Product Engineer Job Trends in England

Product Engineer
UK > England

The median Product Engineer salary in England is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 January 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 530 659 645
Rank change year-on-year +129 -14 +239
Permanent jobs requiring a Product Engineer 72 20 24
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.14% 0.041% 0.051%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.044% 0.054%
Number of salaries quoted 51 11 12
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 -
25th Percentile £47,500 £43,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £90,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -38.89% +125.00% -21.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 -
90th Percentile £122,500 - £55,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +62.50% -21.57%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 47,263 45,179 44,522
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.74% 92.74% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 29,682 23,829 34,798
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,200 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -2.44%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +2.56% -2.50%

Product Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Product Engineer job vacancy trend in England

Product Engineer
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Product Engineer job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Product Engineer job vacancies in England

Product Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Engineer in England over the 6 months to 5 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Product Engineer in England

Product Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 5 January 2026. 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
London +76 27 £100,000 +11.11% 22
South West +24 20 £50,000 - 11
South East +20 9 £47,500 - 35
East of England - 8 £55,000 - 18
North of England - 7 £44,000 - 14
North East - 5 £44,000 - 1
Yorkshire - 2 £30,000 - 7
Midlands +23 1 - - 14
East Midlands -5 1 - - 6
Product Engineer
UK

Product Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 5 January 2026, Product Engineer 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 England region featuring Product Engineer in the job title.

1 16 (22.22%) Python
2 12 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (15.28%) SaaS
3 11 (15.28%) Test Automation
4 10 (13.89%) B2B
4 10 (13.89%) HND
4 10 (13.89%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (12.50%) Degree
5 9 (12.50%) Git
5 9 (12.50%) GitHub
5 9 (12.50%) Kalman Filter
5 9 (12.50%) LabVIEW
5 9 (12.50%) MATLAB
5 9 (12.50%) pytest
5 9 (12.50%) TypeScript
5 9 (12.50%) Unix
5 9 (12.50%) Windows
6 8 (11.11%) AWS
6 8 (11.11%) Security Cleared
7 7 (9.72%) AI
7 7 (9.72%) Node.js
7 7 (9.72%) React
8 6 (8.33%) Data Pipeline
8 6 (8.33%) GCP
8 6 (8.33%) HNC
8 6 (8.33%) Validation
9 5 (6.94%) 5G
9 5 (6.94%) Bash
9 5 (6.94%) Collaborative Culture
9 5 (6.94%) Customer Engagement

Product Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.39%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (6.94%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (15.28%) SaaS
2 9 (12.50%) GitHub
3 8 (11.11%) AWS
4 6 (8.33%) GCP
5 2 (2.78%) Azure
5 2 (2.78%) Figma
5 2 (2.78%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.39%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (1.39%) AWS Step Functions
6 1 (1.39%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.39%) Google Gemini
6 1 (1.39%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.39%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.39%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.39%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.39%) Serverless
6 1 (1.39%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.94%) 5G
1 5 (6.94%) SD-WAN
1 5 (6.94%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (13.89%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.39%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (12.50%) Git
1 9 (12.50%) LabVIEW
2 1 (1.39%) JIRA
General
1 8 (11.11%) Social Skills
2 6 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (8.33%) Electronics
3 5 (6.94%) Finance
3 5 (6.94%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (5.56%) Automotive
5 1 (1.39%) Avionics
5 1 (1.39%) Health Technology
5 1 (1.39%) Law
5 1 (1.39%) Legal
5 1 (1.39%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.39%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (12.50%) pytest
2 7 (9.72%) Node.js
2 7 (9.72%) React
3 1 (1.39%) .NET
3 1 (1.39%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.39%) AWS Amplify
3 1 (1.39%) JSON
3 1 (1.39%) LangChain
3 1 (1.39%) Next.js
3 1 (1.39%) REST
3 1 (1.39%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (6.94%) Self-Driving Car
3 4 (5.56%) GNSS
3 4 (5.56%) Onboarding
3 4 (5.56%) Satnav
3 4 (5.56%) Video on Demand
3 4 (5.56%) Video\Live Streaming
4 1 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.39%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.39%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (1.39%) IoT
4 1 (1.39%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Licensing
4 1 (1.39%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (12.50%) Unix
1 9 (12.50%) Windows
2 5 (6.94%) Linux
3 4 (5.56%) CentOS
3 4 (5.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (15.28%) Test Automation
3 10 (13.89%) B2B
4 9 (12.50%) Kalman Filter
5 7 (9.72%) AI
6 6 (8.33%) Data Pipeline
6 6 (8.33%) Validation
7 5 (6.94%) Collaborative Culture
7 5 (6.94%) Customer Engagement
7 5 (6.94%) Physics
7 5 (6.94%) System Testing
7 5 (6.94%) Test Assurance
7 5 (6.94%) Test Scripting
7 5 (6.94%) Verification and Validation
8 4 (5.56%) Fintech
8 4 (5.56%) High Availability
9 3 (4.17%) Agile
9 3 (4.17%) Continuous Improvement
10 2 (2.78%) Software Engineering
10 2 (2.78%) Telematics
Programming Languages
1 16 (22.22%) Python
2 9 (12.50%) MATLAB
2 9 (12.50%) TypeScript
3 5 (6.94%) Bash
4 4 (5.56%) Perl
4 4 (5.56%) Shell Script
5 2 (2.78%) C++
5 2 (2.78%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.78%) SQL
6 1 (1.39%) C
6 1 (1.39%) C#
6 1 (1.39%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (13.89%) HND
2 9 (12.50%) Degree
3 8 (11.11%) Security Cleared
4 6 (8.33%) HNC
5 1 (1.39%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.39%) Def Stans
1 1 (1.39%) NIST
1 1 (1.39%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.39%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (1.39%) Grafana
1 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (2.78%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.39%) EMC
2 1 (1.39%) Google
2 1 (1.39%) OpenAI
2 1 (1.39%) ServiceNow