Backlog Management Contracts in the South East

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 179 163 217
Rank change year-on-year -16 +54 -25
Contract jobs citing Backlog Management 19 52 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.35% 0.93% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 1.04% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 36 22
10th Percentile £400 £406 £511
25th Percentile £456 £472 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £647
90th Percentile £684 - £650
England median daily rate £525 £573 £550
% change year-on-year -8.30% +4.09% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,621 5,004 6,880
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 83.96% 89.12% 89.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,687 3,457 4,696
10th Percentile £255 £250 £231
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £501 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% +0.10% +8.70%
75th Percentile £625 £618 £595
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 443 216 275
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.25 £12.22
25th Percentile £18.20 £22.16 £14.38
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +132.56% -21.82%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.86 £75.00 £62.21
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -2.14% +49.20% +10.23%

Backlog Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Backlog Management in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Backlog Management in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Backlog Management in the South East over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Backlog Management in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Backlog Management in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 23 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
Thames Valley -3 12 £575 +6.98% 6
Berkshire -13 11 £600 +15.66% 2
Surrey +6 4 £463 -26.00% 5
Hampshire -5 2 £340 -44.96% 3
Buckinghamshire +22 1 £550 - 1
West Sussex - 1 £400 -
Backlog Management
England

Backlog Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 3 (15.79%) Confluence
2 1 (5.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (5.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (5.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) SAP Hybris
1 1 (5.26%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (5.26%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.53%) Azure
1 2 (10.53%) Power Platform
2 1 (5.26%) Adobe Analytics
2 1 (5.26%) IaaS
2 1 (5.26%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) Broadband
2 1 (5.26%) 3G
2 1 (5.26%) 4G
2 1 (5.26%) 5G
2 1 (5.26%) DSL
2 1 (5.26%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (15.79%) JIRA
General
1 9 (47.37%) Finance
2 8 (42.11%) Social Skills
3 4 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (21.05%) Billing
4 3 (15.79%) Telecoms
5 2 (10.53%) Legal
5 2 (10.53%) Marketing
6 1 (5.26%) Banking
6 1 (5.26%) French Language
6 1 (5.26%) General Ledger
6 1 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (5.26%) Manufacturing
6 1 (5.26%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (52.63%) Product Owner
2 3 (15.79%) Analyst
2 3 (15.79%) Business Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Lead
4 1 (5.26%) Banking Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Business Intelligence Lead
4 1 (5.26%) Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) Digital Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Digital Business Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Disaster Recovery Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Disaster Recovery Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Payments Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Product Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Product Business Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Product Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Robotic Process Automation Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Technical Business Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Technical Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) HTML
1 1 (5.26%) JSON
1 1 (5.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (63.16%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.26%) Blockchain
2 1 (5.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (5.26%) IoT
2 1 (5.26%) Robotics
2 1 (5.26%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) Linux
1 1 (5.26%) Windows
1 1 (5.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (73.68%) Roadmaps
2 12 (63.16%) Agile
2 12 (63.16%) Product Backlog
3 11 (57.89%) Product Roadmap
3 11 (57.89%) User Stories
4 8 (42.11%) Scrum
5 7 (36.84%) Epics
6 5 (26.32%) Business Strategy
7 4 (21.05%) Backlog Prioritisation
7 4 (21.05%) Contingency Planning
7 4 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (21.05%) Matrix Organization
7 4 (21.05%) Product Management
7 4 (21.05%) Product Vision
7 4 (21.05%) Service Delivery
7 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (15.79%) Backlog Refinement
8 3 (15.79%) Market Research
8 3 (15.79%) Product Requirements
8 3 (15.79%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.26%) JavaScript
1 1 (5.26%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) CSPO
1 2 (10.53%) Degree
2 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (5.26%) DV Cleared
2 1 (5.26%) SAP Certification
2 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) SLA
2 1 (5.26%) GDPR
2 1 (5.26%) PMO
2 1 (5.26%) QA
2 1 (5.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.53%) SAP
3 1 (5.26%) Adobe
3 1 (5.26%) Ariba
3 1 (5.26%) Cadence
3 1 (5.26%) Citrix
3 1 (5.26%) Concur
3 1 (5.26%) HP
3 1 (5.26%) Salesforce
3 1 (5.26%) UiPath