Product Backlog Contracts in the East Midlands

Product Backlogs
England > East Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for Product Backlog skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Product Backlog over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 85 81
Rank change year-on-year +22 -4 -10
Contract jobs citing Product Backlog 3 2 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.39% 0.19% 0.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.22% 0.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 8
10th Percentile £280 £415 £533
25th Percentile £381 £438 £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £623
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -23.69% -0.40%
75th Percentile £575 £513 £723
90th Percentile £590 £535 £741
England median daily rate £550 £563 £575
% change year-on-year -2.22% -2.17% +21.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Midlands

Product Backlog 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 East Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 608 914 1,168
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 78.35% 88.05% 83.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 410 690 868
10th Percentile £200 £213 £207
25th Percentile £270 £330 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £450 £439
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% +2.56% +13.08%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £520
90th Percentile £625 £700 £601
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 73 82
10th Percentile £11.33 £11.98 £9.59
25th Percentile £12.75 £16.25 £13.41
Median hourly rate £17.00 £18.37 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.43% -0.73% +24.96%
75th Percentile £26.15 £30.00 £27.50
90th Percentile £38.75 £54.30 £35.00
England median hourly rate £36.33 £36.77 £24.35
% change year-on-year -1.19% +51.01% +1.46%

Product Backlog
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Backlog in the East Midlands

Product Backlog
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Product Backlog in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Product Backlog in the East Midlands

Product Backlog
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Backlog in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Product Backlog in the East Midlands

Product Backlog
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Product Backlog within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 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
Nottinghamshire +7 1 £600 +50.00% 1
Lincolnshire - 1 £550 - 1
Northamptonshire - 1 £225 - 1
Product Backlog
England

Product Backlog
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) User Stories
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Backlog Management
2 2 (66.67%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 2 (66.67%) Product Roadmap
2 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Kanban
3 1 (33.33%) Product Vision
3 1 (33.33%) Requirements Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) System Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared