Product Backlog Jobs with Work from Home Options

Product Backlogs
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 479 335 385
Rank change year-on-year -144 +50 +53
Permanent jobs citing Product Backlog 110 389 600
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.33% 0.94% 0.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.98% 0.90%
Number of salaries quoted 61 195 356
10th Percentile £45,600 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +26.83%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -3.85% +18.18%

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,857 39,858 66,375
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.38% 96.10% 96.97%
Number of salaries quoted 23,439 27,686 41,025
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

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
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Product Backlog salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Product Backlog
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Product Backlog over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Product Backlog salary histogram 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 14 (12.73%) Confluence
2 2 (1.82%) CMS
3 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.91%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.82%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 2 (1.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.91%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.91%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 25 (22.73%) Azure
2 12 (10.91%) Azure DevOps
2 12 (10.91%) SaaS
3 10 (9.09%) Cloud Computing
4 8 (7.27%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (7.27%) Power Platform
4 8 (7.27%) PowerApps
5 7 (6.36%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.82%) Asana
6 2 (1.82%) Basecamp
6 2 (1.82%) Smartsheet
7 1 (0.91%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.91%) dbt
7 1 (0.91%) Figma
7 1 (0.91%) PaaS
7 1 (0.91%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.91%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 1 (0.91%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 1 (0.91%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.91%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.36%) Power BI
2 4 (3.64%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.82%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.91%) Big Data
4 1 (0.91%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 26 (23.64%) JIRA
2 4 (3.64%) Eclipse
2 4 (3.64%) Git
2 4 (3.64%) IntelliJ
2 4 (3.64%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 48 (43.64%) Finance
2 46 (41.82%) Social Skills
3 16 (14.55%) Retail
4 13 (11.82%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (11.82%) Marketing
5 12 (10.91%) Banking
6 8 (7.27%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (6.36%) Games
7 7 (6.36%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (5.45%) Legal
9 4 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.82%) Digital Health
10 2 (1.82%) Digital Healthcare
10 2 (1.82%) Electronics
10 2 (1.82%) Health Technology
10 2 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.91%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 27 (24.55%) Product Owner
2 24 (21.82%) Product Manager
3 18 (16.36%) Lead
4 14 (12.73%) Senior
5 10 (9.09%) Analyst
6 7 (6.36%) Consultant
6 7 (6.36%) Functional Consultant
6 7 (6.36%) Technical Leader
7 6 (5.45%) Developer
7 6 (5.45%) Scrum Master
8 5 (4.55%) Business Analyst
8 5 (4.55%) Senior Manager
8 5 (4.55%) Senior Product Manager
9 4 (3.64%) Digital Product Owner
9 4 (3.64%) Full Stack Engineer
9 4 (3.64%) Java Engineer
9 4 (3.64%) Product Analyst
9 4 (3.64%) Senior Full Stack Engineer
9 4 (3.64%) Senior Java Engineer
10 3 (2.73%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (10.91%) CSS
1 12 (10.91%) HTML
2 5 (4.55%) REST
3 4 (3.64%) .NET
3 4 (3.64%) React
3 4 (3.64%) Servlets
3 4 (3.64%) SOAP
3 4 (3.64%) Spring
4 2 (1.82%) .NET Core
4 2 (1.82%) .NET Framework
4 2 (1.82%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.82%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.82%) ASP.NET MVC
4 2 (1.82%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 61 (55.45%) Product Ownership
2 9 (8.18%) PMI
3 6 (5.45%) Mobile App
4 5 (4.55%) Algorithms
5 4 (3.64%) Low-Code
5 4 (3.64%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.82%) Analogue Electronics
6 2 (1.82%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.82%) Device Driver
6 2 (1.82%) NHS
6 2 (1.82%) Sports Betting
6 2 (1.82%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.91%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.91%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.91%) LIMS
7 1 (0.91%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.91%) PropTech
7 1 (0.91%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.55%) Android
1 5 (4.55%) Apple iOS
2 4 (3.64%) AIX
2 4 (3.64%) Linux
2 4 (3.64%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (90.91%) Agile
2 61 (55.45%) Roadmaps
3 60 (54.55%) Scrum
4 50 (45.45%) User Stories
5 41 (37.27%) Backlog Management
6 36 (32.73%) Product Roadmap
7 31 (28.18%) DevOps
8 29 (26.36%) User Experience
9 26 (23.64%) Backlog Prioritisation
10 24 (21.82%) Analytics
11 23 (20.91%) Continuous Improvement
11 23 (20.91%) Problem-Solving
11 23 (20.91%) Product Strategy
11 23 (20.91%) Product Vision
12 20 (18.18%) Acceptance Criteria
12 20 (18.18%) UX Design
13 19 (17.27%) Mentoring
14 18 (16.36%) CI/CD
14 18 (16.36%) Kanban
14 18 (16.36%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (10.91%) JavaScript
2 6 (5.45%) TypeScript
3 5 (4.55%) Java
4 2 (1.82%) C
4 2 (1.82%) C#
4 2 (1.82%) Embedded C
4 2 (1.82%) SQL
4 2 (1.82%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (8.18%) CSPO
1 9 (8.18%) PMI Certification
1 9 (8.18%) Security Cleared
2 5 (4.55%) DBS Check
2 5 (4.55%) Degree
3 2 (1.82%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (16.36%) QA
2 6 (5.45%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.82%) AUTOSAR
3 2 (1.82%) GDPR
3 2 (1.82%) SLA
4 1 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 1 (0.91%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.91%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.91%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 14 (12.73%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.55%) Intel
3 2 (1.82%) Cadence
3 2 (1.82%) SAP
3 2 (1.82%) ServiceNow
4 1 (0.91%) Adobe
4 1 (0.91%) ForgeRock
4 1 (0.91%) Okta
4 1 (0.91%) Pega
4 1 (0.91%) Salesforce