Backlog Management Job Trends in London

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London 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 291 363 337
Rank change year-on-year +72 -26 +16
Permanent jobs citing Backlog Management 104 62 99
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.76% 0.39% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 0.42% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 53 30 70
10th Percentile £53,750 £53,125 £63,625
25th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £73,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year - -14.29% +20.69%
75th Percentile £93,750 £83,438 £88,750
90th Percentile £150,000 £100,750 £100,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% -13.33% +7.14%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,117 14,907 16,420
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 88.36% 94.37% 92.91%
Number of salaries quoted 7,725 8,332 13,201
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,000 £41,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £120,000 £116,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Backlog Management
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Backlog Management job vacancy trend in London

Backlog Management
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Backlog Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Backlog Management

Backlog Management
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for Backlog Management in London

Backlog Management
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Backlog Management within the London 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
Central London +53 26 £87,500 +16.67% 17
South London +33 2 £82,500 -
West London - 2 £55,000 -
East London - 1 £57,510 - 2
Backlog Management
England

Backlog Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 6 (5.77%) Confluence
2 3 (2.88%) CMS
3 2 (1.92%) Appian
3 2 (1.92%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (4.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.96%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.96%) Endur
2 1 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 37 (35.58%) Azure
2 27 (25.96%) Azure DevOps
3 12 (11.54%) PaaS
4 10 (9.62%) GitHub
5 8 (7.69%) Power Platform
6 7 (6.73%) AWS
6 7 (6.73%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (6.73%) SaaS
7 4 (3.85%) Power Automate
7 4 (3.85%) PowerApps
8 3 (2.88%) Azure App Service
8 3 (2.88%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 3 (2.88%) Azure Functions
8 3 (2.88%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (2.88%) Azure Service Bus
8 3 (2.88%) Figma
8 3 (2.88%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (2.88%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 3 (2.88%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 3 (2.88%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.96%) 5G
1 1 (0.96%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (2.88%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (2.88%) NoSQL
2 3 (2.88%) Oracle BI EE
2 3 (2.88%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (2.88%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.92%) Tableau
4 1 (0.96%) Metadata
4 1 (0.96%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 20 (19.23%) JIRA
2 8 (7.69%) Git
2 8 (7.69%) Visual Studio
2 8 (7.69%) Visual Studio Code
3 5 (4.81%) Cypress.io
4 3 (2.88%) JMeter
4 3 (2.88%) Postman
4 3 (2.88%) Selenium
5 2 (1.92%) Crashlytics
6 1 (0.96%) Android Studio
6 1 (0.96%) Xcode
General
1 54 (51.92%) Finance
2 33 (31.73%) Social Skills
3 22 (21.15%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (18.27%) Marketing
5 16 (15.38%) Retail
6 10 (9.62%) Legal
7 9 (8.65%) Banking
8 5 (4.81%) Public Sector
9 4 (3.85%) Financial Institution
9 4 (3.85%) Law
9 4 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.88%) Local Government
11 2 (1.92%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.92%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.96%) Advertising
12 1 (0.96%) Back Office
12 1 (0.96%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 29 (27.88%) Senior
2 23 (22.12%) Product Owner
3 16 (15.38%) Lead
4 14 (13.46%) Senior Manager
5 12 (11.54%) Security Engineer
6 10 (9.62%) Developer
6 10 (9.62%) Senior Developer
7 9 (8.65%) Analyst
7 9 (8.65%) IT Manager
8 8 (7.69%) Business Analyst
8 8 (7.69%) Innovation Manager
9 6 (5.77%) Product Manager
10 5 (4.81%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 5 (4.81%) Project Manager
10 5 (4.81%) Senior Front-End Developer
10 5 (4.81%) Senior Product Manager
11 4 (3.85%) Agile Project Manager
11 4 (3.85%) Consultant
11 4 (3.85%) Digital Product Owner
11 4 (3.85%) Senior Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (11.54%) YAML
2 10 (9.62%) RESTful
3 8 (7.69%) CSS
3 8 (7.69%) GraphQL
3 8 (7.69%) HTML
3 8 (7.69%) Node.js
3 8 (7.69%) Nuxt
3 8 (7.69%) Vue
4 5 (4.81%) Jest
4 5 (4.81%) Tailwind CSS
4 5 (4.81%) Vitest
5 4 (3.85%) .NET
6 3 (2.88%) .NET Core
6 3 (2.88%) OpenAPI
6 3 (2.88%) Oracle Fusion
6 3 (2.88%) React
6 3 (2.88%) Swagger
7 2 (1.92%) EDI
7 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Graph
7 2 (1.92%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 46 (44.23%) Product Ownership
2 12 (11.54%) Security Posture
3 9 (8.65%) Mobile App
3 9 (8.65%) Reinsurance
4 4 (3.85%) AI Agents
4 4 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (3.85%) Low-Code
5 3 (2.88%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.88%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.88%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (2.88%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.92%) Social Media
7 1 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.96%) Cybercrime
7 1 (0.96%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.96%) Life Science
7 1 (0.96%) Marketing Technology
7 1 (0.96%) Reference Data
7 1 (0.96%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.96%) Android
1 1 (0.96%) Apple iOS
1 1 (0.96%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (87.50%) Agile
2 51 (49.04%) Product Backlog
3 42 (40.38%) Roadmaps
4 41 (39.42%) User Stories
5 32 (30.77%) DevOps
6 30 (28.85%) Product Strategy
6 30 (28.85%) Scrum
7 29 (27.88%) Mentoring
8 25 (24.04%) User Experience
9 24 (23.08%) AI
9 24 (23.08%) Coaching
10 23 (22.12%) Analytics
11 22 (21.15%) Product Management
12 21 (20.19%) CI/CD
12 21 (20.19%) UX Design
13 20 (19.23%) Computer Science
13 20 (19.23%) Creative Thinking
13 20 (19.23%) Cybersecurity
13 20 (19.23%) Product Roadmap
14 17 (16.35%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 12 (11.54%) JavaScript
1 12 (11.54%) PowerShell
2 10 (9.62%) SQL
3 8 (7.69%) TypeScript
4 5 (4.81%) C#
5 1 (0.96%) Go
5 1 (0.96%) Groovy
5 1 (0.96%) Java
5 1 (0.96%) Kotlin
5 1 (0.96%) PHP
5 1 (0.96%) Python
5 1 (0.96%) Swift
Qualifications
1 29 (27.88%) Degree
2 16 (15.38%) Master's Degree
3 15 (14.42%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.92%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 2 (1.92%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.92%) DV Cleared
4 2 (1.92%) MBA
4 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (1.92%) PMI Certification
4 2 (1.92%) PMP
4 2 (1.92%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.92%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.96%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.96%) CBAP
5 1 (0.96%) CISM
5 1 (0.96%) CISSP
5 1 (0.96%) GIAC
5 1 (0.96%) GSEC
5 1 (0.96%) IIBA
5 1 (0.96%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (14.42%) QA
2 13 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (12.50%) NIST
3 12 (11.54%) NCSC
4 11 (10.58%) Accessibility
5 8 (7.69%) GDPR
6 5 (4.81%) PERC
7 3 (2.88%) SLA
7 3 (2.88%) WCAG
8 2 (1.92%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (0.96%) Grafana
Vendors
1 26 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.77%) Oracle
3 5 (4.81%) Salesforce
4 4 (3.85%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (3.85%) Fortinet
4 4 (3.85%) Palo Alto
5 3 (2.88%) Dynatrace
5 3 (2.88%) HubSpot
6 2 (1.92%) Foundry
7 1 (0.96%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.96%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.96%) Cadence
7 1 (0.96%) Databricks
7 1 (0.96%) ION Trading
7 1 (0.96%) OpenLink
7 1 (0.96%) Optimizely
7 1 (0.96%) SAP
7 1 (0.96%) Teradata
7 1 (0.96%) Workday
7 1 (0.96%) Yardi