Backlog Management Jobs with Work from Home Options

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
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 Backlog Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Backlog Management over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 474 425 422
Rank change year-on-year -49 -3 +8
Permanent jobs citing Backlog Management 111 238 561
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.32% 0.60% 0.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.62% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 89 172 336
10th Percentile £46,199 £46,300 £45,625
25th Percentile £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £71,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.28% +9.62% +18.18%
75th Percentile £80,000 £100,114 £82,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £117,236 £95,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% +18.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Backlog Management 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 31,100 38,207 71,189
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.53% 96.06% 97.13%
Number of salaries quoted 23,476 26,508 41,843
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,621 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% +4.37% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Backlog Management
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Backlog Management trend for jobs with a WFH option

Backlog Management
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Backlog Management salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Backlog Management
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Backlog Management over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Backlog Management salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Backlog Management
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 21 (18.92%) Confluence
2 17 (15.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.80%) CMS
4 1 (0.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (3.60%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.90%) Elite 3E
1 1 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 30 (27.03%) Azure
2 28 (25.23%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (14.41%) Entra ID
3 16 (14.41%) Power Platform
4 12 (10.81%) Power Automate
4 12 (10.81%) PowerApps
5 10 (9.01%) Cloud Computing
6 9 (8.11%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (6.31%) AWS
7 7 (6.31%) AWS Lambda
7 7 (6.31%) GitHub
7 7 (6.31%) GitHub Actions
7 7 (6.31%) npm
7 7 (6.31%) Serverless
7 7 (6.31%) Yarn
8 5 (4.50%) SaaS
9 4 (3.60%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (3.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (1.80%) Basecamp
10 2 (1.80%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (13.51%) Power BI
2 4 (3.60%) Data Lake
2 4 (3.60%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (3.60%) HDInsight
2 4 (3.60%) Looker
2 4 (3.60%) NoSQL
2 4 (3.60%) QlikView
2 4 (3.60%) Relational Database
2 4 (3.60%) Tableau
3 1 (0.90%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 54 (48.65%) JIRA
2 3 (2.70%) Selenium
2 3 (2.70%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 52 (46.85%) Social Skills
2 35 (31.53%) Finance
3 14 (12.61%) Marketing
4 11 (9.91%) Fire and Rescue
5 10 (9.01%) Banking
5 10 (9.01%) Electronics
6 9 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (8.11%) Police
7 8 (7.21%) Retail
8 5 (4.50%) Local Government
9 4 (3.60%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.70%) Games
11 2 (1.80%) Automotive
11 2 (1.80%) Billing
11 2 (1.80%) Digital Health
11 2 (1.80%) Digital Healthcare
11 2 (1.80%) Health Technology
11 2 (1.80%) Legal
11 2 (1.80%) Mandarin Language
11 2 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (20.72%) Lead
2 19 (17.12%) Product Manager
3 18 (16.22%) Developer
4 17 (15.32%) Analyst
5 16 (14.41%) Product Owner
6 11 (9.91%) Applications Developer
6 11 (9.91%) Senior
6 11 (9.91%) Senior Applications Developer
6 11 (9.91%) Senior Developer
6 11 (9.91%) Test Analyst
7 5 (4.50%) Data Manager
7 5 (4.50%) Infrastructure Manager
7 5 (4.50%) Junior
7 5 (4.50%) Junior Developer
8 4 (3.60%) Business Analyst
8 4 (3.60%) Platform Manager
8 4 (3.60%) Scrum Master
8 4 (3.60%) Technical Leader
9 3 (2.70%) Delivery Manager
9 3 (2.70%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.21%) Web Services
2 7 (6.31%) JSON
2 7 (6.31%) Node.js
2 7 (6.31%) OpenAPI
2 7 (6.31%) Swagger
2 7 (6.31%) Vue
2 7 (6.31%) VuePress
3 4 (3.60%) XML
3 4 (3.60%) YAML
4 2 (1.80%) .NET
4 2 (1.80%) CSS
4 2 (1.80%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 39 (35.14%) Product Ownership
2 16 (14.41%) Clustering
3 2 (1.80%) NHS
4 1 (0.90%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.90%) PropTech
4 1 (0.90%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (0.90%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 16 (14.41%) Windows
1 16 (14.41%) Windows Server
2 2 (1.80%) Android
2 2 (1.80%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (70.27%) Agile
2 51 (45.95%) Roadmaps
3 43 (38.74%) Scrum
4 39 (35.14%) Product Backlog
5 34 (30.63%) Continuous Improvement
6 30 (27.03%) User Experience
6 30 (27.03%) User Stories
7 29 (26.13%) Performance Management
8 26 (23.42%) DevOps
8 26 (23.42%) Sprint Planning
9 21 (18.92%) Product Roadmap
10 17 (15.32%) Information Security
11 16 (14.41%) Acceptance Criteria
11 16 (14.41%) Product Strategy
11 16 (14.41%) Resource Management
11 16 (14.41%) Systems Engineering
12 15 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
13 13 (11.71%) Functional Testing
13 13 (11.71%) Scenario Testing
13 13 (11.71%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 16 (14.41%) PowerShell
2 9 (8.11%) JavaScript
3 7 (6.31%) Go
4 6 (5.41%) SQL
5 1 (0.90%) C#
Qualifications
1 18 (16.22%) Degree
2 8 (7.21%) Security Cleared
3 4 (3.60%) DV Cleared
3 4 (3.60%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.80%) CSPO
5 1 (0.90%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (21.62%) QA
2 9 (8.11%) GDPR
3 4 (3.60%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 2 (1.80%) Accessibility
System Software
1 16 (14.41%) Active Directory
1 16 (14.41%) VMware ESXi
2 13 (11.71%) Firmware
3 10 (9.01%) Embedded Firmware
4 7 (6.31%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (14.41%) Microsoft Clustering
1 16 (14.41%) Microsoft Intune
1 16 (14.41%) Single Sign-On
1 16 (14.41%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 16 (14.41%) Commvault
1 16 (14.41%) ServiceNow
1 16 (14.41%) Sun
1 16 (14.41%) VMware
2 12 (10.81%) Microsoft
3 4 (3.60%) Databricks
3 4 (3.60%) Intel
4 3 (2.70%) Freshdesk
4 3 (2.70%) Google
5 2 (1.80%) Twitter
6 1 (0.90%) Adobe
6 1 (0.90%) ForgeRock
6 1 (0.90%) Guidewire
6 1 (0.90%) Okta
6 1 (0.90%) Oracle
6 1 (0.90%) Pega
6 1 (0.90%) SAP