Backlog Prioritisation Job Trends in Scotland

Backlog Prioritisation
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Backlog Prioritisation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 137 182
Rank change year-on-year +9 +45 +19
Permanent jobs citing Backlog Prioritisation 13 5 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.47% 0.18% 0.072%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 0.20% 0.075%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £38,625 - -
25th Percentile £42,188 £67,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £75,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% - -
75th Percentile £54,688 £82,500 -
90th Percentile £57,875 - -
UK median annual salary £66,750 £65,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +2.69% -18.75% +14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Backlog Prioritisation 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 2,237 2,533 2,668
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 81.52% 92.08% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,134 1,103 1,716
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,284 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +4.76% -7.08%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £69,850
90th Percentile £80,175 £87,350 £83,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Backlog Prioritisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Backlog Prioritisation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Backlog Prioritisation job vacancy trend in Scotland

Backlog Prioritisation
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Backlog Prioritisation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Backlog Prioritisation

Backlog Prioritisation
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Backlog Prioritisation in Scotland over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Backlog Prioritisation in Scotland

Backlog Prioritisation
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 Prioritisation within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 24 December 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 +2 10 £37,500 - 3
North Lanarkshire - 2 - -
Glasgow - 1 £60,000 - 3
Backlog Prioritisation
UK

Backlog Prioritisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (7.69%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (61.54%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 8 (61.54%) Azure
1 8 (61.54%) Azure Logic Apps
1 8 (61.54%) Boomi
1 8 (61.54%) SaaS
2 1 (7.69%) Power Automate
2 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
2 1 (7.69%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Metadata
1 1 (7.69%) Power BI
1 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (61.54%) JIRA
General
1 10 (76.92%) Finance
2 4 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Banking
3 1 (7.69%) Legal
3 1 (7.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) Senior
2 2 (15.38%) Lead
3 1 (7.69%) Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Automation Specialist
3 1 (7.69%) Business Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Compliance Specialist
3 1 (7.69%) Digital Product Owner
3 1 (7.69%) Product Owner
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (61.54%) REST
1 8 (61.54%) SAML
1 8 (61.54%) SOAP
1 8 (61.54%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (69.23%) Product Ownership
2 2 (15.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Agile
1 10 (76.92%) Roadmaps
2 8 (61.54%) Asset Management
2 8 (61.54%) Coaching
2 8 (61.54%) Data Privacy
2 8 (61.54%) Mentoring
3 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (15.38%) Analytical Thinking
4 2 (15.38%) Benchmarking
4 2 (15.38%) Budget Management
4 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (15.38%) Data Management
4 2 (15.38%) E-Commerce
4 2 (15.38%) ERP
4 2 (15.38%) IT Strategy
4 2 (15.38%) Portfolio Management
4 2 (15.38%) Pricing Analytics
4 2 (15.38%) Pricing Strategy
4 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (15.38%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 9 (69.23%) Python
2 8 (61.54%) JavaScript
2 8 (61.54%) PowerShell
3 1 (7.69%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (61.54%) GDPR
2 2 (15.38%) PMO
3 1 (7.69%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 8 (61.54%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (61.54%) MuleSoft
1 8 (61.54%) ServiceNow
1 8 (61.54%) Workday
2 1 (7.69%) Dataiku
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft