Backlog Management Contracts in the Thames Valley

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Backlog Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Backlog Management over the 6 months leading up to 26 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 125 121
Rank change year-on-year +37 -4 +38
Contract jobs citing Backlog Management 17 9 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.13% 0.34% 0.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.22% 0.40% 0.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 9 16
10th Percentile £441 £450 £363
25th Percentile £465 £500 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £600 £519
Median % change year-on-year -17.67% +15.66% -9.78%
75th Percentile £560 £675 £573
90th Percentile £575 £701 £694
South East median daily rate £494 £475 £600
% change year-on-year +4.00% -20.83% +4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Backlog Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,395 2,270 2,648
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 93.06% 85.27% 90.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 838 1,231 1,798
10th Percentile £289 £232 £320
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +3.54%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £615
90th Percentile £688 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £513
% change year-on-year -2.44% - +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 176 76
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.50 £16.33
25th Percentile £14.75 £19.25 £22.29
Median hourly rate £24.91 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.57% -5.00% +194.12%
75th Percentile £62.31 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £85.65 £78.09
South East median hourly rate £24.00 £47.78 £52.10
% change year-on-year -49.77% -8.29% +131.56%

Backlog Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Backlog Management in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Backlog Management in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Backlog Management in the Thames Valley

Backlog Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Backlog Management in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 26 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Backlog Management in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Backlog Management in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Backlog Management in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 26 June 2025. 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
Berkshire +30 15 £480 -20.00% 13
Buckinghamshire - 2 £550 - 7
Backlog Management
South East

Backlog Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.88%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 3 (17.65%) Power Platform
2 2 (11.76%) Azure
2 2 (11.76%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (11.76%) Power Automate
2 2 (11.76%) PowerApps
3 1 (5.88%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (17.65%) Broadband
2 2 (11.76%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (5.88%) 2G
3 1 (5.88%) 3G
3 1 (5.88%) 4G
3 1 (5.88%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 9 (52.94%) Telecoms
2 6 (35.29%) Social Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Analyst
1 4 (23.53%) Scrum Master
2 3 (17.65%) Digital Transformation
2 3 (17.65%) Incident Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Agile Scrum Master
3 2 (11.76%) Developer
3 2 (11.76%) Power Platform Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Automation Specialist
4 1 (5.88%) Business Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Change Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Incident Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Network Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Network Specialist
4 1 (5.88%) OSS Specialist
4 1 (5.88%) Product Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Project Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Project Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) Product Ownership
2 2 (11.76%) Low-Code
2 2 (11.76%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.88%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) Agile
2 5 (29.41%) Product Backlog
2 5 (29.41%) Scrum
3 4 (23.53%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 4 (23.53%) Burndown Charts
3 4 (23.53%) Product Roadmap
3 4 (23.53%) Roadmaps
3 4 (23.53%) Sprint Planning
3 4 (23.53%) Sprint Retrospective
4 3 (17.65%) Coaching
4 3 (17.65%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (17.65%) Customer Experience
4 3 (17.65%) Digital Transformation Strategy
4 3 (17.65%) Escalation Management
4 3 (17.65%) Incident Management
4 3 (17.65%) Kanban
4 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (17.65%) Statistics
5 2 (11.76%) Data Integration
5 2 (11.76%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) JavaScript
1 2 (11.76%) TypeScript
2 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) Degree
1 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
1 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) PMO
2 1 (5.88%) GDPR
2 1 (5.88%) QA
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 3 (17.65%) BMC
2 3 (17.65%) BT
2 3 (17.65%) Remedy
3 1 (5.88%) Cramer
3 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow
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