Backlog Management Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring Backlog Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Backlog Management 4 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.50% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39,331 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,662 - -
75th Percentile £43,369 - -
90th Percentile £45,848 - -
North East median annual salary £40,662 - £70,000

All Process & Methodology Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 631 619 466
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 79.27% 90.90% 87.76%
Number of salaries quoted 469 267 406
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,000 £36,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £69,332 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £88,500 £77,500
North East median annual salary £48,897 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.21% +5.26% -5.00%

Backlog Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Backlog Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Backlog Management job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Backlog Management
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Backlog Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Backlog Management

Backlog Management
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Backlog Management within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 12 January 2026. 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
Sunderland - 3 £40,662 -
Newcastle upon Tyne - 1 £45,000 - 2
Backlog Management
North East

Backlog Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (75.00%) ITSM
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) Product Backlog
2 3 (75.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (75.00%) Service Management
2 3 (75.00%) User Stories
3 2 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
3 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (25.00%) Agile
4 1 (25.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (25.00%) DevOps
4 1 (25.00%) ITIL
4 1 (25.00%) MoSCoW
4 1 (25.00%) Product Vision
4 1 (25.00%) Scrum
4 1 (25.00%) Sprint Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Sprint Retrospective
4 1 (25.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (25.00%) CISSP
1 1 (25.00%) CSPO
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Atlassian
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft