The first table below looks at the demand for Product Management skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Product Management over the 3 months to 24 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Product Management
Rank 188 154 158
Rank change year-on-year
-34 +4
Permanent jobs citing Product Management 4 19 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.098% 0.524% 0.303%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.127% 0.717% 0.444%
Number of salaries quoted 3 19 12
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £44,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% -9.60%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-10.00% +11.11%
All Processes & Methodologies
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3160 2649 2705
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 77.17% 73.10% 68.41%
Number of salaries quoted 2717 2323 2441
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £60,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Product Management
North West

Product Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Product Management Salary Trend

Product Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 9 (31.03%) C#
1 9 (31.03%) VB.NET
1 9 (31.03%) .NET
2 8 (27.59%) SQL Server
2 8 (27.59%) SQL Server 2005
2 8 (27.59%) Degree
2 8 (27.59%) SQL Server 2008
3 7 (24.14%) Software Engineering
3 7 (24.14%) BBC
3 7 (24.14%) WinForms
3 7 (24.14%) Internet
3 7 (24.14%) SQL
4 6 (20.69%) OO
4 6 (20.69%) Project Management
5 5 (17.24%) Agile Software Development
5 5 (17.24%) Content Management
5 5 (17.24%) Digital Media
5 5 (17.24%) New Media
6 4 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (13.79%) Linux
6 4 (13.79%) Windows
7 3 (10.34%) Java
7 3 (10.34%) IIS
7 3 (10.34%) Visual Studio
7 3 (10.34%) Web Services
7 3 (10.34%) PRINCE2
7 3 (10.34%) Publishing
7 3 (10.34%) Streaming Video
7 3 (10.34%) Scrum
7 3 (10.34%) Business Analysis

Product Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 (31.03%) .NET
2 7 (24.14%) WinForms
3 3 (10.34%) Web Services
3 3 (10.34%) WCF
4 1 (3.448%) Ruby on Rails
Application Platforms
1 3 (10.34%) IIS
2 2 (6.897%) RabbitMQ
Communications & Networking
1 7 (24.14%) Internet
2 2 (6.897%) IMAP
2 2 (6.897%) LDAP
2 2 (6.897%) SMS
2 2 (6.897%) SMTP
2 2 (6.897%) HTTP
2 2 (6.897%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (27.59%) SQL Server
1 8 (27.59%) SQL Server 2005
1 8 (27.59%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Visual Studio
2 2 (6.897%) JIRA
General
1 3 (10.34%) Publishing
1 3 (10.34%) Music
2 1 (3.448%) Retail
2 1 (3.448%) Games
2 1 (3.448%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 8 (27.59%) Product Manager
2 7 (24.14%) Software Engineer
3 5 (17.24%) Analyst
4 3 (10.34%) Senior Manager
4 3 (10.34%) Project Manager
4 3 (10.34%) Senior Product Manager
5 2 (6.897%) Test Leader
6 1 (3.448%) Linux Administrator
6 1 (3.448%) Senior Support Engineer
6 1 (3.448%) Linux Systems Administrator
6 1 (3.448%) Technical Support Engineer
6 1 (3.448%) Team Leader
6 1 (3.448%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (3.448%) Development Team Leader
6 1 (3.448%) Technical Engineer
6 1 (3.448%) Architect
6 1 (3.448%) Business Analyst
6 1 (3.448%) Developer
6 1 (3.448%) Technical Support
6 1 (3.448%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (24.14%) BBC
2 5 (17.24%) Digital Media
2 5 (17.24%) New Media
3 3 (10.34%) Streaming Video
3 3 (10.34%) Web 2.0
3 3 (10.34%) Social Network
4 2 (6.897%) Semantic Web
4 2 (6.897%) Interactive TV
4 2 (6.897%) Mobile Payment
5 1 (3.448%) Mobile App
5 1 (3.448%) Visualisation
5 1 (3.448%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 4 (13.79%) Linux
1 4 (13.79%) Windows
2 2 (6.897%) UNIX
2 2 (6.897%) Mac OS X
3 1 (3.448%) AIX
3 1 (3.448%) HPUX
3 1 (3.448%) Solaris
3 1 (3.448%) Ubuntu
3 1 (3.448%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (24.14%) Software Engineering
2 6 (20.69%) OO
2 6 (20.69%) Project Management
3 5 (17.24%) Agile Software Development
3 5 (17.24%) Content Management
4 4 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (10.34%) PRINCE2
5 3 (10.34%) Scrum
5 3 (10.34%) Business Analysis
5 3 (10.34%) Software Testing
5 3 (10.34%) User Experience Design
6 2 (6.897%) Web Accessibility
6 2 (6.897%) BDD
6 2 (6.897%) Test Strategy
6 2 (6.897%) Performance Testing
6 2 (6.897%) TDD
7 1 (3.448%) PRINCE
7 1 (3.448%) Change Management
7 1 (3.448%) Supplier Management
7 1 (3.448%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 9 (31.03%) C#
1 9 (31.03%) VB.NET
2 7 (24.14%) SQL
3 3 (10.34%) Java
4 2 (6.897%) C
4 2 (6.897%) VB
5 1 (3.448%) Python
5 1 (3.448%) T-SQL
5 1 (3.448%) PHP
5 1 (3.448%) C++
5 1 (3.448%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 8 (27.59%) Degree
2 2 (6.897%) ISTQB
2 2 (6.897%) ISEB
3 1 (3.448%) PRINCE2 Certification
Vendors
1 2 (6.897%) TIBCO
2 1 (3.448%) Red Hat
Stockport, North West
Working as part of the Product Management team you will gather, document and design new product functionality and requested changes for the client base, reporting to the Director...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Manchester, North West
This individual will be expected to collaborate with product management to help identify and prioritise product requirements. Primary Responsibilities: Responsible for leading a team of developers new product...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013