Product Owner Jobs in Manchester

Product Owner
North West > Manchester

The median Product Owner salary in Manchester is £50,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 144 211 212
Rank change year-on-year +67 +1 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Product Owner 13 15 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.60% 0.28% 0.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 0.30% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 4 13 24
10th Percentile £39,500 - £39,525
25th Percentile £40,625 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,750 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.73% - -
75th Percentile £61,000 £64,000 -
90th Percentile - £67,968 £62,750
North West median annual salary £70,750 £62,641 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.94% +13.89% -

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 1,976 5,078 4,339
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.98% 94.53% 92.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1,137 3,901 2,596
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,988 £42,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.38% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £93,778 £81,000 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Product Owner
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Owner in Manchester

Product Owner
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Product Owner in Manchester

Product Owner
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Owner in Manchester over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Product Owner in Manchester

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Product Owner 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 Owner in the job title.

1 13 (100.00%) Agile
1 13 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 9 (69.23%) Roadmaps
2 9 (69.23%) Backlog Management
3 8 (61.54%) Product Backlog
3 8 (61.54%) Product Roadmap
3 8 (61.54%) Social Skills
4 7 (53.85%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 6 (46.15%) Scrum
5 6 (46.15%) Finance
5 6 (46.15%) User Stories
6 5 (38.46%) Degree
6 5 (38.46%) Sprint Review
6 5 (38.46%) Product Requirements
6 5 (38.46%) User Experience
6 5 (38.46%) Acceptance Criteria
7 4 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (30.77%) SDLC
7 4 (30.77%) Slack
7 4 (30.77%) Customer Requirements
7 4 (30.77%) Miro
7 4 (30.77%) Story Mapping
7 4 (30.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (30.77%) JIRA
7 4 (30.77%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (30.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (30.77%) Google
7 4 (30.77%) DevOps
7 4 (30.77%) Line Management
7 4 (30.77%) Balsamiq

Product Owner 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 4 (30.77%) CMS
2 2 (15.38%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (30.77%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Figma
1 4 (30.77%) Google Workspace
1 4 (30.77%) Miro
1 4 (30.77%) Slack
2 2 (15.38%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Balsamiq
1 4 (30.77%) JIRA
General
1 8 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 6 (46.15%) Finance
3 4 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (30.77%) Financial Institution
3 4 (30.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (23.08%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (15.38%) Manufacturing
5 2 (15.38%) Publishing
6 1 (7.69%) Digital Health
6 1 (7.69%) Marketing
6 1 (7.69%) Tech for Good
Miscellaneous
1 13 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (15.38%) Client/Server
3 1 (7.69%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Agile
2 9 (69.23%) Backlog Management
2 9 (69.23%) Roadmaps
3 8 (61.54%) Product Backlog
3 8 (61.54%) Product Roadmap
4 7 (53.85%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 6 (46.15%) Scrum
5 6 (46.15%) User Stories
6 5 (38.46%) Acceptance Criteria
6 5 (38.46%) Product Requirements
6 5 (38.46%) Sprint Review
6 5 (38.46%) User Experience
7 4 (30.77%) Analytics
7 4 (30.77%) Business Development
7 4 (30.77%) Customer Requirements
7 4 (30.77%) DevOps
7 4 (30.77%) Line Management
7 4 (30.77%) SDLC
7 4 (30.77%) Story Mapping
7 4 (30.77%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Google
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Sitecore