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This section looks at the demand for the Product Manager role in IT jobs across the UK compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Product Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Product Manager
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank342418
Rank change on same period last yearUp+76
Matching permanent IT job ads965864
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.509 %0.354 %
As % of the category below0.560 %0.379 %
Salaries quoted748709
Average minimum salary£50,210£48,687
Average salary£54,316£52,696
% change on same period last year+3.07 %
Average maximum salary£58,422£56,705
UK excluding London average salary£50,414£47,451
% change on same period last year+6.24 %
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads172359227702
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled90.99 %93.24 %
Salaries quoted141953179626
Average minimum salary£39,075£41,050
Average salary£42,724£44,871
% change on same period last year-4.78 %
Average maximum salary£46,372£48,692
UK excluding London average salary£38,197£39,483
% change on same period last year-3.25 %

Product Manager
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Product Manager within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Product Manager Demand Trend

Product Manager
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Product Manager within the UK.

Product Manager Salary Trend

Product Manager
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Product Manager over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 within the UK.

Product Manager Salary Histogram

Product Manager
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Manager within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+72955£54,327+3.00 %
LondonUp+69492£57,882-0.66 %
South EastUp+41218£50,485+1.95 %
City of LondonUp+37115£57,606-31.51 %
East of EnglandUp+482£55,860+21.36 %
BerkshireUp+1278£49,929-0.35 %
SurreyUp+5148£46,645+2.57 %
North WestUp+2344£42,047+11.35 %
South WestDown-1243£57,568+22.09 %
West MidlandsUp+2542£48,225-3.55 %
CambridgeshireUp+1434£46,310+1.84 %
CambridgeUp+1133£46,875+8.17 %
HertfordshireUp+2530£62,212+41.51 %
NewburyUp+2225£45,000+0.55 %
ManchesterUp+3524£38,109+8.15 %
BuckinghamshireUp+2423£48,025+9.98 %
HampshireDown-721£52,824+11.91 %
ReadingUp+321£50,125-10.58 %
KentNew entry-17£44,412-
EssexUp+1716£67,667+54.96 %
YorkshireUp+615£40,300-16.25 %
East MidlandsUp+2115£44,800+1.81 %
MiddlesexUp+1414£70,393+14.24 %
HerefordshireDown-214£54,821+21.82 %
CheshireUp+714£48,143+13.27 %
MarlowUp+1413£48,333-
Hemel HempsteadUp+413£55,769+23.93 %
West YorkshireUp+1913£39,577-18.51 %
BristolDown-912£56,357+10.04 %
StainesNew entry-12£44,167-

Product Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs within the UK that cited Product Manager in their job title 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 with Product Manager in their job title.

1786 (44.46 %)Marketing
2319 (18.04 %)Telecoms
3307 (17.36 %)Finance
4297 (16.80 %)Project Management
5264 (14.93 %)Product Marketing
6199 (11.26 %)Internet
7163 (9.219 %)Degree
8133 (7.523 %)MS Visio
9116 (6.561 %)Banking
10107 (6.052 %)Business Development
1192 (5.204 %)Business Analysis
1290 (5.090 %)Microsoft
1384 (4.751 %)E-Commerce
1476 (4.299 %)VoIP
1573 (4.129 %)Retail
1671 (4.016 %)CRM
1671 (4.016 %)Java
1766 (3.733 %)Health
1862 (3.507 %)Pensions
1960 (3.394 %)Web Analytics
2058 (3.281 %)Legal
2157 (3.224 %)B2B
2255 (3.111 %)Wireless
2352 (2.941 %)VPN
2451 (2.885 %)C
2550 (2.828 %)Manufacturing
2647 (2.658 %)Workflow
2746 (2.602 %)Derivative
2845 (2.545 %)Insurance
2845 (2.545 %)Use Case

Product Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs within the UK that cited Product Manager in their job title 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 with Product Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
144 (2.489 %).NET
235 (1.980 %)XML
328 (1.584 %)HTML
421 (1.188 %)Middleware
518 (1.018 %)J2EE
612 (0.679 %)ASP.NET
79 (0.509 %)ASP
88 (0.452 %)CSS
96 (0.339 %)WebServices
96 (0.339 %)JavaSpaces
105 (0.283 %)J2ME
114 (0.226 %).NET Framework
123 (0.170 %)FIX Protocol
123 (0.170 %)WAP
123 (0.170 %)SOAP
132 (0.113 %)XHTML
132 (0.113 %)EDI
132 (0.113 %)Silverlight
141 (0.057 %)CodeIgniter
141 (0.057 %)Software Packaging
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
118 (1.018 %)Apache
215 (0.848 %)WebLogic
314 (0.792 %)SAS
410 (0.566 %)WorkSite
57 (0.396 %)Oracle Workflow
66 (0.339 %)CMS
73 (0.170 %)Lotus Notes
82 (0.113 %)SharePoint
82 (0.113 %)JBoss
82 (0.113 %)LiveLink
82 (0.113 %)Smallworld
91 (0.057 %)Tomcat
91 (0.057 %)ColdFusion
91 (0.057 %)BizTalk Server
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1133 (7.523 %)MS Visio
237 (2.093 %)MS Excel
328 (1.584 %)MS Project
427 (1.527 %)MS PowerPoint
520 (1.131 %)MS Office
66 (0.339 %)Photoshop
66 (0.339 %)Spreadsheet
66 (0.339 %)RoboHelp
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
131 (1.753 %)Pivotal CRM
228 (1.584 %)Dynamics CRM
35 (0.283 %)SAP ERP
43 (0.170 %)SAP EHS
52 (0.113 %)WebTrends
61 (0.057 %)Pegasus Opera
61 (0.057 %)SalesLogix
61 (0.057 %)Line 500
61 (0.057 %)Misys Midas
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1199 (11.26 %)Internet
276 (4.299 %)VoIP
355 (3.111 %)Wireless
452 (2.941 %)VPN
545 (2.545 %)Broadband
622 (1.244 %)Network Security
717 (0.962 %)DSL
717 (0.962 %)Ethernet
717 (0.962 %)MPLS
816 (0.905 %)WAN
915 (0.848 %)3G
1014 (0.792 %)Intranet
1014 (0.792 %)Wi-Fi
1112 (0.679 %)Firewall
1112 (0.679 %)WiMAX
1112 (0.679 %)DECT
1211 (0.622 %)ADSL
1211 (0.622 %)BSS
139 (0.509 %)LLU
139 (0.509 %)GSM
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
124 (1.357 %)SQL Server
211 (0.622 %)GIS
310 (0.566 %)Datawarehouse
47 (0.396 %)RDBMS
47 (0.396 %)BusinessObjects
56 (0.339 %)MySQL
64 (0.226 %)MS Access
73 (0.170 %)Crystal Reports
73 (0.170 %)SQL Server 2005
82 (0.113 %)Informix
91 (0.057 %)Data Mining
91 (0.057 %)TOAD
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (0.396 %)Flash
23 (0.170 %)Subversion
32 (0.113 %)JIRA
32 (0.113 %)Zend Studio
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1786 (44.46 %)Marketing
2319 (18.04 %)Telecoms
3307 (17.36 %)Finance
4116 (6.561 %)Banking
573 (4.129 %)Retail
666 (3.733 %)Health
762 (3.507 %)Pensions
858 (3.281 %)Legal
950 (2.828 %)Manufacturing
1045 (2.545 %)Insurance
1143 (2.432 %)Aerospace
1241 (2.319 %)Education
1241 (2.319 %)Publishing
1335 (1.980 %)Electronics
1434 (1.923 %)Government
1532 (1.810 %)Advertising
1630 (1.697 %)Investment Banking
1723 (1.301 %)Billing
1818 (1.018 %)Games
1917 (0.962 %)Front Office
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
146 (2.602 %)Derivative
233 (1.867 %)Statistics
326 (1.471 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
425 (1.414 %)NHS
519 (1.075 %)Fixed Income
519 (1.075 %)Equities
617 (0.962 %)Informatics
716 (0.905 %)Computer Science
813 (0.735 %)IPTV
813 (0.735 %)DTV
912 (0.679 %)Grid Computing
1011 (0.622 %)EPoS
1011 (0.622 %)Equity Derivative
119 (0.509 %)Data Protection Act
119 (0.509 %)Mathematics
119 (0.509 %)Management Information System
128 (0.452 %)Web 2.0
128 (0.452 %)VWAP
128 (0.452 %)Credit Risk
137 (0.396 %)Social Network
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
134 (1.923 %)Windows
228 (1.584 %)Linux
323 (1.301 %)UNIX
415 (0.848 %)Solaris
56 (0.339 %)Windows NT
64 (0.226 %)Symbian OS
73 (0.170 %)Windows 2000
81 (0.057 %)VxWorks
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1297 (16.80 %)Project Management
2264 (14.93 %)Product Marketing
3107 (6.052 %)Business Development
492 (5.204 %)Business Analysis
584 (4.751 %)E-Commerce
671 (4.016 %)CRM
760 (3.394 %)Web Analytics
857 (3.224 %)B2B
947 (2.658 %)Workflow
1045 (2.545 %)Use Case
1142 (2.376 %)Agile Software Development
1241 (2.319 %)Risk Management
1333 (1.867 %)Project Planning
1432 (1.810 %)Content Management
1531 (1.753 %)Web Design
1531 (1.753 %)ERP
1629 (1.640 %)User Acceptance Testing
1728 (1.584 %)PRINCE2
1728 (1.584 %)B2C
1827 (1.527 %)Competitor Analysis
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
171 (4.016 %)Java
251 (2.885 %)C
345 (2.545 %)SQL
435 (1.980 %)C++
515 (0.848 %)C#
611 (0.622 %)VB
79 (0.509 %)JavaScript
87 (0.396 %)PHP
96 (0.339 %)VBA
103 (0.170 %)PHP5
103 (0.170 %)PL/SQL
112 (0.113 %)VB.NET
112 (0.113 %)Perl
112 (0.113 %)PowerHouse
112 (0.113 %)VB6
121 (0.057 %)VC++
121 (0.057 %)Tcl
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1163 (9.219 %)Degree
223 (1.301 %)MBA
311 (0.622 %)CIMA
47 (0.396 %)CFA
52 (0.113 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
52 (0.113 %)ISEB
52 (0.113 %)Microsoft Certification
61 (0.057 %)PRINCE2 Certification
61 (0.057 %)PMP
61 (0.057 %)PMI Certification
61 (0.057 %)ACCA
61 (0.057 %)Postgraduate
61 (0.057 %)MCSE
61 (0.057 %)MCSA
61 (0.057 %)PhD
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
140 (2.262 %)SLA
140 (2.262 %)QA
221 (1.188 %)Basel II
35 (0.283 %)ISO9000
44 (0.226 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
44 (0.226 %)MiFID
53 (0.170 %)GAAP
61 (0.057 %)ISO9001
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (0.113 %)Active Directory
21 (0.057 %)NFS
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.113 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
21 (0.057 %)Netcool
21 (0.057 %)SCCM
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
190 (5.090 %)Microsoft
233 (1.867 %)Oracle
317 (0.962 %)Cisco
415 (0.848 %)SAP
514 (0.792 %)Sun
612 (0.679 %)Yahoo!
711 (0.622 %)Siemens
810 (0.566 %)BT
810 (0.566 %)HP
810 (0.566 %)Google
99 (0.509 %)Motorola
108 (0.452 %)Cognos
117 (0.396 %)Business Objects
117 (0.396 %)Citrix
117 (0.396 %)Fujitsu
126 (0.339 %)Computacenter
126 (0.339 %)Sybase
135 (0.283 %)Symbian
135 (0.283 %)Avaya
135 (0.283 %)Huawei
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