Product Engineer
UK

The median Product Engineer salary in the UK is £55,000 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 888 938 1122
Rank change year-on-year +50 +184 -249
Permanent jobs requiring a Product Engineer 23 61 91
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.023% 0.059% 0.058%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.064% 0.061%
Number of salaries quoted 8 39 38
10th Percentile £34,500 £43,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,188 £57,250 £37,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +52.94% -26.09%
75th Percentile £55,625 £77,715 £82,188
90th Percentile £68,750 - £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £69,447 £42,500
% change year-on-year -20.80% +63.40% -

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%

Product Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Engineer in the UK

Product Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Product Engineer in the UK

Product Engineer
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Product Engineer in the UK

Product Engineer
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Engineer 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 +60 22 £55,000 -15.38% 67
UK excluding London -26 19 £55,000 -20.80% 54
South West -8 16 £55,000 -20.80% 11
Work from Home +44 6 £55,000 -20.80% 19
London +99 4 £55,000 -15.38% 9
East of England - 2 - - 9
Scotland -72 1 £40,000 -42.40% 5

Product Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Product Engineer 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 Product Engineer in the job title.

1 15 (65.22%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (60.87%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (60.87%) Windows
2 14 (60.87%) Test Automation
3 12 (52.17%) Degree
3 12 (52.17%) HND
3 12 (52.17%) Unix
3 12 (52.17%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (52.17%) Python
3 12 (52.17%) B2B
3 12 (52.17%) MATLAB
3 12 (52.17%) LabVIEW
3 12 (52.17%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (52.17%) Kalman Filter
3 12 (52.17%) Presentation Skills
4 10 (43.48%) GitHub
5 9 (39.13%) Social Skills
6 8 (34.78%) pytest
6 8 (34.78%) Git
7 5 (21.74%) Agile
7 5 (21.74%) Finance
7 5 (21.74%) Retail
8 4 (17.39%) Aerospace
8 4 (17.39%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (17.39%) WAN
8 4 (17.39%) SD-WAN
8 4 (17.39%) 5G
8 4 (17.39%) GNSS
8 4 (17.39%) Test Assurance
8 4 (17.39%) Collaborative Culture

Product Engineer 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:

Applications
1 12 (52.17%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (43.48%) GitHub
2 3 (13.04%) AWS
3 2 (8.70%) Amazon ECS
4 1 (4.35%) Azure
4 1 (4.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (17.39%) 5G
1 4 (17.39%) SD-WAN
1 4 (17.39%) WAN
2 2 (8.70%) Internet
2 2 (8.70%) Wireshark
3 1 (4.35%) DHCP
3 1 (4.35%) TCP/IP
3 1 (4.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (52.17%) LabVIEW
2 8 (34.78%) Git
3 3 (13.04%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (13.04%) Rational Rhapsody
4 2 (8.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 14 (60.87%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (52.17%) Presentation Skills
3 9 (39.13%) Social Skills
4 5 (21.74%) Finance
4 5 (21.74%) Retail
5 4 (17.39%) Aerospace
6 3 (13.04%) Games
7 2 (8.70%) Manufacturing
8 1 (4.35%) Banking
8 1 (4.35%) Electronics
8 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (34.78%) pytest
2 2 (8.70%) MSMQ
3 1 (4.35%) React
Miscellaneous
1 12 (52.17%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (17.39%) GNSS
3 1 (4.35%) 3D Printing
3 1 (4.35%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 14 (60.87%) Windows
2 12 (52.17%) Unix
3 2 (8.70%) Linux
4 1 (4.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (4.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (65.22%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (60.87%) Test Automation
3 12 (52.17%) B2B
3 12 (52.17%) Kalman Filter
4 5 (21.74%) Agile
5 4 (17.39%) Collaborative Culture
5 4 (17.39%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (17.39%) Test Assurance
6 3 (13.04%) Business Development
6 3 (13.04%) Business Strategy
6 3 (13.04%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 3 (13.04%) Performance Analysis
6 3 (13.04%) Product Roadmap
6 3 (13.04%) Requirements Gathering
6 3 (13.04%) Roadmaps
6 3 (13.04%) Synthetic Environment
6 3 (13.04%) Systems Engineering
6 3 (13.04%) Technology Roadmap
7 2 (8.70%) Software Testing
7 2 (8.70%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (52.17%) MATLAB
1 12 (52.17%) Python
2 2 (8.70%) PowerShell
3 1 (4.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (52.17%) Degree
1 12 (52.17%) HND
2 3 (13.04%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft
1 1 (4.35%) Netskope
1 1 (4.35%) Okta
1 1 (4.35%) Palo Alto
1 1 (4.35%) Red Hat
1 1 (4.35%) Salesforce
1 1 (4.35%) Splunk