Backlog Refinement (Backlog Grooming)
South East > West Sussex
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Sussex requiring Backlog Refinement skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 54 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Permanent jobs citing Backlog Refinement | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in West Sussex | - | - | 0.23% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | - | 0.24% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £56,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | - | £58,500 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £60,250 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| South East median annual salary | £47,500 | £50,000 | £71,250 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | -29.82% | +21.28% |
All Process & Methodology Skills
West Sussex
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 West Sussex.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 291 | 277 | 409 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex | 72.39% | 88.78% | 92.95% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 214 | 141 | 265 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,575 | £30,000 | £33,200 |
| 25th Percentile | £33,875 | £38,550 | £41,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £54,750 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.50% | -9.09% | -4.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £65,000 | £70,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £72,500 | £78,750 | £76,600 |
| South East median annual salary | £50,000 | £58,500 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -14.53% | +11.43% | -4.55% |
Backlog Refinement
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Backlog Refinement relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West Sussex.
Backlog Refinement
Salary Trend in West Sussex
Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Backlog Refinement.
