Product Backlog Jobs in the South East

Product Backlogs
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Product Backlog skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Product Backlog over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 286 332 244
Rank change year-on-year +46 -88 +83
Permanent jobs citing Product Backlog 12 65 171
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.13% 0.39% 1.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.46% 1.25%
Number of salaries quoted 8 29 69
10th Percentile £51,575 £47,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £61,250 £48,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £69,375 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £79,500 £87,500 £86,250
England median annual salary £59,684 £63,217 £62,667
% change year-on-year -5.59% +0.88% -3.59%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Product Backlog 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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,645 14,205 13,734
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 91.79% 84.51% 94.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4,288 9,899 8,009
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,837 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.67% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £86,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Product Backlog
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Product Backlog as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Product Backlog in the South East

Product Backlog
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Product Backlog in the South East.

Salary trend for Product Backlog in the South East

Product Backlog
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Backlog in the South East over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Product Backlog in the South East

Product Backlog
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Backlog within the South East region over the 6 months to 13 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
Thames Valley +18 6 £65,250 +2.35% 16
Surrey +47 2 - - 4
Berkshire +38 2 £62,500 - 13
Buckinghamshire +20 2 £82,500 +36.36% 1
Oxfordshire 0 2 £65,250 +0.38% 4
Middlesex - 2 - -
Kent +37 1 £65,000 +23.81% 1
East Sussex +30 1 £31,000 -46.09% 1
Product Backlog
England

Product Backlog
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (8.33%) Power Automate
2 1 (8.33%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Power BI
1 2 (16.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) JIRA
2 1 (8.33%) Git
General
1 5 (41.67%) Finance
1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (8.33%) Financial Institution
4 1 (8.33%) Law
4 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Product Manager
2 4 (33.33%) Product Owner
3 3 (25.00%) Business Manager
3 3 (25.00%) Senior
3 3 (25.00%) Senior Manager
3 3 (25.00%) Senior Product Manager
4 2 (16.67%) Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) Business Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) Digital Product Manager
4 2 (16.67%) Insight Manager
4 2 (16.67%) Lead
4 2 (16.67%) Lead Business Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) Senior Digital Product Manager
5 1 (8.33%) Change Manager
5 1 (8.33%) Change Project Manager
5 1 (8.33%) Junior
5 1 (8.33%) Junior Product Owner
5 1 (8.33%) Project Change Manager
5 1 (8.33%) Senior Business Manager
5 1 (8.33%) Senior IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) Gherkin
1 2 (16.67%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Agile
2 6 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 4 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
3 4 (33.33%) Product Vision
4 3 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
4 3 (25.00%) Backlog Management
4 3 (25.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 3 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 3 (25.00%) Market Research
4 3 (25.00%) Scrum
4 3 (25.00%) User Stories
5 2 (16.67%) Business Analysis
5 2 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
5 2 (16.67%) Requirements Analysis
5 2 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (8.33%) Salesforce