Product Backlog Jobs with Work from Home Options

Product Backlogs
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Product Backlog skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Product Backlog over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 482 320 405
Rank change year-on-year -162 +85 +39
Permanent jobs citing Product Backlog 108 423 544
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.32% 0.98% 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 1.02% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 59 200 340
10th Percentile £45,480 £51,830 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £53,625 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,180 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.93% -5.88% +13.04%
75th Percentile £75,625 £81,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £89,041 £86,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £64,029 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.39% -1.49% +13.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Product Backlog is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,001 41,548 64,663
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.67% 96.08% 96.90%
Number of salaries quoted 23,574 28,801 41,173
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,491
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%

Product Backlog
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Product Backlog as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Product Backlog trend for jobs with a WFH option

Product Backlog
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Product Backlog.

Product Backlog salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Product Backlog
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Product Backlog over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Product Backlog salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Product Backlog
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 14 (12.96%) Confluence
2 2 (1.85%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.85%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 2 (1.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.93%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.93%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 22 (20.37%) Azure
2 12 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (10.19%) SaaS
4 10 (9.26%) Cloud Computing
5 7 (6.48%) Dynamics 365
5 7 (6.48%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (6.48%) Power Platform
5 7 (6.48%) PowerApps
6 2 (1.85%) Asana
6 2 (1.85%) Basecamp
6 2 (1.85%) Smartsheet
7 1 (0.93%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.93%) dbt
7 1 (0.93%) Figma
7 1 (0.93%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 1 (0.93%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 1 (0.93%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.93%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.48%) Power BI
2 4 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.85%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.93%) Big Data
4 1 (0.93%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 26 (24.07%) JIRA
2 4 (3.70%) Eclipse
2 4 (3.70%) IntelliJ
2 4 (3.70%) Visual Studio Code
3 3 (2.78%) Git
General
1 50 (46.30%) Finance
2 43 (39.81%) Social Skills
3 16 (14.81%) Retail
4 14 (12.96%) Banking
5 13 (12.04%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (12.04%) Marketing
6 9 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (7.41%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (5.56%) Games
8 6 (5.56%) Legal
9 4 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.85%) Electronics
11 1 (0.93%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.93%) Digital Healthcare
11 1 (0.93%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.93%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 26 (24.07%) Product Owner
2 22 (20.37%) Product Manager
3 19 (17.59%) Lead
4 13 (12.04%) Senior
5 11 (10.19%) Analyst
6 8 (7.41%) Technical Leader
7 7 (6.48%) Consultant
7 7 (6.48%) Functional Consultant
8 6 (5.56%) Business Analyst
8 6 (5.56%) Scrum Master
9 5 (4.63%) Developer
9 5 (4.63%) Senior Manager
9 5 (4.63%) Senior Product Manager
10 4 (3.70%) Digital Product Owner
10 4 (3.70%) Full Stack Engineer
10 4 (3.70%) Java Engineer
10 4 (3.70%) Product Analyst
10 4 (3.70%) Senior Full Stack Engineer
10 4 (3.70%) Senior Java Engineer
11 3 (2.78%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (10.19%) CSS
1 11 (10.19%) HTML
2 4 (3.70%) .NET
2 4 (3.70%) React
2 4 (3.70%) REST
2 4 (3.70%) Servlets
2 4 (3.70%) SOAP
2 4 (3.70%) Spring
3 2 (1.85%) .NET Core
3 2 (1.85%) .NET Framework
3 2 (1.85%) AngularJS
3 2 (1.85%) ASP.NET
3 2 (1.85%) ASP.NET MVC
3 2 (1.85%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 57 (52.78%) Product Ownership
2 9 (8.33%) PMI
3 6 (5.56%) Mobile App
4 5 (4.63%) Algorithms
5 4 (3.70%) Low-Code
5 4 (3.70%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.85%) Analogue Electronics
6 2 (1.85%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.85%) Device Driver
6 2 (1.85%) Sports Betting
6 2 (1.85%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.93%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.93%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.93%) LIMS
7 1 (0.93%) NHS
7 1 (0.93%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.93%) PropTech
7 1 (0.93%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.63%) Android
1 5 (4.63%) Apple iOS
2 4 (3.70%) AIX
2 4 (3.70%) Linux
2 4 (3.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (89.81%) Agile
2 60 (55.56%) Scrum
3 59 (54.63%) Roadmaps
4 50 (46.30%) User Stories
5 40 (37.04%) Backlog Management
6 36 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
7 30 (27.78%) User Experience
8 29 (26.85%) DevOps
9 26 (24.07%) Analytics
9 26 (24.07%) Backlog Prioritisation
10 22 (20.37%) Product Strategy
10 22 (20.37%) Product Vision
11 21 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
12 20 (18.52%) Continuous Improvement
12 20 (18.52%) Mentoring
13 19 (17.59%) Acceptance Criteria
13 19 (17.59%) UX Design
14 18 (16.67%) Kanban
14 18 (16.67%) Project Management
15 17 (15.74%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 11 (10.19%) JavaScript
2 6 (5.56%) TypeScript
3 4 (3.70%) Java
4 2 (1.85%) C
4 2 (1.85%) C#
4 2 (1.85%) Embedded C
4 2 (1.85%) SQL
4 2 (1.85%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (8.33%) CSPO
1 9 (8.33%) PMI Certification
1 9 (8.33%) Security Cleared
2 5 (4.63%) DBS Check
2 5 (4.63%) Degree
3 2 (1.85%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (15.74%) QA
2 5 (4.63%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.85%) AUTOSAR
3 2 (1.85%) GDPR
3 2 (1.85%) SLA
4 1 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 1 (0.93%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 12 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.63%) Intel
3 4 (3.70%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.85%) Cadence
4 2 (1.85%) SAP
5 1 (0.93%) Adobe
5 1 (0.93%) ForgeRock
5 1 (0.93%) Okta
5 1 (0.93%) Pega
5 1 (0.93%) Salesforce