Backlog Management Contracts in Yorkshire

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire 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 88 93 113
Rank change year-on-year +5 +20 +10
Contract jobs citing Backlog Management 4 7 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 0.39% 0.41% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.48% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 6
10th Percentile - £423 £503
25th Percentile £365 £425 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £450 £700
Median % change year-on-year -17.78% -35.71% +33.33%
75th Percentile £447 £478 -
90th Percentile £490 £515 £725
England median daily rate £545 £504 £575
% change year-on-year +8.24% -12.43% +4.07%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 940 1,459 2,094
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 92.43% 86.38% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 586 875 1,388
10th Percentile £246 £265 £296
25th Percentile £363 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -9.52% +9.38%
75th Percentile £550 £577 £600
90th Percentile £638 £650 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 64 61
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.30 -
25th Percentile £17.12 £12.15 £9.80
Median hourly rate £21.24 £13.50 £10.63
Median % change year-on-year +57.33% +27.00% -39.74%
75th Percentile £27.10 £22.00 £20.19
90th Percentile £80.10 £53.75 £56.00
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Backlog Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Backlog Management in Yorkshire

Backlog Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Backlog Management in Yorkshire.

Daily rate trend for Backlog Management in Yorkshire

Backlog Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Backlog Management in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Backlog Management in Yorkshire

Backlog Management
Contract Job Locations in 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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
West Yorkshire +12 2 £513 +13.89% 5
South Yorkshire +8 2 £370 -12.94% 1
Backlog Management
England

Backlog Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Banking
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Investment Banking
1 2 (50.00%) Retail
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) IT Manager
1 2 (50.00%) IT Project Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Product Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (75.00%) Kanban
2 3 (75.00%) Scrum
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 2 (50.00%) Budget Management
3 2 (50.00%) Budgeting
3 2 (50.00%) Business Transformation
3 2 (50.00%) DevOps
3 2 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
3 2 (50.00%) Product Vision
3 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) Project Governance
3 2 (50.00%) Project Planning
3 2 (50.00%) Resource Management
3 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (50.00%) Software Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) User Stories
3 2 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (50.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Veeam