Backlog Management Jobs in Scotland

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 152 277 195
Rank change year-on-year +125 -82 +35
Permanent jobs citing Backlog Management 12 11 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.40% 0.16% 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 0.18% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 20
10th Percentile £50,742 £45,896 -
25th Percentile £57,497 £47,904 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,000 £52,500 £75,669
Median % change year-on-year +27.62% -30.62% +8.10%
75th Percentile £84,813 £57,125 £117,236
90th Percentile £102,925 £59,150 -
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% -3.70% +3.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,758 6,226 4,250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.64% 91.40% 94.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,306 2,433 2,111
10th Percentile £30,650 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Backlog Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Backlog Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Backlog Management in Scotland

Backlog Management
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Backlog Management in Scotland.

Salary trend for Backlog Management in Scotland

Backlog Management
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Backlog Management in Scotland over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Backlog Management in Scotland

Backlog Management
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Backlog Management within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 28 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
Edinburgh +26 9 £59,396 +4.20% 10
Glasgow +164 2 £110,000 +126.67% 16
Fife - 1 £62,500 -
Backlog Management
UK

Backlog Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 10 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 7 (58.33%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Finance
4 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (8.33%) Legal
4 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Product Owner
2 2 (16.67%) Product Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Business Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Coordinator
3 1 (8.33%) Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Digital Product Owner
3 1 (8.33%) Portfolio Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Project Coordinator
3 1 (8.33%) Systems Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Technology Owner
Miscellaneous
1 10 (83.33%) Product Ownership
2 2 (16.67%) Private Cloud
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (8.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Android
1 1 (8.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Agile
2 9 (75.00%) Roadmaps
3 7 (58.33%) Product Vision
4 6 (50.00%) Backlog Refinement
4 6 (50.00%) Creative Thinking
4 6 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
5 4 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
6 3 (25.00%) Analytics
6 3 (25.00%) Data Science
6 3 (25.00%) Product Management
6 3 (25.00%) Storytelling
7 2 (16.67%) Product Strategy
7 2 (16.67%) Project Management
8 1 (8.33%) Change Management
8 1 (8.33%) Coaching
8 1 (8.33%) Programme Management
8 1 (8.33%) Risk Management
8 1 (8.33%) Service Delivery
8 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (8.33%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) Data Quality
2 1 (8.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Citrix
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (8.33%) Salesforce