Product Backlog Job Trends in West Wales

Product Backlogs
Wales > West Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Wales requiring Product Backlog skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 18 27
Rank change year-on-year -12 +9 +9
Permanent jobs citing Product Backlog 2 2 7
As % of all permanent jobs in West Wales 0.79% 2.60% 3.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.11% 3.23% 4.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36,663 - £51,488
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,663 £59,857 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.08% +8.83% -
75th Percentile £38,663 - £57,500
90th Percentile - - £60,500
Wales median annual salary £37,663 £59,857 £55,000
% change year-on-year -37.08% +8.83% -21.43%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Wales

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 in West Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 180 62 167
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Wales 71.15% 80.52% 79.15%
Number of salaries quoted 105 29 149
10th Percentile £30,000 £21,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £49,104 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.36% +9.12% +12.50%
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,762 £55,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £60,886 £69,789
Wales median annual salary £45,000 £50,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.89% +12.22% -

Product Backlog
Job Vacancy Trend in West Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Product Backlog relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West Wales.

Product Backlog job vacancy trend in West Wales

Product Backlog
Salary Trend in West Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Wales citing Product Backlog.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Wales citing Product Backlog

Product Backlog
Job Locations in West Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Backlog within the West Wales region over the 6 months to 19 April 2026. 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
Swansea -18 2 £37,663 -37.08% 1
Product Backlog
Wales

Product Backlog
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Wales by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Kanban
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Refinement
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) SEO
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) CIPD
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) PMO
1 1 (50.00%) QA