Product Backlog Contracts in Wales

Product Backlogs
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 46 57 74
Rank change year-on-year +11 +17 -13
Contract jobs citing Product Backlog 1 4 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 0.25% 0.63% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.73% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - £560 £477
25th Percentile £138 £575 £492
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £600 £500
Median % change year-on-year -70.83% +20.00% -
75th Percentile £213 £625 £511
90th Percentile - £640 £527
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +13.40%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

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 Wales with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 317 548 845
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 79.05% 86.44% 83.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 421 618
10th Percentile £172 £183 £202
25th Percentile £350 £325 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £475 £487
Median % change year-on-year +4.21% -2.48% +8.24%
75th Percentile £570 £573 £575
90th Percentile £667 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 28 31
10th Percentile £11.75 £14.78 £14.31
25th Percentile £14.78 £16.98 £19.02
Median hourly rate £22.50 £18.82 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.59% -16.38% +16.88%
75th Percentile £51.75 £26.50 £29.25
90th Percentile £86.00 £49.13 £47.40
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -4.83% +49.20% -

Product Backlog
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Backlog in Wales

Product Backlog
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Product Backlog in Wales

Product Backlog
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 29 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
South Wales +14 1 £175 -70.83% 2
Product Backlog
UK

Product Backlog
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case