Backlog Prioritisation Jobs in the UK excluding London

Backlog Prioritisation
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Backlog Prioritisation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Backlog Prioritisation over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 487 602 448
Rank change year-on-year +115 -154 +119
Permanent jobs citing Backlog Prioritisation 84 164 347
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.22% 0.22% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.27% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 54 61 195
10th Percentile £43,425 £42,500 £37,468
25th Percentile £47,863 £47,231 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.92% +13.04% +7.88%
75th Percentile £75,938 £75,772 £87,419
90th Percentile £80,100 - £117,236
UK median annual salary £62,500 £73,805 £64,598
% change year-on-year -15.32% +14.25% -0.62%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,047 60,812 55,780
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.70% 82.57% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 17,118 41,900 28,987
10th Percentile £26,338 £27,300 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Backlog Prioritisation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Backlog Prioritisation in the UK excluding London

Backlog Prioritisation
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Backlog Prioritisation in the UK excluding London

Backlog Prioritisation
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Backlog Prioritisation in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Backlog Prioritisation in the UK excluding London

Backlog Prioritisation
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 Prioritisation within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 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 +31 41 £61,500 -12.14% 84
North West +19 35 £53,000 -28.19% 45
West Midlands +67 18 £48,000 -26.15% 45
Midlands +46 18 £48,000 -26.15% 69
Scotland +124 10 - - 19
South West +112 9 £55,000 +22.22% 36
South East +54 6 £65,500 +24.76% 100
Yorkshire +41 6 £70,000 - 31
Backlog Prioritisation
UK

Backlog Prioritisation
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 4 (4.76%) Confluence
2 2 (2.38%) SAS
3 1 (1.19%) CMS
3 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.19%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (22.62%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (11.90%) Simulink
3 5 (5.95%) MS Visio
4 4 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (9.52%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (2.38%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 12 (14.29%) Miro
2 7 (8.33%) SaaS
3 4 (4.76%) Figma
3 4 (4.76%) Google Workspace
3 4 (4.76%) Slack
4 1 (1.19%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.19%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.19%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.19%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (2.38%) Oracle Database
2 1 (1.19%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 28 (33.33%) JIRA
2 4 (4.76%) Balsamiq
General
1 47 (55.95%) Social Skills
2 23 (27.38%) Finance
3 15 (17.86%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (14.29%) Banking
5 10 (11.90%) Aeronautics
5 10 (11.90%) Aerospace
5 10 (11.90%) Marketing
6 7 (8.33%) Automotive
7 5 (5.95%) Electronics
7 5 (5.95%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (4.76%) Financial Institution
8 4 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (2.38%) Legal
11 1 (1.19%) Local Government
11 1 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (1.19%) Public Sector
11 1 (1.19%) Publishing
11 1 (1.19%) Retail
11 1 (1.19%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 33 (39.29%) Product Owner
2 20 (23.81%) Product Manager
3 18 (21.43%) Lead
4 14 (16.67%) Senior
5 10 (11.90%) Lead Systems Engineer
5 10 (11.90%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 10 (11.90%) Systems Engineer
5 10 (11.90%) Team Leader
6 8 (9.52%) Agile Product Owner
7 7 (8.33%) Analyst
8 6 (7.14%) Digital Product Manager
8 6 (7.14%) Digital Product Owner
9 5 (5.95%) Business Analyst
9 5 (5.95%) Developer
10 3 (3.57%) Product Developer
10 3 (3.57%) Technical Leader
11 2 (2.38%) Infrastructure Delivery Manager
11 2 (2.38%) Infrastructure Services Project Manager
11 2 (2.38%) Senior Digital Product Manager
11 2 (2.38%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.19%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 59 (70.24%) Product Ownership
2 4 (4.76%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 3 (3.57%) Data Centre
3 3 (3.57%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (3.57%) Private Cloud
3 3 (3.57%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.38%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.19%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.19%) NHS
5 1 (1.19%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.19%) Reinsurance
5 1 (1.19%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.38%) Linux
1 2 (2.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (90.48%) Agile
2 54 (64.29%) Roadmaps
3 37 (44.05%) Backlog Management
4 28 (33.33%) Coaching
5 27 (32.14%) Product Backlog
6 24 (28.57%) Mentoring
7 23 (27.38%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 23 (27.38%) Scrum
8 22 (26.19%) Analytics
9 21 (25.00%) Decision-Making
9 21 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
10 20 (23.81%) User Research
10 20 (23.81%) User Stories
11 18 (21.43%) Product Management
11 18 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
12 17 (20.24%) Continuous Improvement
12 17 (20.24%) Scaled Agile Framework
13 16 (19.05%) Line Management
14 15 (17.86%) Product Roadmap
14 15 (17.86%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.38%) Python
Qualifications
1 31 (36.90%) Degree
2 20 (23.81%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.19%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.19%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.95%) Automotive SPICE
1 5 (5.95%) ISO 26262
Systems Management
1 5 (5.95%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 24 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 10 (11.90%) MathWorks
3 8 (9.52%) Salesforce
4 4 (4.76%) Google
5 3 (3.57%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.38%) Oracle
6 2 (2.38%) Siebel