Product Backlog Contract Job Trends in Leicestershire

Product Backlogs
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leicestershire requiring Product Backlog skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 - 29
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Product Backlog 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Leicestershire 1.34% - 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.63% - 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £575
75th Percentile £438 - £613
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median daily rate £425 - £575
% change year-on-year - - +21.05%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 123 72 142
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire 82.55% 86.75% 85.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 46 104
10th Percentile £131 £215 £180
25th Percentile £360 £275 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £443 £390
Median % change year-on-year -4.01% +13.53% -2.50%
75th Percentile £575 £558 £575
90th Percentile £638 £715 £657
East Midlands median daily rate £425 £433 £445
% change year-on-year -1.79% -2.75% -1.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 6
10th Percentile £17.58 £22.13 £11.88
25th Percentile £20.50 £23.44 £12.50
Median hourly rate £23.71 £26.25 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +43.84% -52.60%
75th Percentile £29.50 £28.44 £47.94
90th Percentile £30.52 £29.38 £60.50
East Midlands median hourly rate £17.87 £22.50 £17.71
% change year-on-year -20.58% +27.05% +5.23%

Product Backlog
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Product Backlog job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

Product Backlog
Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

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

Product Backlog
Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 2 February 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
Leicester - 2 £425 -
Product Backlog
East Midlands

Product Backlog
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 (50.00%) CMS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Product Owner
2 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 2 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Android
1 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 2 (100.00%) Product Vision
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
2 1 (50.00%) A/B Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Customer Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (50.00%) Mobile Application Development
2 1 (50.00%) UX Design
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA