Backlog Refinement Jobs in the Midlands

Backlog Refinement (Backlog Grooming)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Backlog Refinement skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Backlog Refinement over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 302 271 330
Rank change year-on-year -31 +59 -82
Permanent jobs citing Backlog Refinement 21 48 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.18% 0.52% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.54% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 6 7 24
10th Percentile £44,250 £32,500 £45,275
25th Percentile £48,563 £45,625 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,659 £62,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.75% +19.05% +8.02%
75th Percentile £68,557 £66,250 £72,813
90th Percentile £78,125 £67,250 £95,000
England median annual salary £80,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +28.00% -3.85% +23.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Backlog Refinement is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,744 8,963 10,245
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.97% 96.51% 94.37%
Number of salaries quoted 7,159 4,536 6,874
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £34,834 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +8.28%
75th Percentile £62,290 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Backlog Refinement
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Backlog Refinement in the Midlands

Backlog Refinement
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Backlog Refinement in the Midlands

Backlog Refinement
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Backlog Refinement in the Midlands over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Backlog Refinement in the Midlands

Backlog Refinement
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 Refinement within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 May 2024. 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
East Midlands - 13 £67,500 -
West Midlands -16 8 £55,000 -12.00% 5
Backlog Refinement
England

Backlog Refinement
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 5 (23.81%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (9.52%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.52%) Azure
1 2 (9.52%) Miro
1 2 (9.52%) SAP Commerce Cloud
2 1 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) Metadata
1 1 (4.76%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (28.57%) JIRA
General
1 7 (33.33%) Retail
2 4 (19.05%) Social Skills
3 3 (14.29%) Finance
4 2 (9.52%) Automotive
4 2 (9.52%) Marketing
5 1 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (33.33%) E-Commerce Executive
2 5 (23.81%) E-Commerce Tester
2 5 (23.81%) QA Tester
2 5 (23.81%) Tester
3 3 (14.29%) Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) Business Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) Product Owner
4 2 (9.52%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (9.52%) E-Commerce Manager
4 2 (9.52%) E-Commerce Project Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Lead
4 2 (9.52%) Project Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Senior
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Business Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Data Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Head of IT
5 1 (4.76%) Head of Software Development
5 1 (4.76%) IT Development Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Software Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 8 (38.10%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.76%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.76%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (71.43%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 12 (57.14%) Agile
2 12 (57.14%) Project Management
3 11 (52.38%) Release Management
3 11 (52.38%) Requirements Gathering
4 9 (42.86%) B2B
4 9 (42.86%) B2C
4 9 (42.86%) E-Commerce
4 9 (42.86%) User Acceptance Testing
5 8 (38.10%) Scrum
6 7 (33.33%) Web Development
7 5 (23.81%) Backlog Management
8 4 (19.05%) Acceptance Criteria
8 4 (19.05%) Agile Project Management
8 4 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (19.05%) Product Backlog
8 4 (19.05%) Sprint Planning
8 4 (19.05%) User Stories
9 3 (14.29%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.76%) C#
Qualifications
1 5 (23.81%) Degree
2 3 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.76%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (23.81%) QA
2 1 (4.76%) GDPR
2 1 (4.76%) PMO
Vendors
1 8 (38.10%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.52%) SAP
3 1 (4.76%) Cadence
3 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow