Product Backlog Contracts in Reading

Product Backlogs
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 61 73
Rank change year-on-year +14 +12 +19
Contract jobs citing Product Backlog 13 30 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 2.18% 2.52% 1.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.34% 2.79% 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 27 8
10th Percentile £439 £446 £544
25th Percentile £480 £588 £638
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £650 £700
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% -7.14% +47.36%
75th Percentile £638 £681 £700
90th Percentile £643 £688 £704
Berkshire median daily rate £497 £625 £500
% change year-on-year -20.48% +25.00% -2.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 555 1,075 936
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 92.96% 90.18% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 581 620
10th Percentile £313 £213 £363
25th Percentile £450 £413 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £619 £660
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £511 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% -2.71% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 46 23
10th Percentile £33.82 £27.58 £45.50
25th Percentile £41.05 £53.74 £53.00
Median hourly rate £53.10 £62.07 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.46% -4.50% +132.14%
75th Percentile £65.14 £82.55 £74.40
90th Percentile £72.37 £87.50 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.50 £61.60 £57.82
% change year-on-year -0.17% +6.54% +174.67%

Product Backlog
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Backlog in Reading

Product Backlog
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Product Backlog in Reading

Product Backlog
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Backlog in Reading over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Product Backlog in Reading

Product Backlog
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 8 (61.54%) Azure
2 6 (46.15%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 6 (46.15%) Azure Data Factory
2 6 (46.15%) Azure Functions
2 6 (46.15%) Azure Monitor
2 6 (46.15%) Serverless
3 4 (30.77%) Entra ID
4 2 (15.38%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (7.69%) Azure Machine Learning
5 1 (7.69%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (38.46%) NoSQL
2 1 (7.69%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (46.15%) Git
2 3 (23.08%) Selenium
3 1 (7.69%) JIRA
3 1 (7.69%) Oracle Forms
General
1 8 (61.54%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Telecoms
3 2 (15.38%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Developer
2 6 (46.15%) Azure Developer
2 6 (46.15%) Python Developer
3 5 (38.46%) Full-Stack Developer
3 5 (38.46%) Full-Stack Python Developer
3 5 (38.46%) React Developer
4 4 (30.77%) Scrum Master
5 2 (15.38%) Agile Scrum Master
5 2 (15.38%) Analyst
6 1 (7.69%) Business Analyst
6 1 (7.69%) Product Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (46.15%) React
2 1 (7.69%) .NET
2 1 (7.69%) CSS
2 1 (7.69%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (84.62%) Product Ownership
2 3 (23.08%) Cyberattack
3 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
3 2 (15.38%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Agile
2 7 (53.85%) DevOps
3 6 (46.15%) Microservices
3 6 (46.15%) SDLC
4 5 (38.46%) CI/CD
4 5 (38.46%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (38.46%) Full-Stack Development
4 5 (38.46%) Product Roadmap
4 5 (38.46%) Roadmaps
5 4 (30.77%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (30.77%) Scrum
5 4 (30.77%) Sprint Planning
5 4 (30.77%) Sprint Retrospective
5 4 (30.77%) Unit Testing
6 3 (23.08%) Kanban
6 3 (23.08%) Programme Management
6 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (23.08%) Statistics
6 3 (23.08%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (53.85%) Python
2 3 (23.08%) Java
3 1 (7.69%) C#
3 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
3 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Degree
System Software
1 6 (46.15%) Active Directory
2 2 (15.38%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) OpenAI
2 1 (7.69%) Oracle