Backlog Refinement (Backlog Grooming)
England > West Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring Backlog Refinement skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Backlog Refinement over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 11 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 249 | 210 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | -39 | +42 |
| Permanent jobs citing Backlog Refinement | 0 | 8 | 48 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands | - | 0.11% | 0.75% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 0.13% | 0.78% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £43,650 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £47,250 | £45,625 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £55,000 | £62,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -12.00% | +19.05% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £60,478 | £66,250 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £75,191 | £67,250 |
| England median annual salary | £60,000 | £80,000 | £62,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -25.00% | +28.00% | -3.85% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands
Backlog Refinement 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 West Midlands.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 4,009 | 6,113 | 6,175 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 91.28% | 82.87% | 96.79% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,693 | 4,561 | 3,191 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,000 | £26,250 | £31,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,250 | £35,700 | £40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -5.66% | +6.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £67,500 | £63,750 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £80,000 | £77,500 | £78,750 |
| England median annual salary | £57,500 | £55,000 | £62,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.55% | -12.00% | +4.17% |
Backlog Refinement
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Job postings citing Backlog Refinement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
Backlog Refinement
Salary Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Backlog Refinement in the West Midlands.