Backlog Refinement (Backlog Grooming)
South East > Oxfordshire
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring Backlog Refinement skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 9 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 65 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +47 |
| Permanent jobs citing Backlog Refinement | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire | - | - | 0.14% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | - | 0.16% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £57,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | - | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +11.72% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £62,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| South East median annual salary | £47,500 | £50,000 | £71,250 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | -29.82% | +18.75% |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Oxfordshire
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 Oxfordshire.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 529 | 686 | 637 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire | 72.27% | 86.84% | 88.72% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 371 | 337 | 524 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £31,400 | £35,300 |
| 25th Percentile | £35,000 | £43,125 | £40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £56,000 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.71% | +6.67% | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £68,394 | £65,313 |
| 90th Percentile | £80,000 | £80,500 | £80,000 |
| South East median annual salary | £50,000 | £58,000 | £52,550 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.79% | +10.37% | -4.45% |
Backlog Refinement
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Backlog Refinement relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire.
Backlog Refinement
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Backlog Refinement.
