Backlog Refinement Jobs in the North East

Backlog Refinement (Backlog Grooming)
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North East requiring Backlog Refinement skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Backlog Refinement over the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 - 82
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Backlog Refinement 3 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 0.18% - 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% - 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62,500 - £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £62,500
75th Percentile £67,500 - £63,750
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,319 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.67% +4.90% -8.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North East

Backlog Refinement 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 North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,123 1,212 838
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 68.98% 80.91% 96.99%
Number of salaries quoted 663 870 530
10th Percentile £25,084 £26,250 £30,557
25th Percentile £25,087 £35,194 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £47,324 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.49% -5.35% +5.26%
75th Percentile £52,500 £62,148 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,625 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -12.00% +4.17%

Backlog Refinement
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for Backlog Refinement in the North East

Backlog Refinement
Salary Trend in the North East

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

Salary trend for Backlog Refinement in the North East

Backlog Refinement
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Backlog Refinement within the North East region over the 6 months to 15 August 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
Tyne and Wear - 3 £65,000 - 1
Backlog Refinement
England

Backlog Refinement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (33.33%) Law
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Java Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Java Scala Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Java Software Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Scala Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Senior
2 2 (66.67%) Senior Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Senior Java Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Senior Java Scala Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Senior Java Software Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Senior Scala Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Senior Software Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) Spring
1 3 (100.00%) Spring Boot
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) TDD
2 2 (66.67%) Code Quality
2 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (66.67%) Pair Programming
2 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) BDD
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (33.33%) Microservices
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Backlog
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Retrospective
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Review
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Java
2 2 (66.67%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 2 (66.67%) Kotlin
2 2 (66.67%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) Scala
2 2 (66.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared