Product Backlog Contracts in England

Product Backlogs
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Product Backlog skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Product Backlog over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 359 360 351
Rank change year-on-year +1 -9 +23
Contract jobs citing Product Backlog 185 325 535
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.50% 0.63% 0.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% 0.70% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 213 348
10th Percentile £400 £425 £429
25th Percentile £463 £475 £504
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -2.17% +21.05%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £656
90th Percentile £688 £758 £708
UK median daily rate £550 £560 £550
% change year-on-year -1.79% +1.82% +14.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 6
10th Percentile £31.71 - £20.82
25th Percentile £37.56 - £25.79
Median hourly rate £59.00 - £28.00
75th Percentile £65.75 - £42.35
90th Percentile - - £50.24
UK median hourly rate £65.50 £70.00 £28.00
% change year-on-year -6.43% +150.00% -42.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Product Backlog is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,221 46,232 65,229
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.59% 90.24% 90.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,198 32,361 46,326
10th Percentile £300 £325 £329
25th Percentile £413 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +9.23%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £649
90th Percentile £750 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,221 1,634 1,784
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.90 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.89 £16.54 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +56.25% -
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £49.04
90th Percentile £72.33 £75.00 £63.09
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £36.31 £25.00
% change year-on-year -3.59% +45.22% -

Product Backlog
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Product Backlog as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Product Backlog in England

Product Backlog
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Product Backlog in England.

Daily rate trend for Product Backlog in England

Product Backlog
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Backlog in England over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Product Backlog in England

Product Backlog
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Product Backlog in England.

Hourly rate trend for Product Backlog in England

Product Backlog
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Product Backlog in England over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Product Backlog in England

Product Backlog
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 19 April 2024. 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
London +16 87 £550 -8.33% 32
South East +10 54 £600 +8.11% 10
Midlands +23 16 £550 +22.22% 15
North of England +16 13 £465 -15.55% 17
West Midlands +14 13 £550 +22.22% 10
East of England +23 9 £475 -3.80% 10
Yorkshire +2 6 £450 -18.18% 8
South West +24 5 £587 -9.65% 8
North West +17 4 £438 -5.41% 8
East Midlands +15 3 £550 +15.79% 5
North East - 3 £533 - 1
Product Backlog
UK

Product Backlog
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 24 (12.97%) Confluence
2 7 (3.78%) CMS
3 6 (3.24%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.62%) Drupal
5 2 (1.08%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.54%) Joomla!
6 1 (0.54%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (2.16%) MS Visio
1 4 (2.16%) Trello
2 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (2.70%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (1.08%) Endur
2 2 (1.08%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.54%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.54%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 52 (28.11%) Azure
2 22 (11.89%) Azure DevOps
3 18 (9.73%) AWS
4 14 (7.57%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 14 (7.57%) Azure Monitor
5 12 (6.49%) Entra ID
5 12 (6.49%) SaaS
6 11 (5.95%) Azure Data Factory
7 10 (5.41%) Serverless
8 7 (3.78%) Azure Functions
8 7 (3.78%) GitHub
9 6 (3.24%) Power Platform
10 4 (2.16%) GCP
10 4 (2.16%) SuccessFactors
11 3 (1.62%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (1.62%) Azure Cognitive Search
11 3 (1.62%) Azure Key Vault
11 3 (1.62%) PaaS
12 2 (1.08%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (1.08%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.62%) Firewall
2 2 (1.08%) DHCP
2 2 (1.08%) DNS
2 2 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.54%) LAN
3 1 (0.54%) Network Security
3 1 (0.54%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.03%) NoSQL
2 6 (3.24%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (2.70%) Big Data
4 3 (1.62%) DynamoDB
4 3 (1.62%) Power BI
5 2 (1.08%) Data Mart
5 2 (1.08%) GIS
5 2 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.08%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 27 (14.59%) JIRA
2 14 (7.57%) Git
3 4 (2.16%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (1.62%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (1.08%) Mocha
6 1 (0.54%) GitLab
6 1 (0.54%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 57 (30.81%) Social Skills
2 43 (23.24%) Finance
3 34 (18.38%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (8.11%) Marketing
5 11 (5.95%) Retail
6 10 (5.41%) Public Sector
7 6 (3.24%) Banking
7 6 (3.24%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.70%) Billing
8 5 (2.70%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (2.16%) Back Office
9 4 (2.16%) Games
9 4 (2.16%) Legal
9 4 (2.16%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.62%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.62%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.08%) Local Government
11 2 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.08%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 52 (28.11%) Product Owner
2 35 (18.92%) Analyst
3 25 (13.51%) Business Analyst
4 24 (12.97%) Developer
5 18 (9.73%) Scrum Master
6 17 (9.19%) Product Manager
7 16 (8.65%) Senior
8 12 (6.49%) Consultant
8 12 (6.49%) Full Stack Developer
9 11 (5.95%) Azure Developer
9 11 (5.95%) Lead
10 9 (4.86%) Product Analyst
11 8 (4.32%) Architect
12 6 (3.24%) Salesforce Developer
13 5 (2.70%) Functional Analyst
13 5 (2.70%) Principal Engineer
13 5 (2.70%) Principal Systems Engineer
13 5 (2.70%) Project Manager
13 5 (2.70%) Senior Analyst
13 5 (2.70%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (8.11%) React
2 10 (5.41%) CSS
2 10 (5.41%) HTML
3 7 (3.78%) Node.js
4 6 (3.24%) Lightning Web Components
4 6 (3.24%) REST
4 6 (3.24%) Visualforce
5 5 (2.70%) .NET
6 3 (1.62%) AngularJS
7 2 (1.08%) .NET Framework
7 2 (1.08%) ADO
7 2 (1.08%) FIX Protocol
7 2 (1.08%) Jest
7 2 (1.08%) LDAP
7 2 (1.08%) Redux
8 1 (0.54%) ASP.NET
8 1 (0.54%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 116 (62.70%) Product Ownership
2 8 (4.32%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (3.24%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (2.16%) Data Structures
5 4 (2.16%) Freedom of Information
5 4 (2.16%) Freedom of Information Act
5 4 (2.16%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.62%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.62%) Cyberattack
6 3 (1.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (1.62%) Taxonomies
7 2 (1.08%) Client/Server
7 2 (1.08%) Clustering
7 2 (1.08%) CMDB
7 2 (1.08%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.08%) Derivative
7 2 (1.08%) Digital Signage
7 2 (1.08%) IPTV
7 2 (1.08%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.62%) Linux
2 1 (0.54%) Windows
2 1 (0.54%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (70.81%) Agile
2 66 (35.68%) Roadmaps
3 63 (34.05%) Scrum
4 60 (32.43%) User Stories
5 55 (29.73%) Backlog Management
6 53 (28.65%) Backlog Prioritisation
7 46 (24.86%) DevOps
8 42 (22.70%) Product Roadmap
9 39 (21.08%) Problem-Solving
10 35 (18.92%) Acceptance Criteria
11 33 (17.84%) Backlog Refinement
12 30 (16.22%) Continuous Improvement
13 25 (13.51%) Sprint Planning
14 24 (12.97%) Sprint Review
15 23 (12.43%) Stakeholder Management
16 22 (11.89%) CI/CD
16 22 (11.89%) Coaching
17 21 (11.35%) Epics
18 20 (10.81%) SDLC
18 20 (10.81%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 14 (7.57%) Python
2 11 (5.95%) JavaScript
2 11 (5.95%) SQL
3 6 (3.24%) Apex Code
3 6 (3.24%) C
4 3 (1.62%) C#
4 3 (1.62%) Java
4 3 (1.62%) PHP
5 2 (1.08%) Go
6 1 (0.54%) C++
Qualifications
1 17 (9.19%) Security Cleared
2 15 (8.11%) SC Cleared
3 13 (7.03%) Degree
4 4 (2.16%) PMP
5 3 (1.62%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.08%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.08%) MBA
7 1 (0.54%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.54%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.54%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.32%) QA
2 7 (3.78%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.62%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.62%) PMO
4 2 (1.08%) SLA
5 1 (0.54%) GDPR
5 1 (0.54%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.54%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (7.57%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (3.78%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.08%) Ansible
2 2 (1.08%) Rundeck
3 1 (0.54%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (0.54%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (6.49%) Salesforce
2 9 (4.86%) SAP
3 7 (3.78%) Microsoft
3 7 (3.78%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 6 (3.24%) ServiceNow
5 5 (2.70%) Oracle
6 3 (1.62%) Foundry
6 3 (1.62%) MuleSoft
6 3 (1.62%) Palantir
7 2 (1.08%) BigPanda
7 2 (1.08%) Logitech
7 2 (1.08%) Murex
7 2 (1.08%) OpenLink
7 2 (1.08%) Pega
8 1 (0.54%) Adobe
8 1 (0.54%) Ariba
8 1 (0.54%) Citrix
8 1 (0.54%) Dell
8 1 (0.54%) HP
8 1 (0.54%) Intel