Backlog Management Jobs in the Midlands

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 237 305 261
Rank change year-on-year +68 -44 +37
Permanent jobs citing Backlog Management 23 20 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.33% 0.16% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.19% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 19 6 14
10th Percentile £43,500 £41,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,563 £43,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £57,659 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year -16.75% +12.51% +2.24%
75th Percentile - £70,582 £57,188
90th Percentile £69,200 £73,950 £61,000
England median annual salary £56,250 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -13.46% -3.70% +3.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,329 10,318 8,446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 91.57% 80.22% 96.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2,518 7,406 4,404
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £33,000 £35,000 £38,357
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,200 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Backlog Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Backlog Management in the Midlands

Backlog Management
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Backlog Management in the Midlands

Backlog Management
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Backlog Management in the Midlands over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Backlog Management in the Midlands

Backlog Management
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Backlog Management within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 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
West Midlands +65 20 £48,000 -20.42% 17
East Midlands +37 3 £60,000 +60.00% 5
Backlog Management
England

Backlog Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (4.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (34.78%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (34.78%) Salesforce CRM
2 7 (30.43%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 8 (34.78%) Miro
2 2 (8.70%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 11 (47.83%) JIRA
2 1 (4.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 1 (4.35%) Cucumber
2 1 (4.35%) FitNesse
2 1 (4.35%) Jenkins
2 1 (4.35%) Newman
General
1 13 (56.52%) Social Skills
2 10 (43.48%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (39.13%) Finance
4 2 (8.70%) Automotive
4 2 (8.70%) Banking
4 2 (8.70%) Investment Banking
4 2 (8.70%) Marketing
4 2 (8.70%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (56.52%) Product Owner
2 8 (34.78%) Agile Product Owner
3 7 (30.43%) Analyst
3 7 (30.43%) Business Analyst
3 7 (30.43%) CRM Analyst
3 7 (30.43%) CRM Business Analyst
3 7 (30.43%) CRM Systems Analyst
3 7 (30.43%) Finance Business Analyst
3 7 (30.43%) Finance Systems Analyst
3 7 (30.43%) Financial Analyst
3 7 (30.43%) Financial Business Analyst
3 7 (30.43%) Systems Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Technical Product Owner
5 1 (4.35%) Embedded Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Product Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Scrum Master
5 1 (4.35%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (65.22%) Product Ownership
2 7 (30.43%) Legacy Systems
2 7 (30.43%) Taxonomies
3 2 (8.70%) Virtual Team
4 1 (4.35%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (100.00%) Agile
2 20 (86.96%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (86.96%) Roadmaps
3 17 (73.91%) Stakeholder Management
4 15 (65.22%) CRM
4 15 (65.22%) Process Improvement
5 13 (56.52%) Product Backlog
6 11 (47.83%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 11 (47.83%) Coaching
6 11 (47.83%) Scrum
7 10 (43.48%) Decision-Making
7 10 (43.48%) Kanban
7 10 (43.48%) Product Roadmap
7 10 (43.48%) User Stories
8 9 (39.13%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 9 (39.13%) Mentoring
8 9 (39.13%) Project Management
9 8 (34.78%) Lean Six Sigma
9 8 (34.78%) Six Sigma
9 8 (34.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) C
1 1 (4.35%) C#
1 1 (4.35%) C++
1 1 (4.35%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (8.70%) Degree
2 1 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 15 (65.22%) Salesforce
2 8 (34.78%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.35%) Lauterbach
3 1 (4.35%) ServiceNow