Product Backlog Contracts in the South East

Product Backlogs
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 150 166 218
Rank change year-on-year +16 +52 -46
Contract jobs citing Product Backlog 50 49 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.87% 0.87% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% 0.97% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 32 21
10th Percentile £446 £340 £433
25th Percentile £481 £350 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £538 £532
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% +1.03% +12.00%
75th Percentile £675 £643 £575
90th Percentile £688 £700 £638
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,758 5,043 6,873
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 82.70% 89.05% 89.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,760 3,463 4,677
10th Percentile £260 £250 £246
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.79% +1.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £600
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 468 218 275
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.25 £12.31
25th Percentile £18.32 £25.95 £15.50
Median hourly rate £49.50 £52.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +133.33% -10.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.16 £48.67
90th Percentile £76.90 £75.00 £64.90
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%

Product Backlog
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Product Backlog as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Product Backlog in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Product Backlog in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Product Backlog in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Backlog in the South East over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Product Backlog in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Product Backlog in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Product Backlog in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. 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
Thames Valley +7 35 £625 +28.21% 4
Berkshire -11 33 £625 +31.58% 2
Hampshire -5 11 £508 -16.46% 3
Surrey - 3 £538 - 3
Buckinghamshire +25 1 £550 - 2
West Sussex - 1 £600 -
Oxfordshire - 1 £488 -
Product Backlog
England

Product Backlog
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 6 (12.00%) Confluence
2 3 (6.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (2.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (10.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (2.00%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (2.00%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (2.00%) Relativity
2 1 (2.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.00%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 22 (44.00%) Azure
2 16 (32.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 16 (32.00%) Azure Monitor
3 15 (30.00%) Azure Data Factory
4 12 (24.00%) Entra ID
5 11 (22.00%) Azure Functions
5 11 (22.00%) Serverless
6 4 (8.00%) Power Platform
7 3 (6.00%) GitHub
8 2 (4.00%) AWS
8 2 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (4.00%) PowerApps
8 2 (4.00%) SaaS
9 1 (2.00%) Azure Cognitive Search
9 1 (2.00%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (2.00%) IaaS
9 1 (2.00%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (2.00%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.00%) Broadband
1 1 (2.00%) Network Security
1 1 (2.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (30.00%) NoSQL
2 2 (4.00%) Power BI
2 2 (4.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 16 (32.00%) Git
2 6 (12.00%) JIRA
3 5 (10.00%) Selenium
4 4 (8.00%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (2.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 18 (36.00%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (28.00%) Social Skills
3 12 (24.00%) Finance
4 4 (8.00%) Billing
4 4 (8.00%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (6.00%) Legal
6 1 (2.00%) Banking
6 1 (2.00%) French Language
6 1 (2.00%) General Ledger
6 1 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.00%) Marketing
6 1 (2.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (34.00%) Analyst
2 15 (30.00%) Azure Developer
2 15 (30.00%) Developer
2 15 (30.00%) Full Stack Developer
3 10 (20.00%) Product Analyst
3 10 (20.00%) Product Owner
4 7 (14.00%) Business Analyst
4 7 (14.00%) Full Stack Python Developer
4 7 (14.00%) Python Developer
5 6 (12.00%) Consultant
6 4 (8.00%) Functional Analyst
6 4 (8.00%) Functional Consultant
6 4 (8.00%) IT Analyst
7 2 (4.00%) Architect
7 2 (4.00%) Business IT Analyst
7 2 (4.00%) Lead
7 2 (4.00%) Oracle Consultant
7 2 (4.00%) Oracle P2P Consultant
7 2 (4.00%) Scrum Master
7 2 (4.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (30.00%) React
2 1 (2.00%) AngularJS
2 1 (2.00%) CSS
2 1 (2.00%) HTML
2 1 (2.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 32 (64.00%) Product Ownership
2 5 (10.00%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (4.00%) Cyberattack
3 2 (4.00%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.00%) EPoS
4 1 (2.00%) FMCG
4 1 (2.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (2.00%) IoT
4 1 (2.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.00%) Windows
2 1 (2.00%) Linux
2 1 (2.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (66.00%) Agile
2 22 (44.00%) SDLC
3 18 (36.00%) DevOps
3 18 (36.00%) Roadmaps
4 16 (32.00%) CI/CD
5 15 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 15 (30.00%) Full Stack Development
5 15 (30.00%) Microservices
6 12 (24.00%) Unit Testing
7 11 (22.00%) Change Management
7 11 (22.00%) Product Roadmap
8 10 (20.00%) Scrum
8 10 (20.00%) User Stories
9 9 (18.00%) Backlog Management
9 9 (18.00%) Backlog Refinement
10 8 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
11 7 (14.00%) Test Automation
12 6 (12.00%) Business Strategy
12 6 (12.00%) Epics
12 6 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (32.00%) Python
2 5 (10.00%) Java
3 4 (8.00%) C
4 2 (4.00%) SQL
5 1 (2.00%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 4 (8.00%) Degree
2 3 (6.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (6.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.00%) CSPO
3 1 (2.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (2.00%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (4.00%) GxP
3 1 (2.00%) GDPR
3 1 (2.00%) PMO
3 1 (2.00%) QA
System Software
1 16 (32.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (4.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 7 (14.00%) Oracle
2 4 (8.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.00%) Foundry
3 2 (4.00%) Palantir
4 1 (2.00%) Ariba
4 1 (2.00%) Citrix
4 1 (2.00%) Concur
4 1 (2.00%) HP
4 1 (2.00%) OneTrust
4 1 (2.00%) SAP
4 1 (2.00%) ServiceNow