Backlog Management Contracts in the Midlands

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with 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 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 122 139 177
Rank change year-on-year +17 +38 -43
Contract jobs citing Backlog Management 17 20 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.61% 0.62% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.75% 0.70% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 16 19
10th Percentile £208 £406 £395
25th Percentile £369 £413 £482
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £450 £560
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -19.64% +53.01%
75th Percentile £616 - £656
90th Percentile £623 £477 £715
England median daily rate £525 £588 £550
% change year-on-year -10.64% +6.82% +11.39%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,269 2,851 4,434
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.53% 87.80% 87.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,527 1,998 3,248
10th Percentile £234 £258 £246
25th Percentile £356 £370 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +12.76%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £694 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 99 140
10th Percentile £11.07 £12.40 £10.66
25th Percentile £13.91 £14.51 £13.73
Median hourly rate £19.00 £22.41 £17.56
Median % change year-on-year -15.22% +27.62% +17.07%
75th Percentile £35.00 £44.25 £22.75
90th Percentile £55.00 £59.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year - +50.00% +11.11%

Backlog Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Backlog Management in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Backlog Management in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Backlog Management in the Midlands over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Backlog Management in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Backlog Management in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Backlog Management in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 May 2024. 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
East Midlands +22 12 £595 +48.75% 1
West Midlands +1 5 £215 -52.22% 8
Backlog Management
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) SuccessFactors
General
1 3 (17.65%) Manufacturing
1 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Banking
2 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Product Owner
2 3 (17.65%) Debt Manager
2 3 (17.65%) Junior
2 3 (17.65%) Junior Product Owner
3 1 (5.88%) Agile Scrum Master
3 1 (5.88%) Architect
3 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
3 1 (5.88%) Project Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Scrum Master
3 1 (5.88%) Senior
3 1 (5.88%) Senior Scrum Master
3 1 (5.88%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 7 (41.18%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (82.35%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 10 (58.82%) Product Strategy
3 6 (35.29%) Product Backlog
3 6 (35.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (23.53%) Agile
4 4 (23.53%) Project Management
4 4 (23.53%) Risk Management
5 3 (17.65%) End-to-End Testing
5 3 (17.65%) Product Roadmap
5 3 (17.65%) Product Vision
5 3 (17.65%) Project Planning
5 3 (17.65%) Requirements Gathering
5 3 (17.65%) Roadmaps
5 3 (17.65%) Test Management
5 3 (17.65%) Workflow
6 2 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (11.76%) Kanban
6 2 (11.76%) Performance Management
6 2 (11.76%) Performance Metrics
6 2 (11.76%) Scrum
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (58.82%) PMO