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 30 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 306 349 314
Rank change year-on-year +43 -35 +47
Permanent jobs citing Backlog Management 38 24 69
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.28% 0.15% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.19% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 25 19 44
10th Percentile £46,250 £43,950 £51,625
25th Percentile - £44,875 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,863 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% -8.33% +6.67%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £67,500 £109,865
England median annual salary £56,250 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -13.46% - -

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 11,542 12,786 12,360
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 86.38% 79.17% 96.33%
Number of salaries quoted 5,686 8,647 7,334
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,225 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £62,000
% change year-on-year - -11.29% +3.33%

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 30 July 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 30 July 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 +26 27 £47,863 -0.80% 20
Yorkshire +24 10 £55,000 -15.38% 14
North East +20 1 £60,000 - 3
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 5 (13.16%) Confluence
2 2 (5.26%) SAS
3 1 (2.63%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 10 (26.32%) Microsoft Office
1 10 (26.32%) Simulink
2 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (10.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (10.53%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.53%) Azure
1 4 (10.53%) Figma
1 4 (10.53%) Google Workspace
1 4 (10.53%) Miro
1 4 (10.53%) SaaS
1 4 (10.53%) Slack
2 1 (2.63%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (2.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (2.63%) dbt
2 1 (2.63%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.63%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.63%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.63%) Firewall
1 1 (2.63%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.89%) Data Lake
1 3 (7.89%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (7.89%) Relational Database
2 2 (5.26%) Oracle Database
3 1 (2.63%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (2.63%) GIS
Development Applications
1 10 (26.32%) JIRA
2 4 (10.53%) Balsamiq
3 1 (2.63%) Git
General
1 15 (39.47%) Social Skills
2 11 (28.95%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (26.32%) Aeronautics
3 10 (26.32%) Aerospace
4 9 (23.68%) Finance
5 6 (15.79%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (13.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (10.53%) Financial Institution
8 2 (5.26%) Legal
9 1 (2.63%) Advertising
9 1 (2.63%) Digital Health
9 1 (2.63%) Digital Healthcare
9 1 (2.63%) Health Technology
9 1 (2.63%) Marketing
9 1 (2.63%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (31.58%) Senior
2 11 (28.95%) Lead
2 11 (28.95%) Product Owner
3 10 (26.32%) Lead Systems Engineer
3 10 (26.32%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 10 (26.32%) Systems Engineer
3 10 (26.32%) Team Leader
4 5 (13.16%) Digital Product Owner
5 4 (10.53%) Product Manager
6 3 (7.89%) Analyst
6 3 (7.89%) Business Systems Analyst
6 3 (7.89%) Systems Analyst
7 2 (5.26%) Data Manager
7 2 (5.26%) Data Warehouse Manager
7 2 (5.26%) Project Manager
8 1 (2.63%) Customer Support Manager
8 1 (2.63%) Scrum Master
8 1 (2.63%) Senior Product Manager
8 1 (2.63%) Software Delivery Manager
8 1 (2.63%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.63%) CSS
1 1 (2.63%) D3.js
1 1 (2.63%) HTML
1 1 (2.63%) Plotly
1 1 (2.63%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 16 (42.11%) Product Ownership
2 3 (7.89%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.63%) Cybercrime
3 1 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.63%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.26%) Linux
1 2 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (92.11%) Agile
2 20 (52.63%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 15 (39.47%) Roadmaps
4 14 (36.84%) Project Management
5 13 (34.21%) Mentoring
6 12 (31.58%) Coaching
6 12 (31.58%) Mathematics
6 12 (31.58%) Product Backlog
7 11 (28.95%) Product Roadmap
7 11 (28.95%) User Stories
8 10 (26.32%) Cost Control
8 10 (26.32%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 10 (26.32%) Performance Management
8 10 (26.32%) Physics
8 10 (26.32%) Safety Engineering
8 10 (26.32%) Scrum
8 10 (26.32%) SysML
8 10 (26.32%) System Testing
8 10 (26.32%) Systems Engineering
9 9 (23.68%) Product Vision
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.53%) SQL
2 3 (7.89%) Python
3 1 (2.63%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 18 (47.37%) Degree
2 10 (26.32%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (7.89%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.26%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.63%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.63%) PMO
2 1 (2.63%) QA
2 1 (2.63%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.63%) FortiGate
1 1 (2.63%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (42.11%) Microsoft
2 10 (26.32%) MathWorks
3 4 (10.53%) Google
4 2 (5.26%) Oracle
5 1 (2.63%) Freshdesk
5 1 (2.63%) VMware