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 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 475 337 377
Rank change year-on-year -138 +40 +73
Permanent jobs citing Product Backlog 110 359 663
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.32% 0.90% 0.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.94% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 60 197 367
10th Percentile £45,000 £39,294 £45,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £53,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -7.69% +30.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £84,056 £80,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,419 £92,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,249 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.74% -7.31% +18.18%

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 31,100 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%

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 28 May 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 16 (14.55%) Confluence
2 2 (1.82%) CMS
3 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.91%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.82%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 2 (1.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.91%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.91%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 24 (21.82%) Azure
2 13 (11.82%) SaaS
3 10 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
3 10 (9.09%) Cloud Computing
4 7 (6.36%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (6.36%) Power Platform
4 7 (6.36%) PowerApps
5 6 (5.45%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.82%) Asana
6 2 (1.82%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (1.82%) Basecamp
6 2 (1.82%) Smartsheet
7 1 (0.91%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 1 (0.91%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.91%) dbt
7 1 (0.91%) Figma
7 1 (0.91%) OCI
7 1 (0.91%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.91%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.91%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.45%) Power BI
2 4 (3.64%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.82%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.91%) Big Data
4 1 (0.91%) Metadata
4 1 (0.91%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 27 (24.55%) JIRA
2 4 (3.64%) Eclipse
2 4 (3.64%) Git
2 4 (3.64%) IntelliJ
2 4 (3.64%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 48 (43.64%) Social Skills
2 44 (40.00%) Finance
3 16 (14.55%) Retail
4 14 (12.73%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (11.82%) Marketing
6 10 (9.09%) Banking
6 10 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (7.27%) Games
8 6 (5.45%) Legal
9 5 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.82%) Digital Health
11 2 (1.82%) Digital Healthcare
11 2 (1.82%) Electronics
11 2 (1.82%) Health Technology
11 2 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.91%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 27 (24.55%) Product Owner
2 24 (21.82%) Product Manager
3 17 (15.45%) Lead
4 14 (12.73%) Senior
5 10 (9.09%) Analyst
6 6 (5.45%) Consultant
6 6 (5.45%) Developer
6 6 (5.45%) Functional Consultant
6 6 (5.45%) Scrum Master
7 5 (4.55%) Business Analyst
7 5 (4.55%) Senior Manager
7 5 (4.55%) Senior Product Manager
7 5 (4.55%) Technical Leader
8 4 (3.64%) Digital Product Owner
8 4 (3.64%) Full Stack Engineer
8 4 (3.64%) Java Engineer
8 4 (3.64%) Product Analyst
8 4 (3.64%) Senior Full Stack Engineer
8 4 (3.64%) Senior Java Engineer
9 3 (2.73%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (9.09%) CSS
1 10 (9.09%) HTML
2 5 (4.55%) React
2 5 (4.55%) REST
2 5 (4.55%) Spring
3 4 (3.64%) Servlets
3 4 (3.64%) SOAP
4 3 (2.73%) .NET
5 1 (0.91%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 61 (55.45%) Product Ownership
2 9 (8.18%) PMI
3 6 (5.45%) Mobile App
4 5 (4.55%) Algorithms
5 4 (3.64%) Low-Code
5 4 (3.64%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.82%) Analogue Electronics
6 2 (1.82%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.82%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.82%) Device Driver
6 2 (1.82%) NHS
6 2 (1.82%) Sports Betting
6 2 (1.82%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.91%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.91%) LIMS
7 1 (0.91%) PropTech
7 1 (0.91%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (0.91%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.55%) Android
1 5 (4.55%) Apple iOS
2 4 (3.64%) AIX
2 4 (3.64%) Linux
2 4 (3.64%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (90.00%) Agile
2 61 (55.45%) Roadmaps
2 61 (55.45%) Scrum
3 46 (41.82%) User Stories
4 39 (35.45%) Backlog Management
5 35 (31.82%) Product Roadmap
6 32 (29.09%) DevOps
7 27 (24.55%) Continuous Improvement
8 26 (23.64%) Backlog Prioritisation
8 26 (23.64%) User Experience
9 25 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
10 22 (20.00%) Product Strategy
11 21 (19.09%) Analytics
11 21 (19.09%) Kanban
11 21 (19.09%) Product Vision
12 20 (18.18%) Acceptance Criteria
12 20 (18.18%) UX Design
13 19 (17.27%) Project Management
14 18 (16.36%) Mentoring
14 18 (16.36%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 10 (9.09%) JavaScript
2 6 (5.45%) Java
3 4 (3.64%) TypeScript
4 2 (1.82%) C
4 2 (1.82%) Embedded C
4 2 (1.82%) SQL
5 1 (0.91%) C#
5 1 (0.91%) Kotlin
5 1 (0.91%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (8.18%) CSPO
1 9 (8.18%) PMI Certification
2 8 (7.27%) Security Cleared
3 5 (4.55%) DBS Check
3 5 (4.55%) Degree
4 2 (1.82%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (15.45%) QA
2 7 (6.36%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.82%) AUTOSAR
3 2 (1.82%) GDPR
3 2 (1.82%) SLA
4 1 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 1 (0.91%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.91%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.91%) Grafana
1 1 (0.91%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.91%) Progress Chef
1 1 (0.91%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 13 (11.82%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.64%) Intel
3 3 (2.73%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.82%) Cadence
4 2 (1.82%) SAP
5 1 (0.91%) Adobe
5 1 (0.91%) ForgeRock
5 1 (0.91%) Okta
5 1 (0.91%) Oracle
5 1 (0.91%) Pega