Backlog Management Job Trends in Birmingham

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Backlog Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 121 96
Rank change year-on-year +18 -25 +55
Permanent jobs citing Backlog Management 4 4 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.23% 0.22% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.23% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 5
10th Percentile £46,750 £43,500 £49,550
25th Percentile £51,250 £45,000 £53,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.00% -13.04% -21.77%
75th Percentile £68,000 £60,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £71,450 £64,500 -
West Midlands median annual salary £66,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +15.65% - +17.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Birmingham

Backlog Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,381 1,713 1,116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 79.64% 92.64% 89.57%
Number of salaries quoted 973 797 940
10th Percentile £30,000 £37,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £43,750 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -2.65%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £90,000 £82,500
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%

Backlog Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Backlog Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Backlog Management job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Backlog Management
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Backlog Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Backlog Management

Backlog Management
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Backlog Management in Birmingham over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Backlog Management in Birmingham

Backlog Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Games
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Product Owner
2 2 (50.00%) Senior
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Product Owner
3 1 (25.00%) Product Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Product Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (25.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (75.00%) User Stories
3 2 (50.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 2 (50.00%) Product Vision
3 2 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
3 2 (50.00%) User Experience
4 1 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Coaching
4 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (25.00%) Customer-Centricity
4 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (25.00%) Logistics
4 1 (25.00%) Market Research
4 1 (25.00%) Prototyping
4 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (25.00%) Usability Testing
4 1 (25.00%) UX Design
4 1 (25.00%) Wireframes
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow