Backlog Management Job Trends in Cardiff

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Backlog Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 48 43
Rank change year-on-year +16 -5 +19
Permanent jobs citing Backlog Management 4 1 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff 1.13% 0.28% 1.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.57% 0.35% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile £47,750 - £47,913
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £48,156
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £55,000 £49,875
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +10.28% -16.88%
75th Percentile £55,000 £62,500 £52,156
90th Percentile - - £52,738
South Wales median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £51,250
% change year-on-year - +7.32% -14.58%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 255 286 340
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 71.83% 81.02% 90.43%
Number of salaries quoted 176 177 305
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,100 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,122 £67,375
90th Percentile £78,551 £79,600 £73,750
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £49,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.50% -0.50% +0.22%

Backlog Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Backlog Management job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Backlog Management
Salary Trend in Cardiff

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Backlog Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Backlog Management

Backlog Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Salesforce CRM
General
1 4 (100.00%) Marketing
1 4 (100.00%) Retail
2 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) CRM Manager
1 3 (75.00%) Product Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Client Onboarding
1 4 (100.00%) CRM
1 4 (100.00%) Customer Engagement
1 4 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) Product Backlog
2 1 (25.00%) Product Management
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Salesforce