Product Backlog Jobs

Product Backlogs
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Product Backlog skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Product Backlog over the 6 months leading up to 6 December 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 525 410 342
Rank change year-on-year -115 -68 +57
Permanent jobs citing Product Backlog 274 360 1,326
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.38% 0.67% 1.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 0.72% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 108 292 711
10th Percentile £42,608 £42,500 £44,500
25th Percentile £48,438 £51,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,250 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.31% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £88,750 £80,949
90th Percentile £84,125 £96,539 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,250 £55,000 £54,882
% change year-on-year +2.27% +0.22% -0.21%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Product Backlog 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 62,866 50,261 118,879
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 87.89% 94.08% 95.74%
Number of salaries quoted 29,357 36,398 72,456
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £34,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,784 £52,500 £53,406
% change year-on-year +4.35% -1.70% +6.81%

Product Backlog
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Backlog in the UK

Product Backlog
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Product Backlog in the UK

Product Backlog
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Backlog over the 6 months to 6 December 2024.

Salary histogram for Product Backlog in the UK

Product Backlog
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Backlog within the UK over the 6 months to 6 December 2024. 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 -135 238 £64,250 -1.15% 101
UK excluding London -74 184 £56,250 +2.27% 57
London -46 87 £70,000 -12.50% 43
Work from Home -63 64 £57,500 -11.54% 79
North of England -34 57 £67,500 +8.87% 17
North West -31 41 £66,250 +15.22% 12
Midlands -75 35 £57,500 +9.52% 8
South East -27 33 £65,000 +36.84% 20
Scotland +19 31 £65,000 -29.94% 4
West Midlands -67 23 £58,500 +1.74% 4
South West +5 21 £43,491 -27.52% 4
Yorkshire +9 13 £67,500 -21.12% 3
East Midlands -42 12 £43,750 -16.67% 4
East of England -57 5 £72,500 +61.11% 4
North East -37 3 £52,500 -4.55% 2
Wales +14 2 £57,750 +8.71% 1

Product Backlog
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 21 (7.66%) Confluence
2 12 (4.38%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.92%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (2.19%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.82%) CMS
Applications
1 13 (4.74%) Trello
2 9 (3.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (2.19%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (1.46%) Adobe Illustrator
5 4 (1.46%) Adobe Premiere
5 4 (1.46%) InDesign
5 4 (1.46%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (3.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (2.19%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.73%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.36%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (0.36%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 30 (10.95%) Azure
2 24 (8.76%) Power Platform
3 21 (7.66%) AWS
4 17 (6.20%) SaaS
5 14 (5.11%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (4.38%) PowerApps
7 10 (3.65%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (3.28%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (2.92%) Power Automate
10 6 (2.19%) Amazon EMR
10 6 (2.19%) Snowflake
11 4 (1.46%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (1.46%) Contentful
12 3 (1.09%) Amazon SageMaker
12 3 (1.09%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 3 (1.09%) Azure Logic Apps
13 2 (0.73%) Azure App Service
13 2 (0.73%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 2 (0.73%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 1 (0.36%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.92%) Internet
2 7 (2.55%) Intranet
3 4 (1.46%) Broadband
3 4 (1.46%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.73%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (6.93%) NoSQL
2 17 (6.20%) Tableau
3 15 (5.47%) Metadata
4 9 (3.28%) Data Vault
5 7 (2.55%) Power BI
6 4 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.46%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.46%) Relational Database
7 3 (1.09%) Big Data
7 3 (1.09%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.09%) Data Mart
7 3 (1.09%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (1.09%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.09%) Neo4j
8 2 (0.73%) Snowflake Schema
8 2 (0.73%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.36%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 36 (13.14%) JIRA
2 4 (1.46%) Git
3 2 (0.73%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.36%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.36%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.36%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.36%) IntelliJ
4 1 (0.36%) JUnit
4 1 (0.36%) Postman
4 1 (0.36%) Selenium
4 1 (0.36%) SoapUI
4 1 (0.36%) TestNG
4 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 153 (55.84%) Social Skills
2 91 (33.21%) Finance
3 35 (12.77%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (9.49%) Influencing Skills
5 21 (7.66%) Banking
6 20 (7.30%) Presentation Skills
7 17 (6.20%) Marketing
8 15 (5.47%) Organisational Skills
8 15 (5.47%) Public Sector
8 15 (5.47%) Retail
9 12 (4.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (4.38%) Legal
10 11 (4.01%) Law
11 8 (2.92%) Financial Institution
11 8 (2.92%) Police
12 6 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (2.19%) Games
12 6 (2.19%) Local Government
13 4 (1.46%) Automotive
13 4 (1.46%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 91 (33.21%) Product Owner
2 55 (20.07%) Product Manager
3 33 (12.04%) Analyst
3 33 (12.04%) Lead
4 23 (8.39%) Architect
5 22 (8.03%) Enterprise Architect
6 21 (7.66%) Senior
7 15 (5.47%) Scrum Master
8 14 (5.11%) Business Analyst
8 14 (5.11%) Lead Architect
8 14 (5.11%) Lead Enterprise Architect
9 11 (4.01%) Development Manager
9 11 (4.01%) Digital Product Owner
10 9 (3.28%) Product Analyst
10 9 (3.28%) Senior Product Owner
10 9 (3.28%) Software Engineer
11 8 (2.92%) Architecture Manager
11 8 (2.92%) Product Development Manager
12 6 (2.19%) Applications Support
12 6 (2.19%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.55%) .NET
1 7 (2.55%) Kafka
2 3 (1.09%) ARM Templates
2 3 (1.09%) Classic ASP
2 3 (1.09%) Gherkin
2 3 (1.09%) React
3 2 (0.73%) CSS
3 2 (0.73%) HTML
3 2 (0.73%) Node.js
3 2 (0.73%) REST
3 2 (0.73%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.36%) Celery
4 1 (0.36%) EDI
4 1 (0.36%) NestJS
4 1 (0.36%) Next.js
4 1 (0.36%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.36%) Servlets
4 1 (0.36%) SOAP
4 1 (0.36%) Spring
4 1 (0.36%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 157 (57.30%) Product Ownership
2 7 (2.55%) Management Information System
3 6 (2.19%) Algorithms
3 6 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (2.19%) Social Media
4 5 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (1.46%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.09%) Data Fabric
6 3 (1.09%) Smart City
7 2 (0.73%) Blockchain
7 2 (0.73%) FMCG
7 2 (0.73%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.73%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (0.73%) Robotics
7 2 (0.73%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 2 (0.73%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.36%) PMI
8 1 (0.36%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (0.36%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.19%) Windows
2 1 (0.36%) AIX
2 1 (0.36%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (71.53%) Agile
2 161 (58.76%) Roadmaps
3 114 (41.61%) User Stories
4 107 (39.05%) Backlog Management
5 87 (31.75%) Product Roadmap
6 74 (27.01%) Product Vision
7 66 (24.09%) Scrum
8 63 (22.99%) Problem-Solving
9 61 (22.26%) Decision-Making
10 59 (21.53%) Product Management
11 57 (20.80%) Business Strategy
11 57 (20.80%) Stakeholder Management
12 46 (16.79%) DevOps
13 42 (15.33%) Product Strategy
14 41 (14.96%) Sprint Planning
15 40 (14.60%) TOGAF
16 36 (13.14%) Backlog Prioritisation
17 34 (12.41%) Architecture Roadmap
17 34 (12.41%) Mentoring
17 34 (12.41%) Product Requirements
Programming Languages
1 15 (5.47%) Python
2 10 (3.65%) SQL
3 6 (2.19%) C++
4 5 (1.82%) Java
5 3 (1.09%) Bicep
5 3 (1.09%) PowerShell
5 3 (1.09%) VB
6 2 (0.73%) ABAP
6 2 (0.73%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.36%) PHP
7 1 (0.36%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.36%) R
7 1 (0.36%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.36%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 36 (13.14%) Security Cleared
2 32 (11.68%) Degree
3 14 (5.11%) SC Cleared
4 9 (3.28%) DV Cleared
5 7 (2.55%) CBAP
6 5 (1.82%) CSPO
6 5 (1.82%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.46%) PMP
8 3 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.09%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.09%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.73%) IIBA
9 2 (0.73%) SAP Certification
10 1 (0.36%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.36%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 1 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.36%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (8.39%) Data Quality
2 20 (7.30%) GDPR
3 12 (4.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 12 (4.38%) PCI DSS
4 7 (2.55%) Accessibility
4 7 (2.55%) QA
5 4 (1.46%) SLA
6 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.36%) SEPA
System Software
1 3 (1.09%) Active Directory
1 3 (1.09%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.36%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (1.09%) Grafana
1 3 (1.09%) Terraform
2 1 (0.36%) Ansible
2 1 (0.36%) Consul
2 1 (0.36%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 37 (13.50%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.28%) Informatica
3 8 (2.92%) Atlassian
3 8 (2.92%) Salesforce
3 8 (2.92%) SAP
3 8 (2.92%) Siemens
4 5 (1.82%) ServiceNow
5 4 (1.46%) Adobe
6 3 (1.09%) StreamSets
7 2 (0.73%) Google
7 2 (0.73%) Oracle
7 2 (0.73%) Workday
8 1 (0.36%) Dell
8 1 (0.36%) Facebook