Product Backlog Contracts in Central London

Product Backlogs
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 118 159 166
Rank change year-on-year +41 +7 -29
Contract jobs citing Product Backlog 15 13 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.62% 0.34% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 0.37% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 24
10th Percentile £490 £625 £474
25th Percentile £506 £679 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £875 £581
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +50.54% +5.68%
75th Percentile £663 £931 £656
90th Percentile £713 £943 £684
London median daily rate £550 £600 £598
% change year-on-year -8.33% +0.42% +19.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £33.00 - -
London median hourly rate £32.36 - £34.75

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central 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 Central London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,189 3,514 4,179
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 90.64% 91.39% 91.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,561 2,377 3,194
10th Percentile £350 £325 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.39% +9.48%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £800 £820 £775
London median daily rate £550 £590 £575
% change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 29 41
10th Percentile £20.01 £15.45 £18.50
25th Percentile £22.38 £18.50 £24.25
Median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.54% -13.58% +102.50%
75th Percentile £29.11 £58.75 £55.25
90th Percentile £41.29 £88.30 £65.75
London median hourly rate £28.50 £39.00 £36.41
% change year-on-year -26.92% +7.11% +10.84%

Product Backlog
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Backlog in Central London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Product Backlog in Central London

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Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Backlog in Central London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Product Backlog in Central London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Product Backlog in Central London

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Contract Job Locations in Central 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 Central London region over the 6 months to 4 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
City of London +51 14 £625 -28.57% 2
Kensington and Chelsea - 1 - -
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London

Product Backlog
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 7 (46.67%) Confluence
2 1 (6.67%) CMS
2 1 (6.67%) Drupal
Cloud Services
1 7 (46.67%) Azure
1 7 (46.67%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (6.67%) AWS
2 1 (6.67%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) JIRA
2 1 (6.67%) GitLab
General
1 4 (26.67%) Finance
1 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Banking
2 2 (13.33%) Investment Banking
3 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Digital Health
3 1 (6.67%) Digital Healthcare
3 1 (6.67%) Health Technology
3 1 (6.67%) Local Government
3 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Product Owner
2 4 (26.67%) Digital Product Owner
3 3 (20.00%) Analyst
3 3 (20.00%) Business Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Market Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Product Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Agile Product Owner
5 1 (6.67%) Developer
5 1 (6.67%) Digital Producer
5 1 (6.67%) Digital Product Manager
5 1 (6.67%) E-Commerce Manager
5 1 (6.67%) E-Commerce Product Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Finance Business Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Financial Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) HR Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) HR Business Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Java Developer
5 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared Java Developer
5 1 (6.67%) Web Producer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (6.67%) CSS
2 1 (6.67%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (73.33%) Product Ownership
2 2 (13.33%) Derivative
2 2 (13.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Agile
2 13 (86.67%) Acceptance Criteria
3 11 (73.33%) User Stories
4 9 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (53.33%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 7 (46.67%) Business Case
6 7 (46.67%) DevOps
6 7 (46.67%) Product Requirements
6 7 (46.67%) Sprint Planning
6 7 (46.67%) Translating Business Requirements
7 6 (40.00%) Backlog Refinement
7 6 (40.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
7 6 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
7 6 (40.00%) Workflow
7 6 (40.00%) Workshop Facilitation
8 5 (33.33%) Product Vision
8 5 (33.33%) Scrum
9 4 (26.67%) Backlog Management
9 4 (26.67%) Product Management
9 4 (26.67%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) Java
1 1 (6.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (6.67%) Degree
1 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) Accessibility
1 1 (6.67%) QA
1 1 (6.67%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Murex