Product Backlog Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Product Backlogs
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Product Backlog skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 78 102
Rank change year-on-year -29 +24 +21
Contract jobs citing Product Backlog 3 1 9
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.14% 0.11% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.12% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £423 - £423
25th Percentile £438 - £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.80%
75th Percentile £544 - £497
90th Percentile £578 - £503
England median daily rate £513 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -10.87% +4.55% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £65.25
Median hourly rate - - £65.50
75th Percentile - - £65.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £52.78 £59.31 £59.00
% change year-on-year -11.01% +0.52% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

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 East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,642 832 1,651
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 77.45% 88.60% 86.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 803 433 738
10th Percentile £200 £234 £225
25th Percentile £363 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.40% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £572
90th Percentile £675 £675 £675
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 423 177 589
10th Percentile £14.64 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.12 £17.80 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.63 £50.00 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -54.74% +26.58% +60.44%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £75.25
England median hourly rate £41.86 £31.64 £35.00
% change year-on-year +32.29% -9.60% -6.17%

Product Backlog
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Product Backlog job vacancy trend in the East of England

Product Backlog
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Product Backlog.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Product Backlog

Product Backlog
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Backlog in the East of England over the 6 months to 19 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Product Backlog in the East of England

Product Backlog
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Product Backlog.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Product Backlog

Product Backlog
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
Hertfordshire -20 3 £475 - 2
Product Backlog
England

Product Backlog
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
2 2 (66.67%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Product Owner
2 1 (33.33%) Product Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Product Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Supply Chain Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Supply Chain Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Life Science
1 2 (66.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 3 (100.00%) User Stories
2 2 (66.67%) Acceptance Criteria
2 2 (66.67%) Backlog Refinement
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) Kanban
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Product Requirements
2 2 (66.67%) Product Roadmap
2 2 (66.67%) Product Vision
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) Software Assurance
2 2 (66.67%) Technical Debt
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Product Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 2 (66.67%) GxP
1 2 (66.67%) QA