Product Manager Job Trends in Bedford

Product Manager
Bedfordshire > Bedford

The median Product Manager salary in Bedford is £57,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Product Manager 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Bedford 3.85% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 4.44% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 - -
Bedfordshire median annual salary £57,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bedford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bedford. 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 Bedford with a recognized job title 45 92 67
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.54% 97.87% 93.06%
Number of salaries quoted 21 82 45
10th Percentile £34,000 £33,587 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,065
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £85,000 £50,000 £65,000
90th Percentile - £60,000 £66,500
Bedfordshire median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% -12.28% +6.54%

Product Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedford

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Product Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bedford.

Product Manager job vacancy trend in Bedford

Product Manager
Salary Trend in Bedford

Salary distribution trend for Product Manager job vacancies in Bedford.

Salary distribution trend for Product Manager job vacancies in Bedford

Product Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedford

For the 6 months to 1 October 2025, Product Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Bedford region featuring Product Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) UX Design
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (50.00%) Product Backlog
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (50.00%) Product Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Product Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) People Management
2 1 (50.00%) Power BI
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
2 1 (50.00%) A/B Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) Product Management
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling

Product Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Life Science
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) UX Design
2 1 (50.00%) A/B Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) People Management
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Product Backlog
2 1 (50.00%) Product Management
2 1 (50.00%) Product Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Product Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) QMS
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Google