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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Product Management
Rank 233 225 216
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -9
Permanent jobs citing Product Management 15 26 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.210% 0.369% 0.364%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.275% 0.505% 0.530%
Number of salaries quoted 11 23 21
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £32,500 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £46,250 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-7.50% +11.11%
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5447 5146 4717
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 76.40% 72.98% 68.73%
Number of salaries quoted 4545 4502 4139
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% -2.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £25,429
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Product Management
England

Product Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West Product Management Salary Trend

Product Management
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Product Management across the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North West Product Management Salary Histogram

Product Management
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Management within the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cheshire +10 7 £38,250 -
Manchester -34 5 £47,500 +18.75%
Merseyside +27 2 - -
Product Management
England

Product Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 17 (32.69%) Degree
2 16 (30.77%) .NET
3 13 (25.00%) C#
4 12 (23.08%) SQL
5 11 (21.15%) VB.NET
5 11 (21.15%) Agile Software Development
5 11 (21.15%) Software Engineering
6 10 (19.23%) SQL Server 2005
6 10 (19.23%) Linux
6 10 (19.23%) SQL Server
6 10 (19.23%) SQL Server 2008
7 9 (17.31%) Internet
7 9 (17.31%) WinForms
8 8 (15.38%) BBC
8 8 (15.38%) Project Management
8 8 (15.38%) Java
8 8 (15.38%) OO
9 6 (11.54%) HTTP
9 6 (11.54%) Windows
9 6 (11.54%) Content Management
9 6 (11.54%) Digital Media
10 5 (9.615%) New Media
10 5 (9.615%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (9.615%) Team Foundation Server
10 5 (9.615%) Business Analysis
10 5 (9.615%) Marketing
10 5 (9.615%) IMAP
10 5 (9.615%) Workflow
10 5 (9.615%) Finance
10 5 (9.615%) UNIX

Product Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 16 (30.77%) .NET
2 9 (17.31%) WinForms
3 4 (7.692%) WCF
3 4 (7.692%) WPF
3 4 (7.692%) Web Services
4 2 (3.846%) J2EE
5 1 (1.923%) Middleware
5 1 (1.923%) Ruby on Rails
Application Platforms
1 4 (7.692%) IIS
1 4 (7.692%) RabbitMQ
Applications
1 1 (1.923%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.923%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 9 (17.31%) Internet
2 6 (11.54%) HTTP
3 5 (9.615%) TCP/IP
3 5 (9.615%) LDAP
3 5 (9.615%) IMAP
3 5 (9.615%) SMTP
4 4 (7.692%) SMS
5 1 (1.923%) SAN
5 1 (1.923%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (19.23%) SQL Server
1 10 (19.23%) SQL Server 2005
1 10 (19.23%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (3.846%) DB2
Development Applications
1 5 (9.615%) Team Foundation Server
2 4 (7.692%) Visual Studio
3 3 (5.769%) JIRA
4 1 (1.923%) Git (software)
4 1 (1.923%) Subversion
4 1 (1.923%) GitHub
General
1 5 (9.615%) Finance
1 5 (9.615%) Marketing
2 3 (5.769%) Publishing
2 3 (5.769%) Telecoms
2 3 (5.769%) Music
3 2 (3.846%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (3.846%) Financial Institution
4 1 (1.923%) Games
4 1 (1.923%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (25.00%) Product Manager
2 11 (21.15%) Analyst
3 9 (17.31%) Software Engineer
4 4 (7.692%) Support Analyst
4 4 (7.692%) Applications Support
4 4 (7.692%) Administrator
4 4 (7.692%) Applications Support Analyst
5 3 (5.769%) Linux Administrator
5 3 (5.769%) Senior Product Manager
5 3 (5.769%) Systems Administrator
5 3 (5.769%) Project Manager
5 3 (5.769%) Business Analyst
5 3 (5.769%) Senior Manager
5 3 (5.769%) Test Leader
6 2 (3.846%) Senior Technical Support
6 2 (3.846%) Senior Technical Support Engineer
6 2 (3.846%) Senior Technical Engineer
6 2 (3.846%) Developer
6 2 (3.846%) Technical Support
6 2 (3.846%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (15.38%) BBC
2 6 (11.54%) Digital Media
3 5 (9.615%) New Media
4 4 (7.692%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (7.692%) N-Tier
5 3 (5.769%) Streaming Video
5 3 (5.769%) Semantic Web
5 3 (5.769%) Interactive TV
5 3 (5.769%) Web 2.0
5 3 (5.769%) Computer Science
5 3 (5.769%) Social Network
5 3 (5.769%) SaaS
6 2 (3.846%) Mobile Payment
6 2 (3.846%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.923%) Online Games
7 1 (1.923%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.923%) Visualisation
7 1 (1.923%) Handset
7 1 (1.923%) IVR
7 1 (1.923%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 10 (19.23%) Linux
2 6 (11.54%) Windows
3 5 (9.615%) UNIX
4 4 (7.692%) Mac OS X
5 3 (5.769%) Ubuntu
5 3 (5.769%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (5.769%) AIX
5 3 (5.769%) HPUX
5 3 (5.769%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (21.15%) Agile Software Development
1 11 (21.15%) Software Engineering
2 8 (15.38%) OO
2 8 (15.38%) Project Management
3 6 (11.54%) Content Management
4 5 (9.615%) Business Analysis
4 5 (9.615%) Workflow
4 5 (9.615%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (7.692%) Software Testing
5 4 (7.692%) Business Development
5 4 (7.692%) Multithreading
5 4 (7.692%) CMMI
6 3 (5.769%) ITIL
6 3 (5.769%) PRINCE2
6 3 (5.769%) TDD
6 3 (5.769%) Scrum
6 3 (5.769%) Performance Testing
6 3 (5.769%) Test Strategy
6 3 (5.769%) User Experience Design
6 3 (5.769%) Web Accessibility
Programming Languages
1 13 (25.00%) C#
2 12 (23.08%) SQL
3 11 (21.15%) VB.NET
4 8 (15.38%) Java
5 5 (9.615%) C
6 2 (3.846%) VB
6 2 (3.846%) C++
7 1 (1.923%) PHP
7 1 (1.923%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.923%) Python
7 1 (1.923%) Shell Script
7 1 (1.923%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 17 (32.69%) Degree
2 3 (5.769%) ISTQB
2 3 (5.769%) ISEB
3 2 (3.846%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (1.923%) PMP
4 1 (1.923%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.923%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.923%) Microsoft App-V
1 1 (1.923%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (1.923%) WSUS
Vendors
1 4 (7.692%) TIBCO
2 3 (5.769%) Red Hat
2 3 (5.769%) HP
3 2 (3.846%) Citrix
4 1 (1.923%) VMware
4 1 (1.923%) EMC
4 1 (1.923%) Oracle
4 1 (1.923%) IBM
4 1 (1.923%) Microsoft
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
Warrington, North West
Create and manage scalable API libraries *Well-versed in, but not limited to: C#, Javascript, HTML, CSS, REST, XML, .NET, JQuery, SQL-Server, MySQL *Familiarity with native mobile...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
North West
They are a leading provider of real time monitoring systems data management and value adding management services to a demanding blue chip corporate client base with a strong...
Online Resourcing
Salary: From £55,000 to £60,000 per annum Bonus, Car Allowance Plus Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013