Backlog Management Jobs in England

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Backlog Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Backlog Management over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 521 570 518
Rank change year-on-year +49 -52 -87
Permanent jobs citing Backlog Management 166 284 434
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.34% 0.32% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.38% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 87 182 241
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,199 £45,000
25th Percentile £47,863 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% -3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £72,250 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £88,750 £117,236
UK median annual salary £55,000 £64,109 £67,500
% change year-on-year -14.21% -5.02% +3.85%

All Process and 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 46,039 75,199 82,570
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.03% 84.05% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 22,875 54,702 49,146
10th Percentile £29,500 £29,000 £34,452
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,528 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%

Backlog Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Backlog Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Backlog Management in England

Backlog Management
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Backlog Management in England.

Salary trend for Backlog Management in England

Backlog Management
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Backlog Management in England over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

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 30 May 2025. 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 +51 59 £67,500 -15.63% 91
North of England +52 33 £47,863 -21.37% 201
South East +75 28 £62,500 +2.04% 239
North West +15 24 £47,863 -12.98% 105
Midlands +89 23 £48,000 -16.75% 176
West Midlands +67 20 £48,000 -20.42% 97
Yorkshire +59 8 £65,000 +8.33% 72
South West +50 8 £62,500 +13.64% 105
East of England +50 7 £68,750 +44.74% 127
East Midlands +40 3 £60,000 +60.00% 67
North East +42 1 £60,000 -14.29% 24
Backlog Management
UK

Backlog Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (6.02%) Confluence
2 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.20%) SAS
2 2 (1.20%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.60%) CMS
3 1 (0.60%) EPiServer
Applications
1 18 (10.84%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (6.02%) Simulink
3 6 (3.61%) Trello
4 4 (2.41%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (2.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (2.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (7.23%) NetSuite
2 8 (4.82%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (2.41%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.60%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 37 (22.29%) Azure
2 24 (14.46%) Azure DevOps
3 17 (10.24%) PaaS
4 16 (9.64%) SaaS
5 15 (9.04%) Miro
6 9 (5.42%) Entra ID
6 9 (5.42%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (4.82%) Figma
8 6 (3.61%) Power Platform
9 5 (3.01%) GitHub
10 4 (2.41%) Anthropic Claude
10 4 (2.41%) ChatGPT
10 4 (2.41%) Google Workspace
10 4 (2.41%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (2.41%) Slack
10 4 (2.41%) SuccessFactors
11 3 (1.81%) AWS
11 3 (1.81%) Azure Key Vault
11 3 (1.81%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (1.81%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.81%) Firewall
2 2 (1.20%) Network Security
2 2 (1.20%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.60%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.42%) Data Lake
2 5 (3.01%) Power BI
2 5 (3.01%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.01%) Tableau
3 4 (2.41%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (1.81%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.81%) GIS
5 2 (1.20%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.60%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.60%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 35 (21.08%) JIRA
2 4 (2.41%) Balsamiq
3 3 (1.81%) Git
4 2 (1.20%) Selenium
5 1 (0.60%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.60%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.60%) FitNesse
5 1 (0.60%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.60%) Newman
General
1 73 (43.98%) Social Skills
2 66 (39.76%) Finance
3 45 (27.11%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (11.45%) Marketing
5 12 (7.23%) Influencing Skills
5 12 (7.23%) Law
6 10 (6.02%) Aeronautics
6 10 (6.02%) Aerospace
7 9 (5.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (3.61%) Publishing
9 5 (3.01%) Financial Institution
10 4 (2.41%) Legal
11 3 (1.81%) Banking
11 3 (1.81%) Retail
12 2 (1.20%) Automotive
12 2 (1.20%) Investment Banking
12 2 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.20%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.60%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 55 (33.13%) Product Owner
2 31 (18.67%) Lead
3 30 (18.07%) Senior
4 19 (11.45%) Analyst
5 18 (10.84%) Business Analyst
5 18 (10.84%) Product Manager
6 17 (10.24%) Security Engineer
7 13 (7.83%) Systems Analyst
8 12 (7.23%) CRM Analyst
8 12 (7.23%) CRM Business Analyst
8 12 (7.23%) CRM Systems Analyst
8 12 (7.23%) Finance Business Analyst
8 12 (7.23%) Finance Systems Analyst
8 12 (7.23%) Financial Analyst
8 12 (7.23%) Financial Business Analyst
9 10 (6.02%) Agile Product Owner
9 10 (6.02%) Lead Systems Engineer
9 10 (6.02%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 10 (6.02%) Systems Engineer
9 10 (6.02%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (10.24%) YAML
2 4 (2.41%) Middleware
2 4 (2.41%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (1.81%) CSS
3 3 (1.81%) HTML
3 3 (1.81%) React
3 3 (1.81%) REST
3 3 (1.81%) RESTful
4 2 (1.20%) .NET
4 2 (1.20%) .NET Framework
4 2 (1.20%) Gherkin
4 2 (1.20%) Jest
4 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Graph
4 2 (1.20%) SPFx
4 2 (1.20%) Swagger
5 1 (0.60%) D3.js
5 1 (0.60%) Plotly
Miscellaneous
1 75 (45.18%) Product Ownership
2 21 (12.65%) Security Posture
3 12 (7.23%) Legacy Systems
3 12 (7.23%) Taxonomies
4 7 (4.22%) Management Information System
5 5 (3.01%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.41%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (2.41%) Cloud Security Posture
7 3 (1.81%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.81%) Machine to Machine
7 3 (1.81%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.60%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.60%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.60%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.60%) NHS
8 1 (0.60%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.60%) Online Games
8 1 (0.60%) Reinsurance
8 1 (0.60%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.82%) Windows
2 7 (4.22%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.81%) Linux
4 1 (0.60%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (83.13%) Agile
2 91 (54.82%) Roadmaps
3 60 (36.14%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 49 (29.52%) Coaching
4 49 (29.52%) Mentoring
4 49 (29.52%) Problem-Solving
5 47 (28.31%) Product Backlog
6 45 (27.11%) Product Roadmap
7 44 (26.51%) User Stories
8 41 (24.70%) Product Management
8 41 (24.70%) Scrum
9 40 (24.10%) Project Management
10 39 (23.49%) Product Strategy
11 37 (22.29%) Creative Thinking
12 33 (19.88%) DevOps
13 30 (18.07%) Stakeholder Management
14 28 (16.87%) Product Vision
15 27 (16.27%) Analytics
15 27 (16.27%) Decision-Making
16 25 (15.06%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 28 (16.87%) PowerShell
2 13 (7.83%) Python
3 9 (5.42%) SQL
4 5 (3.01%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.81%) C#
6 2 (1.20%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.60%) C
7 1 (0.60%) C++
7 1 (0.60%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 60 (36.14%) Degree
2 23 (13.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (10.84%) Master's Degree
4 10 (6.02%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (3.61%) Azure Certification
5 6 (3.61%) CSPO
5 6 (3.61%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (3.01%) CISSP
7 3 (1.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (1.81%) CCSP
7 3 (1.81%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.81%) Security Cleared
8 2 (1.20%) CEH
8 2 (1.20%) CISM
8 2 (1.20%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.60%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.60%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (16.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (13.25%) NIST
3 17 (10.24%) NCSC
4 11 (6.63%) GDPR
5 8 (4.82%) QA
6 3 (1.81%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.81%) SOC 2
7 2 (1.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (1.20%) Data Quality
7 2 (1.20%) PMO
8 1 (0.60%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.60%) ISO 8583
8 1 (0.60%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (3.61%) Active Directory
1 6 (3.61%) Virtual Desktop
1 6 (3.61%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (4.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.81%) Progress Chef
2 3 (1.81%) Puppet
2 3 (1.81%) Terraform
3 1 (0.60%) CASB
3 1 (0.60%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.60%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 50 (30.12%) Microsoft
2 22 (13.25%) Salesforce
3 10 (6.02%) MathWorks
4 7 (4.22%) Google
5 6 (3.61%) Apple
5 6 (3.61%) Citrix
5 6 (3.61%) Oracle
5 6 (3.61%) ServiceNow
6 5 (3.01%) SAP
7 3 (1.81%) Alibaba
8 2 (1.20%) ESRI
8 2 (1.20%) Pardot
9 1 (0.60%) Lauterbach
9 1 (0.60%) Optimizely
9 1 (0.60%) VMware