Product Manager
UK

The median Product Manager salary in the UK is £67,919 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 391 305 295
Rank change year-on-year -86 -10 +31
Permanent jobs requiring a Product Manager 661 1,214 2,080
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.67% 1.15% 1.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.71% 1.26% 1.41%
Number of salaries quoted 436 543 1,017
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,889 £46,250
25th Percentile £53,813 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,919 £69,447 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.20% -0.79% +7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,965 £60,249 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.79% -3.60% +13.64%

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 92,894 96,310 147,847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.58% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,756 60,420 85,018
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Product Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Manager in the UK

Product Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Product Manager in the UK

Product Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Manager over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Product Manager in the UK

Product Manager
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 Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 25 April 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 -66 608 £70,000 +0.80% 277
UK excluding London -64 419 £57,965 -3.79% 143
Work from Home -90 277 £65,000 -7.14% 138
London -68 232 £77,500 +6.90% 139
North of England -43 117 £57,965 -15.40% 34
South East -8 100 £60,000 - 43
Midlands -7 71 £58,700 +17.40% 29
South West +4 66 £57,500 -11.54% 12
North West -53 62 £57,965 -16.53% 21
West Midlands +2 51 £60,500 +21.00% 22
Yorkshire +50 34 £51,498 -24.84% 10
Scotland -58 32 £74,500 +11.19% 6
East of England +9 22 £55,000 -24.14% 15
North East +8 21 £57,965 -15.99% 3
East Midlands -12 20 £45,000 -23.40% 7
Wales 0 8 £52,738 +20.80% 2
Northern Ireland +24 5 - - 4

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 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 Product Manager in the job title.

1 373 (56.43%) Agile
2 321 (48.56%) Roadmaps
3 249 (37.67%) Product Management
4 207 (31.32%) Finance
5 188 (28.44%) Product Roadmap
6 171 (25.87%) Product Strategy
7 165 (24.96%) Social Skills
8 152 (23.00%) Product Ownership
9 130 (19.67%) Analytics
10 127 (19.21%) Product Vision
11 124 (18.76%) Marketing
12 112 (16.94%) Degree
13 110 (16.64%) User Research
14 94 (14.22%) User Experience
15 92 (13.92%) Problem-Solving
16 91 (13.77%) User Stories
17 90 (13.62%) DevOps
17 90 (13.62%) Project Management
18 89 (13.46%) Analytical Skills
19 86 (13.01%) Market Research
20 79 (11.95%) Artificial Intelligence
21 76 (11.50%) Scrum
22 74 (11.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
23 71 (10.74%) Actionable Insight
24 70 (10.59%) Mentoring
24 70 (10.59%) Coaching
24 70 (10.59%) Product Backlog
25 69 (10.44%) Customer Experience
25 69 (10.44%) SaaS
25 69 (10.44%) Acceptance Criteria

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 17 (2.57%) Confluence
2 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.15%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.15%) CMS
Applications
1 20 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (2.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (1.36%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (1.82%) Endur
1 12 (1.82%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.15%) Data Workbench
2 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 69 (10.44%) SaaS
2 37 (5.60%) Azure
3 32 (4.84%) AWS
4 20 (3.03%) Power Platform
5 11 (1.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 10 (1.51%) Dynamics 365
7 8 (1.21%) Azure Data Factory
7 8 (1.21%) Cloud Computing
8 7 (1.06%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (0.91%) Miro
10 4 (0.61%) Collibra
10 4 (0.61%) GCP
10 4 (0.61%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.45%) Azure Event Grid
11 3 (0.45%) Azure Functions
11 3 (0.45%) Azure Service Bus
11 3 (0.45%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 3 (0.45%) Serverless
11 3 (0.45%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.21%) Wireless
2 4 (0.61%) WAN
3 3 (0.45%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.30%) 5G
4 2 (0.30%) Internet
4 2 (0.30%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.15%) DECT
5 1 (0.15%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.15%) Firewall
5 1 (0.15%) LAN
5 1 (0.15%) PBX
5 1 (0.15%) RFID
5 1 (0.15%) RS-232
5 1 (0.15%) RS-485
5 1 (0.15%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (2.42%) Power BI
2 15 (2.27%) Tableau
3 10 (1.51%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (1.36%) NoSQL
5 8 (1.21%) Data Lake
5 8 (1.21%) HDInsight
6 7 (1.06%) Looker
7 6 (0.91%) BusinessObjects
8 5 (0.76%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.61%) QlikView
10 3 (0.45%) Big Data
10 3 (0.45%) Metadata
11 2 (0.30%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 1 (0.15%) Amazon QuickSight
12 1 (0.15%) Apache Hive
12 1 (0.15%) PostgreSQL
12 1 (0.15%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 34 (5.14%) JIRA
2 2 (0.30%) Git
General
1 207 (31.32%) Finance
2 165 (24.96%) Social Skills
3 124 (18.76%) Marketing
4 89 (13.46%) Analytical Skills
5 74 (11.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 57 (8.62%) Retail
7 53 (8.02%) Legal
8 33 (4.99%) Influencing Skills
9 32 (4.84%) Law
10 31 (4.69%) Front Office
11 30 (4.54%) Presentation Skills
12 26 (3.93%) Manufacturing
13 18 (2.72%) Banking
13 18 (2.72%) Telecoms
14 17 (2.57%) Public Sector
15 12 (1.82%) Games
16 11 (1.66%) Electronics
17 10 (1.51%) Organisational Skills
18 9 (1.36%) Financial Institution
19 8 (1.21%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.18%) Web Services
2 4 (0.61%) Middleware
2 4 (0.61%) XML
2 4 (0.61%) YAML
3 2 (0.30%) .NET
3 2 (0.30%) Kafka
4 1 (0.15%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.15%) Ionic Framework
4 1 (0.15%) Laravel
4 1 (0.15%) Next.js
4 1 (0.15%) Node.js
4 1 (0.15%) OAuth
4 1 (0.15%) Pandas
4 1 (0.15%) React
4 1 (0.15%) React Native
4 1 (0.15%) RESTEasy
Miscellaneous
1 152 (23.00%) Product Ownership
2 34 (5.14%) Derivative
3 31 (4.69%) Equities
3 31 (4.69%) Fixed Income
3 31 (4.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 31 (4.69%) Hedge funds
4 20 (3.03%) Algorithms
4 20 (3.03%) Data Structures
5 18 (2.72%) NHS
6 16 (2.42%) Mobile App
7 11 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
7 11 (1.66%) Management Information System
7 11 (1.66%) Onboarding
8 10 (1.51%) Reinsurance
9 7 (1.06%) Marketing Technology
9 7 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (0.91%) PMI
10 6 (0.91%) Robotics
11 5 (0.76%) Housing Association
12 4 (0.61%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.66%) Apple iOS
2 3 (0.45%) Android
3 2 (0.30%) Linux
3 2 (0.30%) Windows
4 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 373 (56.43%) Agile
2 321 (48.56%) Roadmaps
3 249 (37.67%) Product Management
4 188 (28.44%) Product Roadmap
5 171 (25.87%) Product Strategy
6 130 (19.67%) Analytics
7 127 (19.21%) Product Vision
8 110 (16.64%) User Research
9 94 (14.22%) User Experience
10 92 (13.92%) Problem-Solving
11 91 (13.77%) User Stories
12 90 (13.62%) DevOps
12 90 (13.62%) Project Management
13 86 (13.01%) Market Research
14 79 (11.95%) Artificial Intelligence
15 76 (11.50%) Scrum
16 71 (10.74%) Actionable Insight
17 70 (10.59%) Coaching
17 70 (10.59%) Mentoring
17 70 (10.59%) Product Backlog
Programming Languages
1 54 (8.17%) SQL
2 33 (4.99%) Python
3 3 (0.45%) R
4 2 (0.30%) C#
4 2 (0.30%) Java
5 1 (0.15%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.15%) Ruby
5 1 (0.15%) Scala
5 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 112 (16.94%) Degree
2 64 (9.68%) Security Cleared
3 63 (9.53%) SC Cleared
4 21 (3.18%) Master's Degree
5 20 (3.03%) MBA
6 9 (1.36%) CSPO
7 8 (1.21%) DBS Check
7 8 (1.21%) PMI Certification
8 6 (0.91%) IIBA
9 5 (0.76%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (0.76%) Numerate Degree
10 4 (0.61%) CLAS
11 3 (0.45%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 2 (0.30%) PMP
13 1 (0.15%) APMG
13 1 (0.15%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.15%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.15%) MCAD
13 1 (0.15%) Project+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (6.05%) QA
2 12 (1.82%) Accessibility
3 9 (1.36%) GDPR
4 5 (0.76%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (0.30%) GMP
6 1 (0.15%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.15%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.15%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.15%) PMO
6 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (0.15%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.30%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.15%) SCCM
Vendors
1 38 (5.75%) Microsoft
2 29 (4.39%) Salesforce
3 12 (1.82%) Databricks
4 11 (1.66%) SAP
5 8 (1.21%) ServiceNow
6 7 (1.06%) Google
7 5 (0.76%) Intel
8 4 (0.61%) Bloomberg
9 3 (0.45%) Cadence
10 2 (0.30%) Apple
10 2 (0.30%) Twitter
10 2 (0.30%) VMware
10 2 (0.30%) Zuora
11 1 (0.15%) Extreme Networks
11 1 (0.15%) Forcepoint
11 1 (0.15%) Fortinet
11 1 (0.15%) Huawei
11 1 (0.15%) Meraki
11 1 (0.15%) OpenText
11 1 (0.15%) Pardot