Product Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Product Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Product Management over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 293 223 168
Rank change year-on-year -70 -55 +101
Permanent jobs citing Product Management 965 1,766 3,782
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.98% 1.71% 2.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.14% 1.78% 2.53%
Number of salaries quoted 531 545 1,221
10th Percentile £41,750 £50,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £53,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £65,241
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.29% +4.39%
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £114,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Product Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,620 99,018 149,592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.90% 95.62% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 59,724 58,165 83,321
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Product Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Product Management in the UK

Product Management
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Product Management in the UK

Product Management
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Product Management in the UK

Product Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Management 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 -95 759 £67,919 -2.97% 383
UK excluding London -83 596 £57,500 -8.00% 209
London -47 323 £80,000 +6.67% 190
Work from Home -80 312 £70,000 - 198
Scotland -3 151 £66,250 +1.92% 18
North of England -63 116 £62,500 +4.17% 47
South East -134 102 £61,250 -9.26% 74
Midlands +28 95 £57,500 +15.00% 27
South West +33 77 £54,522 -0.87% 12
West Midlands +25 73 £57,500 +15.00% 18
North West -34 73 £62,500 +4.17% 29
East of England -76 42 £57,500 -17.86% 32
Yorkshire +18 31 £60,000 -7.69% 15
East Midlands -10 22 £65,000 +18.18% 9
North East -6 12 £73,805 +6.96% 5
Northern Ireland +9 7 £67,500 +42.11% 3
Wales -28 6 £52,738 -29.68% 7

Product Management
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 44 (4.56%) Apache
2 29 (3.01%) Apache Spark
3 28 (2.90%) Confluence
4 13 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.52%) CMS
6 5 (0.52%) nginx
6 5 (0.52%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.21%) SAS
Applications
1 32 (3.32%) UserZoom
2 29 (3.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (2.59%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.52%) InDesign
6 5 (0.52%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.41%) InVision
7 4 (0.41%) Sketch
8 2 (0.21%) MadCap Flare
9 1 (0.10%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.10%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (1.04%) Shopify
2 5 (0.52%) Distributed Ledger
2 5 (0.52%) Endur
2 5 (0.52%) OpenLink RightAngle
3 2 (0.21%) CA PPM
3 2 (0.21%) Infor SunSystems
3 2 (0.21%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.10%) Cognos Controller
4 1 (0.10%) Data Workbench
4 1 (0.10%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.10%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 1 (0.10%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.10%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 138 (14.30%) AWS
2 128 (13.26%) SaaS
3 116 (12.02%) Azure
4 74 (7.67%) Figma
5 64 (6.63%) SurveyMonkey
6 38 (3.94%) Power Platform
7 37 (3.83%) GCP
8 23 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
9 19 (1.97%) Cloud Computing
9 19 (1.97%) GitHub
10 17 (1.76%) Azure DevOps
11 16 (1.66%) Google Analytics
12 13 (1.35%) PaaS
13 12 (1.24%) dbt
14 10 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
15 9 (0.93%) Azure Service Bus
15 9 (0.93%) Serverless
16 8 (0.83%) AWS CloudFormation
16 8 (0.83%) Azure App Service
16 8 (0.83%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.49%) Network Security
2 21 (2.18%) 5G
3 18 (1.87%) DSL
4 15 (1.55%) WAN
5 14 (1.45%) TCP/IP
6 13 (1.35%) SD-WAN
7 12 (1.24%) Firewall
8 11 (1.14%) HTTP
9 10 (1.04%) MQTT
10 8 (0.83%) Broadband
10 8 (0.83%) Multicast
11 7 (0.73%) Unified Communications
11 7 (0.73%) VoIP
12 4 (0.41%) Unicast
12 4 (0.41%) VLAN
12 4 (0.41%) Wireless
13 3 (0.31%) Internet
14 2 (0.21%) 3G
14 2 (0.21%) DNS
14 2 (0.21%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (4.77%) SQL Server
2 36 (3.73%) Big Data
3 28 (2.90%) DB2
4 23 (2.38%) Tableau
5 22 (2.28%) MongoDB
6 21 (2.18%) Data Lake
7 19 (1.97%) Power BI
8 14 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
9 13 (1.35%) NoSQL
10 12 (1.24%) Amazon Athena
10 12 (1.24%) Apache Arrow
10 12 (1.24%) Apache Ignite
10 12 (1.24%) Dremio
10 12 (1.24%) Relational Database
11 10 (1.04%) Flink
12 9 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
13 6 (0.62%) Metadata
13 6 (0.62%) RDBMS
14 5 (0.52%) Data Mining
14 5 (0.52%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 67 (6.94%) JIRA
2 42 (4.35%) Jenkins
3 26 (2.69%) Git
4 15 (1.55%) GitLab
5 9 (0.93%) Moq
5 9 (0.93%) NUnit
6 5 (0.52%) Postman
6 5 (0.52%) Visual Studio
6 5 (0.52%) webpack
General
1 436 (45.18%) Finance
2 385 (39.90%) Social Skills
3 310 (32.12%) Marketing
4 215 (22.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 212 (21.97%) Analytical Skills
6 186 (19.27%) Law
7 108 (11.19%) Presentation Skills
8 82 (8.50%) Legal
9 66 (6.84%) Banking
10 49 (5.08%) Retail
11 48 (4.97%) Investment Banking
12 39 (4.04%) Front Office
13 36 (3.73%) Organisational Skills
14 34 (3.52%) Influencing Skills
15 32 (3.32%) Social Science
16 30 (3.11%) Electronics
16 30 (3.11%) Manufacturing
17 27 (2.80%) Public Sector
18 25 (2.59%) Financial Institution
18 25 (2.59%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 253 (26.22%) Product Manager
2 121 (12.54%) Senior
3 118 (12.23%) Lead
4 85 (8.81%) Product Owner
5 73 (7.56%) Senior Manager
6 65 (6.74%) Software Engineering Director
7 57 (5.91%) Architect
7 57 (5.91%) Developer
8 52 (5.39%) Analyst
9 51 (5.28%) Senior Product Manager
10 37 (3.83%) Business Analyst
11 36 (3.73%) User Experience Researcher
12 35 (3.63%) Solutions Architect
12 35 (3.63%) Technology Director
13 32 (3.32%) Product Analyst
13 32 (3.32%) Software Developer
14 31 (3.21%) Business Manager
14 31 (3.21%) Project Manager
15 28 (2.90%) Consultant
16 27 (2.80%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (6.01%) React
2 51 (5.28%) HTML
3 49 (5.08%) .NET
4 44 (4.56%) AngularJS
5 38 (3.94%) CSS
6 32 (3.32%) RESTful
7 31 (3.21%) Node.js
8 26 (2.69%) Kafka
8 26 (2.69%) Web Services
9 22 (2.28%) Apache NiFi
10 21 (2.18%) .NET Framework
11 18 (1.87%) .NET Core
11 18 (1.87%) ASP.NET Web API
12 17 (1.76%) Razor View Engine
13 15 (1.55%) HTML5
13 15 (1.55%) JSON
13 15 (1.55%) Spring
14 14 (1.45%) jQuery
15 13 (1.35%) ASP.NET
15 13 (1.35%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 217 (22.49%) Product Ownership
2 75 (7.77%) Cloud Native
3 47 (4.87%) Management Information System
4 38 (3.94%) Derivative
4 38 (3.94%) Equities
4 38 (3.94%) Fixed Income
4 38 (3.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 38 (3.94%) Hedge funds
5 30 (3.11%) Mobile App
6 29 (3.01%) Public Cloud
7 24 (2.49%) Analytical Mindset
7 24 (2.49%) Onboarding
8 22 (2.28%) IoT
8 22 (2.28%) Taxonomies
8 22 (2.28%) Virtual Team
9 20 (2.07%) Algorithms
9 20 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
10 19 (1.97%) Robotics
10 19 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
11 18 (1.87%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 28 (2.90%) Windows
2 26 (2.69%) Linux
3 18 (1.87%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.04%) Windows 10
5 8 (0.83%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (0.83%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.10%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 505 (52.33%) Agile
2 391 (40.52%) Roadmaps
3 257 (26.63%) Problem-Solving
4 241 (24.97%) Analytics
5 230 (23.83%) User Experience
6 189 (19.59%) Product Roadmap
7 150 (15.54%) Mentoring
8 148 (15.34%) Project Management
9 141 (14.61%) Software Engineering
10 137 (14.20%) Continuous Improvement
11 136 (14.09%) Artificial Intelligence
12 134 (13.89%) Product Strategy
13 128 (13.26%) DevOps
14 123 (12.75%) Decision-Making
15 121 (12.54%) User Research
16 120 (12.44%) Scrum
17 116 (12.02%) Product Vision
18 114 (11.81%) Machine Learning
19 102 (10.57%) Market Research
19 102 (10.57%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 143 (14.82%) SQL
2 115 (11.92%) Python
3 87 (9.02%) JavaScript
4 72 (7.46%) Java
5 57 (5.91%) C#
6 38 (3.94%) R
7 31 (3.21%) Scala
8 24 (2.49%) TypeScript
9 18 (1.87%) PL/SQL
10 17 (1.76%) Ruby
11 15 (1.55%) C++
11 15 (1.55%) PowerShell
12 8 (0.83%) T-SQL
13 6 (0.62%) C
13 6 (0.62%) PHP
14 5 (0.52%) MATLAB
14 5 (0.52%) VB
15 4 (0.41%) Kusto Query Language
16 2 (0.21%) Delphi
16 2 (0.21%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 303 (31.40%) Degree
2 97 (10.05%) Master's Degree
3 44 (4.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 42 (4.35%) PhD
5 28 (2.90%) MBA
6 26 (2.69%) Security Cleared
7 20 (2.07%) CISSP
8 19 (1.97%) CSPO
8 19 (1.97%) SC Cleared
9 15 (1.55%) AWS Certification
10 11 (1.14%) AWS Certified Developer
11 10 (1.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 7 (0.73%) DBS Check
12 7 (0.73%) DV Cleared
13 6 (0.62%) Azure Certification
13 6 (0.62%) IIBA
14 5 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (0.52%) CISA
14 5 (0.52%) GIAC
14 5 (0.52%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (9.22%) QA
2 46 (4.77%) Accessibility
3 32 (3.32%) Actionable Recommendations
4 28 (2.90%) SLA
5 14 (1.45%) PMO
6 6 (0.62%) GDPR
6 6 (0.62%) NIST
7 3 (0.31%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.31%) JTAG
7 3 (0.31%) WCAG
8 2 (0.21%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.21%) PSD2
9 1 (0.10%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.10%) GMP
9 1 (0.10%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.10%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.10%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.10%) SOC 2
System Software
1 24 (2.49%) Docker
2 10 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (0.83%) Hyper-V
3 8 (0.83%) KVM
4 6 (0.62%) Firmware
5 4 (0.41%) Active Directory
6 2 (0.21%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.10%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 32 (3.32%) Kubernetes
2 9 (0.93%) Terraform
3 6 (0.62%) Grafana
4 5 (0.52%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (0.52%) Kibana
4 5 (0.52%) ZABBIX
5 1 (0.10%) Ansible
5 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.10%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.10%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.10%) SCCM
Vendors
1 111 (11.50%) Microsoft
2 64 (6.63%) Qualtrics
3 52 (5.39%) Databricks
4 34 (3.52%) Google
5 25 (2.59%) Oracle
6 23 (2.38%) Sybase
7 19 (1.97%) Cisco
7 19 (1.97%) Cognos
8 18 (1.87%) Alteryx
8 18 (1.87%) ServiceNow
9 15 (1.55%) Dell
9 15 (1.55%) SAP
10 12 (1.24%) IBM
11 11 (1.14%) VMware
12 10 (1.04%) Splunk
13 9 (0.93%) Salesforce
14 8 (0.83%) Meraki
14 8 (0.83%) Virgin Media
15 7 (0.73%) Apple
16 6 (0.62%) iManage