Backlog Refinement Job Trends in Surrey

Backlog Refinement (Backlog Grooming)
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring Backlog Refinement skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Backlog Refinement 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 0.057% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.070% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
South East median annual salary £56,250 £50,000 £71,250
% change year-on-year +12.50% -29.82% +23.91%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,424 1,066 1,359
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 80.63% 93.51% 88.42%
Number of salaries quoted 845 479 949
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £84,500 £86,500 £77,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.79% +16.00% -9.09%

Backlog Refinement
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Backlog Refinement job vacancy trend in Surrey

Backlog Refinement
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Backlog Refinement.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Backlog Refinement

Backlog Refinement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) NetSuite
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Receivables
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) Workday