Product Manager Job Trends in England

Product Manager
UK > England

The median Product Manager salary in England is £71,764 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 April 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 312 219 373
Rank change year-on-year -93 +154 -101
Permanent jobs requiring a Product Manager 439 566 569
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.57% 1.52% 0.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.62% 1.71% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 250 273 431
10th Percentile £48,750 £50,136 £45,000
25th Percentile £57,463 £57,500 £54,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,764 £75,000 £68,338
Median % change year-on-year -4.32% +9.75% -1.60%
75th Percentile £87,500 £91,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £122,500 £122,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +11.11% -2.80%

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 71,244 33,167 77,837
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.58% 89.24% 94.46%
Number of salaries quoted 46,642 21,273 59,781
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,066
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.04%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -10.83%

Product Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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 England.

Product Manager job vacancy trend in England

Product Manager
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Product Manager job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Product Manager job vacancies in England

Product Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Manager in England over the 6 months to 18 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Product Manager in England

Product Manager
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 Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 18 April 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 -16 177 £80,000 -5.88% 117
North of England -96 127 £67,500 -8.54% 62
South East -34 56 £72,500 +11.54% 41
North East -36 46 £63,076 -14.54% 9
North West -9 42 £75,000 +1.62% 27
Yorkshire -113 39 £67,500 -10.00% 27
Midlands -42 27 £58,750 -9.62% 12
East of England -21 24 £62,500 -3.85% 24
West Midlands -34 16 £60,000 -4.00% 4
South West -74 14 £60,922 -2.13% 6
East Midlands -44 11 £50,000 -33.96% 8
Product Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 April 2026, 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 England region featuring Product Manager in the job title.

1 204 (46.47%) Roadmaps
2 142 (32.35%) Agile
3 118 (26.88%) Product Management
3 118 (26.88%) Product Roadmap
4 116 (26.42%) Decision-Making
5 110 (25.06%) Continuous Improvement
6 94 (21.41%) Product Strategy
7 88 (20.05%) Stakeholder Management
8 86 (19.59%) Project Management
9 77 (17.54%) Analytics
10 76 (17.31%) AI
10 76 (17.31%) Product Vision
11 69 (15.72%) Degree
12 61 (13.90%) Project Delivery
13 60 (13.67%) Community of Practice
14 57 (12.98%) User Stories
15 54 (12.30%) Product Backlog
16 52 (11.85%) User Experience
17 51 (11.62%) Chemistry
17 51 (11.62%) Commercialisation
18 48 (10.93%) Product Requirements
19 46 (10.48%) Customer Experience
20 44 (10.02%) Problem-Solving
21 41 (9.34%) Scrum
22 38 (8.66%) E-Commerce
22 38 (8.66%) SaaS
23 36 (8.20%) Microsoft
24 35 (7.97%) B2B
25 34 (7.74%) Coaching
25 34 (7.74%) Mentoring

Product Manager 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 10 (2.28%) Confluence
1 10 (2.28%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.46%) CMS
3 2 (0.46%) WordPress
4 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.23%) Drupal
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 12 (2.73%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.14%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.46%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 21 (4.78%) Adobe Campaign
2 10 (2.28%) Oracle Financials
3 4 (0.91%) Distributed Ledger
4 3 (0.68%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.46%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 38 (8.66%) SaaS
2 23 (5.24%) Azure
3 14 (3.19%) AWS
3 14 (3.19%) Power Platform
4 13 (2.96%) Figma
5 9 (2.05%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (2.05%) OneDrive
6 8 (1.82%) Adobe Analytics
6 8 (1.82%) Snowflake
7 7 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (1.37%) Asana
8 6 (1.37%) GCP
8 6 (1.37%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 5 (1.14%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 4 (0.91%) Copilot Studio
10 4 (0.91%) Google Analytics
10 4 (0.91%) Google Workspace
10 4 (0.91%) Power Automate
10 4 (0.91%) PowerApps
11 3 (0.68%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 30 (6.83%) Broadband
2 5 (1.14%) Unified Communications
3 3 (0.68%) Multicast
4 1 (0.23%) 4G
4 1 (0.23%) 5G
4 1 (0.23%) FIX Connectivity
4 1 (0.23%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.19%) Power BI
2 3 (0.68%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.46%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.23%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 27 (6.15%) JIRA
General
1 153 (34.85%) Marketing
2 136 (30.98%) Social Skills
3 84 (19.13%) Finance
4 61 (13.90%) Manufacturing
5 60 (13.67%) Analytical Skills
6 38 (8.66%) Legal
7 34 (7.74%) Banking
8 26 (5.92%) Retail
9 21 (4.78%) Public Sector
10 16 (3.64%) Law
11 14 (3.19%) Influencing Skills
12 13 (2.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 9 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
14 8 (1.82%) Games
15 7 (1.59%) Back Office
16 4 (0.91%) Brand Awareness
16 4 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
17 3 (0.68%) Advertising
17 3 (0.68%) Aviation
17 3 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.68%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (0.46%) EDI
2 2 (0.46%) Guava
3 1 (0.23%) MACH
3 1 (0.23%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 130 (29.61%) Product Ownership
2 51 (11.62%) FMCG
3 31 (7.06%) Social Media
4 23 (5.24%) Marketing Technology
5 21 (4.78%) Over-the-Top Content
6 11 (2.51%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (2.51%) Mobile App
6 11 (2.51%) Web Conferencing
7 10 (2.28%) Onboarding
8 9 (2.05%) Analytical Mindset
8 9 (2.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 8 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (1.59%) Cloud Native
11 6 (1.37%) AI Agents
11 6 (1.37%) Enterprise Cloud
11 6 (1.37%) Renewable Energy
12 5 (1.14%) Data Fabric
13 4 (0.91%) Educational Technology
13 4 (0.91%) Low-Code
13 4 (0.91%) Solar Energy
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.59%) Windows
2 5 (1.14%) Linux
3 2 (0.46%) Android
3 2 (0.46%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (46.47%) Roadmaps
2 142 (32.35%) Agile
3 118 (26.88%) Product Management
3 118 (26.88%) Product Roadmap
4 116 (26.42%) Decision-Making
5 110 (25.06%) Continuous Improvement
6 94 (21.41%) Product Strategy
7 88 (20.05%) Stakeholder Management
8 86 (19.59%) Project Management
9 77 (17.54%) Analytics
10 76 (17.31%) AI
10 76 (17.31%) Product Vision
11 61 (13.90%) Project Delivery
12 60 (13.67%) Community of Practice
13 57 (12.98%) User Stories
14 54 (12.30%) Product Backlog
15 52 (11.85%) User Experience
16 51 (11.62%) Chemistry
16 51 (11.62%) Commercialisation
17 48 (10.93%) Product Requirements
Programming Languages
1 8 (1.82%) SQL
2 5 (1.14%) Python
3 1 (0.23%) Java
Qualifications
1 69 (15.72%) Degree
2 8 (1.82%) Security Cleared
3 6 (1.37%) DV Cleared
4 5 (1.14%) SC Cleared
5 4 (0.91%) Master's Degree
6 3 (0.68%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.46%) MBA
7 2 (0.46%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.23%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.24%) Accessibility
2 14 (3.19%) QA
3 4 (0.91%) GDPR
3 4 (0.91%) WCAG
4 3 (0.68%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.68%) SEPA
5 2 (0.46%) GRC
Vendors
1 36 (8.20%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.61%) Adobe
3 16 (3.64%) Oracle
4 14 (3.19%) Salesforce
5 9 (2.05%) Google
6 5 (1.14%) Workday
7 4 (0.91%) Foundry
7 4 (0.91%) SAP
7 4 (0.91%) Toshiba
8 3 (0.68%) Bloomberg
8 3 (0.68%) CQG
8 3 (0.68%) CrowdStrike
8 3 (0.68%) ION Trading
8 3 (0.68%) Patsystems
8 3 (0.68%) Reuters
8 3 (0.68%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.68%) Tenable
8 3 (0.68%) Trayport
9 2 (0.46%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.46%) OpenAI