Backlog Prioritisation Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Backlog Prioritisation
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Backlog Prioritisation skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 103 117
Rank change year-on-year -10 +14 +14
Contract jobs citing Backlog Prioritisation 7 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 0.45% 0.067% 0.048%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 0.079% 0.054%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 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% -5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £465 £488
90th Percentile £615 - -
England median daily rate £465 £550 £531
% change year-on-year -15.45% +3.53% -1.62%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,407 1,260 1,857
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 90.60% 83.83% 89.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 897 757 1,193
10th Percentile £238 £310 £305
25th Percentile £375 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £584 £620
90th Percentile £638 £663 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 44 35
10th Percentile £15.00 £12.15 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.10 £12.55 £16.13
Median hourly rate £22.14 £17.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.51% -12.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £25.15 £30.00 £25.27
90th Percentile £69.75 £45.75 £44.30
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +53.66%

Backlog Prioritisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Backlog Prioritisation in Yorkshire

Backlog Prioritisation
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

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

Backlog Prioritisation
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 Prioritisation within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 19 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
West Yorkshire +5 5 £550 +19.57% 6
South Yorkshire - 2 £563 -
Backlog Prioritisation
England

Backlog Prioritisation
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 (14.29%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) CloudBees
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Jenkins
2 1 (14.29%) GitLab
2 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Digital Health
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Scrum Master
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Automation Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Data Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Messaging Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Product Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Python Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Systems Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Product Ownership
2 3 (42.86%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Backlog Refinement
2 4 (57.14%) Agile
2 4 (57.14%) CI/CD
2 4 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (57.14%) Migration
2 4 (57.14%) Scrum
2 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (57.14%) Test Automation
2 4 (57.14%) User Stories
3 3 (42.86%) Burndown Charts
3 3 (42.86%) CRM
3 3 (42.86%) Customer Service
3 3 (42.86%) Data Migration
3 3 (42.86%) ERP
3 3 (42.86%) Kanban
3 3 (42.86%) Planning Poker
3 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (42.86%) Service Delivery
3 3 (42.86%) Sprint Planning
3 3 (42.86%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) Bash
2 1 (14.29%) Shell Script
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Ansible
2 1 (14.29%) Kubernetes
2 1 (14.29%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Commvault
2 1 (14.29%) Red Hat
2 1 (14.29%) Veritas