Product Backlog Contracts with Work from Home Options

Product Backlogs
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 267 338 343
Rank change year-on-year +71 +5 +15
Contract jobs citing Product Backlog 78 140 309
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.51% 0.54% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 0.60% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 92 211
10th Percentile £400 £421 £425
25th Percentile £451 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.62% +2.77% +15.79%
75th Percentile £648 £650 £625
90th Percentile £696 £712 £701
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +13.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £65.50 £70.00 £28.00
% change year-on-year -6.43% +150.00% -42.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,483 23,229 40,650
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.87% 89.84% 91.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,996 16,418 29,502
10th Percentile £325 £363 £360
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.81%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £719
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 579 532 548
10th Percentile £15.17 £19.00 £13.50
25th Percentile £25.25 £30.54 £19.98
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +34.62%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.23 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £35.65 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -4.42% +49.20% -

Product Backlog
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Product Backlog as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Product Backlog trend for jobs with a WFH option

Product Backlog
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Product Backlog.

Product Backlog daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Product Backlog
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Product Backlog over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Product Backlog daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Product Backlog
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Product Backlog.

Product Backlog hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Product Backlog
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 11 (14.10%) Confluence
2 2 (2.56%) CMS
3 1 (1.28%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.56%) MS Visio
1 2 (2.56%) Trello
2 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.56%) Endur
1 2 (2.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (1.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.28%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 24 (30.77%) Azure
2 9 (11.54%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (10.26%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 8 (10.26%) Azure Monitor
4 7 (8.97%) AWS
5 6 (7.69%) Azure Data Factory
5 6 (7.69%) Entra ID
6 4 (5.13%) Serverless
7 3 (3.85%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (3.85%) SaaS
8 2 (2.56%) Azure Cognitive Search
8 2 (2.56%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (1.28%) Azure Functions
9 1 (1.28%) Commercetools
9 1 (1.28%) Miro
9 1 (1.28%) OCI
9 1 (1.28%) PaaS
9 1 (1.28%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
9 1 (1.28%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 1 (1.28%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.28%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.69%) NoSQL
2 3 (3.85%) DynamoDB
3 2 (2.56%) Big Data
3 2 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 15 (19.23%) JIRA
2 7 (8.97%) Git
3 2 (2.56%) Mocha
3 2 (2.56%) Oracle Forms
General
1 22 (28.21%) Social Skills
2 13 (16.67%) Finance
3 10 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (7.69%) Public Sector
5 5 (6.41%) Pharmaceutical
6 4 (5.13%) Marketing
7 3 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (3.85%) Retail
8 2 (2.56%) Billing
8 2 (2.56%) Legal
9 1 (1.28%) Back Office
9 1 (1.28%) Banking
9 1 (1.28%) General Ledger
9 1 (1.28%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.28%) Publishing
9 1 (1.28%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (25.64%) Product Owner
2 14 (17.95%) Analyst
3 12 (15.38%) Business Analyst
3 12 (15.38%) Developer
4 10 (12.82%) Product Manager
5 8 (10.26%) Consultant
6 7 (8.97%) Azure Developer
6 7 (8.97%) Full Stack Developer
7 6 (7.69%) Lead
7 6 (7.69%) Senior
8 5 (6.41%) Digital Product Owner
9 4 (5.13%) Product Analyst
9 4 (5.13%) Scrum Master
10 3 (3.85%) Management Consultant
10 3 (3.85%) Senior Developer
11 2 (2.56%) Agile Business Analyst
11 2 (2.56%) Architect
11 2 (2.56%) Functional Consultant
11 2 (2.56%) Project Manager
11 2 (2.56%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (10.26%) React
2 3 (3.85%) .NET
3 2 (2.56%) AngularJS
3 2 (2.56%) Jest
3 2 (2.56%) Node.js
3 2 (2.56%) Redux
4 1 (1.28%) CSS
4 1 (1.28%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 42 (53.85%) Product Ownership
2 3 (3.85%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.56%) CMDB
3 2 (2.56%) Data Structures
3 2 (2.56%) Digital Signage
3 2 (2.56%) IPTV
3 2 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.56%) Video\Live Streaming
4 1 (1.28%) BBC
4 1 (1.28%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.28%) Cyberattack
4 1 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.28%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (1.28%) Freedom of Information Act
4 1 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.28%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (64.10%) Agile
2 32 (41.03%) User Stories
3 27 (34.62%) Roadmaps
4 23 (29.49%) Scrum
5 21 (26.92%) Backlog Management
5 21 (26.92%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 21 (26.92%) DevOps
6 19 (24.36%) Backlog Refinement
7 14 (17.95%) Product Roadmap
8 13 (16.67%) Acceptance Criteria
8 13 (16.67%) Epics
8 13 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
8 13 (16.67%) Sprint Planning
9 12 (15.38%) Business Case
9 12 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
10 10 (12.82%) User Acceptance Testing
11 9 (11.54%) CI/CD
11 9 (11.54%) SDLC
11 9 (11.54%) Workflow
12 8 (10.26%) Product Requirements
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.69%) Python
2 3 (3.85%) C#
3 1 (1.28%) Java
3 1 (1.28%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.28%) PHP
3 1 (1.28%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (10.26%) SC Cleared
1 8 (10.26%) Security Cleared
2 4 (5.13%) Degree
3 1 (1.28%) CSPO
3 1 (1.28%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.28%) MBA
3 1 (1.28%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.97%) QA
2 3 (3.85%) PMO
3 2 (2.56%) SLA
4 1 (1.28%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.28%) GDPR
4 1 (1.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (7.69%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.56%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.28%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (3.85%) Oracle
1 3 (3.85%) Salesforce
1 3 (3.85%) SAP
1 3 (3.85%) ServiceNow
2 2 (2.56%) Ariba
2 2 (2.56%) Logitech
2 2 (2.56%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.56%) OpenLink
2 2 (2.56%) Pega
2 2 (2.56%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
3 1 (1.28%) Concur
3 1 (1.28%) HP
3 1 (1.28%) MuleSoft
3 1 (1.28%) Splunk