Product Management Job Trends in England

Product Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Product Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 265 274 311
Rank change year-on-year +9 +37 -103
Permanent jobs citing Product Management 418 519 443
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.79% 1.08% 0.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.97% 1.19% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 194 250 325
10th Percentile £41,837 £46,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,233 £56,495 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,024 £67,919 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.10% -2.97% -6.67%
75th Percentile £95,000 £83,050 £87,500
90th Percentile £128,875 £96,250 £110,750
UK median annual salary £70,047 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +7.76% -7.14% -1.06%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Product Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 42,913 43,729 44,234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.21% 90.84% 89.77%
Number of salaries quoted 25,804 21,413 34,236
10th Percentile £28,742 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Product Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Product Management job vacancy trend in England

Product Management
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Product Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Product Management

Product Management
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Management in England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Product Management in England

Product Management
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 Management within the England region over the 6 months to 14 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 +77 239 £85,000 +9.68% 103
South East -16 53 £58,750 -9.62% 109
North of England -9 40 £75,000 +11.11% 54
Midlands -25 38 £62,250 -0.40% 41
West Midlands -4 25 £57,500 -9.80% 15
Yorkshire +4 23 £75,000 +15.38% 26
North West -4 16 £75,000 +7.14% 20
South West -21 16 £62,500 -3.29% 39
East of England +28 13 £67,000 -7.59% 40
East Midlands -31 11 £80,000 +33.33% 25
North East +2 1 - - 8
Product Management
UK

Product Management
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 15 (3.59%) Confluence
2 5 (1.20%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.48%) CMS
3 2 (0.48%) MTS
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (3.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.67%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.72%) Trello
5 2 (0.48%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 11 (2.63%) Payment Gateway
2 7 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.72%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.72%) Shopify
4 2 (0.48%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 68 (16.27%) SaaS
2 45 (10.77%) Azure
3 38 (9.09%) AWS
4 21 (5.02%) Power Platform
5 19 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (3.35%) GCP
6 14 (3.35%) PaaS
7 13 (3.11%) Pulumi
8 11 (2.63%) H2O.ai
8 11 (2.63%) OpenShift
9 10 (2.39%) GitHub
9 10 (2.39%) GitHub Copilot
10 6 (1.44%) Snowflake
11 4 (0.96%) Collibra
11 4 (0.96%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
12 3 (0.72%) Google Analytics
13 2 (0.48%) Asana
13 2 (0.48%) Figma
13 2 (0.48%) Google Ads
14 1 (0.24%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.55%) Broadband
2 10 (2.39%) HTTP
3 8 (1.91%) SD-WAN
4 7 (1.67%) WAN
5 6 (1.44%) LAN
5 6 (1.44%) RTP
6 5 (1.20%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (1.20%) Wireless
7 4 (0.96%) Ethernet
8 3 (0.72%) 5G
9 2 (0.48%) ATM
9 2 (0.48%) Multicast
10 1 (0.24%) 4G
10 1 (0.24%) GPRS
10 1 (0.24%) Intranet
10 1 (0.24%) LTE
10 1 (0.24%) Modbus
10 1 (0.24%) Network Security
10 1 (0.24%) PSTN
10 1 (0.24%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (5.74%) Relational Database
2 20 (4.78%) Power BI
3 19 (4.55%) NoSQL
4 18 (4.31%) RDBMS
5 15 (3.59%) Metadata
6 12 (2.87%) Data Lake
7 7 (1.67%) SQL Server
8 6 (1.44%) SAP BW
9 5 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (1.20%) Tableau
10 4 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.72%) Data Mining
11 3 (0.72%) SAP HANA
12 1 (0.24%) Big Data
12 1 (0.24%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 27 (6.46%) JIRA
2 13 (3.11%) Jaeger
3 4 (0.96%) ERwin
4 3 (0.72%) PowerDesigner
5 1 (0.24%) ER Studio
General
1 163 (39.00%) Social Skills
2 158 (37.80%) Finance
3 89 (21.29%) Marketing
4 83 (19.86%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (10.77%) Banking
6 33 (7.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 31 (7.42%) Financial Institution
7 31 (7.42%) Retail
8 29 (6.94%) Legal
9 24 (5.74%) Manufacturing
10 23 (5.50%) Law
11 21 (5.02%) Influencing Skills
11 21 (5.02%) Presentation Skills
12 20 (4.78%) Public Sector
13 16 (3.83%) Telecoms
14 15 (3.59%) Digital Economy
14 15 (3.59%) Organisational Skills
15 10 (2.39%) Billing
15 10 (2.39%) Electronics
16 9 (2.15%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 103 (24.64%) Product Manager
2 69 (16.51%) Lead
3 48 (11.48%) Senior
4 23 (5.50%) Senior Manager
5 21 (5.02%) Product Lead
6 19 (4.55%) Product Management Director
7 16 (3.83%) Change Manager
8 15 (3.59%) Product Owner
8 15 (3.59%) Security Engineer
8 15 (3.59%) Senior Product Manager
9 12 (2.87%) Data Manager
9 12 (2.87%) Developer
10 10 (2.39%) Architect
10 10 (2.39%) Development Engineer
10 10 (2.39%) Senior Development Engineer
10 10 (2.39%) Senior Software Development Engineer
10 10 (2.39%) Senior Software Engineer
10 10 (2.39%) Software Development Engineer
10 10 (2.39%) Software Engineer
10 10 (2.39%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (4.78%) REST
2 14 (3.35%) YAML
3 13 (3.11%) Elastic Stack
3 13 (3.11%) OpenTelemetry
4 11 (2.63%) Keras
4 11 (2.63%) PyTorch
4 11 (2.63%) TensorFlow
5 5 (1.20%) .NET
5 5 (1.20%) EDI
5 5 (1.20%) FastAPI
5 5 (1.20%) Flask
6 4 (0.96%) JSON
6 4 (0.96%) OAuth
6 4 (0.96%) SAML
6 4 (0.96%) SOAP
6 4 (0.96%) XML
7 3 (0.72%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.72%) React
7 3 (0.72%) Vue
8 2 (0.48%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 69 (16.51%) Product Ownership
2 49 (11.72%) Onboarding
3 31 (7.42%) Self-Motivation
4 27 (6.46%) Management Information System
5 14 (3.35%) Security Posture
6 11 (2.63%) Data Centre
7 10 (2.39%) Public Cloud
8 8 (1.91%) Social Media
9 7 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (1.67%) Cloud Native
9 7 (1.67%) IoT
9 7 (1.67%) Virtual Team
10 6 (1.44%) Driving Licence
11 5 (1.20%) Data Fabric
11 5 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.20%) Mobile App
12 4 (0.96%) Algorithms
12 4 (0.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 4 (0.96%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 3 (0.72%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 16 (3.83%) Linux
2 13 (3.11%) Unix
3 3 (0.72%) Windows
4 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 164 (39.23%) Agile
3 112 (26.79%) Product Roadmap
4 99 (23.68%) Problem-Solving
5 95 (22.73%) Product Strategy
6 85 (20.33%) Stakeholder Management
7 80 (19.14%) Continuous Improvement
8 69 (16.51%) Mentoring
9 68 (16.27%) Information Security
10 65 (15.55%) Analytics
11 64 (15.31%) AI
12 57 (13.64%) Computer Science
13 54 (12.92%) User Experience
14 52 (12.44%) Business Development
14 52 (12.44%) Product Vision
15 50 (11.96%) Coaching
15 50 (11.96%) Decision-Making
16 48 (11.48%) B2B
17 47 (11.24%) Project Management
18 46 (11.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 44 (10.53%) Python
2 36 (8.61%) SQL
3 29 (6.94%) Java
4 17 (4.07%) Go
5 14 (3.35%) JavaScript
5 14 (3.35%) PowerShell
6 13 (3.11%) Bash
7 4 (0.96%) C#
8 3 (0.72%) C++
9 2 (0.48%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.24%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.24%) PHP
10 1 (0.24%) R
10 1 (0.24%) Scala
10 1 (0.24%) SHACL
Qualifications
1 88 (21.05%) Degree
2 49 (11.72%) Master's Degree
3 44 (10.53%) Computer Science Degree
4 26 (6.22%) Security Cleared
5 14 (3.35%) AWS Certification
5 14 (3.35%) SC Cleared
6 9 (2.15%) DV Cleared
6 9 (2.15%) MBA
7 8 (1.91%) PMI Certification
8 7 (1.67%) PMP
9 4 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.96%) SAP Certification
10 3 (0.72%) CISM
10 3 (0.72%) CISSP
10 3 (0.72%) HNC
11 2 (0.48%) CITP
12 1 (0.24%) CRISC
12 1 (0.24%) MCSA
12 1 (0.24%) PhD
12 1 (0.24%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (6.70%) QA
2 18 (4.31%) Data Quality
2 18 (4.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (4.07%) NIST
4 15 (3.59%) NCSC
5 8 (1.91%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.20%) SLA
7 4 (0.96%) PMO
8 3 (0.72%) GDPR
8 3 (0.72%) IFRS
8 3 (0.72%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.48%) COREP
9 2 (0.48%) FINREP
9 2 (0.48%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.24%) GMP
10 1 (0.24%) GRC
10 1 (0.24%) PSD2
10 1 (0.24%) SEPA
System Software
1 18 (4.31%) Docker
2 1 (0.24%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.24%) Firmware
2 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 18 (4.31%) Kubernetes
1 18 (4.31%) Terraform
2 13 (3.11%) Ansible
2 13 (3.11%) Argo
2 13 (3.11%) Kustomize
2 13 (3.11%) Prometheus
3 4 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.24%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.24%) WSUS
Vendors
1 42 (10.05%) Microsoft
2 24 (5.74%) Google
3 16 (3.83%) Databricks
4 14 (3.35%) Salesforce
5 12 (2.87%) Dell
5 12 (2.87%) SAP
6 11 (2.63%) NVIDIA
7 6 (1.44%) Foundry
7 6 (1.44%) Zoho
8 5 (1.20%) Oracle
9 4 (0.96%) Adobe
10 3 (0.72%) Apple
10 3 (0.72%) CrowdStrike
10 3 (0.72%) Sage
10 3 (0.72%) Tenable
11 2 (0.48%) Instagram
11 2 (0.48%) Qualtrics
11 2 (0.48%) Reuters
11 2 (0.48%) TikTok
11 2 (0.48%) YouTube