Product Backlog Contract Job Trends in Devon

Product Backlogs
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Devon requiring Product Backlog skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Product Backlog 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Devon 1.37% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.72% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 - -
South West median daily rate £500 £545 £587
% change year-on-year -8.26% -7.19% -6.04%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 232 93 214
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 79.18% 85.32% 81.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 44 150
10th Percentile £173 - £150
25th Percentile £375 £145 £307
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £405 £425
Median % change year-on-year +20.99% -4.71% -8.60%
75th Percentile £619 £506 £556
90th Percentile £697 £600 £600
South West median daily rate £515 £515 £525
% change year-on-year - -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 16 32
10th Percentile £15.65 £26.40 £10.42
25th Percentile £17.75 £48.50 £13.86
Median hourly rate £24.71 £65.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.98% +116.67% -45.45%
75th Percentile £46.00 £70.00 £58.13
90th Percentile £73.20 £73.75 £72.50
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% -8.33%

Product Backlog
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Product Backlog job vacancy trend in Devon

Product Backlog
Daily Rate Trend in Devon

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

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

Product Backlog
Contract Job Locations in Devon

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 Devon region over the 6 months to 10 May 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
Exeter - 4 £560 - 3
Product Backlog
South West

Product Backlog
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) GCP
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Digital Product Manager
1 4 (100.00%) Product Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 4 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 4 (100.00%) Product Vision
1 4 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 4 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) Epics
2 2 (50.00%) Microservices
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) User Stories