Product Backlog Contracts in the City of London

Product Backlogs
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 118 153
Rank change year-on-year +9 +35 +5
Contract jobs citing Product Backlog 15 13 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.81% 0.61% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 0.67% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 9 8
10th Percentile £405 £509 £622
25th Percentile £419 £513 £678
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £625 £888
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% -29.58% +61.36%
75th Percentile £729 £650 £941
90th Percentile £767 £690 £1,033
Central London median daily rate £625 £625 £888
% change year-on-year - -29.58% +57.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,749 1,952 3,140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.93% 91.30% 90.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,131 1,338 2,120
10th Percentile £338 £363 £340
25th Percentile £435 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £679 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £565 £600
% change year-on-year -2.65% -5.83% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 19 22
10th Percentile £17.08 £19.63 £14.25
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.36 £15.78
Median hourly rate £31.00 £27.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.81% -22.86% -18.36%
75th Percentile £56.75 £55.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £101.50 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £32.50 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +16.86% -20.54% -16.67%

Product Backlog
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Backlog in the City of London

Product Backlog
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Product Backlog in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Product Backlog in the City of London

Product Backlog
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Backlog in the City of London over the 6 months to 17 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Product Backlog in the City of London

Product Backlog
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 (26.67%) CMS
2 3 (20.00%) Drupal
2 3 (20.00%) WordPress
3 2 (13.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (6.67%) Adobe XD
2 1 (6.67%) InVision
2 1 (6.67%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) HFM
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) Figma
1 3 (20.00%) Miro
2 2 (13.33%) Power Platform
2 2 (13.33%) SaaS
3 1 (6.67%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (26.67%) Star Schema
2 2 (13.33%) Power BI
3 1 (6.67%) Data Mining
3 1 (6.67%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 5 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 10 (66.67%) Finance
2 8 (53.33%) Social Skills
3 4 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (26.67%) Influencing Skills
3 4 (26.67%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (26.67%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (20.00%) Banking
5 2 (13.33%) Back Office
5 2 (13.33%) Investment Banking
5 2 (13.33%) Retail
6 1 (6.67%) Financial Institution
6 1 (6.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Analyst
1 5 (33.33%) Product Owner
2 4 (26.67%) Business Analyst
3 3 (20.00%) Digital Product Manager
3 3 (20.00%) Product Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Finance Business Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Financial Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Senior
5 1 (6.67%) Business Support Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Business Systems Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) IT Director
5 1 (6.67%) Lead
5 1 (6.67%) Product Lead
5 1 (6.67%) Programme Director
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Digital Product Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Product Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Support Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Systems Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Systems Support
Miscellaneous
1 10 (66.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (6.67%) Credit Risk
2 1 (6.67%) Educational Technology
2 1 (6.67%) e-Learning
2 1 (6.67%) Market Risk
2 1 (6.67%) Mobile App
2 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (6.67%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (86.67%) Agile
2 12 (80.00%) User Stories
3 10 (66.67%) Backlog Management
4 9 (60.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 8 (53.33%) Scrum
6 7 (46.67%) Acceptance Criteria
6 7 (46.67%) Roadmaps
7 6 (40.00%) Backlog Refinement
7 6 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
8 5 (33.33%) Epics
9 4 (26.67%) Collaborative Working
9 4 (26.67%) Data Analysis
9 4 (26.67%) Data Modelling
9 4 (26.67%) Data Reconciliation
9 4 (26.67%) Financial Modelling
9 4 (26.67%) Impact Assessments
9 4 (26.67%) Product Roadmap
9 4 (26.67%) Product Vision
9 4 (26.67%) Project Governance
9 4 (26.67%) Sprint Review
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) QA
2 1 (6.67%) Accessibility
2 1 (6.67%) Basel II
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (13.33%) Oracle
2 1 (6.67%) Adobe
2 1 (6.67%) Hyperion
2 1 (6.67%) Tagetik