Product Backlog Jobs in the Midlands

Product Backlogs
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Product Backlog skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Product Backlog over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 229 263 205
Rank change year-on-year +34 -58 +56
Permanent jobs citing Product Backlog 28 58 113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.39% 0.48% 1.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.59% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 26 38 36
10th Percentile £34,250 £35,425 £42,500
25th Percentile £39,063 £41,063 £49,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £50,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.95% -8.18% +3.19%
75th Percentile £55,000 £66,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £71,750 £69,435 £77,500
England median annual salary £59,684 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.51% - -3.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Product Backlog 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 6,573 9,828 8,779
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 91.67% 81.55% 96.51%
Number of salaries quoted 2,637 7,184 4,440
10th Percentile £27,250 £26,250 £29,975
25th Percentile £34,000 £35,000 £38,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,342 £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%

Product Backlog
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Backlog in the Midlands

Product Backlog
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Product Backlog in the Midlands

Product Backlog
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Backlog in the Midlands over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Product Backlog in the Midlands

Product Backlog
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 Product Backlog within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 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 +38 18 £48,000 -18.52% 16
East Midlands +6 10 £37,500 - 5
Product Backlog
England

Product Backlog
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 8 (28.57%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.57%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (28.57%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (28.57%) Miro
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 17 (60.71%) JIRA
General
1 7 (25.00%) Law
2 6 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 4 (14.29%) Finance
4 3 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (7.14%) Banking
5 2 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (7.14%) Investment Banking
5 2 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (7.14%) Retail
6 1 (3.57%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 12 (42.86%) Product Owner
2 11 (39.29%) Analyst
3 9 (32.14%) Business Analyst
4 8 (28.57%) Agile Product Owner
5 3 (10.71%) Junior
5 3 (10.71%) Junior Analyst
5 3 (10.71%) Junior Business Analyst
5 3 (10.71%) Product Manager
6 2 (7.14%) Technical Product Owner
7 1 (3.57%) Architect
7 1 (3.57%) Business Architect
7 1 (3.57%) Data Business Analyst
7 1 (3.57%) Digital Analyst
7 1 (3.57%) PMO Analyst
7 1 (3.57%) Portfolio Analyst
7 1 (3.57%) Scrum Master
7 1 (3.57%) Software Manager
7 1 (3.57%) Software Product Manager
7 1 (3.57%) Supply Chain Manager
Miscellaneous
1 14 (50.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (3.57%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.57%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (75.00%) Agile
2 17 (60.71%) Roadmaps
3 15 (53.57%) Backlog Management
4 12 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (42.86%) User Stories
5 11 (39.29%) Scrum
5 11 (39.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (35.71%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 10 (35.71%) CRM
6 10 (35.71%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 10 (35.71%) Kanban
6 10 (35.71%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 9 (32.14%) Coaching
7 9 (32.14%) Software Delivery
8 8 (28.57%) Epics
8 8 (28.57%) Lean Six Sigma
8 8 (28.57%) Mentoring
8 8 (28.57%) Process Improvement
8 8 (28.57%) Six Sigma
8 8 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 2 (7.14%) Degree
2 1 (3.57%) CBAP
2 1 (3.57%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.14%) PMO
Vendors
1 8 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 8 (28.57%) Salesforce
2 1 (3.57%) ServiceNow