Backlog Management Contracts in the UK excluding London

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 320 320 333
Rank change year-on-year 0 +13 +25
Contract jobs citing Backlog Management 74 131 184
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.36% 0.57% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.64% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 89 129
10th Percentile £403 £405 £413
25th Percentile £463 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +17.32%
75th Percentile £595 £638 £600
90th Percentile £623 £700 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £553 £550
% change year-on-year -4.98% +0.45% +12.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,127 20,595 27,099
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.40% 89.52% 89.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,209 14,220 18,919
10th Percentile £250 £256 £238
25th Percentile £380 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £479
Median % change year-on-year - +4.38% +9.49%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £653
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,061 1,259 1,357
10th Percentile £12.34 £10.63 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.23 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.21%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.72 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £36.27 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.75% +38.82% +5.35%

Backlog Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Backlog Management in the UK excluding London

Backlog Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Backlog Management in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Backlog Management in the UK excluding London

Backlog Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Backlog Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Backlog Management in the UK excluding London

Backlog Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Backlog Management in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Backlog Management in the UK excluding London

Backlog Management
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 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
South East -19 20 £538 -10.42% 16
Midlands +23 18 £563 +25.00% 8
Scotland +35 17 £500 -4.76% 5
East Midlands +23 13 £595 +25.26%
South West +15 13 £475 -25.49% 7
North of England +15 7 £450 -35.71% 11
West Midlands +12 5 £215 -52.22% 8
Yorkshire +9 5 £450 -35.71% 5
North West +12 2 £463 -28.85% 5
Backlog Management
UK

Backlog Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 24 (32.43%) Confluence
2 12 (16.22%) SharePoint
3 11 (14.86%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (1.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 5 (6.76%) MS Visio
2 4 (5.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.35%) SAP Hybris
1 1 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (1.35%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 13 (17.57%) Azure
2 10 (13.51%) Azure Stack
3 3 (4.05%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (4.05%) OCI
4 2 (2.70%) AWS
4 2 (2.70%) GitHub
4 2 (2.70%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.70%) Serverless
4 2 (2.70%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (1.35%) Adobe Analytics
5 1 (1.35%) IaaS
5 1 (1.35%) SaaS
5 1 (1.35%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (14.86%) BGP
1 11 (14.86%) Firewall
2 2 (2.70%) Broadband
3 1 (1.35%) 3G
3 1 (1.35%) 4G
3 1 (1.35%) 5G
3 1 (1.35%) DSL
3 1 (1.35%) LAN
3 1 (1.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 28 (37.84%) JIRA
2 2 (2.70%) Cypress.io
2 2 (2.70%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.70%) Selenium
General
1 24 (32.43%) Social Skills
2 14 (18.92%) Finance
2 14 (18.92%) Public Sector
3 11 (14.86%) Organisational Skills
4 8 (10.81%) Manufacturing
5 7 (9.46%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (9.46%) Telecoms
6 6 (8.11%) Marketing
7 4 (5.41%) Billing
7 4 (5.41%) Electronics
7 4 (5.41%) Retail
8 2 (2.70%) Banking
8 2 (2.70%) Legal
9 1 (1.35%) French Language
9 1 (1.35%) General Ledger
9 1 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (31.08%) Analyst
2 17 (22.97%) Product Owner
3 10 (13.51%) Business Analyst
4 9 (12.16%) Product Manager
5 5 (6.76%) Lead
5 5 (6.76%) Service Analyst
5 5 (6.76%) Service Management Analyst
6 3 (4.05%) Debt Manager
6 3 (4.05%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
6 3 (4.05%) Functional Analyst
6 3 (4.05%) Junior
6 3 (4.05%) Junior Product Owner
6 3 (4.05%) Project Manager
6 3 (4.05%) Senior
7 2 (2.70%) Delivery Manager
7 2 (2.70%) Full Stack Engineer
7 2 (2.70%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (2.70%) Senior Business Analyst
7 2 (2.70%) Technical Analyst
7 2 (2.70%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.05%) HTML
2 2 (2.70%) CSS
2 2 (2.70%) CSS3
2 2 (2.70%) HTML5
2 2 (2.70%) Jest
2 2 (2.70%) Node.js
2 2 (2.70%) React
2 2 (2.70%) React Native
2 2 (2.70%) REST
3 1 (1.35%) JSON
3 1 (1.35%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (31.08%) Product Ownership
2 11 (14.86%) Private Cloud
3 2 (2.70%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.70%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.35%) Blockchain
4 1 (1.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.35%) IoT
4 1 (1.35%) Robotics
4 1 (1.35%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 12 (16.22%) Windows
2 1 (1.35%) Linux
2 1 (1.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (54.05%) Agile
2 33 (44.59%) Product Backlog
3 31 (41.89%) Roadmaps
4 24 (32.43%) Continuous Improvement
4 24 (32.43%) User Stories
5 23 (31.08%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 18 (24.32%) Epics
7 17 (22.97%) Product Roadmap
8 16 (21.62%) Project Management
9 15 (20.27%) Product Strategy
10 14 (18.92%) Product Management
11 13 (17.57%) Scrum
11 13 (17.57%) Stakeholder Management
12 12 (16.22%) ITIL
13 11 (14.86%) Capacity Management
13 11 (14.86%) ITSM
13 11 (14.86%) Knowledge Transfer
13 11 (14.86%) Network Management
13 11 (14.86%) Security Monitoring
13 11 (14.86%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.05%) Python
2 2 (2.70%) Java
2 2 (2.70%) Kotlin
2 2 (2.70%) TypeScript
3 1 (1.35%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 20 (27.03%) Security Cleared
2 13 (17.57%) DV Cleared
3 8 (10.81%) SC Cleared
4 3 (4.05%) Degree
5 2 (2.70%) CSPO
6 1 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.35%) IIBA
6 1 (1.35%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.35%) PMP
6 1 (1.35%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (16.22%) PMO
2 11 (14.86%) Government Security Classifications
3 2 (2.70%) QA
3 2 (2.70%) SLA
4 1 (1.35%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (1.35%) GDPR
4 1 (1.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (1.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.70%) Terraform
2 1 (1.35%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 18 (24.32%) Microsoft
2 11 (14.86%) Atlassian
3 6 (8.11%) SAP
4 3 (4.05%) Oracle
5 1 (1.35%) Adobe
5 1 (1.35%) Ariba
5 1 (1.35%) Cadence
5 1 (1.35%) Citrix
5 1 (1.35%) Concur
5 1 (1.35%) Google
5 1 (1.35%) HP
5 1 (1.35%) Pega
5 1 (1.35%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.35%) UiPath