Product Backlog Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Product Backlogs
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Product Backlog skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Product Backlog 8 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 3.27% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.98% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £300 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £301 - -
75th Percentile £301 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £496 £338 £500
% change year-on-year +46.89% -32.50% +15.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £48.86 - -
Median hourly rate £52.78 - -
75th Percentile £60.61 - -
90th Percentile £60.99 - -
North West median hourly rate £52.78 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 201 130 181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 82.04% 86.67% 87.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 73 83
10th Percentile £160 £353 £313
25th Percentile £303 £475 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £533 £538
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% -0.93% +0.94%
75th Percentile £625 £588 £699
90th Percentile £731 £629 £736
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 19 65
10th Percentile £33.41 £18.38 -
25th Percentile £41.94 £25.82 £16.06
Median hourly rate £45.46 £31.52 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +44.23% -29.96% +5.88%
75th Percentile £69.40 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.26 £65.75 £48.43
North West median hourly rate £45.00 £32.50 £25.30
% change year-on-year +38.46% +28.46% -32.53%

Product Backlog
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Product Backlog job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Product Backlog
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

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

Product Backlog
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Product Backlog.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Product Backlog

Product Backlog
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

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 Lancashire region over the 6 months to 5 March 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
Morecambe - 1 £301 -
Blackburn - 1 - -
Product Backlog
North West

Product Backlog
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (12.50%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) SAP HANA
General
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Product Owner
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Scrum Master
Miscellaneous
1 7 (87.50%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Business Case
1 6 (75.00%) Customer Insight
1 6 (75.00%) Roadmaps
1 6 (75.00%) User Stories
2 4 (50.00%) Agile
2 4 (50.00%) Change Management
3 2 (25.00%) Backlog Refinement
3 2 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
3 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (25.00%) SDLC
4 1 (12.50%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Coaching
4 1 (12.50%) Lean Six Sigma
4 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (12.50%) Requirements Workshops
4 1 (12.50%) Scrum
4 1 (12.50%) Story Mapping
4 1 (12.50%) TQM
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 5 (62.50%) SC Cleared
3 4 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (75.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) SAP
2 1 (12.50%) Atlassian
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft