Backlog Refinement Contracts in the North East

Backlog Refinement (Backlog Grooming)
England > North East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North East with a requirement for Backlog Refinement skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Backlog Refinement over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 48 57
Rank change year-on-year +16 +9 -
Contract jobs citing Backlog Refinement 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 0.63% 0.27% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 0.30% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £450 -
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% +2.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North East

Backlog Refinement 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 North East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 254 330 415
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 80.13% 89.92% 85.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 258 312
10th Percentile £260 £248 £180
25th Percentile £363 £400 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £597 £625 £576
90th Percentile £680 £706 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 2 13
10th Percentile £11.44 £32.98 £10.97
25th Percentile £11.81 £35.56 £13.00
Median hourly rate £17.50 £40.75 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year -57.06% +146.97% +15.53%
75th Percentile £48.75 £45.56 £17.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £47.93 £38.75
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.15 £25.00
% change year-on-year -1.75% +48.60% +8.70%

Backlog Refinement
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Job postings citing Backlog Refinement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Job vacancy trend for Backlog Refinement in the North East

Backlog Refinement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Backlog Refinement in the North East.

Daily rate trend for Backlog Refinement in the North East

Backlog Refinement
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Backlog Refinement within the North East region over the 6 months to 19 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
Tyne and Wear +14 2 - -
Backlog Refinement
England

Backlog Refinement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 2 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Agile Delivery Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Delivery Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
1 2 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Runbook
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Accessibility