Product Backlog Contracts in West Yorkshire

Product Backlogs
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West Yorkshire requiring Product Backlog skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Product Backlog over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 73 83
Rank change year-on-year +15 +10 +12
Contract jobs citing Product Backlog 4 3 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 0.72% 0.30% 1.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 0.35% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 5
10th Percentile £501 £425 £460
25th Percentile £502 £434 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -18.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £514 £453 £575
90th Percentile £517 £455 -
Yorkshire median daily rate £483 £450 £550
% change year-on-year +7.33% -18.18% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 508 862 1,475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 91.86% 87.42% 91.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 325 508 1,014
10th Percentile £263 £300 £350
25th Percentile £363 £405 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £585 £600
90th Percentile £642 £668 £700
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £475 £525
% change year-on-year - -9.52% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 35 16
10th Percentile £20.11 £11.91 £12.58
25th Percentile £22.14 £12.15 £15.10
Median hourly rate £27.50 £12.53 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year +119.47% -50.38% +40.28%
75th Percentile £41.50 £15.20 £65.31
90th Percentile £99.93 £41.35 £70.00
Yorkshire median hourly rate £21.24 £13.50 £10.63
% change year-on-year +57.33% +27.00% -39.74%

Product Backlog
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Backlog in West Yorkshire

Product Backlog
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Product Backlog in West Yorkshire

Product Backlog
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
Leeds +2 2 £506 +12.50% 4
Halifax - 2 - -
Product Backlog
Yorkshire

Product Backlog
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 2 (50.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Health Technology
2 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Lead
1 2 (50.00%) Lead Product Owner
1 2 (50.00%) Product Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (25.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Product Roadmap
1 3 (75.00%) Product Vision
1 3 (75.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (75.00%) User Stories
2 2 (50.00%) Contingency Planning
2 2 (50.00%) Objectives and Key Results
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Backlog Management
3 1 (25.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Epics
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) Supplier Management
3 1 (25.00%) Thought Leadership
3 1 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Brio