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 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 270 344 339
Rank change year-on-year +74 -5 +23
Contract jobs citing Product Backlog 76 121 301
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.52% 0.50% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 0.56% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 85 203
10th Percentile £379 £432 £420
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +7.14% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £625
90th Percentile £696 £700 £701
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%

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 12,810 21,655 40,201
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.61% 89.64% 91.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,641 15,361 29,229
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 571 502 523
10th Percentile £14.88 £18.49 £14.30
25th Percentile £24.13 £25.80 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +31.25% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.54 £25.68
% change year-on-year -0.11% +42.29% +9.46%

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 31 May 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 (14.47%) Confluence
2 1 (1.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (3.95%) Trello
2 2 (2.63%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.63%) Endur
1 2 (2.63%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.32%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 23 (30.26%) Azure
2 11 (14.47%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (9.21%) AWS
4 5 (6.58%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 5 (6.58%) Azure Monitor
5 4 (5.26%) Azure Data Factory
5 4 (5.26%) Entra ID
5 4 (5.26%) SaaS
6 3 (3.95%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (3.95%) Serverless
7 1 (1.32%) Azure Cognitive Search
7 1 (1.32%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (1.32%) Commercetools
7 1 (1.32%) PaaS
7 1 (1.32%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.32%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
7 1 (1.32%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 1 (1.32%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.32%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.26%) NoSQL
2 3 (3.95%) DynamoDB
2 3 (3.95%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.32%) Big Data
4 1 (1.32%) GIS
4 1 (1.32%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 15 (19.74%) JIRA
2 4 (5.26%) Git
3 2 (2.63%) Mocha
3 2 (2.63%) Oracle Forms
General
1 21 (27.63%) Social Skills
2 14 (18.42%) Finance
3 7 (9.21%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (9.21%) Pharmaceutical
4 6 (7.89%) Public Sector
5 5 (6.58%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (5.26%) Banking
6 4 (5.26%) Legal
6 4 (5.26%) Retail
7 2 (2.63%) Back Office
7 2 (2.63%) Billing
7 2 (2.63%) Marketing
7 2 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.32%) Automotive
8 1 (1.32%) French Language
8 1 (1.32%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.32%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (30.26%) Product Owner
2 16 (21.05%) Analyst
3 14 (18.42%) Business Analyst
4 12 (15.79%) Product Manager
5 10 (13.16%) Developer
6 8 (10.53%) Consultant
7 7 (9.21%) Senior
8 5 (6.58%) Azure Developer
8 5 (6.58%) Full Stack Developer
8 5 (6.58%) Product Analyst
9 4 (5.26%) Digital Product Owner
9 4 (5.26%) Lead
10 3 (3.95%) Agile Business Analyst
10 3 (3.95%) Management Consultant
10 3 (3.95%) Scrum Master
10 3 (3.95%) Senior Developer
11 2 (2.63%) Applications Consultant
11 2 (2.63%) Functional Consultant
11 2 (2.63%) Senior Analyst
11 2 (2.63%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.89%) React
2 3 (3.95%) .NET
3 2 (2.63%) Jest
3 2 (2.63%) Redux
4 1 (1.32%) ADO
4 1 (1.32%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.32%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 41 (53.95%) Product Ownership
2 3 (3.95%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (2.63%) Data Structures
3 2 (2.63%) Digital Signage
3 2 (2.63%) IPTV
3 2 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.63%) Video\Live Streaming
4 1 (1.32%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.32%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (1.32%) Freedom of Information Act
4 1 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.32%) Infotainment
4 1 (1.32%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (67.11%) Agile
2 34 (44.74%) User Stories
3 28 (36.84%) Scrum
4 23 (30.26%) Roadmaps
5 20 (26.32%) DevOps
6 18 (23.68%) Backlog Management
7 17 (22.37%) Backlog Prioritisation
7 17 (22.37%) Backlog Refinement
7 17 (22.37%) Problem-Solving
8 16 (21.05%) Sprint Planning
9 15 (19.74%) Acceptance Criteria
10 13 (17.11%) Epics
10 13 (17.11%) Product Roadmap
11 12 (15.79%) Translating Business Requirements
12 11 (14.47%) Business Case
12 11 (14.47%) Continuous Improvement
13 10 (13.16%) Analytics
13 10 (13.16%) User Acceptance Testing
14 9 (11.84%) Business Analysis
14 9 (11.84%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.26%) Python
2 3 (3.95%) C#
2 3 (3.95%) SQL
3 1 (1.32%) Java
Qualifications
1 9 (11.84%) Security Cleared
2 8 (10.53%) SC Cleared
3 3 (3.95%) Degree
4 1 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.32%) CSPO
4 1 (1.32%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.89%) QA
2 3 (3.95%) PMO
3 2 (2.63%) SLA
4 1 (1.32%) GDPR
4 1 (1.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (5.26%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.63%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.32%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (6.58%) Oracle
2 4 (5.26%) Microsoft
3 3 (3.95%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.63%) Ariba
4 2 (2.63%) Logitech
4 2 (2.63%) OpenLink
4 2 (2.63%) Pega
4 2 (2.63%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 2 (2.63%) SAP
5 1 (1.32%) Concur
5 1 (1.32%) HP
5 1 (1.32%) MuleSoft