Product Backlog Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Product Backlogs
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 417 485 341
Rank change year-on-year +68 -144 +38
Permanent jobs citing Product Backlog 56 109 360
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.30% 0.32% 0.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.35% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 42 59 195
10th Percentile £45,250 £45,000 £39,294
25th Percentile £51,563 £48,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -11.54%
75th Percentile £81,563 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £82,500 £87,419
UK median annual salary £59,857 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.23% +4.17% -7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,498 30,975 38,433
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.97% 90.61% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 9,196 23,429 26,704
10th Percentile £27,250 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.87% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Product Backlog
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Product Backlog as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Product Backlog trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Product Backlog
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing Product Backlog over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

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 2 (3.57%) CMS
1 2 (3.57%) Sitecore CMS
2 1 (1.79%) Confluence
2 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (8.93%) Trello
2 1 (1.79%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.79%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 7 (12.50%) Power Platform
2 6 (10.71%) SaaS
3 2 (3.57%) Azure
4 1 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.79%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.79%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.93%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (8.93%) Power BI
1 5 (8.93%) Tableau
2 2 (3.57%) MongoDB
2 2 (3.57%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.79%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 9 (16.07%) JIRA
General
1 30 (53.57%) Social Skills
2 18 (32.14%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (30.36%) Finance
4 9 (16.07%) Marketing
5 6 (10.71%) Retail
6 5 (8.93%) Publishing
7 4 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (5.36%) Banking
9 2 (3.57%) Health Technology
9 2 (3.57%) Manufacturing
9 2 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.79%) Digital Health
10 1 (1.79%) Digital Healthcare
10 1 (1.79%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 22 (39.29%) Product Owner
2 12 (21.43%) Product Manager
3 7 (12.50%) Analyst
3 7 (12.50%) Lead
3 7 (12.50%) Senior
4 5 (8.93%) Senior Manager
4 5 (8.93%) Senior Product Manager
5 4 (7.14%) Business Analyst
5 4 (7.14%) Head of Architecture
5 4 (7.14%) Head of Strategy
6 3 (5.36%) Service Manager
7 2 (3.57%) Agile Product Owner
7 2 (3.57%) Lead Business Analyst
7 2 (3.57%) Scrum Master
7 2 (3.57%) Technical Leader
8 1 (1.79%) CRM Manager
8 1 (1.79%) PMO Analyst
8 1 (1.79%) Portfolio Analyst
8 1 (1.79%) Product Lead
8 1 (1.79%) Technical Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.57%) Gherkin
1 2 (3.57%) GraphQL
1 2 (3.57%) REST
1 2 (3.57%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 38 (67.86%) Product Ownership
2 7 (12.50%) Onboarding
3 3 (5.36%) PMI
4 2 (3.57%) Client/Server
4 2 (3.57%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.57%) NHS
5 1 (1.79%) Femtech
5 1 (1.79%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.79%) PropTech
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (87.50%) Agile
2 27 (48.21%) Roadmaps
3 22 (39.29%) Scrum
4 21 (37.50%) Backlog Management
5 18 (32.14%) Product Management
5 18 (32.14%) User Stories
6 17 (30.36%) Product Vision
7 16 (28.57%) Backlog Prioritisation
7 16 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
8 14 (25.00%) Business Strategy
8 14 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (25.00%) Product Roadmap
9 11 (19.64%) Acceptance Criteria
9 11 (19.64%) Product Strategy
9 11 (19.64%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 11 (19.64%) Sprint Planning
10 8 (14.29%) Business Analysis
10 8 (14.29%) Project Management
10 8 (14.29%) User Experience
11 7 (12.50%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (19.64%) CSPO
2 8 (14.29%) Degree
3 3 (5.36%) PMI Certification
3 3 (5.36%) PMP
4 1 (1.79%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.79%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.79%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (16.07%) QA
2 5 (8.93%) PMO
3 1 (1.79%) ISO 20022
3 1 (1.79%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 2 (3.57%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 4 (7.14%) Avaloq
2 3 (5.36%) Salesforce
3 2 (3.57%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.57%) ServiceNow
3 2 (3.57%) Sitecore
4 1 (1.79%) CA Agile Central