Product Backlog Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Product Backlogs
West Yorkshire > Leeds

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

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 64 69
Rank change year-on-year -7 +5 +22
Contract jobs citing Product Backlog 7 1 6
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.98% 0.15% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.10% 0.17% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 5
10th Percentile £480 - £468
25th Percentile £488 £455 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £460 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £525 £465 £525
90th Percentile £540 - £570
West Yorkshire median daily rate £513 £536 £500
% change year-on-year -4.43% +7.25% -8.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 638 573 882
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 89.11% 86.04% 90.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 429 360 606
10th Percentile £311 £300 £319
25th Percentile £400 £400 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £493 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.52% -6.19% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £625
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £516
% change year-on-year +5.26% -7.95% -1.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 19 7
10th Percentile £17.48 £15.64 £18.50
25th Percentile £22.31 £17.79 £18.97
Median hourly rate £25.50 £32.50 £21.31
Median % change year-on-year -21.54% +52.51% +0.28%
75th Percentile £27.06 £40.13 £22.86
90th Percentile £28.08 £59.00 £39.05
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £27.50 £20.71
% change year-on-year -19.49% +32.82% -1.80%

Product Backlog
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Product Backlog job vacancy trend in Leeds

Product Backlog
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

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

Product Backlog
Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

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

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

Product Backlog
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) GCP
General
1 5 (71.43%) Public Sector
2 3 (42.86%) Digital Health
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Product Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Product Owner
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Scrum Master
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Native
2 1 (14.29%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Agile
2 5 (71.43%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 5 (71.43%) Roadmaps
3 4 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (57.14%) Product Roadmap
3 4 (57.14%) Product Vision
3 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (57.14%) User Stories
4 3 (42.86%) Acceptance Criteria
4 3 (42.86%) Cost Control
4 3 (42.86%) Programme Governance
4 3 (42.86%) Scrum
4 3 (42.86%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 2 (28.57%) Backlog Management
5 2 (28.57%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
6 1 (14.29%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
6 1 (14.29%) Product Planning
6 1 (14.29%) Scenario Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (14.29%) CSPO
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
1 1 (14.29%) MBA
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Kubernetes