Product Manager Job Trends in Durham

Product Manager
North East > Durham

The median Product Manager salary in Durham is £77,217 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 34 28
Rank change year-on-year +25 -6 +9
Permanent jobs requiring a Product Manager 43 5 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham 17.34% 1.73% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 23.37% 2.03% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £47,275 -
25th Percentile £72,194 £48,811 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,217 £53,465 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +44.43% -17.75% -
75th Percentile £82,241 £58,961 £67,500
90th Percentile - £61,004 -
North East median annual salary £56,109 £62,215 £65,000
% change year-on-year -9.82% -4.28% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Durham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Durham. 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 Durham with a recognized job title 184 246 129
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 74.19% 85.12% 81.65%
Number of salaries quoted 91 149 99
10th Percentile £25,087 £24,400 £32,250
25th Percentile £26,875 £35,000 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% -10.00% +27.16%
75th Percentile £48,375 £63,750 £60,800
90th Percentile £82,241 £79,225 £69,800
North East median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -10.00% -

Product Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Manager in Durham

Product Manager
Salary Trend in Durham

Salary distribution trend for Product Manager job vacancies in Durham.

Salary distribution trend for Product Manager job vacancies in Durham

Product Manager
Job Locations in Durham

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Manager within the Durham region over the 6 months to 18 September 2025. 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
Darlington +3 8 £77,217 +44.43% 1
Hartlepool - 7 - -
Stockton-on-Tees - 7 - -
Billingham - 7 - -
Bishop Auckland - 7 - -
Product Manager
North East

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

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, 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 across the Durham region featuring Product Manager in the job title.

1 43 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 43 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 42 (97.67%) Community of Practice
2 42 (97.67%) Project Delivery
2 42 (97.67%) Commercialisation
2 42 (97.67%) Project Management
2 42 (97.67%) Finance
2 42 (97.67%) Manufacturing
2 42 (97.67%) Marketing
2 42 (97.67%) Degree
2 42 (97.67%) FMCG
3 36 (83.72%) Chemistry
4 6 (13.95%) Coaching
4 6 (13.95%) Experimental Design
5 1 (2.33%) Performance Metrics
5 1 (2.33%) Web Operations
5 1 (2.33%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.33%) Test Automation
5 1 (2.33%) SaaS
5 1 (2.33%) PaaS
5 1 (2.33%) Agile
5 1 (2.33%) Roadmaps
5 1 (2.33%) End-to-End Testing
5 1 (2.33%) Business Case
5 1 (2.33%) Product Strategy
5 1 (2.33%) Product Vision
5 1 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.33%) Product Roadmap
5 1 (2.33%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (2.33%) DevOps

Product Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Durham 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (2.33%) PaaS
1 1 (2.33%) SaaS
General
1 42 (97.67%) Finance
1 42 (97.67%) Manufacturing
1 42 (97.67%) Marketing
2 1 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 42 (97.67%) FMCG
2 1 (2.33%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 43 (100.00%) Decision-Making
2 42 (97.67%) Commercialisation
2 42 (97.67%) Community of Practice
2 42 (97.67%) Project Delivery
2 42 (97.67%) Project Management
3 36 (83.72%) Chemistry
4 6 (13.95%) Coaching
4 6 (13.95%) Experimental Design
5 1 (2.33%) Agile
5 1 (2.33%) Business Case
5 1 (2.33%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (2.33%) Deployment Automation
5 1 (2.33%) DevOps
5 1 (2.33%) Performance Metrics
5 1 (2.33%) Product Roadmap
5 1 (2.33%) Product Strategy
5 1 (2.33%) Product Vision
5 1 (2.33%) Test Automation
5 1 (2.33%) Web Operations
Qualifications
1 42 (97.67%) Degree