Product Backlog Contracts in the South East

Product Backlogs
England > South East

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

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 140 164 206
Rank change year-on-year +24 +42 -34
Contract jobs citing Product Backlog 54 55 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.97% 0.95% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.15% 1.07% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 34 27
10th Percentile £448 £350 £437
25th Percentile £514 £425 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £555 £522
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% +6.32% +6.53%
75th Percentile £675 £635 £575
90th Percentile £688 £700 £625
England median daily rate £550 £563 £575
% change year-on-year -2.22% -2.17% +21.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,700 5,156 6,968
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.75% 89.24% 89.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,740 3,588 4,724
10th Percentile £243 £250 £225
25th Percentile £400 £405 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.91% +2.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £623 £619 £593
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 437 224 288
10th Percentile £13.00 £18.25 £12.21
25th Percentile £18.20 £22.34 £15.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.99
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +127.43% -20.05%
75th Percentile £62.50 £64.72 £48.62
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.55 £62.48
England median hourly rate £36.00 £37.34 £24.30
% change year-on-year -3.59% +53.69% +1.23%

Product Backlog
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Backlog in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Product Backlog in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Backlog in the South East over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Product Backlog in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Product Backlog in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Product Backlog in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 2 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
Thames Valley +5 37 £625 +25.00% 11
Berkshire -10 35 £625 +25.00% 4
Hampshire -1 12 £540 -10.56% 3
Surrey - 4 £550 - 4
Buckinghamshire +22 1 £550 +8.37% 4
Oxfordshire +7 1 £488 -13.33% 3
West Sussex - 1 £600 -
Product Backlog
England

Product Backlog
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 5 (9.26%) Confluence
2 4 (7.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (9.26%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (1.85%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.85%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (1.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 22 (40.74%) Azure
2 16 (29.63%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 16 (29.63%) Azure Monitor
3 13 (24.07%) Azure Data Factory
4 12 (22.22%) Entra ID
5 8 (14.81%) Azure Functions
5 8 (14.81%) Serverless
6 4 (7.41%) GitHub
7 3 (5.56%) AWS
7 3 (5.56%) Azure Cognitive Search
7 3 (5.56%) Azure Key Vault
7 3 (5.56%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.85%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.85%) Broadband
1 1 (1.85%) LAN
1 1 (1.85%) Network Security
1 1 (1.85%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (24.07%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 16 (29.63%) Git
2 4 (7.41%) JIRA
2 4 (7.41%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (1.85%) Selenium
General
1 18 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 18 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 15 (27.78%) Finance
3 5 (9.26%) Pharmaceutical
4 4 (7.41%) Billing
4 4 (7.41%) Marketing
5 2 (3.70%) Legal
6 1 (1.85%) General Ledger
6 1 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (29.63%) Analyst
2 13 (24.07%) Azure Developer
2 13 (24.07%) Developer
2 13 (24.07%) Full Stack Developer
2 13 (24.07%) Product Owner
3 9 (16.67%) Product Analyst
4 7 (12.96%) Business Analyst
5 6 (11.11%) Consultant
6 5 (9.26%) Full Stack Python Developer
6 5 (9.26%) Python Developer
7 4 (7.41%) Functional Analyst
7 4 (7.41%) Functional Consultant
7 4 (7.41%) IT Analyst
7 4 (7.41%) Lead
8 3 (5.56%) Architect
8 3 (5.56%) Designer
8 3 (5.56%) Lead Designer
8 3 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
9 2 (3.70%) Business IT Analyst
9 2 (3.70%) Scrum Master
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (24.07%) React
2 3 (5.56%) AngularJS
2 3 (5.56%) CSS
2 3 (5.56%) HTML
2 3 (5.56%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 33 (61.11%) Product Ownership
2 5 (9.26%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (5.56%) Cyberattack
3 3 (5.56%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.70%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.85%) EPoS
5 1 (1.85%) FMCG
5 1 (1.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.85%) IoT
5 1 (1.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.85%) Linux
1 1 (1.85%) Windows
1 1 (1.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (64.81%) Agile
2 21 (38.89%) Roadmaps
3 20 (37.04%) SDLC
4 17 (31.48%) DevOps
5 16 (29.63%) CI/CD
6 15 (27.78%) Product Roadmap
7 13 (24.07%) Backlog Management
7 13 (24.07%) Full Stack Development
7 13 (24.07%) Microservices
8 12 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (22.22%) User Stories
9 11 (20.37%) Unit Testing
10 9 (16.67%) Change Management
11 8 (14.81%) Backlog Prioritisation
11 8 (14.81%) Backlog Refinement
11 8 (14.81%) Epics
11 8 (14.81%) Scrum
12 7 (12.96%) Business Strategy
12 7 (12.96%) Matrix Organization
12 7 (12.96%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (25.93%) Python
2 3 (5.56%) C
2 3 (5.56%) JavaScript
2 3 (5.56%) PHP
3 1 (1.85%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (11.11%) Degree
2 5 (9.26%) Security Cleared
3 4 (7.41%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.70%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.85%) CSPO
5 1 (1.85%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.85%) GDPR
1 1 (1.85%) PMO
1 1 (1.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 14 (25.93%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (5.56%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.85%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (9.26%) Oracle
2 3 (5.56%) Foundry
2 3 (5.56%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.56%) Palantir
3 1 (1.85%) Ariba
3 1 (1.85%) Citrix
3 1 (1.85%) Concur
3 1 (1.85%) HP
3 1 (1.85%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.85%) SAP