Product Backlog Contracts in the Midlands

Product Backlogs
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Product Backlog skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Product Backlog over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 132 162
Rank change year-on-year +9 +30 -35
Contract jobs citing Product Backlog 16 30 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.59% 0.87% 0.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.71% 0.99% 1.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 20 34
10th Percentile £210 £413 £429
25th Percentile £403 - £501
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £610
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -26.23% +66.67%
75th Percentile £603 £509 £675
90th Percentile £650 £550 £723
England median daily rate £550 £563 £575
% change year-on-year -2.22% -2.17% +21.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Product Backlog is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,242 3,040 4,470
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.18% 88.37% 88.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,493 2,119 3,305
10th Percentile £238 £250 £246
25th Percentile £356 £370 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% +4.21% +17.28%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £566
90th Percentile £700 £675 £653
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 119 154
10th Percentile £11.07 £11.96 £10.15
25th Percentile £13.81 £15.05 £13.51
Median hourly rate £19.00 £17.72 £17.49
Median % change year-on-year +7.22% +1.32% +9.31%
75th Percentile £35.00 £26.81 £22.08
90th Percentile £55.00 £55.50 £33.60
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Product Backlog
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Backlog in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Product Backlog in the Midlands

Product Backlog
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Backlog in the Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Product Backlog in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
West Midlands +15 13 £550 +22.22% 6
East Midlands +19 3 £550 +15.79% 6
Product Backlog
England

Product Backlog
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (6.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (6.25%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) LAN
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) JIRA
General
1 9 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (25.00%) Finance
4 3 (18.75%) Telecoms
5 2 (12.50%) Manufacturing
5 2 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (6.25%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Product Owner
2 3 (18.75%) Analyst
2 3 (18.75%) Business Analyst
2 3 (18.75%) Senior
3 2 (12.50%) Finance Business Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Financial Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Junior
3 2 (12.50%) Junior Product Owner
3 2 (12.50%) Scrum Master
3 2 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Senior Business Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Senior Financial Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Agile Business Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Business Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Business Intelligence Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Business Intelligence Project Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Development Project Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Platform Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Business Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 14 (87.50%) Product Ownership
2 3 (18.75%) Taxonomies
3 2 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (81.25%) Agile
2 9 (56.25%) Roadmaps
2 9 (56.25%) Scrum
3 8 (50.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 7 (43.75%) Product Roadmap
4 7 (43.75%) User Stories
5 6 (37.50%) Backlog Management
6 5 (31.25%) Coaching
6 5 (31.25%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (25.00%) Analytical Thinking
7 4 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (25.00%) Decision-Making
7 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (25.00%) Project Management
8 3 (18.75%) Business Transformation
8 3 (18.75%) ERP
8 3 (18.75%) Order to Cash
8 3 (18.75%) Product Vision
8 3 (18.75%) Sprint Planning
8 3 (18.75%) Sprint Review
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) DV Cleared
1 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Salesforce
2 1 (6.25%) SAP