Product Backlog Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Product Backlogs
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 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 65 45 66
Rank change year-on-year -20 +21 +12
Contract jobs citing Product Backlog 3 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.36% 0.29% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.34% 0.54%
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 - - -5.00%
75th Percentile £544 - £497
90th Percentile £578 - £503
East of England median daily rate £475 - £475
% change year-on-year - - -3.80%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 655 298 742
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 78.44% 86.63% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 235 139 289
10th Percentile £325 £343 £248
25th Percentile £413 £425 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +27.06% -18.27%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £600
90th Percentile £738 £675 £713
East of England median daily rate £478 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -4.40% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 269 93 300
10th Percentile £16.35 £25.98 £38.12
25th Percentile £18.50 £50.00 £40.00
Median hourly rate £28.00 £65.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.25% +31.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £67.50 £81.01 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £80.00
East of England median hourly rate £22.63 £50.00 £39.50
% change year-on-year -54.74% +26.58% +60.44%

Product Backlog
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Product Backlog job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Product Backlog
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

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

Product Backlog
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Product Backlog in Hertfordshire

Product Backlog
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire 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
Stevenage - 2 £450 -
Welwyn Garden City -3 1 £600 - 2
Product Backlog
East of England

Product Backlog
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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