Backlog Management Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Backlog Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Backlog Management 9 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 2.16% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.51% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
75th Percentile £67,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £68,750
% change year-on-year -7.69% -5.45% +3.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 359 382 308
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 86.09% 78.93% 91.39%
Number of salaries quoted 145 188 231
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,112 £29,994
25th Percentile £35,000 £46,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £80,000 £67,438
90th Percentile £86,500 £95,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £54,285 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.53% - -

Backlog Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Backlog Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Backlog Management job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Backlog Management
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Backlog Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Backlog Management

Backlog Management
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Backlog Management within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 4 November 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
County Antrim - 8 £65,000 - 1
Backlog Management
UK

Backlog Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) CICS
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) AWS
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) GCP
1 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
1 1 (11.11%) Serverless
1 1 (11.11%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Metadata
2 1 (11.11%) DB2
2 1 (11.11%) Power BI
2 1 (11.11%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 7 (77.78%) Legal
2 3 (33.33%) Finance
3 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Advertising
4 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
4 1 (11.11%) Marketing
4 1 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Digital Product Manager
1 7 (77.78%) Product Manager
2 3 (33.33%) Identity Management Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Business Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Product Owner
3 1 (11.11%) Service Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Supply Chain Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Supply Chain Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (11.11%) Mainframe
1 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
1 1 (11.11%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Agile
2 8 (88.89%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 7 (77.78%) Analytics
3 7 (77.78%) Product Management
3 7 (77.78%) Product Strategy
3 7 (77.78%) Roadmaps
3 7 (77.78%) Telematics
4 6 (66.67%) Budget Management
4 6 (66.67%) Human-Centred Design
4 6 (66.67%) Market Research
4 6 (66.67%) Performance Metrics
4 6 (66.67%) Performance Monitoring
4 6 (66.67%) Product Roadmap
4 6 (66.67%) User Experience
4 6 (66.67%) User Research
4 6 (66.67%) UX Design
5 5 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (55.56%) Identity Access Management
6 3 (33.33%) Coaching
6 3 (33.33%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) COBOL
1 1 (11.11%) JCL
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) GMP
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) RACF
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Bloomberg
1 1 (11.11%) BT
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle
1 1 (11.11%) SAP