Product Manager
UK

The median Product Manager salary in the UK is £68,338 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 394 319 281
Rank change year-on-year -75 -38 +48
Permanent jobs requiring a Product Manager 665 1,095 2,400
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.67% 1.10% 1.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 1.21% 1.55%
Number of salaries quoted 437 485 1,034
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £54,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,338 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - +8.32%
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,965 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.39% -4.00% +13.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 94,593 90,744 154,424
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.51% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,603 57,335 84,442
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Product Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Product Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Product Manager in the UK

Product Manager
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Product Manager.

Salary trend for Product Manager in the UK

Product Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Manager over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Product Manager in the UK

Product Manager
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. 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
England -62 609 £70,000 - 234
UK excluding London -62 411 £57,965 -3.39% 141
Work from Home -81 289 £65,000 -7.14% 137
London -42 242 £80,000 +6.67% 122
North of England -24 118 £57,965 -11.30% 34
South East -39 82 £60,000 - 40
South West +12 74 £57,500 -6.50% 10
Midlands -17 70 £58,700 +17.40% 23
North West -56 65 £57,965 -17.19% 22
West Midlands +2 51 £61,000 +22.00% 18
Scotland -49 33 £66,500 +23.72% 9
Yorkshire +53 32 £65,000 - 10
East of England -10 23 £55,000 -24.14% 10
North East +1 21 £57,965 -15.99% 2
East Midlands -6 19 £45,000 -23.40% 5
Wales +4 8 £52,738 -18.86% 13
Northern Ireland +24 5 - - 2

Product Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, Product Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Product Manager in the job title.

1 379 (56.99%) Agile
2 321 (48.27%) Roadmaps
3 242 (36.39%) Product Management
4 220 (33.08%) Finance
5 182 (27.37%) Product Roadmap
6 178 (26.77%) Product Strategy
7 171 (25.71%) Product Ownership
8 162 (24.36%) Social Skills
9 142 (21.35%) Analytics
10 137 (20.60%) Product Vision
11 122 (18.35%) Marketing
12 114 (17.14%) User Research
13 99 (14.89%) Degree
14 94 (14.14%) User Experience
15 92 (13.83%) User Stories
16 90 (13.53%) Problem-Solving
16 90 (13.53%) Market Research
17 88 (13.23%) DevOps
18 85 (12.78%) Analytical Skills
19 84 (12.63%) Artificial Intelligence
20 83 (12.48%) Project Management
20 83 (12.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
21 79 (11.88%) Product Backlog
22 78 (11.73%) Scrum
23 75 (11.28%) Customer Experience
24 73 (10.98%) Acceptance Criteria
25 72 (10.83%) Actionable Insight
26 71 (10.68%) Coaching
27 70 (10.53%) Mentoring
28 68 (10.23%) SaaS

Product Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 19 (2.86%) Confluence
2 2 (0.30%) Apache
2 2 (0.30%) CMS
3 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.15%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 23 (3.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (3.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (1.35%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (2.41%) Endur
2 12 (1.80%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.15%) Data Workbench
Cloud Services
1 68 (10.23%) SaaS
2 39 (5.86%) AWS
3 36 (5.41%) Azure
4 25 (3.76%) Power Platform
5 11 (1.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 10 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
7 8 (1.20%) Azure Data Factory
7 8 (1.20%) Cloud Computing
8 7 (1.05%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (1.05%) Power Automate
9 6 (0.90%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (0.90%) Miro
10 4 (0.60%) Collibra
10 4 (0.60%) GCP
11 3 (0.45%) dbt
11 3 (0.45%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 3 (0.45%) SuccessFactors
12 2 (0.30%) Azure Event Grid
12 2 (0.30%) Azure Service Bus
12 2 (0.30%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.20%) Wireless
2 4 (0.60%) WAN
3 3 (0.45%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.30%) 5G
5 1 (0.15%) DECT
5 1 (0.15%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.15%) Internet
5 1 (0.15%) LAN
5 1 (0.15%) RFID
5 1 (0.15%) RS-232
5 1 (0.15%) RS-485
5 1 (0.15%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.01%) Tableau
2 18 (2.71%) Power BI
3 10 (1.50%) Data Lake
3 10 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (1.50%) NoSQL
4 9 (1.35%) BusinessObjects
5 8 (1.20%) HDInsight
6 7 (1.05%) Looker
7 5 (0.75%) Big Data
7 5 (0.75%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.60%) QlikView
9 3 (0.45%) Metadata
10 2 (0.30%) Apache Arrow
10 2 (0.30%) Data Mining
10 2 (0.30%) Dremio
10 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 1 (0.15%) Amazon QuickSight
11 1 (0.15%) Apache Hive
11 1 (0.15%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.15%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 36 (5.41%) JIRA
2 1 (0.15%) Git
General
1 220 (33.08%) Finance
2 162 (24.36%) Social Skills
3 122 (18.35%) Marketing
4 85 (12.78%) Analytical Skills
5 83 (12.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 61 (9.17%) Retail
7 57 (8.57%) Legal
8 38 (5.71%) Front Office
9 37 (5.56%) Law
10 31 (4.66%) Influencing Skills
11 30 (4.51%) Presentation Skills
12 23 (3.46%) Banking
13 17 (2.56%) Manufacturing
14 16 (2.41%) Public Sector
14 16 (2.41%) Telecoms
15 13 (1.95%) Games
16 12 (1.80%) Financial Institution
16 12 (1.80%) Investment Banking
17 11 (1.65%) Electronics
18 8 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.16%) Web Services
2 4 (0.60%) XML
2 4 (0.60%) YAML
3 3 (0.45%) Middleware
4 2 (0.30%) .NET
4 2 (0.30%) Kafka
5 1 (0.15%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.15%) Ionic Framework
5 1 (0.15%) Laravel
5 1 (0.15%) Next.js
5 1 (0.15%) Pandas
5 1 (0.15%) React
5 1 (0.15%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 171 (25.71%) Product Ownership
2 41 (6.17%) Derivative
3 38 (5.71%) Equities
3 38 (5.71%) Fixed Income
3 38 (5.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 38 (5.71%) Hedge funds
4 20 (3.01%) Algorithms
4 20 (3.01%) Data Structures
5 19 (2.86%) NHS
6 16 (2.41%) Mobile App
7 14 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
8 11 (1.65%) Management Information System
8 11 (1.65%) Onboarding
9 10 (1.50%) Reinsurance
9 10 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (1.35%) Robotics
11 7 (1.05%) PMI
12 5 (0.75%) Housing Association
13 4 (0.60%) Blockchain
13 4 (0.60%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.65%) Apple iOS
2 3 (0.45%) Android
3 2 (0.30%) Linux
3 2 (0.30%) Windows
4 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 379 (56.99%) Agile
2 321 (48.27%) Roadmaps
3 242 (36.39%) Product Management
4 182 (27.37%) Product Roadmap
5 178 (26.77%) Product Strategy
6 142 (21.35%) Analytics
7 137 (20.60%) Product Vision
8 114 (17.14%) User Research
9 94 (14.14%) User Experience
10 92 (13.83%) User Stories
11 90 (13.53%) Market Research
11 90 (13.53%) Problem-Solving
12 88 (13.23%) DevOps
13 84 (12.63%) Artificial Intelligence
14 83 (12.48%) Project Management
15 79 (11.88%) Product Backlog
16 78 (11.73%) Scrum
17 75 (11.28%) Customer Experience
18 73 (10.98%) Acceptance Criteria
19 72 (10.83%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 62 (9.32%) SQL
2 40 (6.02%) Python
3 3 (0.45%) R
4 2 (0.30%) C#
4 2 (0.30%) Java
5 1 (0.15%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.15%) Scala
5 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 99 (14.89%) Degree
2 64 (9.62%) Security Cleared
3 63 (9.47%) SC Cleared
4 21 (3.16%) Master's Degree
5 20 (3.01%) MBA
6 10 (1.50%) CSPO
7 8 (1.20%) DBS Check
7 8 (1.20%) PMI Certification
8 6 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (0.90%) IIBA
9 5 (0.75%) Numerate Degree
10 4 (0.60%) CLAS
11 3 (0.45%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 1 (0.15%) APMG
12 1 (0.15%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.15%) CISSP
12 1 (0.15%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.15%) MCAD
12 1 (0.15%) PMP
12 1 (0.15%) Project+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (5.56%) QA
2 10 (1.50%) GDPR
3 6 (0.90%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 3 (0.45%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.30%) GMP
6 1 (0.15%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.15%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.15%) PMO
6 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (0.15%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.30%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.15%) SCCM
Vendors
1 39 (5.86%) Microsoft
2 29 (4.36%) Salesforce
3 12 (1.80%) Databricks
4 11 (1.65%) SAP
5 10 (1.50%) ServiceNow
6 7 (1.05%) Google
7 5 (0.75%) Intel
8 4 (0.60%) Bloomberg
9 3 (0.45%) Cadence
10 2 (0.30%) Apple
10 2 (0.30%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.30%) Oracle
10 2 (0.30%) Twitter
10 2 (0.30%) VMware
10 2 (0.30%) Zuora
11 1 (0.15%) Ariba
11 1 (0.15%) Avaya
11 1 (0.15%) Commvault
11 1 (0.15%) Hitachi
11 1 (0.15%) IBM