Lead Product Manager
UK

The median Lead Product Manager salary in the UK is £73,805 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 882 924 1128
Rank change year-on-year +42 +204 -241
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Product Manager 29 75 85
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.029% 0.072% 0.054%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% 0.079% 0.057%
Number of salaries quoted 25 18 35
10th Percentile £61,643 £42,500 £52,434
25th Percentile £67,500 £55,000 £57,455
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,805 £60,000 £71,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.01% -16.08% +2.14%
75th Percentile £75,772 £99,375 £75,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 £91,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £73,805 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +23.01% -14.29% +5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 93,212 94,769 150,357
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,814 59,630 85,382
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,225
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Lead Product Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Lead Product Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Lead Product Manager in the UK

Lead Product Manager
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Product Manager.

Salary trend for Lead Product Manager in the UK

Lead Product Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Product Manager over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Product Manager in the UK

Lead Product Manager
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Product Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +56 29 £73,805 +23.01% 4
Work from Home +80 18 £73,805 +23.01% 5
UK excluding London -31 16 £73,805 +23.01% 2
London +99 13 £70,000 -33.33% 4
North of England +32 10 £73,805 -29.71%
Yorkshire +88 4 £73,805 -
South East +11 4 £85,000 +41.67%
North West +8 4 £73,805 -29.71%
West Midlands +15 2 £73,805 -
Midlands +13 2 £73,805 -
North East - 2 £73,805 -

Lead Product Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Lead Product Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Lead Product Manager in the job title.

1 24 (82.76%) Agile
2 20 (68.97%) Roadmaps
2 20 (68.97%) Product Vision
3 19 (65.52%) User Research
4 16 (55.17%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 16 (55.17%) Product Strategy
5 15 (51.72%) Product Roadmap
6 13 (44.83%) CI/CD
6 13 (44.83%) Coaching
7 12 (41.38%) Mentoring
7 12 (41.38%) Continuous Integration
7 12 (41.38%) Product Management
7 12 (41.38%) Technical Debt
7 12 (41.38%) Continuous Deployment
8 8 (27.59%) Social Skills
9 7 (24.14%) Public Sector
9 7 (24.14%) Strategic Thinking
10 6 (20.69%) Service Design
11 5 (17.24%) Collaborative Working
11 5 (17.24%) Master's Degree
11 5 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
11 5 (17.24%) Data Analysis
11 5 (17.24%) Degree
11 5 (17.24%) MBA
12 4 (13.79%) Legal
12 4 (13.79%) Scrum
12 4 (13.79%) ETL
12 4 (13.79%) Local Government
12 4 (13.79%) Banking
12 4 (13.79%) Data Management

Lead Product Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (3.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.79%) Collibra
2 3 (10.34%) SaaS
3 1 (3.45%) SAP Fieldglass
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) JIRA
General
1 8 (27.59%) Social Skills
2 7 (24.14%) Public Sector
3 4 (13.79%) Banking
3 4 (13.79%) Influencing Skills
3 4 (13.79%) Legal
3 4 (13.79%) Local Government
4 3 (10.34%) Digital Economy
5 2 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.45%) Finance
6 1 (3.45%) Games
6 1 (3.45%) Marketing
6 1 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.34%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) Algorithms
1 4 (13.79%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.45%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.45%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (82.76%) Agile
2 20 (68.97%) Product Vision
2 20 (68.97%) Roadmaps
3 19 (65.52%) User Research
4 16 (55.17%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 16 (55.17%) Product Strategy
5 15 (51.72%) Product Roadmap
6 13 (44.83%) CI/CD
6 13 (44.83%) Coaching
7 12 (41.38%) Continuous Deployment
7 12 (41.38%) Continuous Integration
7 12 (41.38%) Mentoring
7 12 (41.38%) Product Management
7 12 (41.38%) Technical Debt
8 7 (24.14%) Strategic Thinking
9 6 (20.69%) Service Design
10 5 (17.24%) Collaborative Working
10 5 (17.24%) Data Analysis
10 5 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
11 4 (13.79%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.34%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (17.24%) Degree
1 5 (17.24%) Master's Degree
1 5 (17.24%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.79%) GDPR
2 1 (3.45%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (3.45%) Ariba
1 1 (3.45%) SAP