Product Backlog Contracts in London

Product Backlogs
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Product Backlog skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Product Backlog over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 279 309 328
Rank change year-on-year +30 +19 -3
Contract jobs citing Product Backlog 74 86 172
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.59% 0.48% 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 0.55% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 63 121
10th Percentile £411 £350 £450
25th Percentile £475 £438 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £684 £625 £700
90th Percentile £763 £750 £775
England median daily rate £575 £550 £563
% change year-on-year +4.55% -2.22% -2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £32.36 -
England median hourly rate £59.31 £65.50 -
% change year-on-year -9.46% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,594 15,775 24,564
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.13% 88.57% 91.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,860 11,304 17,662
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £438 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 326 275
10th Percentile £16.10 £16.00 £18.63
25th Percentile £22.66 £20.00 £22.57
Median hourly rate £32.00 £28.50 £39.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.28% -26.92% +8.33%
75th Percentile £50.75 £46.77 £63.22
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.88 £77.30
England median hourly rate £29.15 £35.96 £37.50
% change year-on-year -18.93% -4.12% +53.06%

Product Backlog
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Backlog in London

Product Backlog
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Product Backlog in London.

Daily rate trend for Product Backlog in London

Product Backlog
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Backlog in London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Product Backlog in London

Product Backlog
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Product Backlog in London.

Hourly rate trend for Product Backlog in London

Product Backlog
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Central London +4 9 £613 +6.52% 5
West London +16 2 £600 +33.33% 1
East London - 1 £620 -
Product Backlog
England

Product Backlog
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (9.46%) Confluence
2 2 (2.70%) CMS
3 1 (1.35%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.35%) Adobe XD
2 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.35%) Sketch
2 1 (1.35%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (5.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.70%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (1.35%) Endur
3 1 (1.35%) Shopify
3 1 (1.35%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 19 (25.68%) Azure
2 10 (13.51%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (9.46%) SaaS
4 5 (6.76%) Power Platform
5 4 (5.41%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (5.41%) Miro
5 4 (5.41%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 2 (2.70%) Figma
6 2 (2.70%) OCI
7 1 (1.35%) AWS
7 1 (1.35%) BigCommerce
7 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.35%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.35%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.41%) Power BI
2 2 (2.70%) Big Data
2 2 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (2.70%) GIS
3 1 (1.35%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.35%) Metadata
3 1 (1.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (17.57%) JIRA
2 2 (2.70%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.35%) Eclipse
General
1 26 (35.14%) Social Skills
2 19 (25.68%) Finance
3 10 (13.51%) Public Sector
4 8 (10.81%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (9.46%) Back Office
5 7 (9.46%) Banking
6 6 (8.11%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (5.41%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (5.41%) Investment Banking
7 4 (5.41%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.70%) Marketing
8 2 (2.70%) Military
8 2 (2.70%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.35%) Automotive
9 1 (1.35%) Electronics
9 1 (1.35%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.35%) Legal
9 1 (1.35%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.35%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 27 (36.49%) Product Owner
2 16 (21.62%) Product Manager
3 15 (20.27%) Senior
4 12 (16.22%) Senior Product Owner
5 6 (8.11%) Scrum Master
6 5 (6.76%) Business Analyst
7 4 (5.41%) Analyst
7 4 (5.41%) Lead
8 3 (4.05%) Consultant
8 3 (4.05%) Product Lead
9 2 (2.70%) Developer
9 2 (2.70%) Digital Product Manager
9 2 (2.70%) Digital Product Owner
9 2 (2.70%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
9 2 (2.70%) Functional Consultant
9 2 (2.70%) Implementation Specialist
9 2 (2.70%) Project Manager
9 2 (2.70%) Salesforce Developer
9 2 (2.70%) Workday Specialist
10 1 (1.35%) Senior Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.76%) ADO
2 1 (1.35%) .NET
2 1 (1.35%) EDI
2 1 (1.35%) Gherkin
2 1 (1.35%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (1.35%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.35%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 50 (67.57%) Product Ownership
2 3 (4.05%) FMCG
2 3 (4.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 3 (4.05%) Mobile App
3 2 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (2.70%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.35%) Credit Risk
4 1 (1.35%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (1.35%) IoT
4 1 (1.35%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (1.35%) Market Risk
4 1 (1.35%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.35%) PACS
4 1 (1.35%) PMI
4 1 (1.35%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.35%) Reinsurance
4 1 (1.35%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 1 (1.35%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.35%) Android
1 1 (1.35%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (79.73%) Agile
2 38 (51.35%) Backlog Management
3 36 (48.65%) Roadmaps
4 32 (43.24%) Scrum
4 32 (43.24%) User Stories
5 20 (27.03%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 19 (25.68%) Product Roadmap
7 18 (24.32%) Analytics
8 17 (22.97%) DevOps
9 16 (21.62%) Product Management
10 15 (20.27%) Acceptance Criteria
10 15 (20.27%) Stakeholder Management
11 14 (18.92%) Product Strategy
12 13 (17.57%) Decision-Making
12 13 (17.57%) Requirements Gathering
13 12 (16.22%) Business Intelligence
14 10 (13.51%) CRM
15 9 (12.16%) Project Management
15 9 (12.16%) Sprint Retrospective
15 9 (12.16%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.05%) SQL
2 2 (2.70%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 9 (12.16%) Security Cleared
2 7 (9.46%) SC Cleared
3 6 (8.11%) Degree
4 5 (6.76%) CSPO
5 2 (2.70%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.35%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.35%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.81%) QA
2 2 (2.70%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.35%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.35%) Basel II
3 1 (1.35%) COPPA
3 1 (1.35%) GDPR
3 1 (1.35%) GRC
3 1 (1.35%) ISO 20022
3 1 (1.35%) SEPA
3 1 (1.35%) SLA
Vendors
1 9 (12.16%) Microsoft
2 8 (10.81%) Salesforce
3 3 (4.05%) Murex
3 3 (4.05%) Oracle
3 3 (4.05%) Workday
4 2 (2.70%) Adobe
4 2 (2.70%) Databricks
4 2 (2.70%) Google
4 2 (2.70%) SAP
4 2 (2.70%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.35%) Calypso
5 1 (1.35%) IBM
5 1 (1.35%) OpenLink
5 1 (1.35%) Sitecore