Product Backlog Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Product Backlogs
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Product Backlog skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 60 75
Rank change year-on-year -2 +15 +26
Contract jobs citing Product Backlog 3 8 3
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.44% 1.27% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% 1.33% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 1
10th Percentile - £431 -
25th Percentile - £434 £675
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £416 £449 £700
Median % change year-on-year -7.25% -35.93% +33.33%
75th Percentile - £480 £725
90th Percentile - £556 -
Scotland median daily rate £583 £441 £575
% change year-on-year +32.20% -23.30% +4.55%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 590 601 709
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 86.76% 95.25% 87.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 303 332 418
10th Percentile £246 £205 £250
25th Percentile £406 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £451 £463 £487
Median % change year-on-year -2.59% -5.03% +2.53%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £575
90th Percentile £649 £637 £663
Scotland median daily rate £450 £460 £475
% change year-on-year -2.17% -3.16% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 26 30
10th Percentile £17.23 £17.30 £15.91
25th Percentile £28.38 £20.47 £16.31
Median hourly rate £50.00 £23.00 £24.44
Median % change year-on-year +117.39% -5.87% +14.93%
75th Percentile £75.00 £24.18 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £31.34 -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £22.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -9.09% +12.82% +10.05%

Product Backlog
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Product Backlog job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Product Backlog
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

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

Product Backlog
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Product Owner
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Insurance Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Lead Product Owner
2 1 (33.33%) Life and Pensions Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Pensions Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (66.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
2 1 (33.33%) Social Media
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) User Stories
2 2 (66.67%) Backlog Management
2 2 (66.67%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Experience
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Insight
2 2 (66.67%) Customer-Centricity
2 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
2 2 (66.67%) Digital Customer Experience
2 2 (66.67%) Product Vision
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Journey Map
3 1 (33.33%) Journey Map
3 1 (33.33%) Operations Management
3 1 (33.33%) Requirements Management
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ISEB