Product Backlog Contracts in the South West

Product Backlogs
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 145 160 140
Rank change year-on-year +15 -20 -7
Contract jobs citing Product Backlog 5 7 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.16% 0.20% 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.22% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 24
10th Percentile £455 £556 £455
25th Percentile £524 £572 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £587 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.04% +13.64% +32.21%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £591
90th Percentile - - £626
England median daily rate £550 £555 £570
% change year-on-year -0.90% -2.63% +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,635 3,177 3,265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 83.10% 89.59% 88.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,680 2,333 2,317
10th Percentile £220 £313 £300
25th Percentile £405 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £593
90th Percentile £700 £723 £673
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 341 324 198
10th Percentile £13.86 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £29.75 £15.36 £20.37
Median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +23.08% +14.03%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.07 £69.88
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year -2.25% +49.36% +6.38%

Product Backlog
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Backlog in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Product Backlog in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Backlog in the South West over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Product Backlog in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 13 May 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
Gloucestershire - 1 £575 -
Wiltshire - 1 - - 1
Product Backlog
England

Product Backlog
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Management Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Vision Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) JavaScript Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Node.js Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Product Manager
2 1 (20.00%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Node.js
1 1 (20.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) Scrum
1 3 (60.00%) User Stories
2 2 (40.00%) Burndown Charts
2 2 (40.00%) Epics
2 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) TDD
2 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 1 (20.00%) Deep Learning
3 1 (20.00%) Image Processing
3 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
3 1 (20.00%) Neural Network
3 1 (20.00%) Product Management
3 1 (20.00%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Management
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C
1 1 (20.00%) C++
1 1 (20.00%) Java
1 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) PMO