Product Backlog Contracts in Central London

Product Backlogs
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring Product Backlog skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Product Backlog over the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 114 147
Rank change year-on-year 0 +33 +8
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Product Backlog 20 18 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.98% 0.78% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% 0.85% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 12 10
10th Percentile £405 £501 £507
25th Percentile £497 £587 £560
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £633 £800
Median % change year-on-year -1.19% -20.94% +45.45%
75th Percentile £729 £675 £934
90th Percentile £768 £686 £978
London median daily rate £516 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -10.22% +4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £33.00 -
London median hourly rate - £33.04 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,907 2,109 3,157
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 93.80% 91.94% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,255 1,428 2,179
10th Percentile £325 £375 £350
25th Percentile £425 £467 £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £713
90th Percentile £775 £788 £814
London median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 20 17
10th Percentile £19.33 £15.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £24.43 £20.43 £15.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £26.78 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.55% -23.49% -17.65%
75th Percentile £46.15 £65.63 £42.32
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £59.30
London median hourly rate £29.29 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -16.33% -12.50% +7.47%

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

Product Backlog
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Product Backlog

Product Backlog
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Backlog in Central London over the 6 months to 20 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Product Backlog in Central London

Product Backlog
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Product Backlog.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Product Backlog

Product Backlog
DemandTrendContract 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 20 August 2025. 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London -2 17 £625 -2.34% 38
Product Backlog
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 4 (20.00%) CMS
2 3 (15.00%) Confluence
2 3 (15.00%) Drupal
2 3 (15.00%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.00%) Adobe XD
2 1 (5.00%) InVision
2 1 (5.00%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) HFM
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.00%) Figma
1 3 (15.00%) Miro
2 2 (10.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (10.00%) SaaS
3 1 (5.00%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) Star Schema
2 2 (10.00%) Power BI
3 1 (5.00%) Data Mining
3 1 (5.00%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 8 (40.00%) JIRA
General
1 13 (65.00%) Finance
2 9 (45.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
4 4 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (15.00%) Banking
5 3 (15.00%) Retail
6 2 (10.00%) Back Office
6 2 (10.00%) Investment Banking
7 1 (5.00%) Financial Institution
7 1 (5.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 9 (45.00%) Product Owner
2 5 (25.00%) Analyst
3 4 (20.00%) Business Analyst
3 4 (20.00%) Digital Product Manager
3 4 (20.00%) Product Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Digital Product Owner
4 2 (10.00%) Finance Business Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Financial Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Senior
5 1 (5.00%) Business Support Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Business Systems Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) IT Director
5 1 (5.00%) Lead
5 1 (5.00%) Programme Director
5 1 (5.00%) Senior Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Senior Product Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Support Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Systems Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Systems Support
5 1 (5.00%) Systems Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 14 (70.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (10.00%) Reinsurance
3 1 (5.00%) Credit Risk
3 1 (5.00%) Educational Technology
3 1 (5.00%) e-Learning
3 1 (5.00%) Market Risk
3 1 (5.00%) Mobile App
3 1 (5.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.00%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (90.00%) Agile
2 17 (85.00%) User Stories
3 14 (70.00%) Backlog Management
4 12 (60.00%) Roadmaps
5 10 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
5 10 (50.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 10 (50.00%) Scrum
6 6 (30.00%) Backlog Refinement
6 6 (30.00%) Product Roadmap
6 6 (30.00%) User Acceptance Testing
7 5 (25.00%) Data Analysis
7 5 (25.00%) Epics
7 5 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
8 4 (20.00%) Data Modelling
8 4 (20.00%) Data Reconciliation
8 4 (20.00%) Financial Modelling
8 4 (20.00%) Project Governance
8 4 (20.00%) Sprint Review
8 4 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (25.00%) QA
2 1 (5.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.00%) Basel II
2 1 (5.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (10.00%) Oracle
2 1 (5.00%) Adobe
2 1 (5.00%) Hyperion
2 1 (5.00%) Tagetik
2 1 (5.00%) Workday