Product Backlog Contracts in the Thames Valley

Product Backlogs
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 108 107 142
Rank change year-on-year -1 +35 -17
Contract jobs citing Product Backlog 38 39 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.41% 1.33% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.62% 1.46% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 23 12
10th Percentile £445 £342 £434
25th Percentile £550 £350 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £500 £512
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -2.32% +13.75%
75th Percentile £675 £663 £533
90th Percentile £688 £700 £538
South East median daily rate £600 £555 £522
% change year-on-year +8.11% +6.32% +6.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,340 2,676 3,109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.09% 91.58% 89.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,310 1,857 2,096
10th Percentile £213 £322 £225
25th Percentile £370 £413 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 62 87
10th Percentile £15.30 £18.60 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.48 £24.86 £11.78
Median hourly rate £45.00 £51.25 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +192.86% -16.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.21 £25.36
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £67.80
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -18.18%

Product Backlog
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Backlog in the Thames Valley

Product Backlog
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Product Backlog in the Thames Valley

Product Backlog
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Backlog in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Product Backlog in the Thames Valley

Product Backlog
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 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
Berkshire -10 35 £625 +25.00% 4
Buckinghamshire +23 2 £550 +8.37% 4
Oxfordshire +4 1 £488 -13.33% 3
Product Backlog
South East

Product Backlog
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (2.63%) Confluence
1 1 (2.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (2.63%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (10.53%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (2.63%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (2.63%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (2.63%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 19 (50.00%) Azure
2 16 (42.11%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 16 (42.11%) Azure Monitor
3 13 (34.21%) Azure Data Factory
4 12 (31.58%) Entra ID
5 8 (21.05%) Azure Functions
5 8 (21.05%) Serverless
6 3 (7.89%) Azure Cognitive Search
6 3 (7.89%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.63%) GitHub
7 1 (2.63%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.63%) Broadband
1 1 (2.63%) Network Security
1 1 (2.63%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (34.21%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 16 (42.11%) Git
2 4 (10.53%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (2.63%) JIRA
3 1 (2.63%) Selenium
General
1 15 (39.47%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (28.95%) Finance
3 9 (23.68%) Social Skills
4 5 (13.16%) Pharmaceutical
5 4 (10.53%) Billing
6 1 (2.63%) General Ledger
6 1 (2.63%) Legal
6 1 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (34.21%) Azure Developer
1 13 (34.21%) Developer
1 13 (34.21%) Full Stack Developer
2 10 (26.32%) Analyst
3 8 (21.05%) Product Analyst
4 7 (18.42%) Product Owner
5 5 (13.16%) Full Stack Python Developer
5 5 (13.16%) Python Developer
6 4 (10.53%) Consultant
6 4 (10.53%) Lead
7 3 (7.89%) Designer
7 3 (7.89%) Functional Analyst
7 3 (7.89%) Functional Consultant
7 3 (7.89%) Lead Designer
8 2 (5.26%) Business Analyst
8 2 (5.26%) IT Analyst
8 2 (5.26%) Oracle Consultant
8 2 (5.26%) Oracle P2P Consultant
9 1 (2.63%) Network Analyst
9 1 (2.63%) Oracle Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (34.21%) React
2 3 (7.89%) AngularJS
2 3 (7.89%) CSS
2 3 (7.89%) HTML
2 3 (7.89%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 23 (60.53%) Product Ownership
2 5 (13.16%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (2.63%) IoT
3 1 (2.63%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.63%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.63%) Linux
1 1 (2.63%) Windows
1 1 (2.63%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (60.53%) Agile
2 20 (52.63%) SDLC
3 17 (44.74%) DevOps
4 16 (42.11%) CI/CD
4 16 (42.11%) Roadmaps
5 13 (34.21%) Full Stack Development
5 13 (34.21%) Microservices
6 11 (28.95%) Backlog Management
6 11 (28.95%) Continuous Improvement
6 11 (28.95%) Unit Testing
7 10 (26.32%) Product Roadmap
8 8 (21.05%) Change Management
8 8 (21.05%) User Stories
9 7 (18.42%) Epics
10 6 (15.79%) Backlog Refinement
10 6 (15.79%) Business Strategy
11 5 (13.16%) CRM
11 5 (13.16%) Customer Service
11 5 (13.16%) Requirements Analysis
11 5 (13.16%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 14 (36.84%) Python
2 3 (7.89%) C
2 3 (7.89%) JavaScript
2 3 (7.89%) PHP
3 1 (2.63%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (5.26%) Degree
2 1 (2.63%) DV Cleared
2 1 (2.63%) SAP Certification
2 1 (2.63%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.63%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.63%) GDPR
1 1 (2.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 14 (36.84%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.63%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (10.53%) Oracle
2 2 (5.26%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.63%) Ariba
3 1 (2.63%) Citrix
3 1 (2.63%) Concur
3 1 (2.63%) HP
3 1 (2.63%) SAP