Product Backlog Jobs in the UK excluding London

Product Backlogs
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Product Backlog skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Product Backlog over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 468 350 414
Rank change year-on-year -118 +64 -1
Permanent jobs citing Product Backlog 312 507 559
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.44% 0.86% 0.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% 0.90% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 133 226 346
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,875 £40,750
25th Percentile £47,250 £46,250 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,652 £68,938
90th Percentile £82,000 £86,250 £82,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,249 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.74% -7.31% +18.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Product Backlog is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,818 56,534 68,369
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.50% 95.59% 94.17%
Number of salaries quoted 41,261 29,197 41,375
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Product Backlog
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Product Backlog as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Product Backlog in the UK excluding London

Product Backlog
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Product Backlog in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Product Backlog in the UK excluding London

Product Backlog
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Backlog in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Product Backlog in the UK excluding London

Product Backlog
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Backlog within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South West +27 78 £60,000 +11.63% 9
South East -82 63 £57,500 +4.55% 19
Midlands -59 57 £50,000 -9.09% 7
Scotland -39 47 £52,500 -12.50% 3
North of England -56 47 £65,000 +13.04% 12
West Midlands -39 28 £58,909 +20.84% 6
East Midlands -24 26 £37,500 -31.82% 1
Yorkshire +16 18 £65,000 +1.52% 6
North West -40 16 £62,500 +8.70% 5
North East +8 13 £47,500 -26.92% 1
Wales +16 12 £55,000 -18.52% 1
East of England -16 8 £48,750 -11.36% 6
Product Backlog
UK

Product Backlog
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 44 (14.10%) Confluence
2 5 (1.60%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.28%) CMS
4 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.64%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.32%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 15 (4.81%) Sketch
2 9 (2.88%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.92%) Trello
4 3 (0.96%) InVision
4 3 (0.96%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (3.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.64%) SAP Hybris
2 2 (0.64%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 2 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.32%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 98 (31.41%) Azure
2 81 (25.96%) Azure DevOps
3 78 (25.00%) AWS
4 72 (23.08%) GCP
5 21 (6.73%) Power Platform
6 16 (5.13%) Figma
7 13 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
7 13 (4.17%) Power Automate
8 11 (3.53%) Microsoft 365
9 10 (3.21%) SaaS
10 8 (2.56%) GitHub
11 6 (1.92%) Miro
12 4 (1.28%) Cloud Computing
12 4 (1.28%) PowerApps
13 2 (0.64%) Asana
13 2 (0.64%) Azure Data Factory
13 2 (0.64%) Basecamp
13 2 (0.64%) SAP Commerce Cloud
13 2 (0.64%) Smartsheet
13 2 (0.64%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.60%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.32%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (24.36%) Data Warehouse
2 72 (23.08%) BigQuery
2 72 (23.08%) Looker
3 9 (2.88%) Tableau
4 7 (2.24%) Big Data
4 7 (2.24%) Power BI
5 6 (1.92%) Relational Database
5 6 (1.92%) Snowflake Schema
5 6 (1.92%) Star Schema
6 1 (0.32%) Amazon QuickSight
6 1 (0.32%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 84 (26.92%) JIRA
2 4 (1.28%) Eclipse
2 4 (1.28%) Git
2 4 (1.28%) IntelliJ
2 4 (1.28%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.32%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.32%) Selenium
3 1 (0.32%) SpecFlow
3 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 106 (33.97%) Finance
2 100 (32.05%) Analytical Skills
3 87 (27.88%) Social Skills
4 74 (23.72%) Marketing
5 72 (23.08%) Billing
6 62 (19.87%) Law
7 53 (16.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 25 (8.01%) Retail
9 13 (4.17%) Public Sector
10 10 (3.21%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (2.56%) Legal
11 8 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (2.56%) Tech for Good
12 7 (2.24%) Banking
13 5 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.28%) Games
15 3 (0.96%) Polish Language
16 2 (0.64%) Investment Banking
17 1 (0.32%) Back Office
17 1 (0.32%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 77 (24.68%) Engineering Manager
2 73 (23.40%) Data Manager
3 57 (18.27%) Product Manager
4 47 (15.06%) Lead
5 45 (14.42%) Product Owner
6 34 (10.90%) Analyst
7 26 (8.33%) Business Analyst
8 23 (7.37%) Senior
9 17 (5.45%) Consultant
10 16 (5.13%) Agile Coach
11 13 (4.17%) Functional Consultant
12 12 (3.85%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
12 12 (3.85%) Scrum Master
13 8 (2.56%) Digital Product Manager
14 7 (2.24%) CRM Consultant
14 7 (2.24%) Developer
14 7 (2.24%) Dynamics CRM Consultant
15 6 (1.92%) Senior Manager
15 6 (1.92%) Technical Analyst
15 6 (1.92%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.17%) CSS
1 13 (4.17%) HTML
2 8 (2.56%) React
3 6 (1.92%) .NET
4 4 (1.28%) REST
4 4 (1.28%) Servlets
4 4 (1.28%) SOAP
4 4 (1.28%) Spring
5 3 (0.96%) AngularJS
5 3 (0.96%) LESS
5 3 (0.96%) Sass
5 3 (0.96%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 2 (0.64%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.64%) Web Services
7 1 (0.32%) ADO
7 1 (0.32%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.32%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 193 (61.86%) Product Ownership
2 20 (6.41%) Management Information System
3 12 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
4 10 (3.21%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (3.21%) PMI
5 9 (2.88%) Mobile App
6 7 (2.24%) Robotics
7 6 (1.92%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.60%) Digital Signage
8 5 (1.60%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (1.28%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.28%) Low-Code
10 3 (0.96%) Blockchain
10 3 (0.96%) Derivative
10 3 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.96%) Graphic Design
10 3 (0.96%) Housing Association
11 2 (0.64%) Algorithms
11 2 (0.64%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.64%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.28%) AIX
1 4 (1.28%) Linux
1 4 (1.28%) Windows
2 2 (0.64%) Android
2 2 (0.64%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 277 (88.78%) Agile
2 155 (49.68%) Scrum
3 135 (43.27%) DevOps
4 133 (42.63%) Problem-Solving
5 125 (40.06%) Roadmaps
6 124 (39.74%) Backlog Management
7 118 (37.82%) Project Management
8 106 (33.97%) User Stories
9 87 (27.88%) CI/CD
10 82 (26.28%) ETL
11 80 (25.64%) Business Strategy
12 79 (25.32%) Data Modelling
12 79 (25.32%) Line Management
12 79 (25.32%) Product Vision
13 78 (25.00%) Product Roadmap
14 77 (24.68%) Data Engineering
14 77 (24.68%) Mentoring
15 72 (23.08%) Platform Engineering
16 63 (20.19%) Analytics
17 59 (18.91%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 14 (4.49%) JavaScript
2 11 (3.53%) SQL
3 7 (2.24%) Python
4 6 (1.92%) R
4 6 (1.92%) T-SQL
5 5 (1.60%) Java
6 4 (1.28%) C#
6 4 (1.28%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 57 (18.27%) Degree
2 11 (3.53%) CSPO
2 11 (3.53%) Security Cleared
3 10 (3.21%) PMI Certification
4 9 (2.88%) Master's Degree
5 6 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (1.92%) DBS Check
5 6 (1.92%) IIBA
6 3 (0.96%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.64%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.64%) SAFe Agilist
8 1 (0.32%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (29.49%) QA
2 10 (3.21%) Accessibility
3 3 (0.96%) WCAG
4 2 (0.64%) GDPR
4 2 (0.64%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.32%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.32%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.32%) Progress Chef
1 1 (0.32%) Terraform
Vendors
1 72 (23.08%) Google
2 42 (13.46%) Microsoft
3 13 (4.17%) ServiceNow
4 6 (1.92%) Cadence
5 5 (1.60%) Cisco
6 4 (1.28%) Intel
6 4 (1.28%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.28%) SAP
7 2 (0.64%) Civica
7 2 (0.64%) Sitecore
8 1 (0.32%) Facebook
8 1 (0.32%) ForgeRock
8 1 (0.32%) IFS
8 1 (0.32%) Instagram
8 1 (0.32%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.32%) NEC
8 1 (0.32%) Okta
8 1 (0.32%) Pega
8 1 (0.32%) UiPath
8 1 (0.32%) YouTube