Product Manager Jobs in Manchester

Product Manager
North West > Manchester

The median Product Manager salary in Manchester is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

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

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 179 131
Rank change year-on-year +51 -48 +75
Permanent jobs requiring a Product Manager 16 36 120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.75% 0.70% 2.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.83% 0.74% 2.63%
Number of salaries quoted 9 23 22
10th Percentile £52,500 £43,750 £46,375
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,188 £53,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,965 £67,224
Median % change year-on-year +7.82% -13.77% +21.85%
75th Percentile £72,500 £66,875 £72,500
90th Percentile £76,618 £75,772 £77,715
North West median annual salary £80,050 £57,965 £69,447
% change year-on-year +38.10% -16.53% +25.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,928 4,842 4,561
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.47% 94.70% 91.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,273 3,750 2,671
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,143 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £54,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.26% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £91,164 £81,250 £83,750
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Product Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Manager in Manchester

Product Manager
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Product Manager in Manchester.

Salary trend for Product Manager in Manchester

Product Manager
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Manager in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Product Manager in Manchester

Product Manager
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Manager within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Salford - 1 £55,000 - 2
Stockport - 1 £62,500 - 2
Product Manager
North West

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Manchester region featuring Product Manager in the job title.

1 13 (81.25%) Roadmaps
2 6 (37.50%) Product Management
2 6 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (31.25%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (31.25%) Marketing
3 5 (31.25%) Product Roadmap
3 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
4 4 (25.00%) Customer Experience
4 4 (25.00%) Business Case
4 4 (25.00%) Product Strategy
4 4 (25.00%) Agile
4 4 (25.00%) User Experience
5 3 (18.75%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 3 (18.75%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (18.75%) SDLC
5 3 (18.75%) Fintech
5 3 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (18.75%) Analytics
5 3 (18.75%) Market Research
5 3 (18.75%) Banking
5 3 (18.75%) B2B
5 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
5 3 (18.75%) Product Vision
5 3 (18.75%) Strategic Roadmap
6 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
6 2 (12.50%) Release Train
6 2 (12.50%) Journey Map
6 2 (12.50%) Product Ownership
6 2 (12.50%) Legal
6 2 (12.50%) B2C

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

Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) VoIP
2 1 (6.25%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 6 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Marketing
2 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Banking
4 2 (12.50%) Legal
4 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 1 (6.25%) Cantonese Language
5 1 (6.25%) Electronics
5 1 (6.25%) Mandarin Language
5 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
5 1 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Retail
5 1 (6.25%) Tech for Good
5 1 (6.25%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (12.50%) Product Ownership
2 1 (6.25%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 1 (6.25%) Mobile App
2 1 (6.25%) NHS
2 1 (6.25%) Online Banking
2 1 (6.25%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (81.25%) Roadmaps
2 6 (37.50%) Product Management
3 5 (31.25%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (31.25%) Product Roadmap
4 4 (25.00%) Agile
4 4 (25.00%) Business Case
4 4 (25.00%) Customer Experience
4 4 (25.00%) Product Strategy
4 4 (25.00%) User Experience
5 3 (18.75%) Analytics
5 3 (18.75%) B2B
5 3 (18.75%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (18.75%) Fintech
5 3 (18.75%) Market Research
5 3 (18.75%) Product Vision
5 3 (18.75%) SDLC
5 3 (18.75%) Strategic Roadmap
5 3 (18.75%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 2 (12.50%) Creative Thinking
Qualifications
1 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
1 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) Google
3 1 (6.25%) Monzo
3 1 (6.25%) Revolut
3 1 (6.25%) Samsung