Product Backlog Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Product Backlogs
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring Product Backlog skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Product Backlog 7 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.92% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £513 - -
25th Percentile £572 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 - -
75th Percentile £610 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £475 £513 £625
% change year-on-year -7.32% -18.00% +21.95%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 612 302 311
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 80.74% 90.96% 82.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 407 172 217
10th Percentile £344 £230 £245
25th Percentile £436 £328 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £428 £463
Median % change year-on-year +22.81% -7.57% -11.36%
75th Percentile £608 £538 £540
90th Percentile £638 £635 £628
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £510
% change year-on-year +5.00% -1.96% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 43 7
10th Percentile - £14.66 £17.31
25th Percentile £12.84 £15.13 £19.98
Median hourly rate £14.75 £18.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.06% -40.00% +82.93%
75th Percentile £36.25 £25.15 £36.37
90th Percentile £74.88 £29.61 £37.25
South East median hourly rate £46.90 £21.02 £58.49
% change year-on-year +123.12% -64.06% +7.55%

Product Backlog
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Product Backlog relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

Product Backlog job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Product Backlog
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

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

Product Backlog
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Backlog in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 12 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Product Backlog in Buckinghamshire

Product Backlog
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 12 October 2026. 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
Milton Keynes - 7 £605 - 7
Product Backlog
South East

Product Backlog
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
2 2 (28.57%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Product Manager
2 4 (57.14%) Senior
2 4 (57.14%) Senior Manager
2 4 (57.14%) Senior Product Manager
3 3 (42.86%) ServiceNow Manager
4 1 (14.29%) ITIL Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Product Ownership
2 4 (57.14%) Onboarding
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 7 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 6 (85.71%) Agile
2 6 (85.71%) Decision-Making
2 6 (85.71%) ITIL
2 6 (85.71%) PRINCE2
2 6 (85.71%) Product Strategy
2 6 (85.71%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 6 (85.71%) Scrum
2 6 (85.71%) Service Design
3 5 (71.43%) Risk Management
3 5 (71.43%) Service Delivery
4 4 (57.14%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 4 (57.14%) Contract Management
4 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (57.14%) Supplier Management
5 3 (42.86%) Business Strategy
5 3 (42.86%) Product Governance
5 3 (42.86%) Product Management
6 2 (28.57%) Product Requirements
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) CSPO
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) ServiceNow