Backlog Management Jobs

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 515 609 542
Rank change year-on-year +94 -67 -113
Permanent jobs citing Backlog Management 189 313 479
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.34% 0.30% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.36% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 98 192 264
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,199 £43,617
25th Percentile £47,863 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £64,109 £67,285
Median % change year-on-year -14.21% -4.72% +3.52%
75th Percentile £71,813 £85,000 £82,548
90th Percentile £82,500 £88,750 £117,236
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £57,000 £60,249
% change year-on-year -12.28% -5.39% +9.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 52,256 87,133 91,481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.58% 84.04% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 25,854 60,896 54,581
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,564 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% -9.09% +4.76%

Backlog Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Backlog Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Backlog Management in the UK

Backlog Management
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Backlog Management.

Salary trend for Backlog Management in the UK

Backlog Management
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Backlog Management in the UK

Backlog Management
Top 16 Job Locations

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 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
England +64 168 £56,250 -13.46% 228
UK excluding London +125 118 £50,000 -12.28% 129
London +42 59 £67,500 -15.63% 117
Work from Home +48 38 £57,500 -8.00% 135
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% 11
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
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 11 (5.82%) Confluence
2 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.06%) SAS
2 2 (1.06%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.53%) CMS
3 1 (0.53%) EPiServer
Applications
1 19 (10.05%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (5.29%) Simulink
3 6 (3.17%) Trello
4 4 (2.12%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (2.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (2.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (6.35%) NetSuite
2 8 (4.23%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (2.12%) SAP Payroll
4 2 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.53%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.53%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 38 (20.11%) Azure
2 24 (12.70%) Azure DevOps
3 17 (8.99%) PaaS
3 17 (8.99%) SaaS
4 15 (7.94%) Miro
5 9 (4.76%) Entra ID
5 9 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (4.23%) Figma
7 7 (3.70%) Power Platform
8 5 (2.65%) GitHub
9 4 (2.12%) Anthropic Claude
9 4 (2.12%) ChatGPT
9 4 (2.12%) Google Workspace
9 4 (2.12%) Microsoft Copilot
9 4 (2.12%) Slack
9 4 (2.12%) SuccessFactors
10 3 (1.59%) Azure Key Vault
10 3 (1.59%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.59%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.59%) Firewall
2 2 (1.06%) Network Security
2 2 (1.06%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.53%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.35%) Data Lake
2 5 (2.65%) Power BI
2 5 (2.65%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.65%) Tableau
3 4 (2.12%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.59%) GIS
5 2 (1.06%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.53%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.53%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 38 (20.11%) JIRA
2 4 (2.12%) Balsamiq
3 3 (1.59%) Git
4 2 (1.06%) Selenium
5 1 (0.53%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.53%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.53%) FitNesse
5 1 (0.53%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.53%) Newman
General
1 91 (48.15%) Social Skills
2 69 (36.51%) Finance
3 47 (24.87%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (12.17%) Marketing
5 19 (10.05%) Influencing Skills
6 13 (6.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (6.35%) Law
8 10 (5.29%) Aeronautics
8 10 (5.29%) Aerospace
9 6 (3.17%) Publishing
9 6 (3.17%) Retail
10 5 (2.65%) Financial Institution
10 5 (2.65%) Legal
11 3 (1.59%) Banking
12 2 (1.06%) Automotive
12 2 (1.06%) Investment Banking
12 2 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.06%) Public Sector
12 2 (1.06%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 67 (35.45%) Product Owner
2 33 (17.46%) Senior
3 31 (16.40%) Lead
4 23 (12.17%) Product Manager
5 19 (10.05%) Analyst
6 18 (9.52%) Business Analyst
7 17 (8.99%) Security Engineer
8 13 (6.88%) Systems Analyst
9 12 (6.35%) CRM Analyst
9 12 (6.35%) CRM Business Analyst
9 12 (6.35%) CRM Systems Analyst
9 12 (6.35%) Finance Business Analyst
9 12 (6.35%) Finance Systems Analyst
9 12 (6.35%) Financial Analyst
9 12 (6.35%) Financial Business Analyst
10 10 (5.29%) Agile Product Owner
10 10 (5.29%) Lead Systems Engineer
10 10 (5.29%) Senior Manager
10 10 (5.29%) Systems Engineer
10 10 (5.29%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (8.99%) YAML
2 4 (2.12%) Middleware
2 4 (2.12%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (1.59%) CSS
3 3 (1.59%) HTML
3 3 (1.59%) React
3 3 (1.59%) REST
3 3 (1.59%) RESTful
4 2 (1.06%) .NET
4 2 (1.06%) .NET Framework
4 2 (1.06%) EDI
4 2 (1.06%) Gherkin
4 2 (1.06%) Jest
4 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Graph
4 2 (1.06%) SPFx
4 2 (1.06%) Swagger
5 1 (0.53%) D3.js
5 1 (0.53%) Plotly
Miscellaneous
1 92 (48.68%) Product Ownership
2 21 (11.11%) Security Posture
3 12 (6.35%) Legacy Systems
3 12 (6.35%) Taxonomies
4 8 (4.23%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.65%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.12%) Cloud Security Posture
6 4 (2.12%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.59%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.59%) Machine to Machine
7 3 (1.59%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.06%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.53%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.53%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.53%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.53%) NHS
9 1 (0.53%) Online Games
9 1 (0.53%) Reinsurance
9 1 (0.53%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.23%) Apple iOS
1 8 (4.23%) Windows
2 3 (1.59%) Linux
3 2 (1.06%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (85.19%) Agile
2 102 (53.97%) Roadmaps
3 65 (34.39%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 56 (29.63%) Product Backlog
5 51 (26.98%) Coaching
5 51 (26.98%) Problem-Solving
5 51 (26.98%) Product Roadmap
6 50 (26.46%) Mentoring
7 47 (24.87%) Product Management
8 46 (24.34%) Scrum
8 46 (24.34%) User Stories
9 44 (23.28%) Product Strategy
9 44 (23.28%) Project Management
10 43 (22.75%) Creative Thinking
11 37 (19.58%) Product Vision
12 34 (17.99%) DevOps
13 33 (17.46%) Stakeholder Management
14 32 (16.93%) Analytics
15 30 (15.87%) Decision-Making
16 28 (14.81%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 28 (14.81%) PowerShell
2 13 (6.88%) Python
3 9 (4.76%) SQL
4 5 (2.65%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.59%) C#
6 2 (1.06%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.53%) C
7 1 (0.53%) C++
7 1 (0.53%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 63 (33.33%) Degree
2 23 (12.17%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (9.52%) Master's Degree
4 10 (5.29%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (3.17%) Azure Certification
5 6 (3.17%) CSPO
5 6 (3.17%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (2.65%) CISSP
7 3 (1.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (1.59%) CCSP
7 3 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.59%) Security Cleared
8 2 (1.06%) CEH
8 2 (1.06%) CISM
8 2 (1.06%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.53%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.53%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.53%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (14.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (11.64%) NIST
3 17 (8.99%) NCSC
4 11 (5.82%) GDPR
5 8 (4.23%) QA
6 4 (2.12%) Data Quality
7 3 (1.59%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.59%) PMO
7 3 (1.59%) SOC 2
8 2 (1.06%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.53%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.53%) ISO 8583
9 1 (0.53%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (3.17%) Active Directory
1 6 (3.17%) Virtual Desktop
1 6 (3.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (4.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.59%) Progress Chef
2 3 (1.59%) Puppet
2 3 (1.59%) Terraform
3 1 (0.53%) CASB
3 1 (0.53%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.53%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 52 (27.51%) Microsoft
2 26 (13.76%) Salesforce
3 10 (5.29%) MathWorks
4 7 (3.70%) Citrix
4 7 (3.70%) Google
5 6 (3.17%) Apple
5 6 (3.17%) Oracle
5 6 (3.17%) ServiceNow
6 5 (2.65%) SAP
7 3 (1.59%) Alibaba
8 2 (1.06%) ESRI
8 2 (1.06%) Pardot
9 1 (0.53%) Lauterbach
9 1 (0.53%) Optimizely
9 1 (0.53%) VMware