) Insurance Business Analyst
6 3 (4.41%) Product Analyst
6 3 (4.41%) Product Manager
6 3 (4.41%) Project Manager
6 3 (4.41%) Scrum Master
6 3 (4.41%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (4.41%) Senior Business Analyst
6 3 (4.41%) Software Analyst
6 3 (4.41%) Software Product Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.35%) ADO
2 2 (2.94%) HTML
2 2 (2.94%) JSON
2 2 (2.94%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (26.47%) Product Ownership
2 5 (7.35%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.94%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.47%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.47%) Cyberattack
4 1 (1.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.47%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.47%) Windows
1 1 (1.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (67.65%) Agile
2 36 (52.94%) User Stories
3 24 (35.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 22 (32.35%) Roadmaps
5 21 (30.88%) Product Backlog
6 20 (29.41%) Backlog Prioritisation
7 18 (26.47%) Scrum
8 15 (22.06%) Business Analysis
9 11 (16.18%) Product Roadmap
9 11 (16.18%) Product Strategy
10 10 (14.71%) Decision-Making
10 10 (14.71%) Requirements Gathering
10 10 (14.71%) Risk Management
10 10 (14.71%) Sprint Planning
11 9 (13.24%) Acceptance Criteria
11 9 (13.24%) Epics
11 9 (13.24%) Project Management
12 8 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
12 8 (11.76%) Sprint Retrospective
12 8 (11.76%) Sprint Review
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.41%) SQL
2 2 (2.94%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.47%) Java
Qualifications
1 15 (22.06%) Degree
2 11 (16.18%) SC Cleared
2 11 (16.18%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.47%) CBAP
3 1 (1.47%) IIBA
3 1 (1.47%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.47%) MBA
3 1 (1.47%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.47%) PMP
3 1 (1.47%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (16.18%) QA
2 9 (13.24%) PMO
3 1 (1.47%) GDPR
3 1 (1.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (1.47%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (1.47%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 10 (14.71%) Microsoft
2 7 (10.29%) Pega
3 4 (5.88%) Genesys
3 4 (5.88%) SAP
4 3 (4.41%) Databricks
4 3 (4.41%) Oracle
5 2 (2.94%) Adobe
5 2 (2.94%) Ariba
5 2 (2.94%) Civica
5 2 (2.94%) Cognizant
6 1 (1.47%) Avaya
6 1 (1.47%) Bloomberg
6 1 (1.47%) Charles River
6 1 (1.47%) Concur
6 1 (1.47%) Google
6 1 (1.47%) HP
6 1 (1.47%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.47%) VMware