Backlog Management Contracts with Work from Home Options

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 288 339 347
Rank change year-on-year +51 +8 +32
Contract jobs citing Backlog Management 57 132 285
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.39% 0.54% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 0.60% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 88 207
10th Percentile £400 £450 £415
25th Percentile £463 £479 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +11.11%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £613
90th Percentile £638 £700 £693
UK median daily rate £519 £558 £550
% change year-on-year -6.95% +1.36% +11.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £67.00
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £62.50 £59.75
% change year-on-year -16.00% +4.60% -5.91%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,882 21,904 40,173
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.90% 89.65% 91.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,678 15,514 29,175
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% +3.81% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +8.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 570 507 533
10th Percentile £14.83 £18.58 £14.30
25th Percentile £24.06 £26.25 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £38.16
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +37.60% +58.98%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year - +40.19% +7.00%

Backlog Management
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Backlog Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Backlog Management trend for jobs with a WFH option

Backlog Management
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Backlog Management.

Backlog Management daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Backlog Management
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Backlog Management over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Backlog Management daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Backlog Management
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Backlog Management.

Backlog Management hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Backlog Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 8 (14.04%) Confluence
2 2 (3.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (1.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (10.53%) MS Visio
2 5 (8.77%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (7.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (7.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.51%) SAP Hybris
2 1 (1.75%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (12.28%) Azure
2 5 (8.77%) Power Platform
3 2 (3.51%) Adobe Analytics
3 2 (3.51%) Asana
3 2 (3.51%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (3.51%) Oracle CX
3 2 (3.51%) Oracle Service Cloud
3 2 (3.51%) SaaS
3 2 (3.51%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 1 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.75%) Figma
4 1 (1.75%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.75%) Broadband
1 1 (1.75%) DNS
1 1 (1.75%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.26%) Data Lake
1 3 (5.26%) Power BI
2 1 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.75%) GIS
Development Applications
1 18 (31.58%) JIRA
General
1 18 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 10 (17.54%) Public Sector
3 9 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (10.53%) Influencing Skills
5 5 (8.77%) Finance
6 4 (7.02%) Banking
6 4 (7.02%) Retail
7 2 (3.51%) Billing
7 2 (3.51%) Manufacturing
7 2 (3.51%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.75%) Back Office
8 1 (1.75%) French Language
8 1 (1.75%) Games
8 1 (1.75%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.75%) Legal
8 1 (1.75%) Marketing
8 1 (1.75%) Publishing
8 1 (1.75%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (40.35%) Analyst
2 19 (33.33%) Business Analyst
3 11 (19.30%) Product Owner
4 5 (8.77%) Senior
4 5 (8.77%) Technical Analyst
5 4 (7.02%) Data Business Analyst
5 4 (7.02%) Product Analyst
6 3 (5.26%) Consultant
6 3 (5.26%) Customer Analyst
6 3 (5.26%) Data Analyst
6 3 (5.26%) Debt Manager
6 3 (5.26%) Insurance Business Analyst
6 3 (5.26%) Product Manager
6 3 (5.26%) Project Manager
6 3 (5.26%) Scrum Master
6 3 (5.26%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (5.26%) Senior Business Analyst
6 3 (5.26%) Software Analyst
6 3 (5.26%) Software Product Analyst
7 2 (3.51%) Pega Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.02%) ADO
2 3 (5.26%) HTML
3 2 (3.51%) JSON
3 2 (3.51%) XML
4 1 (1.75%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.75%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 17 (29.82%) Product Ownership
2 4 (7.02%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.75%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (1.75%) IVR
3 1 (1.75%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.75%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.75%) Windows
1 1 (1.75%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (63.16%) Agile
2 28 (49.12%) User Stories
3 19 (33.33%) Product Backlog
4 18 (31.58%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 18 (31.58%) Stakeholder Management
5 17 (29.82%) Roadmaps
6 14 (24.56%) Business Analysis
7 12 (21.05%) Scrum
8 11 (19.30%) Requirements Gathering
9 10 (17.54%) Acceptance Criteria
9 10 (17.54%) Product Strategy
10 9 (15.79%) Epics
11 8 (14.04%) Product Roadmap
11 8 (14.04%) Project Management
12 7 (12.28%) Analytics
12 7 (12.28%) Business Intelligence
12 7 (12.28%) Continuous Improvement
12 7 (12.28%) Problem-Solving
13 6 (10.53%) Data Modelling
13 6 (10.53%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.26%) SQL
2 2 (3.51%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.75%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (14.04%) Degree
2 6 (10.53%) Security Cleared
3 5 (8.77%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.75%) CBAP
4 1 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.75%) IIBA
4 1 (1.75%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.75%) MBA
4 1 (1.75%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.75%) PMP
4 1 (1.75%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (15.79%) PMO
2 7 (12.28%) QA
3 1 (1.75%) GDPR
3 1 (1.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (1.75%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (1.75%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (10.53%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.02%) Genesys
2 4 (7.02%) Pega
2 4 (7.02%) SAP
3 3 (5.26%) Databricks
4 2 (3.51%) Adobe
4 2 (3.51%) Ariba
4 2 (3.51%) Civica
4 2 (3.51%) Oracle
5 1 (1.75%) Avaya
5 1 (1.75%) Bloomberg
5 1 (1.75%) Charles River
5 1 (1.75%) Concur
5 1 (1.75%) Google
5 1 (1.75%) HP
5 1 (1.75%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.75%) UiPath
5 1 (1.75%) VMware