Backlog Management Jobs in the North of England

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 316 354 348
Rank change year-on-year +38 -6 +9
Permanent jobs citing Backlog Management 33 33 85
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.28% 0.18% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.22% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 21 24 52
10th Percentile - £39,750 -
25th Percentile - £51,615 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,863 £60,875 £74,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.37% -18.29% +41.90%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £102,552
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £117,236
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
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,078 15,074 15,835
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 94.14% 81.62% 96.71%
Number of salaries quoted 5,542 11,471 7,791
10th Percentile £25,087 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £61,967 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,250 £81,250
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Backlog Management in the North of England

Backlog Management
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Backlog Management in the North of England.

Salary trend for Backlog Management in the North of England

Backlog Management
Salary Histogram in the North of England

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

Salary histogram for Backlog Management in the North of England

Backlog Management
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Backlog Management within the North of England 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
North West +8 24 £47,863 -12.98% 36
Yorkshire +55 8 £65,000 +8.33% 8
North East +45 1 £60,000 -14.29% 4
Backlog Management
England

Backlog Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 2 (6.06%) Confluence
1 2 (6.06%) SAS
2 1 (3.03%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 10 (30.30%) Microsoft Office
1 10 (30.30%) Simulink
2 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (12.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (12.12%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.12%) Azure
1 4 (12.12%) Figma
1 4 (12.12%) Google Workspace
1 4 (12.12%) Miro
1 4 (12.12%) Slack
2 2 (6.06%) SaaS
3 1 (3.03%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (3.03%) dbt
3 1 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.03%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.03%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) Firewall
1 1 (3.03%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.09%) Data Lake
1 3 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (6.06%) Oracle Database
3 1 (3.03%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (3.03%) GIS
3 1 (3.03%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (21.21%) JIRA
2 4 (12.12%) Balsamiq
3 1 (3.03%) Git
General
1 13 (39.39%) Social Skills
2 10 (30.30%) Aeronautics
2 10 (30.30%) Aerospace
3 9 (27.27%) Finance
4 8 (24.24%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (12.12%) Financial Institution
5 4 (12.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (12.12%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (6.06%) Legal
7 1 (3.03%) Advertising
7 1 (3.03%) Digital Health
7 1 (3.03%) Digital Healthcare
7 1 (3.03%) Health Technology
7 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (33.33%) Lead
1 11 (33.33%) Senior
2 10 (30.30%) Lead Systems Engineer
2 10 (30.30%) Product Owner
2 10 (30.30%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 10 (30.30%) Systems Engineer
2 10 (30.30%) Team Leader
3 5 (15.15%) Digital Product Owner
4 3 (9.09%) Product Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Data Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Data Warehouse Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Project Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Business Systems Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Developer
6 1 (3.03%) IT Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Scrum Master
6 1 (3.03%) Software Delivery Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Software Delivery Project Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) CSS
1 1 (3.03%) D3.js
1 1 (3.03%) HTML
1 1 (3.03%) Plotly
1 1 (3.03%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 15 (45.45%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.03%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.06%) Linux
1 2 (6.06%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (93.94%) Agile
2 18 (54.55%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 13 (39.39%) Roadmaps
4 12 (36.36%) Mathematics
4 12 (36.36%) Mentoring
4 12 (36.36%) Project Management
5 11 (33.33%) Product Backlog
5 11 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
6 10 (30.30%) Coaching
6 10 (30.30%) Cost Control
6 10 (30.30%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 10 (30.30%) Performance Management
6 10 (30.30%) Physics
6 10 (30.30%) Safety Engineering
6 10 (30.30%) SysML
6 10 (30.30%) System Testing
6 10 (30.30%) Systems Engineering
7 8 (24.24%) Product Vision
7 8 (24.24%) User Stories
8 7 (21.21%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.09%) Python
2 2 (6.06%) SQL
3 1 (3.03%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 18 (54.55%) Degree
2 10 (30.30%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.03%) Accessibility
1 1 (3.03%) Data Quality
1 1 (3.03%) PMO
1 1 (3.03%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) FortiGate
1 1 (3.03%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (48.48%) Microsoft
2 10 (30.30%) MathWorks
3 4 (12.12%) Google
4 2 (6.06%) Oracle
5 1 (3.03%) VMware