Backlog Refinement Job Trends in Birmingham

Backlog Refinement (Backlog Grooming)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Backlog Refinement skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 121 -
Rank change year-on-year +27 - -
Permanent jobs citing Backlog Refinement 2 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.17% 0.088% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.11% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile - £53,266 -
25th Percentile £62,500 £54,415 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,659 -
Median % change year-on-year +12.73% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £59,733 -
90th Percentile - £60,180 -
West Midlands median annual salary £65,000 £57,659 £37,500
% change year-on-year +12.73% +53.76% -21.47%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

Backlog Refinement 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 1,060 1,810 1,312
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 89.53% 79.81% 94.32%
Number of salaries quoted 738 1,006 1,086
10th Percentile £31,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,895 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £71,012 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,875 £85,000 £82,500
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.41% +2.86% +5.00%

Backlog Refinement
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings citing Backlog Refinement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for Backlog Refinement in Birmingham

Backlog Refinement
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Backlog Refinement.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Backlog Refinement

Backlog Refinement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Java Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Java Scala Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Java Software Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Scala Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Java Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Java Scala Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Java Software Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Scala Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Software Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Spring
1 2 (100.00%) Spring Boot
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 2 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) Kotlin
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) Scala
1 2 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared