Product Management Jobs

Product Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Product Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Product Management over the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 314 324 155
Rank change year-on-year +10 -169 +94
Permanent jobs citing Product Management 678 638 4,028
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.82% 1.00% 2.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.00% 1.05% 2.72%
Number of salaries quoted 328 498 1,370
10th Percentile £42,200 £44,560 £47,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,813 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -3.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £87,813 £80,053 £92,500
90th Percentile £105,750 £107,500 £125,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% +4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Product Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 67,984 60,548 148,063
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.36% 94.66% 96.31%
Number of salaries quoted 35,867 43,131 80,678
10th Percentile £32,258 £32,620 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,235 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +5.00%

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 20 September 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 20 September 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 +4 611 £70,000 - 350
UK excluding London +34 413 £60,000 -7.69% 207
Work from Home +7 275 £70,000 +7.69% 151
London -23 231 £84,000 +12.00% 149
South East -48 98 £65,000 - 58
Midlands +36 93 £61,000 +22.00% 30
North of England +15 78 £65,000 - 65
South West +45 77 £53,750 -17.31% 21
West Midlands +15 55 £60,000 +20.00% 19
North West -4 48 £58,465 -6.46% 51
East Midlands -4 38 £70,000 +27.27% 11
Scotland -26 24 £59,430 -10.29% 10
East of England -30 24 £55,000 -15.38% 18
Yorkshire +18 23 £67,500 +3.85% 10
Northern Ireland +34 10 £74,715 +21.40% 4
Wales +29 9 £64,108 -6.58% 5
North East -22 7 £53,465 -17.75% 4

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 15 (2.21%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.77%) Confluence
3 10 (1.47%) CMS
4 7 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.88%) Kentico
5 6 (0.88%) Sitecore CMS
5 6 (0.88%) Sitefinity
5 6 (0.88%) Umbraco
6 5 (0.74%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.44%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.15%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.15%) Moodle
8 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 27 (3.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (3.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (1.18%) Sketch
5 3 (0.44%) InVision
5 3 (0.44%) Trello
6 1 (0.15%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (0.88%) SAP ERP
2 5 (0.74%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.59%) CA PPM
4 3 (0.44%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.44%) Oracle Manufacturing
5 2 (0.29%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.15%) Data Workbench
6 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.15%) iTrent
6 1 (0.15%) Magento
6 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.15%) SAP Business ByDesign
6 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.15%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 111 (16.37%) AWS
2 102 (15.04%) Azure
3 85 (12.54%) SaaS
4 25 (3.69%) GCP
5 24 (3.54%) Figma
6 19 (2.80%) Power Platform
7 14 (2.06%) Amazon ECS
8 13 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
9 12 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (1.62%) Cloud Computing
10 11 (1.62%) GitHub
11 10 (1.47%) PaaS
12 9 (1.33%) Serverless
13 8 (1.18%) Power Automate
14 7 (1.03%) AWS Lambda
14 7 (1.03%) dbt
14 7 (1.03%) OneDrive
14 7 (1.03%) SurveyMonkey
15 6 (0.88%) Azure Service Bus
15 6 (0.88%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 23 (3.39%) Broadband
2 16 (2.36%) Network Security
2 16 (2.36%) WAN
3 15 (2.21%) 5G
4 10 (1.47%) LAN
4 10 (1.47%) TCP/IP
5 9 (1.33%) HTTP
5 9 (1.33%) SAN
6 8 (1.18%) MQTT
6 8 (1.18%) VSAT
7 7 (1.03%) SD-WAN
8 6 (0.88%) Firewall
8 6 (0.88%) Wireless
9 5 (0.74%) 3G
9 5 (0.74%) GPRS
9 5 (0.74%) LTE
9 5 (0.74%) Modbus
10 4 (0.59%) Internet
11 3 (0.44%) DNS
11 3 (0.44%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (2.65%) NoSQL
2 17 (2.51%) SQL Server
3 14 (2.06%) Big Data
4 8 (1.18%) Data Mining
5 7 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
5 7 (1.03%) Power BI
6 5 (0.74%) Tableau
7 3 (0.44%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.44%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (0.44%) MySQL
7 3 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.44%) Redis
8 2 (0.29%) Amazon QuickSight
8 2 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.15%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.15%) Looker
9 1 (0.15%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.15%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 40 (5.90%) JIRA
2 16 (2.36%) Jenkins
3 14 (2.06%) Git
4 4 (0.59%) GitLab
4 4 (0.59%) Moq
4 4 (0.59%) NUnit
4 4 (0.59%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.44%) Maven
5 3 (0.44%) Postman
6 2 (0.29%) PROIV
6 2 (0.29%) Selenium
7 1 (0.15%) Appium
7 1 (0.15%) JUnit
7 1 (0.15%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.15%) TestNG
7 1 (0.15%) Xcode
General
1 310 (45.72%) Social Skills
2 192 (28.32%) Finance
3 161 (23.75%) Marketing
4 133 (19.62%) Analytical Skills
5 85 (12.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 52 (7.67%) Law
7 49 (7.23%) Retail
8 39 (5.75%) Influencing Skills
8 39 (5.75%) Presentation Skills
9 38 (5.60%) Electronics
10 34 (5.01%) Banking
11 33 (4.87%) Public Sector
12 30 (4.42%) Telecoms
13 27 (3.98%) Manufacturing
14 25 (3.69%) Legal
15 21 (3.10%) Front Office
16 16 (2.36%) Investment Banking
17 13 (1.92%) Pharmaceutical
18 12 (1.77%) Back Office
19 10 (1.47%) Games
Job Titles
1 241 (35.55%) Product Manager
2 92 (13.57%) Senior
3 83 (12.24%) Lead
4 65 (9.59%) Product Owner
5 53 (7.82%) Senior Manager
6 52 (7.67%) Architect
7 45 (6.64%) Developer
8 44 (6.49%) Senior Product Manager
9 36 (5.31%) Analyst
10 29 (4.28%) Business Analyst
11 28 (4.13%) Product Analyst
12 23 (3.39%) Product Business Analyst
13 22 (3.24%) Finance Manager
14 20 (2.95%) Business Manager
14 20 (2.95%) Finance Business Analyst
14 20 (2.95%) Financial Analyst
15 17 (2.51%) Delivery Manager
15 17 (2.51%) Lead Developer
15 17 (2.51%) Software Product Manager
16 16 (2.36%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (7.08%) React
2 34 (5.01%) .NET
3 33 (4.87%) CSS
3 33 (4.87%) HTML
4 30 (4.42%) AngularJS
5 23 (3.39%) Web Services
6 22 (3.24%) Node.js
7 20 (2.95%) RESTful
8 16 (2.36%) Spring
9 14 (2.06%) Spring Boot
10 11 (1.62%) .NET Framework
11 10 (1.47%) .NET Core
11 10 (1.47%) Kafka
12 8 (1.18%) ASP.NET Web API
12 8 (1.18%) JSON
12 8 (1.18%) RabbitMQ
12 8 (1.18%) Razor View Engine
12 8 (1.18%) Vue
13 7 (1.03%) HTML5
14 6 (0.88%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 145 (21.39%) Product Ownership
2 30 (4.42%) Self-Motivation
3 25 (3.69%) Analytical Mindset
4 23 (3.39%) Derivative
4 23 (3.39%) Equities
4 23 (3.39%) Fixed Income
5 22 (3.24%) Public Cloud
6 21 (3.10%) Hedge funds
7 20 (2.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 20 (2.95%) Robotics
8 15 (2.21%) Onboarding
9 14 (2.06%) IoT
10 13 (1.92%) Mobile App
11 11 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
12 10 (1.47%) Cloud Native
12 10 (1.47%) Data Centre
12 10 (1.47%) NHS
12 10 (1.47%) Reinsurance
13 9 (1.33%) Enterprise Cloud
13 9 (1.33%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 23 (3.39%) Windows
2 19 (2.80%) Linux
3 9 (1.33%) Windows Server 2019
4 8 (1.18%) Windows Server 2012
5 7 (1.03%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (0.59%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.29%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.15%) Android
8 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.15%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 354 (52.21%) Agile
2 279 (41.15%) Roadmaps
3 159 (23.45%) Product Roadmap
4 148 (21.83%) Problem-Solving
5 141 (20.80%) Product Strategy
6 128 (18.88%) Analytics
7 122 (17.99%) Project Management
8 115 (16.96%) User Experience
9 103 (15.19%) Continuous Improvement
10 98 (14.45%) Scrum
11 96 (14.16%) Product Vision
12 92 (13.57%) Computer Science
13 91 (13.42%) Artificial Intelligence
14 90 (13.27%) Decision-Making
15 88 (12.98%) SDLC
16 81 (11.95%) Mentoring
17 79 (11.65%) Software Engineering
18 76 (11.21%) User Research
19 71 (10.47%) Market Research
20 70 (10.32%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 79 (11.65%) SQL
2 54 (7.96%) JavaScript
3 49 (7.23%) Python
4 40 (5.90%) Java
5 31 (4.57%) C#
6 26 (3.83%) C++
7 19 (2.80%) C
8 12 (1.77%) TypeScript
9 7 (1.03%) R
10 6 (0.88%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.59%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.44%) Go
12 3 (0.44%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.44%) PHP
12 3 (0.44%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.29%) Rust
14 1 (0.15%) Objective-C
14 1 (0.15%) SPARQL
14 1 (0.15%) Swift
14 1 (0.15%) XAML
Qualifications
1 205 (30.24%) Degree
2 62 (9.14%) Master's Degree
3 56 (8.26%) Security Cleared
4 40 (5.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 28 (4.13%) SC Cleared
6 23 (3.39%) DBS Check
7 17 (2.51%) AWS Certification
7 17 (2.51%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (2.36%) PhD
9 15 (2.21%) MBA
10 14 (2.06%) CISSP
11 10 (1.47%) CSPO
11 10 (1.47%) DV Cleared
12 9 (1.33%) Dell Certification
12 9 (1.33%) MCSA
13 8 (1.18%) PMI Certification
14 5 (0.74%) Numerate Degree
14 5 (0.74%) PMP
15 4 (0.59%) Azure Certification
15 4 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (14.16%) QA
2 25 (3.69%) Accessibility
3 9 (1.33%) PMO
4 6 (0.88%) GDPR
5 4 (0.59%) SLA
6 3 (0.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (0.44%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.44%) WCAG
7 2 (0.29%) NIST
7 2 (0.29%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.15%) GAAP
8 1 (0.15%) GMP
8 1 (0.15%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.15%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.15%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.15%) SEPA
8 1 (0.15%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.15%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.15%) Solvency II
System Software
1 40 (5.90%) Docker
2 11 (1.62%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.33%) Hyper-V
3 9 (1.33%) VMware ESXi
3 9 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.88%) Firmware
5 5 (0.74%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.15%) RACF
Systems Management
1 37 (5.46%) Kubernetes
2 9 (1.33%) Grafana
2 9 (1.33%) WSUS
3 8 (1.18%) Terraform
4 6 (0.88%) Ansible
4 6 (0.88%) Progress Chef
5 3 (0.44%) Kibana
5 3 (0.44%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.44%) Puppet
6 2 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.29%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.15%) FTK
Vendors
1 93 (13.72%) Microsoft
2 27 (3.98%) Google
3 23 (3.39%) SAP
4 13 (1.92%) Salesforce
5 12 (1.77%) BT
5 12 (1.77%) Juniper
6 11 (1.62%) Cisco
7 10 (1.47%) ServiceNow
7 10 (1.47%) VMware
8 9 (1.33%) Dell
8 9 (1.33%) Fujitsu
8 9 (1.33%) HP
8 9 (1.33%) NetApp
9 8 (1.18%) Apple
9 8 (1.18%) MuleSoft
9 8 (1.18%) Virgin Media
10 7 (1.03%) Oracle
10 7 (1.03%) Qualtrics
10 7 (1.03%) Remedy
11 6 (0.88%) Sitecore