The first table below looks at the demand for Product Management skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Product Management
Rank 110 85 92
Rank change year-on-year
-25 +7
Permanent jobs citing Product Management 6 7 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.358% 0.482% 0.150%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.480% 0.697% 0.235%
Number of salaries quoted 6 5 2
Average salary £36,500 £60,000 £43,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-39.16% +37.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £60,000 £38,750
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £60,000 £48,750
UK excluding London average salary £46,250 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-7.50% +11.11%
All Processes & Methodologies
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1249 1005 851
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 74.52% 69.17% 63.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1055 876 728
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% -
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £27,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Product Management
West Midlands

Product Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham Product Management Salary Trend

Product Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 5 (50.00%) Marketing
2 4 (40.00%) Windows
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (30.00%) Project Management
3 3 (30.00%) Service Delivery
3 3 (30.00%) PRINCE2
3 3 (30.00%) Java
3 3 (30.00%) .NET
3 3 (30.00%) MS Project
3 3 (30.00%) MS Office
3 3 (30.00%) Product Marketing
4 2 (20.00%) Drools
4 2 (20.00%) Retail Banking
4 2 (20.00%) Analytics
4 2 (20.00%) Credit Risk
4 2 (20.00%) Banking
4 2 (20.00%) Retail
4 2 (20.00%) SQL
4 2 (20.00%) JBoss
4 2 (20.00%) SAS
4 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
4 2 (20.00%) Finance
4 2 (20.00%) IBM
5 1 (10.00%) C#
5 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
5 1 (10.00%) Firewall
5 1 (10.00%) LAN
5 1 (10.00%) WAN
5 1 (10.00%) MS Excel

Product Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 3 (30.00%) .NET
2 2 (20.00%) Drools
3 1 (10.00%) ASP
3 1 (10.00%) XML
Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (30.00%) MS Project
1 3 (30.00%) MS Office
2 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) LAN
1 1 (10.00%) WAN
1 1 (10.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Ant
General
1 5 (50.00%) Marketing
2 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (20.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Banking
2 2 (20.00%) Retail
2 2 (20.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) Sales Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) Technical Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) Technical Pre Sales Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) Pre Sales Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) QA Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Senior QA Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Senior QA Tester
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Software Tester
3 1 (10.00%) Software Tester
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Tester
3 1 (10.00%) QA Tester
3 1 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Credit Risk
2 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Windows
2 1 (10.00%) Linux
2 1 (10.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (30.00%) Project Management
1 3 (30.00%) Service Delivery
1 3 (30.00%) Product Marketing
2 2 (20.00%) Analytics
2 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (10.00%) Automated Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Web Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) Java
2 2 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (10.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) JBoss
2 2 (20.00%) IBM
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
You will be responsible for: " Develop and maintain in-depth knowledge of the bespoke Application products in order to support customers " Act as a customer advocate to Product...
ARM -INTERNATIONAL
Salary: £32000 - £35000 per annum + health, pension, dental
Posted: 17 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
IT Business Engagement Manager - Product Marketing, PreSales - Birmingham / UK travel. Experienced IT professional with a strong sales, product management or presales background is needed by a FTSE market...
ISL
Salary: £33000.00 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
The role requires a Business Engagement Manager with experience of working within the Service Management or Support Services industries to engage with the business functions and liaise with...
Mint
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Car + Benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013