Product Backlog Contract Job Trends in Shropshire

Product Backlogs
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Shropshire requiring Product Backlog skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Product Backlog 10 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Shropshire 1.49% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.74% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £492 - -
25th Percentile £498 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 - -
75th Percentile £515 - -
90th Percentile £524 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £506 £515 £550
% change year-on-year -1.75% -6.36% +22.22%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Shropshire

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 Shropshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 575 131 85
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire 85.57% 94.93% 63.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 475 89 53
10th Percentile £350 £308 £200
25th Percentile £408 £396 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £460 £358
Median % change year-on-year - +28.49% -33.70%
75th Percentile £514 £537 £500
90th Percentile £577 £541 £520
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £483 £500
% change year-on-year -1.66% -3.40% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 0 8
10th Percentile £22.81 - -
25th Percentile £25.15 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £10.42
Median % change year-on-year - - -81.05%
75th Percentile £53.75 - £11.32
90th Percentile £60.50 - £14.26
West Midlands median hourly rate £34.38 £22.05 £22.50
% change year-on-year +55.90% -2.00% +7.30%

Product Backlog
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

Product Backlog job vacancy trend in Shropshire

Product Backlog
Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

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

Product Backlog
Contract Job Locations in Shropshire

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 Shropshire region over the 6 months to 4 June 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
Telford - 10 £509 - 1
Product Backlog
West Midlands

Product Backlog
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire 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 4 (40.00%) Confluence
2 1 (10.00%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (10.00%) Figma
Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) JIRA
2 1 (10.00%) Balsamiq
General
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Scrum Master
2 3 (30.00%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Business Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Pega Business Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Product Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Senior
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Kafka
1 1 (10.00%) REST
1 1 (10.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (90.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (10.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Agile
1 9 (90.00%) Backlog Management
2 8 (80.00%) Sprint Planning
2 8 (80.00%) Sprint Retrospective
2 8 (80.00%) Sprint Review
3 7 (70.00%) Scrum
4 5 (50.00%) Conflict Resolution
5 4 (40.00%) Burndown Charts
5 4 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (40.00%) User Stories
6 3 (30.00%) Analytics
6 3 (30.00%) Coaching
6 3 (30.00%) Mentoring
6 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (30.00%) Project Delivery
6 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (20.00%) Backlog Refinement
7 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps
8 1 (10.00%) Journey Map
8 1 (10.00%) User Research
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Pega