Product Leader
UK

The median Product Leader salary in the UK is £50,001 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 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
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 822 938 1072
Rank change year-on-year +116 +134 -197
Permanent jobs requiring a Product Lead 56 34 165
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.057% 0.034% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.060% 0.037% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 37 31 52
10th Percentile £29,550 £42,500 -
25th Percentile £42,500 £51,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,001 £67,500 £47,250
Median % change year-on-year -25.92% +42.86% -31.27%
75th Percentile £76,250 £85,585 £77,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £87,419 £94,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £67,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -33.33% +68.75% -27.27%

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 93,699 92,665 152,640
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.54% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,079 58,510 84,912
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,611
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,719 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,173
% change year-on-year -5.66% +5.64% +5.63%

Product Lead
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Lead in the UK

Product Lead
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Product Lead in the UK

Product Lead
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Lead over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Product Lead in the UK

Product Lead
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Lead within the UK over the 6 months to 13 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 +130 53 £50,001 -27.27% 22
UK excluding London +9 34 £45,000 -33.33% 11
London +119 20 £80,000 - 10
Work from Home +81 19 £47,501 -29.63% 9
North of England +57 14 £45,000 -14.29% 5
Yorkshire +86 8 £36,000 -31.43%
South East +16 7 £47,500 -29.63% 4
North West +6 4 £47,250 -40.12% 2
West Midlands - 4 £65,000 -
Midlands - 4 £65,000 -
East of England - 4 £40,000 - 1
South West -17 3 £70,000 - 1
North East - 2 £50,001 - 3
Scotland -54 1 £120,000 +44.90%
Wales - 1 £50,001 -

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

For the 6 months to 13 May 2024, Product Lead 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 Lead in the job title.

1 21 (37.50%) Social Skills
1 21 (37.50%) Agile
2 13 (23.21%) Finance
2 13 (23.21%) Manufacturing
3 10 (17.86%) Machine Learning
3 10 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (16.07%) Data Science
4 9 (16.07%) Master's Degree
4 9 (16.07%) Data Analysis
4 9 (16.07%) Degree
4 9 (16.07%) Computer Science
5 8 (14.29%) Product Management
5 8 (14.29%) Use Case
5 8 (14.29%) Microsoft
5 8 (14.29%) Virtual Team
5 8 (14.29%) SaaS
5 8 (14.29%) IoT
5 8 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (14.29%) Roadmaps
5 8 (14.29%) Product Ownership
6 7 (12.50%) User Experience
6 7 (12.50%) Data Governance
6 7 (12.50%) Data Visualisation
6 7 (12.50%) SDLC
6 7 (12.50%) Energy Management
6 7 (12.50%) Automotive
6 7 (12.50%) Visualisation
6 7 (12.50%) AWS
7 6 (10.71%) Law
7 6 (10.71%) SQL

Product Lead 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 5 (8.93%) Confluence
2 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (3.57%) MadCap Flare
3 1 (1.79%) Blender
3 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 8 (14.29%) SaaS
2 7 (12.50%) AWS
3 3 (5.36%) Azure
4 2 (3.57%) GitHub
4 2 (3.57%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (3.57%) Power Automate
4 2 (3.57%) Power Platform
4 2 (3.57%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.79%) Figma
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.79%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 5 (8.93%) JIRA
General
1 21 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 13 (23.21%) Finance
2 13 (23.21%) Manufacturing
3 8 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (12.50%) Automotive
5 6 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (10.71%) Law
5 6 (10.71%) Public Sector
6 4 (7.14%) Marketing
6 4 (7.14%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (3.57%) Aerospace
7 2 (3.57%) Aviation
7 2 (3.57%) Electronics
7 2 (3.57%) Military
7 2 (3.57%) Retail
8 1 (1.79%) Banking
8 1 (1.79%) Front Office
8 1 (1.79%) Games
8 1 (1.79%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.14%) HTML
1 4 (7.14%) jQuery
1 4 (7.14%) JSON
2 2 (3.57%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.29%) IoT
1 8 (14.29%) Product Ownership
1 8 (14.29%) Virtual Team
2 5 (8.93%) Management Information System
2 5 (8.93%) Onboarding
3 3 (5.36%) Low-Code
4 2 (3.57%) Digital Media
4 2 (3.57%) Robotics
5 1 (1.79%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.79%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (1.79%) Graphic Design
5 1 (1.79%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.79%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (37.50%) Agile
2 10 (17.86%) Machine Learning
2 10 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (16.07%) Computer Science
3 9 (16.07%) Data Analysis
3 9 (16.07%) Data Science
4 8 (14.29%) Product Management
4 8 (14.29%) Roadmaps
4 8 (14.29%) Use Case
5 7 (12.50%) Data Governance
5 7 (12.50%) Data Visualisation
5 7 (12.50%) Energy Management
5 7 (12.50%) SDLC
5 7 (12.50%) User Experience
5 7 (12.50%) Visualisation
6 5 (8.93%) Artificial Intelligence
6 5 (8.93%) Business Analysis
6 5 (8.93%) Customer-Centricity
6 5 (8.93%) Fintech
6 5 (8.93%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.71%) SQL
2 3 (5.36%) C#
2 3 (5.36%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (16.07%) Degree
1 9 (16.07%) Master's Degree
2 2 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.79%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.79%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.57%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (5.36%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.14%) SAP
3 1 (1.79%) ServiceNow