Product Backlog Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Product Backlogs
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Product Backlog skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 77 81
Rank change year-on-year +11 +4 +16
Contract jobs citing Product Backlog 3 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 0.42% 0.11% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.13% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £501 - £449
25th Percentile £501 - £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £483 £563
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -14.13% -6.25%
75th Percentile £511 - £634
90th Percentile £514 - £666
South West median daily rate £510 £446 £600
% change year-on-year +14.35% -25.67% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

Product Backlog 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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 663 749 933
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 92.34% 82.85% 86.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 333 399 633
10th Percentile £251 £300 £302
25th Percentile £380 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £590 £650
90th Percentile £749 £708 £725
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 141 138 116
10th Percentile £12.82 £49.40 £23.13
25th Percentile £18.87 £65.00 £50.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.57% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £76.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £64.15
% change year-on-year -62.74% +5.23% +10.31%

Product Backlog
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Backlog in Bristol

Product Backlog
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Product Backlog.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Product Backlog

Product Backlog
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Backlog Management
2 1 (33.33%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 1 (33.33%) Backlog Refinement
2 1 (33.33%) Coaching
2 1 (33.33%) Commercial Awareness
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Product Management
2 1 (33.33%) Product Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Product Vision
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) User Stories
2 1 (33.33%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA