The first table below looks at the demand for Product Management skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Product Management over the 3 months to 20 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 Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Product Management
Rank 99 87 71
Rank change year-on-year
-12 -16
Permanent jobs citing Product Management 23 41 54
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 1.245% 2.051% 2.523%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.790% 3.181% 3.747%
Number of salaries quoted 12 34 40
Average salary £34,500 £50,000 £54,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-31.00% -8.25%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-10.00% +11.11%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1285 1289 1441
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 69.53% 64.48% 67.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1104 1094 1288
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £30,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Product Management
Cambridgeshire

Product Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Product Management Salary Trend

Product Management
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Product Management across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Cambridge Product Management Salary Histogram

Product Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 20 (57.14%) C#
1 20 (57.14%) Electronics
1 20 (57.14%) Degree
2 19 (54.29%) C++
2 19 (54.29%) Windows
2 19 (54.29%) Internet
3 18 (51.43%) UNIX
3 18 (51.43%) E-Commerce
3 18 (51.43%) ISO 9000
3 18 (51.43%) Mathematics
3 18 (51.43%) PKI
3 18 (51.43%) Cryptography
3 18 (51.43%) Software Engineering
3 18 (51.43%) Military
3 18 (51.43%) Computer Science
3 18 (51.43%) SC Cleared
3 18 (51.43%) Security Cleared
4 11 (31.43%) C
4 11 (31.43%) Java
4 11 (31.43%) Embedded Systems
5 10 (28.57%) Open Source
5 10 (28.57%) Risk Analysis
5 10 (28.57%) PRINCE2
5 10 (28.57%) Project Management
5 10 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
5 10 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (25.71%) Python
6 9 (25.71%) .NET
7 8 (22.86%) Linux
8 7 (20.00%) OOP

Product Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 9 (25.71%) .NET
2 2 (5.714%) ASP.NET
3 1 (2.857%) Flash
3 1 (2.857%) Silverlight
3 1 (2.857%) HTML5
3 1 (2.857%) HTML
Communications & Networking
1 19 (54.29%) Internet
2 2 (5.714%) HTTP
3 1 (2.857%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.857%) DNS
3 1 (2.857%) Broadband
3 1 (2.857%) Ethernet
3 1 (2.857%) xDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.714%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (5.714%) Visual Studio
General
1 20 (57.14%) Electronics
2 18 (51.43%) Military
3 2 (5.714%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 20 (57.14%) Software Engineer
2 17 (48.57%) Senior Software Engineer
3 12 (34.29%) Product Manager
4 11 (31.43%) Lead Software Engineer
5 10 (28.57%) Senior Product Manager
5 10 (28.57%) Senior Manager
6 7 (20.00%) Database Specialist
7 1 (2.857%) Integration Manager
7 1 (2.857%) Systems Integration Manager
7 1 (2.857%) Systems Manager
7 1 (2.857%) Sales Manager
7 1 (2.857%) Developer
7 1 (2.857%) Architect
7 1 (2.857%) Marketing Manager
7 1 (2.857%) JavaScript Developer
7 1 (2.857%) Ruby Developer
Miscellaneous
1 18 (51.43%) Cryptography
1 18 (51.43%) PKI
1 18 (51.43%) Mathematics
1 18 (51.43%) Computer Science
2 11 (31.43%) Embedded Systems
3 10 (28.57%) Open Source
4 3 (8.571%) Management Information System
5 2 (5.714%) STB
5 2 (5.714%) DTV
5 2 (5.714%) SaaS
5 2 (5.714%) iPad
6 1 (2.857%) iPhone
6 1 (2.857%) Visualisation
6 1 (2.857%) Physics
6 1 (2.857%) Firmware
6 1 (2.857%) Streaming Media
6 1 (2.857%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 19 (54.29%) Windows
2 18 (51.43%) UNIX
3 8 (22.86%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (51.43%) E-Commerce
1 18 (51.43%) Software Engineering
2 10 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
2 10 (28.57%) Risk Analysis
2 10 (28.57%) PRINCE2
2 10 (28.57%) Project Management
2 10 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (20.00%) Information Security
3 7 (20.00%) OOP
3 7 (20.00%) OO
3 7 (20.00%) TDD
4 1 (2.857%) Automated Testing
4 1 (2.857%) Web Development
4 1 (2.857%) Test Automation
4 1 (2.857%) Benchmarking
4 1 (2.857%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 20 (57.14%) C#
2 19 (54.29%) C++
3 11 (31.43%) Java
3 11 (31.43%) C
4 9 (25.71%) Python
5 7 (20.00%) SQL
6 2 (5.714%) VB
6 2 (5.714%) VB.NET
6 2 (5.714%) VB6
7 1 (2.857%) Ruby
7 1 (2.857%) Lisp
7 1 (2.857%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 20 (57.14%) Degree
2 18 (51.43%) SC Cleared
2 18 (51.43%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (51.43%) ISO 9000
2 1 (2.857%) ISO 9001
2 1 (2.857%) ISO 14001
Vendors
1 3 (8.571%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.857%) Adobe
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