Backlog Management Jobs in the UK excluding London

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 461 586 498
Rank change year-on-year +125 -88 -36
Permanent jobs citing Backlog Management 118 177 261
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.30% 0.24% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.29% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 66 83 141
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,863 £46,199 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,000 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year -12.28% -5.39% +9.54%
75th Percentile £68,438 £63,875 £82,548
90th Percentile £81,875 £73,410 £117,236
UK median annual salary £55,000 £64,109 £67,285
% change year-on-year -14.21% -4.72% +3.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,721 61,614 54,758
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.53% 82.28% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 17,560 42,296 28,644
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,564 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%

Backlog Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Backlog Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Backlog Management in the UK excluding London

Backlog Management
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Backlog Management in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Backlog Management in the UK excluding London

Backlog Management
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Backlog Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Backlog Management in the UK excluding London

Backlog Management
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Backlog Management within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 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
North of England +38 33 £47,863 -21.37% 48
South East +66 29 £62,500 +2.04% 14
North West +8 24 £47,863 -12.98% 36
Midlands +68 23 £48,000 -16.75% 29
West Midlands +65 20 £48,000 -20.42% 24
Scotland +123 13 £62,500 +19.05% 10
South West +58 9 £60,000 +9.09% 12
Yorkshire +55 8 £65,000 +8.33% 8
East of England +53 7 £68,750 +44.74% 11
Wales +41 4 £50,000 -16.67% 3
East Midlands +37 3 £60,000 +60.00% 5
North East +45 1 £60,000 -14.29% 4
Backlog Management
UK

Backlog Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 9 (7.63%) Confluence
2 2 (1.69%) SAS
3 1 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.85%) CMS
3 1 (0.85%) EPiServer
Applications
1 19 (16.10%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (8.47%) Simulink
3 4 (3.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (3.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (3.39%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.85%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (6.78%) Salesforce CRM
2 7 (5.93%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 27 (22.88%) Azure
2 16 (13.56%) Azure DevOps
3 15 (12.71%) PaaS
4 12 (10.17%) Miro
5 7 (5.93%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (5.93%) SaaS
6 6 (5.08%) Entra ID
7 4 (3.39%) Figma
7 4 (3.39%) Google Workspace
7 4 (3.39%) Slack
8 2 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.85%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.85%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.85%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.85%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (0.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.85%) dbt
9 1 (0.85%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.85%) Serverless
9 1 (0.85%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.85%) Firewall
1 1 (0.85%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.63%) Data Lake
2 3 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (2.54%) GIS
3 2 (1.69%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.85%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.85%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 28 (23.73%) JIRA
2 4 (3.39%) Balsamiq
3 1 (0.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (0.85%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.85%) FitNesse
3 1 (0.85%) Git
3 1 (0.85%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.85%) Newman
General
1 58 (49.15%) Social Skills
2 45 (38.14%) Finance
3 23 (19.49%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (12.71%) Influencing Skills
5 10 (8.47%) Aeronautics
5 10 (8.47%) Aerospace
6 9 (7.63%) Marketing
7 6 (5.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (3.39%) Financial Institution
8 4 (3.39%) Legal
8 4 (3.39%) Retail
9 2 (1.69%) Automotive
9 2 (1.69%) Banking
9 2 (1.69%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.69%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.85%) Advertising
10 1 (0.85%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.85%) Digital Healthcare
10 1 (0.85%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 44 (37.29%) Product Owner
2 29 (24.58%) Lead
3 18 (15.25%) Senior
4 15 (12.71%) Security Engineer
5 12 (10.17%) Analyst
5 12 (10.17%) Product Manager
6 11 (9.32%) Business Analyst
7 10 (8.47%) Lead Systems Engineer
7 10 (8.47%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 10 (8.47%) Systems Engineer
7 10 (8.47%) Team Leader
8 8 (6.78%) Agile Product Owner
8 8 (6.78%) Systems Analyst
9 7 (5.93%) CRM Analyst
9 7 (5.93%) CRM Business Analyst
9 7 (5.93%) CRM Systems Analyst
9 7 (5.93%) Finance Business Analyst
9 7 (5.93%) Finance Systems Analyst
9 7 (5.93%) Financial Analyst
9 7 (5.93%) Financial Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (12.71%) YAML
2 3 (2.54%) CSS
2 3 (2.54%) HTML
3 2 (1.69%) Gherkin
3 2 (1.69%) Swagger
4 1 (0.85%) D3.js
4 1 (0.85%) Plotly
4 1 (0.85%) React
4 1 (0.85%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 60 (50.85%) Product Ownership
2 15 (12.71%) Security Posture
3 7 (5.93%) Legacy Systems
3 7 (5.93%) Taxonomies
4 4 (3.39%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (3.39%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.69%) Private Cloud
5 2 (1.69%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.85%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.85%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.85%) NHS
6 1 (0.85%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.85%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.78%) Windows
2 7 (5.93%) Apple iOS
3 3 (2.54%) Linux
4 1 (0.85%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (97.46%) Agile
2 62 (52.54%) Roadmaps
3 46 (38.98%) Coaching
4 44 (37.29%) Mentoring
5 38 (32.20%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 38 (32.20%) Product Backlog
6 34 (28.81%) Product Roadmap
7 33 (27.97%) Creative Thinking
8 31 (26.27%) Scrum
9 28 (23.73%) Product Management
10 27 (22.88%) Problem-Solving
11 26 (22.03%) Project Management
11 26 (22.03%) User Stories
12 23 (19.49%) DevOps
12 23 (19.49%) Stakeholder Management
13 22 (18.64%) Product Strategy
14 21 (17.80%) Decision-Making
14 21 (17.80%) Process Improvement
14 21 (17.80%) Product Vision
14 21 (17.80%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 21 (17.80%) PowerShell
2 10 (8.47%) Python
3 3 (2.54%) JavaScript
3 3 (2.54%) SQL
4 1 (0.85%) C
4 1 (0.85%) C#
4 1 (0.85%) C++
4 1 (0.85%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 38 (32.20%) Degree
2 20 (16.95%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (12.71%) Master's Degree
4 10 (8.47%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (5.08%) Azure Certification
5 6 (5.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.69%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (17.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (12.71%) NCSC
2 15 (12.71%) NIST
3 6 (5.08%) GDPR
4 3 (2.54%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.54%) PMO
5 2 (1.69%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.69%) QA
6 1 (0.85%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (5.08%) Active Directory
1 6 (5.08%) Virtual Desktop
1 6 (5.08%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (5.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.85%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.85%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 47 (39.83%) Microsoft
2 19 (16.10%) Salesforce
3 10 (8.47%) MathWorks
4 7 (5.93%) Citrix
5 6 (5.08%) Apple
6 4 (3.39%) Google
7 3 (2.54%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.69%) ESRI
8 2 (1.69%) Oracle
9 1 (0.85%) Lauterbach
9 1 (0.85%) Optimizely
9 1 (0.85%) VMware