The first table below looks at the demand for Product Management skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Product Management over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Bedford region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Product Management
Rank 49 30 32
Rank change year-on-year
-19 +2
Permanent jobs citing Product Management 1 11 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 0.397% 5.340% 4.118%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.488% 6.433% 5.109%
Number of salaries quoted 1 10 7
Average salary £37,500 £45,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.66% -18.18%
UK excluding London average salary £46,250 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-7.50% +11.11%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
205 171 137
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 81.35% 83.01% 80.59%
Number of salaries quoted 199 162 135
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Product Management
Bedfordshire

Product Management
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Product Management across the Bedford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Bedford Product Management Jobs Demand Trend

Product Management
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Product Management across the Bedford region.

Bedford Product Management Salary Trend

Product Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford region citing Product Management also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Product Management.

1 10 (90.91%) Project Management
1 10 (90.91%) Scrum
1 10 (90.91%) Business Analysis
2 8 (72.73%) Matrix Management
2 8 (72.73%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (72.73%) Management Information System
2 8 (72.73%) Agile Software Development
2 8 (72.73%) DSDM
3 7 (63.64%) Project Planning
3 7 (63.64%) Team Foundation Server
4 6 (54.55%) Agile Project Management
5 4 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (18.18%) WCF
6 2 (18.18%) C#
6 2 (18.18%) .NET
6 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
7 1 (9.091%) ISEB
7 1 (9.091%) SQL Server
7 1 (9.091%) ASP.NET
7 1 (9.091%) Web Services
7 1 (9.091%) Windows
7 1 (9.091%) UML
7 1 (9.091%) OO
7 1 (9.091%) SQL
7 1 (9.091%) T-SQL
7 1 (9.091%) MS Excel
7 1 (9.091%) OOD
7 1 (9.091%) MVC
7 1 (9.091%) .NET Framework
7 1 (9.091%) Resource Management

Product Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford region citing Product Management also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Product Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (18.18%) .NET
1 2 (18.18%) WCF
2 1 (9.091%) WPF
2 1 (9.091%) LINQ
2 1 (9.091%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
2 1 (9.091%) ASP.NET
2 1 (9.091%) Web Services
2 1 (9.091%) .NET Framework
Applications
1 1 (9.091%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.091%) SQL Server
1 1 (9.091%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 7 (63.64%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (9.091%) Moq
2 1 (9.091%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 1 (9.091%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Agile Project Manager
1 7 (63.64%) Project Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Developer
3 1 (9.091%) Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Test Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (9.091%) Programmer
3 1 (9.091%) Lead Developer
3 1 (9.091%) .NET Developer
3 1 (9.091%) C# Developer
3 1 (9.091%) C# Software Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) .NET Software Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) .NET Programmer
3 1 (9.091%) Lead Architect
3 1 (9.091%) Business Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Software Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Architect
3 1 (9.091%) C# Programmer
3 1 (9.091%) C# .NET Developer
3 1 (9.091%) Lead Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 8 (72.73%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.091%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Project Management
1 10 (90.91%) Scrum
1 10 (90.91%) Business Analysis
2 8 (72.73%) Matrix Management
2 8 (72.73%) Agile Software Development
2 8 (72.73%) DSDM
2 8 (72.73%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (63.64%) Project Planning
4 6 (54.55%) Agile Project Management
5 4 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (9.091%) Test Strategy
6 1 (9.091%) Resource Management
6 1 (9.091%) Software Testing
6 1 (9.091%) Use Case
6 1 (9.091%) Test Management
6 1 (9.091%) Multithreading
6 1 (9.091%) Performance Management
6 1 (9.091%) OOD
6 1 (9.091%) UML
6 1 (9.091%) OO
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) C#
2 1 (9.091%) SQL
2 1 (9.091%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) ISEB
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft