Product Backlogs
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring Product Backlog skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 22 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 78 | 67 | 83 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -11 | +16 | +22 |
| Contract jobs citing Product Backlog | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire | 0.90% | 0.26% | 0.48% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 1.04% | 0.30% | 0.53% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £483 | £470 | £468 |
| 25th Percentile | £494 | £493 | £475 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £536 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.43% | +7.25% | -8.05% |
| 75th Percentile | £541 | £580 | £525 |
| 90th Percentile | £546 | £603 | £570 |
| Yorkshire median daily rate | £492 | £549 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.31% | +4.49% | +2.19% |
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 | 772 | 670 | 1,137 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire | 86.45% | 86.12% | 90.38% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 511 | 417 | 739 |
| 10th Percentile | £290 | £300 | £312 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £400 | £415 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £475 | £516 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -7.95% | -1.71% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £573 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £688 | £700 |
| Yorkshire median daily rate | £484 | £500 | £508 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.20% | -1.57% | +1.60% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 22 | 23 | 15 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.39 | £15.33 | £14.03 |
| 25th Percentile | £20.94 | £17.79 | £17.07 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.14 | £27.50 | £20.71 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -19.49% | +32.82% | -1.80% |
| 75th Percentile | £46.56 | £38.75 | £25.27 |
| 90th Percentile | £81.25 | £53.30 | £30.05 |
| Yorkshire median hourly rate | £25.08 | £18.82 | £22.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +33.25% | -14.47% | +7.32% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Product Backlog relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.
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Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Product Backlog.
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Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Product Backlog.
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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 22 November 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 | -7 | 7 | £500 | +8.70% | 3 |
| Halifax | -2 | 1 | £525 | -14.29% | |
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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: