Product Backlog Contract Job Trends in West London

Product Backlogs
London > West London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West London requiring Product Backlog skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 - 54
Rank change year-on-year - - -4
Contract jobs citing Product Backlog 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in West London 0.72% - 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% - 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £225 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 - -
75th Percentile £275 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £525 £575 £586
% change year-on-year -8.70% -1.88% +11.62%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West London

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 West London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 242 233 483
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West London 86.74% 88.93% 91.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 164 390
10th Percentile £204 £286 £250
25th Percentile £315 £400 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £421 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.32% -13.64% +6.80%
75th Percentile £500 £575 £645
90th Percentile £559 £638 £753
London median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 17 20
10th Percentile £25.00 £19.70 £39.19
25th Percentile - £23.80 £54.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £29.00 £69.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.28% -58.27% +265.79%
75th Percentile £33.93 £65.00 £88.13
90th Percentile £43.38 £70.80 £90.00
London median hourly rate £30.50 £37.79 £39.92
% change year-on-year -19.28% -5.34% +6.44%

Product Backlog
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

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

Product Backlog job vacancy trend in West London

Product Backlog
Daily Rate Trend in West London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Product Backlog

Product Backlog
Contract Job Locations in West London

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 West London region over the 6 months to 18 October 2025. 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
Hounslow - 1 £250 -
Hillingdon - 1 - -
Product Backlog
London

Product Backlog
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London 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 1 (50.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Product Owner
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum Master
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 2 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
2 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (50.00%) Agile Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Refinement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Review
2 1 (50.00%) User Stories
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) SAP