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

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 481 333 389
Rank change year-on-year -148 +56 +65
Permanent jobs citing Product Backlog 108 372 637
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.32% 0.92% 0.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.95% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 57 197 365
10th Percentile £45,000 £39,294 £43,800
25th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -7.69% +30.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,419 £92,500
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
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 30,860 38,962 68,422
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.20% 96.03% 97.03%
Number of salaries quoted 23,358 27,133 41,275
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 19 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 (12.96%) Confluence
2 2 (1.85%) CMS
3 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.93%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.85%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 2 (1.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.93%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.93%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 23 (21.30%) Azure
2 13 (12.04%) SaaS
3 10 (9.26%) Azure DevOps
3 10 (9.26%) Cloud Computing
4 7 (6.48%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (6.48%) Power Platform
4 7 (6.48%) PowerApps
5 6 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.85%) Asana
6 2 (1.85%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (1.85%) Basecamp
6 2 (1.85%) Smartsheet
7 1 (0.93%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 1 (0.93%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.93%) dbt
7 1 (0.93%) Figma
7 1 (0.93%) OCI
7 1 (0.93%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.93%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.93%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.56%) Power BI
2 4 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.85%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.93%) Big Data
4 1 (0.93%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 26 (24.07%) JIRA
2 4 (3.70%) Eclipse
2 4 (3.70%) Git
2 4 (3.70%) IntelliJ
2 4 (3.70%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 46 (42.59%) Social Skills
2 45 (41.67%) Finance
3 16 (14.81%) Retail
4 14 (12.96%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (12.04%) Marketing
6 10 (9.26%) Banking
7 8 (7.41%) Games
7 8 (7.41%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (5.56%) Legal
9 5 (4.63%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.85%) Digital Health
11 2 (1.85%) Digital Healthcare
11 2 (1.85%) Electronics
11 2 (1.85%) Health Technology
11 2 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.93%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 27 (25.00%) Product Owner
2 25 (23.15%) Product Manager
3 17 (15.74%) Lead
4 14 (12.96%) Senior
5 10 (9.26%) Analyst
6 6 (5.56%) Consultant
6 6 (5.56%) Functional Consultant
6 6 (5.56%) Scrum Master
7 5 (4.63%) Business Analyst
7 5 (4.63%) Developer
7 5 (4.63%) Senior Manager
7 5 (4.63%) Senior Product Manager
7 5 (4.63%) Technical Leader
8 4 (3.70%) Digital Product Owner
8 4 (3.70%) Full Stack Engineer
8 4 (3.70%) Java Engineer
8 4 (3.70%) Product Analyst
8 4 (3.70%) Senior Full Stack Engineer
8 4 (3.70%) Senior Java Engineer
9 3 (2.78%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (9.26%) CSS
1 10 (9.26%) HTML
2 5 (4.63%) React
2 5 (4.63%) REST
2 5 (4.63%) Spring
3 4 (3.70%) Servlets
3 4 (3.70%) SOAP
4 2 (1.85%) .NET
5 1 (0.93%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 60 (55.56%) Product Ownership
2 9 (8.33%) PMI
3 6 (5.56%) Mobile App
4 5 (4.63%) Algorithms
5 4 (3.70%) Low-Code
5 4 (3.70%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.85%) Analogue Electronics
6 2 (1.85%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.85%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.85%) Device Driver
6 2 (1.85%) NHS
6 2 (1.85%) Sports Betting
6 2 (1.85%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.93%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.93%) LIMS
7 1 (0.93%) PropTech
7 1 (0.93%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.63%) Android
1 5 (4.63%) Apple iOS
2 4 (3.70%) AIX
2 4 (3.70%) Linux
2 4 (3.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (89.81%) Agile
2 60 (55.56%) Roadmaps
3 59 (54.63%) Scrum
4 47 (43.52%) User Stories
5 40 (37.04%) Backlog Management
6 35 (32.41%) Product Roadmap
7 30 (27.78%) DevOps
8 27 (25.00%) User Experience
9 26 (24.07%) Backlog Prioritisation
10 25 (23.15%) Continuous Improvement
11 23 (21.30%) Problem-Solving
11 23 (21.30%) Product Strategy
12 22 (20.37%) Analytics
13 21 (19.44%) Product Vision
14 20 (18.52%) Acceptance Criteria
14 20 (18.52%) UX Design
15 19 (17.59%) Kanban
16 18 (16.67%) Mentoring
16 18 (16.67%) Project Management
17 16 (14.81%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 10 (9.26%) JavaScript
2 6 (5.56%) Java
3 4 (3.70%) TypeScript
4 2 (1.85%) C
4 2 (1.85%) Embedded C
5 1 (0.93%) Kotlin
5 1 (0.93%) Python
5 1 (0.93%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (8.33%) CSPO
1 9 (8.33%) PMI Certification
2 8 (7.41%) Security Cleared
3 5 (4.63%) DBS Check
3 5 (4.63%) Degree
4 2 (1.85%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (16.67%) QA
2 7 (6.48%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.85%) AUTOSAR
3 2 (1.85%) GDPR
3 2 (1.85%) SLA
4 1 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 1 (0.93%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.93%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.93%) Grafana
1 1 (0.93%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.93%) Progress Chef
1 1 (0.93%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 12 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.63%) Intel
3 2 (1.85%) Cadence
3 2 (1.85%) SAP
4 1 (0.93%) Adobe
4 1 (0.93%) ForgeRock
4 1 (0.93%) Okta
4 1 (0.93%) Oracle
4 1 (0.93%) Pega
4 1 (0.93%) Salesforce