Product Backlogs
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 491 394 374
Rank change year-on-year -97 -20 +101
Permanent jobs citing Product Backlog 464 824 1,547
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.47% 0.81% 0.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 0.85% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 234 405 856
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,063 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,833 £51,406
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% +18.18%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £79,063
90th Percentile £88,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,809 96,894 150,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,843 56,945 82,179
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,550
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Product Backlog
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Product Backlog as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Product Backlog in the UK

Product Backlog
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Product Backlog.

Salary trend for Product Backlog in the UK

Product Backlog
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Backlog over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Product Backlog in the UK

Product Backlog
Top 16 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 9 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
England -88 384 £62,500 -0.79% 96
UK excluding London -113 318 £57,500 - 53
London -21 114 £72,500 +3.57% 47
Work from Home -144 110 £60,000 - 46
South West +28 77 £60,000 -4.00% 5
South East -98 65 £60,000 +9.09% 18
Midlands -56 62 £49,750 -9.55% 10
North of England -41 48 £65,000 +7.89% 11
Scotland -44 46 £71,286 +18.81% 3
West Midlands -38 30 £57,500 +17.95% 8
East Midlands -18 29 £37,500 -31.82% 2
Yorkshire +21 19 £65,000 +1.52% 8
North West -22 17 £62,125 +8.04% 3
Wales +11 12 £55,000 -18.52% 3
North East +4 12 £47,500 -26.92%
East of England -2 8 £48,750 -11.36% 6

Product Backlog
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 64 (13.79%) Confluence
2 9 (1.94%) CMS
3 5 (1.08%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.22%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.22%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 16 (3.45%) Sketch
2 11 (2.37%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.29%) Trello
4 3 (0.65%) InVision
4 3 (0.65%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.22%) Adobe Captivate
5 1 (0.22%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 12 (2.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.43%) NEC Housing
2 2 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.43%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 2 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.22%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.22%) Magento
3 1 (0.22%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 125 (26.94%) Azure
2 91 (19.61%) Azure DevOps
3 80 (17.24%) AWS
4 75 (16.16%) GCP
5 35 (7.54%) Power Platform
6 22 (4.74%) Dynamics 365
7 20 (4.31%) SaaS
8 19 (4.09%) Microsoft 365
9 18 (3.88%) Figma
10 13 (2.80%) Power Automate
11 12 (2.59%) PowerApps
12 10 (2.16%) Cloud Computing
13 8 (1.72%) GitHub
13 8 (1.72%) Miro
14 4 (0.86%) Azure Data Factory
14 4 (0.86%) Google Analytics
14 4 (0.86%) Snowflake
15 2 (0.43%) Asana
15 2 (0.43%) PaaS
15 2 (0.43%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.08%) Unified Communications
1 5 (1.08%) WebEx
2 1 (0.22%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (16.38%) Data Warehouse
2 72 (15.52%) BigQuery
2 72 (15.52%) Looker
3 21 (4.53%) Power BI
4 14 (3.02%) Tableau
5 12 (2.59%) Relational Database
6 7 (1.51%) Big Data
7 6 (1.29%) RDBMS
7 6 (1.29%) Snowflake Schema
7 6 (1.29%) Star Schema
8 2 (0.43%) SQL Server
9 1 (0.22%) Amazon QuickSight
9 1 (0.22%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.22%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 111 (23.92%) JIRA
2 4 (0.86%) Eclipse
2 4 (0.86%) Git
2 4 (0.86%) IntelliJ
2 4 (0.86%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (0.43%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.22%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.22%) Selenium
4 1 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 152 (32.76%) Social Skills
2 149 (32.11%) Analytical Skills
3 137 (29.53%) Finance
4 85 (18.32%) Marketing
5 72 (15.52%) Billing
6 63 (13.58%) Law
7 58 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 26 (5.60%) Retail
9 18 (3.88%) Banking
10 15 (3.23%) Public Sector
11 14 (3.02%) Organisational Skills
12 11 (2.37%) Games
12 11 (2.37%) Legal
13 10 (2.16%) Presentation Skills
14 8 (1.72%) Tech for Good
15 7 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
16 4 (0.86%) Digital Health
16 4 (0.86%) Digital Healthcare
16 4 (0.86%) Health Technology
17 3 (0.65%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 113 (24.35%) Product Owner
2 77 (16.59%) Engineering Manager
2 77 (16.59%) Product Manager
3 75 (16.16%) Data Manager
4 62 (13.36%) Lead
5 50 (10.78%) Analyst
6 38 (8.19%) Senior
7 36 (7.76%) Business Analyst
8 26 (5.60%) Consultant
9 21 (4.53%) Functional Consultant
10 16 (3.45%) Agile Coach
11 15 (3.23%) Developer
11 15 (3.23%) Scrum Master
12 13 (2.80%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
13 11 (2.37%) Senior Analyst
14 9 (1.94%) Digital Product Owner
14 9 (1.94%) Product Analyst
14 9 (1.94%) Technical Analyst
14 9 (1.94%) Technical Business Analyst
14 9 (1.94%) Technical Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.23%) CSS
1 15 (3.23%) HTML
2 13 (2.80%) .NET
3 11 (2.37%) React
4 9 (1.94%) AngularJS
5 7 (1.51%) REST
6 5 (1.08%) Web Services
7 4 (0.86%) .NET Core
7 4 (0.86%) Servlets
7 4 (0.86%) SOAP
7 4 (0.86%) Spring
8 3 (0.65%) LESS
8 3 (0.65%) Sass
8 3 (0.65%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 2 (0.43%) .NET Framework
9 2 (0.43%) ADO
9 2 (0.43%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.43%) ASP.NET MVC
9 2 (0.43%) jQuery
9 2 (0.43%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 284 (61.21%) Product Ownership
2 23 (4.96%) Management Information System
3 13 (2.80%) PMI
4 12 (2.59%) Legacy Systems
4 12 (2.59%) Mobile App
5 11 (2.37%) Analytical Mindset
6 10 (2.16%) Video Conferencing
7 7 (1.51%) Low-Code
7 7 (1.51%) Onboarding
7 7 (1.51%) Robotics
8 6 (1.29%) Reinsurance
9 5 (1.08%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.08%) Digital Signage
9 5 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (0.86%) Housing Association
10 4 (0.86%) Marketing Technology
11 3 (0.65%) Blockchain
11 3 (0.65%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.08%) Android
1 5 (1.08%) Apple iOS
2 4 (0.86%) AIX
2 4 (0.86%) Linux
2 4 (0.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 404 (87.07%) Agile
2 251 (54.09%) Scrum
3 224 (48.28%) Roadmaps
4 203 (43.75%) User Stories
5 197 (42.46%) Backlog Management
6 165 (35.56%) Problem-Solving
7 164 (35.34%) DevOps
8 141 (30.39%) Product Roadmap
9 138 (29.74%) Product Vision
10 133 (28.66%) Project Management
11 102 (21.98%) CI/CD
12 89 (19.18%) User Experience
13 88 (18.97%) Mentoring
14 87 (18.75%) Backlog Prioritisation
15 84 (18.10%) Acceptance Criteria
15 84 (18.10%) Analytics
15 84 (18.10%) ETL
16 83 (17.89%) Business Strategy
16 83 (17.89%) Line Management
17 79 (17.03%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 41 (8.84%) SQL
2 18 (3.88%) JavaScript
3 15 (3.23%) Python
4 12 (2.59%) Java
5 11 (2.37%) C#
6 8 (1.72%) T-SQL
7 6 (1.29%) R
7 6 (1.29%) TypeScript
8 4 (0.86%) Bicep
8 4 (0.86%) Go
8 4 (0.86%) PowerShell
8 4 (0.86%) Rust
9 3 (0.65%) Scala
10 2 (0.43%) C
10 2 (0.43%) Embedded C
10 2 (0.43%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 69 (14.87%) Degree
2 23 (4.96%) CSPO
2 23 (4.96%) Security Cleared
3 13 (2.80%) Master's Degree
3 13 (2.80%) PMI Certification
4 9 (1.94%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (1.51%) DBS Check
5 7 (1.51%) SC Cleared
6 6 (1.29%) IIBA
7 4 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (0.65%) MBA
9 2 (0.43%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.43%) SAFe Agilist
10 1 (0.22%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (22.41%) QA
2 13 (2.80%) Accessibility
3 3 (0.65%) WCAG
4 2 (0.43%) AUTOSAR
4 2 (0.43%) GDPR
4 2 (0.43%) SLA
5 1 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.22%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (1.29%) Docker
2 2 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (1.29%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.22%) Progress Chef
2 1 (0.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 76 (16.38%) Google
2 58 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 16 (3.45%) ServiceNow
4 7 (1.51%) Salesforce
5 6 (1.29%) Cadence
6 5 (1.08%) Alteryx
6 5 (1.08%) Cisco
6 5 (1.08%) Intel
7 4 (0.86%) Marketo
8 3 (0.65%) Mercator
8 3 (0.65%) SAP
9 2 (0.43%) Adobe
9 2 (0.43%) Civica
9 2 (0.43%) NEC
9 2 (0.43%) Oracle
9 2 (0.43%) Pega
9 2 (0.43%) Veeam
9 2 (0.43%) VMware
10 1 (0.22%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.22%) Sitecore