Product Backlog Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Product Backlogs
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Product Backlog skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 58 57
Rank change year-on-year +13 -1 -6
Contract jobs citing Product Backlog 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 0.33% 0.23% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.26% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £505 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 - -
75th Percentile £515 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £510 £446 £600
% change year-on-year +14.35% -25.67% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 264 392 445
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 88.00% 88.49% 89.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 199 276
10th Percentile £220 £363 £363
25th Percentile £353 £465 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £675
90th Percentile £714 £738 £738
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 32 42
10th Percentile £15.22 £23.05 £30.30
25th Percentile £26.00 £29.50 £49.04
Median hourly rate £36.00 £37.52 £74.16
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -49.41% +93.24%
75th Percentile £69.00 £71.50 £81.47
90th Percentile £71.00 £73.75 £84.84
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £64.15
% change year-on-year -62.74% +5.23% +10.31%

Product Backlog
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Backlog in Gloucestershire

Product Backlog
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

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

Product Backlog
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 22 September 2025. 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
Cirencester - 1 £510 - 1
Product Backlog
South West

Product Backlog
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management