Backlog Refinement Job Trends in Devon

Backlog Refinement (Backlog Grooming)
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Devon requiring Backlog Refinement skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Backlog Refinement 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Devon 0.13% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - -
75th Percentile £47,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £48,750 £72,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -32.76% +81.25% -41.88%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 555 344 457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Devon 72.93% 90.77% 75.04%
Number of salaries quoted 347 122 386
10th Percentile £25,500 £29,750 £23,321
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,178 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,000 £44,941
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +13.48% +12.35%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,250 £54,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,625 £63,188
South West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -3.69%

Backlog Refinement
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Backlog Refinement job vacancy trend in Devon

Backlog Refinement
Salary Trend in Devon

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Backlog Refinement.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Backlog Refinement

Backlog Refinement
Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Backlog Refinement within the Devon region over the 6 months to 7 March 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Exeter - 1 £45,000 - 1
Backlog Refinement
South West

Backlog Refinement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Software Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Software Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft