Product Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Product Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Product Management over the 6 months to 26 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 312 226 161
Rank change year-on-year -86 -65 +116
Permanent jobs citing Product Management 946 1,639 4,349
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.93% 1.67% 2.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.10% 1.75% 2.76%
Number of salaries quoted 528 559 1,269
10th Percentile £39,079 £50,000 £45,950
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £53,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £65,215
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.34% +4.34%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £86,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £110,250 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Product 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 requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,989 93,723 157,646
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.40% 95.55% 95.87%
Number of salaries quoted 60,364 55,437 82,675
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Product Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Product Management in the UK

Product Management
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Product Management in the UK

Product Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Management over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Product Management in the UK

Product Management
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 Management within the UK over the 6 months to 26 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 -105 736 £67,500 -3.57% 510
UK excluding London -87 586 £57,500 -11.54% 321
London -46 316 £77,500 +3.33% 248
Work from Home -96 312 £66,250 +1.92% 245
Scotland +6 154 £60,000 -7.69% 17
North of England -66 117 £63,500 -2.31% 67
South East -130 94 £57,500 -11.54% 136
Midlands -3 92 £57,500 +9.52% 47
South West +32 76 £54,043 -16.86% 23
North West -47 72 £63,000 -3.08% 46
West Midlands +23 71 £57,500 +15.00% 29
East of England -75 36 £56,250 -13.46% 27
Yorkshire +2 33 £60,000 -7.69% 18
East Midlands -21 21 £65,000 +1.96% 17
North East -7 12 £73,805 +13.55% 3
Northern Ireland +9 10 £90,000 +89.47% 5
Wales -31 7 £52,738 -27.26% 7

Product Management
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 44 (4.65%) Apache
2 30 (3.17%) Confluence
3 28 (2.96%) Apache Spark
4 12 (1.27%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (0.74%) SharePoint
6 5 (0.53%) CMS
6 5 (0.53%) nginx
7 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.21%) SAS
Applications
1 32 (3.38%) UserZoom
2 28 (2.96%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (2.85%) Microsoft Excel
4 17 (1.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.42%) Sketch
7 3 (0.32%) InVision
8 2 (0.21%) MadCap Flare
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (1.06%) Shopify
2 5 (0.53%) Distributed Ledger
3 4 (0.42%) CA PPM
4 2 (0.21%) Endur
4 2 (0.21%) Infor SunSystems
4 2 (0.21%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.21%) OpenLink RightAngle
5 1 (0.11%) Cognos Controller
5 1 (0.11%) Data Workbench
5 1 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.11%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 143 (15.12%) AWS
2 128 (13.53%) SaaS
3 119 (12.58%) Azure
4 75 (7.93%) Figma
5 64 (6.77%) SurveyMonkey
6 32 (3.38%) GCP
6 32 (3.38%) Power Platform
7 24 (2.54%) Cloud Computing
8 23 (2.43%) Microsoft 365
9 18 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
9 18 (1.90%) GitHub
10 13 (1.37%) Google Analytics
11 12 (1.27%) dbt
11 12 (1.27%) PaaS
12 10 (1.06%) Dynamics 365
13 8 (0.85%) AWS CloudFormation
13 8 (0.85%) Azure App Service
13 8 (0.85%) Azure Service Bus
13 8 (0.85%) Google Tag Manager
13 8 (0.85%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.64%) Network Security
2 22 (2.33%) 5G
3 18 (1.90%) DSL
3 18 (1.90%) TCP/IP
4 15 (1.59%) WAN
5 14 (1.48%) HTTP
6 13 (1.37%) MQTT
6 13 (1.37%) SD-WAN
7 11 (1.16%) Firewall
8 9 (0.95%) Broadband
9 8 (0.85%) Multicast
10 7 (0.74%) Unified Communications
10 7 (0.74%) VoIP
11 6 (0.63%) Wireless
12 4 (0.42%) Unicast
12 4 (0.42%) VLAN
13 3 (0.32%) GPRS
13 3 (0.32%) Internet
13 3 (0.32%) LTE
13 3 (0.32%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (3.91%) SQL Server
2 36 (3.81%) Big Data
3 28 (2.96%) DB2
4 23 (2.43%) Tableau
5 21 (2.22%) Data Lake
6 19 (2.01%) MongoDB
7 14 (1.48%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (1.48%) NoSQL
8 13 (1.37%) Power BI
9 12 (1.27%) Amazon Athena
9 12 (1.27%) Apache Arrow
9 12 (1.27%) Apache Ignite
9 12 (1.27%) Dremio
10 10 (1.06%) Flink
11 9 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
12 7 (0.74%) Relational Database
13 5 (0.53%) Data Mining
13 5 (0.53%) Metadata
13 5 (0.53%) MySQL
13 5 (0.53%) Redis
Development Applications
1 72 (7.61%) JIRA
2 44 (4.65%) Jenkins
3 25 (2.64%) Git
4 16 (1.69%) GitLab
5 9 (0.95%) Moq
5 9 (0.95%) NUnit
6 5 (0.53%) Postman
6 5 (0.53%) Visual Studio
6 5 (0.53%) webpack
7 1 (0.11%) JUnit
7 1 (0.11%) Selenium
7 1 (0.11%) TestNG
General
1 438 (46.30%) Finance
2 376 (39.75%) Social Skills
3 311 (32.88%) Marketing
4 213 (22.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 200 (21.14%) Analytical Skills
6 187 (19.77%) Law
7 111 (11.73%) Presentation Skills
8 80 (8.46%) Legal
9 66 (6.98%) Banking
10 52 (5.50%) Retail
11 48 (5.07%) Investment Banking
12 41 (4.33%) Front Office
13 36 (3.81%) Electronics
14 35 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
15 33 (3.49%) Influencing Skills
16 32 (3.38%) Social Science
17 31 (3.28%) Public Sector
18 27 (2.85%) Telecoms
19 25 (2.64%) Financial Institution
20 19 (2.01%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 243 (25.69%) Product Manager
2 117 (12.37%) Lead
3 115 (12.16%) Senior
4 87 (9.20%) Product Owner
5 71 (7.51%) Senior Manager
6 65 (6.87%) Software Engineering Director
7 62 (6.55%) Architect
8 56 (5.92%) Developer
9 54 (5.71%) Analyst
10 50 (5.29%) Senior Product Manager
11 41 (4.33%) Business Analyst
12 36 (3.81%) Product Analyst
12 36 (3.81%) User Experience Researcher
13 35 (3.70%) Solutions Architect
13 35 (3.70%) Technology Director
14 33 (3.49%) Software Developer
15 32 (3.38%) Business Manager
16 30 (3.17%) Product Business Analyst
17 29 (3.07%) Finance Business Analyst
17 29 (3.07%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (6.13%) React
2 52 (5.50%) .NET
2 52 (5.50%) HTML
3 47 (4.97%) AngularJS
4 38 (4.02%) CSS
5 34 (3.59%) RESTful
6 30 (3.17%) Node.js
7 28 (2.96%) Kafka
8 26 (2.75%) Web Services
9 22 (2.33%) Apache NiFi
10 21 (2.22%) .NET Framework
11 18 (1.90%) .NET Core
11 18 (1.90%) ASP.NET Web API
12 17 (1.80%) Razor View Engine
13 15 (1.59%) HTML5
13 15 (1.59%) Spring
14 14 (1.48%) ASP.NET
14 14 (1.48%) jQuery
14 14 (1.48%) JSON
15 13 (1.37%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 217 (22.94%) Product Ownership
2 71 (7.51%) Cloud Native
3 50 (5.29%) Management Information System
4 40 (4.23%) Derivative
4 40 (4.23%) Equities
4 40 (4.23%) Fixed Income
4 40 (4.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 40 (4.23%) Hedge funds
5 30 (3.17%) Mobile App
6 29 (3.07%) Public Cloud
7 26 (2.75%) IoT
8 25 (2.64%) Analytical Mindset
9 23 (2.43%) Robotics
9 23 (2.43%) Self-Motivation
10 22 (2.33%) Onboarding
10 22 (2.33%) Taxonomies
11 21 (2.22%) Algorithms
12 19 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
13 18 (1.90%) Data Structures
13 18 (1.90%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 27 (2.85%) Linux
1 27 (2.85%) Windows
2 18 (1.90%) Windows Server
3 10 (1.06%) Windows 10
4 8 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
4 8 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.11%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 501 (52.96%) Agile
2 381 (40.27%) Roadmaps
3 244 (25.79%) Analytics
4 236 (24.95%) Problem-Solving
5 224 (23.68%) User Experience
6 180 (19.03%) Product Roadmap
7 149 (15.75%) Mentoring
8 144 (15.22%) Continuous Improvement
9 141 (14.90%) Artificial Intelligence
10 140 (14.80%) Software Engineering
11 139 (14.69%) Product Strategy
12 138 (14.59%) Project Management
13 133 (14.06%) DevOps
14 125 (13.21%) Decision-Making
15 124 (13.11%) Scrum
16 122 (12.90%) User Research
17 115 (12.16%) Machine Learning
18 113 (11.95%) Product Vision
19 104 (10.99%) Data Analytics
19 104 (10.99%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 151 (15.96%) SQL
2 119 (12.58%) Python
3 87 (9.20%) JavaScript
4 69 (7.29%) Java
5 58 (6.13%) C#
6 38 (4.02%) R
7 30 (3.17%) Scala
8 23 (2.43%) TypeScript
9 19 (2.01%) C++
10 18 (1.90%) PL/SQL
11 14 (1.48%) PowerShell
11 14 (1.48%) Ruby
12 10 (1.06%) C
13 8 (0.85%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.63%) PHP
15 5 (0.53%) MATLAB
16 2 (0.21%) Bash
16 2 (0.21%) Delphi
16 2 (0.21%) Tcl
16 2 (0.21%) VB
Qualifications
1 302 (31.92%) Degree
2 97 (10.25%) Master's Degree
3 46 (4.86%) Computer Science Degree
4 44 (4.65%) PhD
5 29 (3.07%) MBA
6 27 (2.85%) Security Cleared
7 21 (2.22%) CISSP
8 20 (2.11%) CSPO
9 19 (2.01%) SC Cleared
10 16 (1.69%) AWS Certification
11 11 (1.16%) AWS Certified Developer
12 10 (1.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 7 (0.74%) DBS Check
13 7 (0.74%) DV Cleared
14 6 (0.63%) CISA
14 6 (0.63%) GIAC
14 6 (0.63%) IIBA
14 6 (0.63%) JNCIA
15 5 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
15 5 (0.53%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (9.41%) QA
2 34 (3.59%) Accessibility
3 32 (3.38%) Actionable Recommendations
4 29 (3.07%) SLA
5 15 (1.59%) PMO
6 8 (0.85%) GDPR
7 6 (0.63%) NIST
8 3 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.32%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.32%) JTAG
8 3 (0.32%) WCAG
9 2 (0.21%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.21%) PSD2
10 1 (0.11%) GMP
10 1 (0.11%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.11%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.11%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.11%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.11%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 20 (2.11%) Docker
2 11 (1.16%) Firmware
3 9 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.85%) Hyper-V
4 8 (0.85%) KVM
5 6 (0.63%) Embedded Firmware
6 4 (0.42%) Active Directory
7 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 31 (3.28%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.16%) Terraform
3 6 (0.63%) Grafana
4 5 (0.53%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (0.53%) Kibana
4 5 (0.53%) ZABBIX
5 1 (0.11%) Ansible
5 1 (0.11%) FTK
5 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.11%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.11%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 112 (11.84%) Microsoft
2 64 (6.77%) Qualtrics
3 52 (5.50%) Databricks
4 33 (3.49%) Google
5 23 (2.43%) Oracle
6 20 (2.11%) Sybase
7 19 (2.01%) Cognos
8 18 (1.90%) Alteryx
8 18 (1.90%) Cisco
8 18 (1.90%) ServiceNow
9 17 (1.80%) SAP
10 13 (1.37%) Dell
11 11 (1.16%) IBM
11 11 (1.16%) Splunk
12 10 (1.06%) Salesforce
12 10 (1.06%) VMware
13 8 (0.85%) Virgin Media
14 7 (0.74%) Meraki
15 6 (0.63%) CA Agile Central
15 6 (0.63%) iManage