Backlog Management Job Trends in England

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Backlog Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 442 514 503
Rank change year-on-year +72 -11 -91
Permanent jobs citing Backlog Management 158 163 163
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.30% 0.33% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.36% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 87 71 118
10th Percentile £46,050 £46,250 £42,439
25th Percentile £53,750 £53,125 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -13.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £89,375 £77,500 £88,750
90th Percentile £128,500 £86,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -13.33% +7.14%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 42,728 44,744 41,388
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.15% 90.24% 91.27%
Number of salaries quoted 25,461 22,347 32,089
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Backlog Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Backlog Management job vacancy trend in England

Backlog Management
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Backlog Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Backlog Management

Backlog Management
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Backlog Management in England over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Backlog Management in England

Backlog Management
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Backlog Management within the England region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
London +72 104 £75,000 - 29
South East +19 20 £67,500 +3.85% 24
Midlands +12 12 £60,000 - 10
North of England -1 11 £45,000 -25.00% 15
West Midlands +10 10 £60,500 +5.22% 9
South West +4 7 £57,500 -8.00% 4
North West +5 6 £83,500 +71.28% 9
North East - 4 £40,662 - 1
East of England +23 3 £92,500 +42.31% 5
East Midlands -8 2 £49,500 -24.26% 1
Yorkshire -13 1 £80,000 +6.67% 5
Backlog Management
UK

Backlog Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (5.70%) Confluence
2 7 (4.43%) CMS
3 3 (1.90%) Appian
4 2 (1.27%) nginx
4 2 (1.27%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.27%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (1.27%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.63%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 7 (4.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (3.16%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.90%) Shopify
4 1 (0.63%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.63%) Endur
4 1 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 47 (29.75%) Azure
2 34 (21.52%) Azure DevOps
3 17 (10.76%) PaaS
4 14 (8.86%) SaaS
5 12 (7.59%) AWS
5 12 (7.59%) GitHub
6 9 (5.70%) Power Platform
7 7 (4.43%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (3.80%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (2.53%) Figma
9 4 (2.53%) Power Automate
9 4 (2.53%) PowerApps
9 4 (2.53%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 4 (2.53%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 3 (1.90%) Azure App Service
10 3 (1.90%) Azure Functions
10 3 (1.90%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (1.90%) Azure Service Bus
10 3 (1.90%) Miro
10 3 (1.90%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.63%) 5G
1 1 (0.63%) Bluetooth
1 1 (0.63%) Broadband
1 1 (0.63%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.53%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (2.53%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.90%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (1.90%) MySQL
2 3 (1.90%) NoSQL
2 3 (1.90%) Oracle BI EE
2 3 (1.90%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (1.27%) Power BI
3 2 (1.27%) Tableau
4 1 (0.63%) Metadata
4 1 (0.63%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 28 (17.72%) JIRA
2 10 (6.33%) Git
3 8 (5.06%) Visual Studio
3 8 (5.06%) Visual Studio Code
4 5 (3.16%) Cypress.io
5 3 (1.90%) JMeter
5 3 (1.90%) Postman
5 3 (1.90%) Selenium
6 2 (1.27%) Android Studio
6 2 (1.27%) Crashlytics
6 2 (1.27%) Vite
6 2 (1.27%) Xcode
7 1 (0.63%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.63%) Browser DevTools
7 1 (0.63%) Eclipse
General
1 69 (43.67%) Finance
2 59 (37.34%) Social Skills
3 29 (18.35%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (14.56%) Marketing
5 16 (10.13%) Retail
6 14 (8.86%) Legal
7 11 (6.96%) Banking
8 8 (5.06%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (5.06%) Public Sector
9 6 (3.80%) Manufacturing
10 5 (3.16%) Advertising
10 5 (3.16%) Financial Institution
11 4 (2.53%) Law
11 4 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.90%) Local Government
12 3 (1.90%) Telecoms
13 2 (1.27%) Aerospace
13 2 (1.27%) Games
14 1 (0.63%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 49 (31.01%) Product Owner
2 33 (20.89%) Senior
3 32 (20.25%) Lead
4 17 (10.76%) Security Engineer
4 17 (10.76%) Senior Manager
5 14 (8.86%) Analyst
6 13 (8.23%) Business Analyst
7 10 (6.33%) Developer
7 10 (6.33%) IT Manager
7 10 (6.33%) Product Manager
7 10 (6.33%) Senior Developer
8 8 (5.06%) Innovation Manager
8 8 (5.06%) Senior Product Manager
9 6 (3.80%) Project Manager
10 5 (3.16%) Digital Product Owner
10 5 (3.16%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 5 (3.16%) Senior Front-End Developer
11 4 (2.53%) Product Director
11 4 (2.53%) Senior Product Owner
11 4 (2.53%) Technical Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (12.03%) YAML
2 12 (7.59%) CSS
3 11 (6.96%) HTML
4 10 (6.33%) RESTful
4 10 (6.33%) Vue
5 9 (5.70%) GraphQL
6 8 (5.06%) Node.js
6 8 (5.06%) Nuxt
7 7 (4.43%) Tailwind CSS
8 5 (3.16%) .NET
8 5 (3.16%) Jest
8 5 (3.16%) React
8 5 (3.16%) Vitest
9 4 (2.53%) .NET Core
9 4 (2.53%) OpenAPI
9 4 (2.53%) Swagger
10 3 (1.90%) EDI
10 3 (1.90%) Oracle Fusion
11 2 (1.27%) JSON
11 2 (1.27%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 76 (48.10%) Product Ownership
2 17 (10.76%) Security Posture
3 12 (7.59%) Reinsurance
4 11 (6.96%) Onboarding
5 10 (6.33%) Mobile App
6 7 (4.43%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (3.80%) Management Information System
8 4 (2.53%) AI Agents
8 4 (2.53%) Cloud Native
8 4 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (2.53%) Low-Code
9 3 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.90%) Cybercrime
9 3 (1.90%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.90%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.90%) Educational Technology
9 3 (1.90%) Virtual Team
10 2 (1.27%) Social Media
10 2 (1.27%) Sports Betting
11 1 (0.63%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.90%) Linux
2 2 (1.27%) Android
2 2 (1.27%) Windows
3 1 (0.63%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.63%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (81.65%) Agile
2 72 (45.57%) Product Backlog
3 65 (41.14%) Roadmaps
4 60 (37.97%) User Stories
5 44 (27.85%) Scrum
6 42 (26.58%) DevOps
7 38 (24.05%) Product Strategy
8 37 (23.42%) Mentoring
9 34 (21.52%) Coaching
10 33 (20.89%) User Experience
11 32 (20.25%) AI
11 32 (20.25%) Backlog Prioritisation
11 32 (20.25%) Stakeholder Management
12 30 (18.99%) Analytics
13 29 (18.35%) CI/CD
13 29 (18.35%) Product Management
13 29 (18.35%) Product Roadmap
14 28 (17.72%) Computer Science
14 28 (17.72%) Sprint Planning
15 27 (17.09%) Creative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 17 (10.76%) PowerShell
2 16 (10.13%) JavaScript
3 10 (6.33%) SQL
4 8 (5.06%) TypeScript
5 6 (3.80%) C#
6 3 (1.90%) PHP
6 3 (1.90%) Python
7 2 (1.27%) Bash
7 2 (1.27%) Java
8 1 (0.63%) Go
8 1 (0.63%) Groovy
8 1 (0.63%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.63%) Perl
8 1 (0.63%) Swift
Qualifications
1 41 (25.95%) Degree
2 21 (13.29%) Master's Degree
3 20 (12.66%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (2.53%) DBS Check
5 3 (1.90%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.90%) PMI Certification
5 3 (1.90%) PMP
5 3 (1.90%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.27%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 2 (1.27%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.27%) CISSP
6 2 (1.27%) CSPO
6 2 (1.27%) MBA
6 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.27%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.63%) CBAP
7 1 (0.63%) CISM
7 1 (0.63%) GIAC
7 1 (0.63%) IIBA
7 1 (0.63%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (15.19%) QA
2 18 (11.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (11.39%) NIST
3 17 (10.76%) NCSC
4 12 (7.59%) Accessibility
5 8 (5.06%) GDPR
6 5 (3.16%) PERC
6 5 (3.16%) SLA
7 3 (1.90%) WCAG
8 2 (1.27%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.63%) ITGC
9 1 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (1.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.63%) Grafana
Vendors
1 36 (22.78%) Microsoft
2 9 (5.70%) Salesforce
3 7 (4.43%) Oracle
3 7 (4.43%) SAP
4 4 (2.53%) Atlassian
4 4 (2.53%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (2.53%) Fortinet
4 4 (2.53%) Palo Alto
5 3 (1.90%) Dynatrace
5 3 (1.90%) HubSpot
6 2 (1.27%) Foundry
6 2 (1.27%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.63%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.63%) Cadence
7 1 (0.63%) ION Trading
7 1 (0.63%) OpenLink
7 1 (0.63%) Optimizely
7 1 (0.63%) Splunk
7 1 (0.63%) Teradata
7 1 (0.63%) Yardi