Product Backlog Contracts in London

Product Backlogs
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 308 317 319
Rank change year-on-year +9 +2 +24
Contract jobs citing Product Backlog 86 179 315
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.49% 0.66% 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 0.73% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 126 204
10th Percentile £350 £450 £461
25th Percentile £463 £520 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +20.00%
75th Percentile £625 £700 £658
90th Percentile £770 £776 £733
England median daily rate £550 £563 £575
% change year-on-year -2.22% -2.17% +21.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile - - £19.53
25th Percentile £31.71 - £24.81
Median hourly rate £32.36 - £34.75
75th Percentile £38.19 - £44.81
90th Percentile £47.53 - £50.18
England median hourly rate £65.50 - £28.00
% change year-on-year - - -51.30%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,674 24,676 35,915
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.50% 91.13% 92.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,226 17,739 26,174
10th Percentile £338 £375 £390
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 281 423
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.63 £17.25
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.63 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.50 £39.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +8.33% +10.77%
75th Percentile £46.86 £63.75 £50.68
90th Percentile £66.30 £78.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Product Backlog
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Product Backlog as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Product Backlog in London

Product Backlog
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Product Backlog in London.

Daily rate trend for Product Backlog in London

Product Backlog
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Backlog in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Product Backlog in London

Product Backlog
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Product Backlog in London.

Hourly rate trend for Product Backlog in London

Product Backlog
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Product Backlog in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Product Backlog in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Central London +41 16 £575 -31.34% 1
West London +20 2 £450 - 2
Product Backlog
England

Product Backlog
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 15 (17.44%) Confluence
2 7 (8.14%) CMS
3 3 (3.49%) Drupal
4 2 (2.33%) OpenStack
5 1 (1.16%) Joomla!
5 1 (1.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (2.33%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (2.33%) Endur
2 1 (1.16%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 24 (27.91%) Azure
2 13 (15.12%) Azure DevOps
3 10 (11.63%) AWS
4 6 (6.98%) SaaS
5 4 (4.65%) GCP
5 4 (4.65%) Serverless
6 3 (3.49%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (3.49%) Power Platform
7 2 (2.33%) Datadog
7 2 (2.33%) PaaS
7 2 (2.33%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 1 (1.16%) Azure Functions
8 1 (1.16%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (1.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (1.16%) BigCommerce
8 1 (1.16%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.16%) GitHub
8 1 (1.16%) Google Analytics
8 1 (1.16%) Google Tag Manager
8 1 (1.16%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.49%) Firewall
2 2 (2.33%) DHCP
2 2 (2.33%) DNS
2 2 (2.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.98%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (4.65%) Big Data
3 3 (3.49%) DynamoDB
3 3 (3.49%) Power BI
4 2 (2.33%) Data Mart
4 2 (2.33%) GIS
4 2 (2.33%) NoSQL
4 2 (2.33%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (13.95%) JIRA
2 3 (3.49%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (1.16%) GitLab
3 1 (1.16%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 19 (22.09%) Social Skills
2 17 (19.77%) Finance
3 9 (10.47%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (8.14%) Marketing
4 7 (8.14%) Public Sector
4 7 (8.14%) Retail
5 5 (5.81%) Banking
6 4 (4.65%) Back Office
7 3 (3.49%) Investment Banking
8 2 (2.33%) Games
8 2 (2.33%) Local Government
8 2 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.33%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.16%) Automotive
9 1 (1.16%) Billing
9 1 (1.16%) Digital Health
9 1 (1.16%) Digital Healthcare
9 1 (1.16%) Health Technology
9 1 (1.16%) Law
9 1 (1.16%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 31 (36.05%) Product Owner
2 16 (18.60%) Product Manager
3 11 (12.79%) Analyst
3 11 (12.79%) Business Analyst
3 11 (12.79%) Senior
4 10 (11.63%) Scrum Master
5 6 (6.98%) Developer
6 5 (5.81%) Lead
7 4 (4.65%) Digital Product Owner
7 4 (4.65%) Senior Product Owner
8 3 (3.49%) Consultant
8 3 (3.49%) Project Manager
8 3 (3.49%) Senior Developer
8 3 (3.49%) Technical Product Owner
8 3 (3.49%) Web Producer
9 2 (2.33%) Customer Analyst
9 2 (2.33%) Digital Producer
9 2 (2.33%) Market Analyst
9 2 (2.33%) Technical Analyst
9 2 (2.33%) Web Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.65%) .NET
2 3 (3.49%) CSS
2 3 (3.49%) HTML
2 3 (3.49%) Node.js
3 2 (2.33%) FIX Protocol
3 2 (2.33%) LDAP
3 2 (2.33%) Lightning Web Components
3 2 (2.33%) REST
3 2 (2.33%) Visualforce
4 1 (1.16%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.16%) React
4 1 (1.16%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 58 (67.44%) Product Ownership
2 5 (5.81%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (4.65%) Freedom of Information
3 4 (4.65%) Freedom of Information Act
3 4 (4.65%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.33%) Algorithms
4 2 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.33%) Client/Server
4 2 (2.33%) Clustering
4 2 (2.33%) CMDB
4 2 (2.33%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.33%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.33%) Derivative
4 2 (2.33%) Digital Signage
4 2 (2.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (2.33%) IPTV
4 2 (2.33%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.33%) Video\Live Streaming
5 1 (1.16%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.16%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (76.74%) Agile
2 39 (45.35%) User Stories
3 36 (41.86%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 35 (40.70%) Scrum
5 32 (37.21%) Backlog Management
5 32 (37.21%) Roadmaps
6 31 (36.05%) Acceptance Criteria
7 24 (27.91%) Backlog Refinement
8 21 (24.42%) Product Roadmap
9 20 (23.26%) DevOps
9 20 (23.26%) Problem-Solving
10 18 (20.93%) Translating Business Requirements
11 17 (19.77%) Sprint Planning
12 14 (16.28%) Product Management
12 14 (16.28%) Product Requirements
13 13 (15.12%) Continuous Improvement
13 13 (15.12%) Product Vision
13 13 (15.12%) Requirements Gathering
14 12 (13.95%) Business Case
14 12 (13.95%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.98%) SQL
2 3 (3.49%) C#
2 3 (3.49%) JavaScript
3 2 (2.33%) Apex Code
3 2 (2.33%) C
3 2 (2.33%) Go
3 2 (2.33%) Python
4 1 (1.16%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (9.30%) Degree
2 4 (4.65%) Master's Degree
2 4 (4.65%) MBA
2 4 (4.65%) SC Cleared
2 4 (4.65%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.81%) QA
2 3 (3.49%) Accessibility
2 3 (3.49%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.16%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.16%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (2.33%) Docker
2 1 (1.16%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.33%) Ansible
1 2 (2.33%) Kubernetes
1 2 (2.33%) Rundeck
2 1 (1.16%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (5.81%) ServiceNow
2 4 (4.65%) SAP
3 3 (3.49%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.33%) BigPanda
4 2 (2.33%) Logitech
4 2 (2.33%) Microsoft
4 2 (2.33%) Murex
4 2 (2.33%) OpenLink
4 2 (2.33%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 1 (1.16%) Adobe
5 1 (1.16%) Dell
5 1 (1.16%) Google
5 1 (1.16%) Intel
5 1 (1.16%) Optimizely
5 1 (1.16%) Pega
5 1 (1.16%) Sitecore
5 1 (1.16%) Splunk