Product Backlog Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Product Backlogs
Scotland > Glasgow

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

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 76 69
Rank change year-on-year +7 -7 -
Contract jobs citing Product Backlog 1 2 9
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 0.15% 0.28% 1.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.30% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 8
10th Percentile - - £474
25th Percentile - - £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £391 £575
Median % change year-on-year +91.82% -32.00% -
75th Percentile - - £588
90th Percentile - - £591
Scotland median daily rate £750 £441 £525
% change year-on-year +70.07% -16.00% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 560 661 794
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 85.76% 91.30% 92.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 357 400 514
10th Percentile £300 £312 £350
25th Percentile £400 £363 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £570 £538 £615
90th Percentile £638 £639 £700
Scotland median daily rate £470 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +4.44% -10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 14 21
10th Percentile £14.09 £16.75 £11.50
25th Percentile £16.09 £18.77 £15.42
Median hourly rate £23.75 £24.17 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.72% +51.03% +50.52%
75th Percentile £52.50 £40.50 £19.50
90th Percentile £61.74 £58.71 £62.50
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £23.59 £19.50
% change year-on-year -15.22% +20.97% +10.05%

Product Backlog
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Product Backlog job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Product Backlog
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

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

Product Backlog
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Finance Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Control Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Product Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Product Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Product Control Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (100.00%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Process Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree