Backlog Management Contracts in the North West

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 133 148 163
Rank change year-on-year +15 +15 -30
Contract jobs citing Backlog Management 3 7 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.11% 0.23% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.26% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 14
10th Percentile £382 £628 £398
25th Percentile £408 £650 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £688 £650
Median % change year-on-year -34.55% +5.77% +33.33%
75th Percentile £469 £700 £700
90th Percentile £480 - -
England median daily rate £525 £581 £550
% change year-on-year -9.68% +5.68% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,323 2,731 3,570
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 85.19% 89.84% 88.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,453 1,917 2,598
10th Percentile £307 £313 £240
25th Percentile £401 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £575
90th Percentile £679 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £543
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.38% +8.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 264 139 160
10th Percentile £11.00 £16.24 £10.48
25th Percentile £14.00 £22.27 £14.25
Median hourly rate £26.46 £35.00 £22.75
Median % change year-on-year -24.41% +53.85% +30.34%
75th Percentile £46.18 £48.38 £51.95
90th Percentile £66.61 £66.00 £75.00
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 North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Backlog Management in the North West

Backlog Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Backlog Management in the North West

Backlog Management
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 31 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
Manchester +6 2 £463 -32.73% 4
Cheshire - 1 £365 -
Backlog Management
England

Backlog Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Pega Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Agile Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Business Process Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Kanban
3 1 (33.33%) Product Backlog
3 1 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Retrospective
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Review
3 1 (33.33%) Use Case
3 1 (33.33%) User Stories
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Pega