Backlog Prioritisation Contracts in the Midlands

Backlog Prioritisation
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Backlog Prioritisation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Backlog Prioritisation 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 121 149 198
Rank change year-on-year +28 +49 -40
Contract jobs citing Backlog Prioritisation 18 10 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.65% 0.31% 0.099%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 0.35% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 7 4
10th Percentile £472 £380 £342
25th Percentile £525 £513 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £491
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +6.87% +6.22%
75th Percentile £621 £550 £594
90th Percentile £623 £577 £628
England median daily rate £600 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Backlog Prioritisation 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 Prioritisation
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Backlog Prioritisation in the Midlands

Backlog Prioritisation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Backlog Prioritisation in the Midlands

Backlog Prioritisation
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Backlog Prioritisation in the Midlands

Backlog Prioritisation
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 Prioritisation 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 +21 12 £595 +213.16% 3
West Midlands +13 6 £550 +2.33% 3
Backlog Prioritisation
England

Backlog Prioritisation
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 (11.11%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
General
1 7 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 5 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (22.22%) Finance
4 3 (16.67%) Telecoms
5 2 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (5.56%) Banking
6 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (22.22%) Product Owner
1 4 (22.22%) Senior
2 3 (16.67%) Debt Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Business Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Finance Business Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Financial Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Senior Business Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Senior Financial Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Agile Scrum Master
4 1 (5.56%) Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Business Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Project Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Business Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Scrum Master
4 1 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 8 (44.44%) Product Ownership
2 3 (16.67%) Taxonomies
3 2 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (77.78%) Backlog Management
2 10 (55.56%) Product Strategy
3 9 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (44.44%) Agile
5 7 (38.89%) Product Backlog
5 7 (38.89%) Project Management
5 7 (38.89%) Roadmaps
6 6 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
6 6 (33.33%) Scrum
7 5 (27.78%) User Stories
8 4 (22.22%) Analytical Thinking
8 4 (22.22%) Coaching
8 4 (22.22%) Risk Management
9 3 (16.67%) Business Transformation
9 3 (16.67%) Change Management
9 3 (16.67%) End-to-End Testing
9 3 (16.67%) ERP
9 3 (16.67%) Order to Cash
9 3 (16.67%) Project Planning
9 3 (16.67%) Test Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (55.56%) PMO