Lead Product Manager Job Trends

Lead Product Manager
UK

The median Lead Product Manager salary in the UK is £77,217 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 641 683 695
Rank change year-on-year +42 +12 +311
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Product Manager 12 16 26
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.020% 0.030% 0.047%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.032% 0.049%
Number of salaries quoted 10 13 25
10th Percentile £59,700 - £61,643
25th Percentile £72,194 £64,108 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,217 £73,805 £73,805
Median % change year-on-year +4.62% - -1.59%
75th Percentile £82,241 £75,772 £75,772
90th Percentile £86,516 £95,154 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £77,217 £73,805 £73,805
% change year-on-year +4.62% - +23.01%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 54,426 49,714 53,040
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.72% 92.90% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 33,710 25,743 40,880
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,625 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,609 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.96% +5.22% -5.25%

Lead Product Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Lead Product Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Lead Product Manager
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Lead Product Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Lead Product Manager job vacancies in the UK

Lead Product Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Product Manager over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Lead Product Manager in the UK

Lead Product Manager
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Product Manager within the UK 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
Work from Home +59 8 £77,217 +4.62% 6
England +57 8 £77,217 +4.62% 5
UK excluding London +52 8 £77,217 +4.62% 5
London +54 3 £101,109 - 2
Midlands +21 2 £61,859 -34.89%
North of England +4 2 £77,217 +4.62%
West Midlands +19 1 £77,217 -18.72%
North West +17 1 £77,217 +4.62%
North East +11 1 £77,217 +4.62%
Wales +8 1 £77,217 +20.45% 1
East Midlands - 1 £46,500 -
Scotland - 1 £77,217 -
East of England - 1 £62,500 -
Northern Ireland - 1 £77,217 -

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

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Lead 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 featuring Lead Product Manager in the job title.

1 11 (91.67%) Roadmaps
2 10 (83.33%) Agile
3 9 (75.00%) Product Roadmap
3 9 (75.00%) Product Strategy
3 9 (75.00%) Product Vision
4 8 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (66.67%) SaaS
5 7 (58.33%) Business Case
5 7 (58.33%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (58.33%) Decision-Making
5 7 (58.33%) Deployment Automation
5 7 (58.33%) DevOps
5 7 (58.33%) End-to-End Testing
5 7 (58.33%) PaaS
5 7 (58.33%) Performance Metrics
5 7 (58.33%) Tech Ops
5 7 (58.33%) Technical Leadership
5 7 (58.33%) Test Automation
5 7 (58.33%) Web Operations
6 2 (16.67%) CRM
6 2 (16.67%) Product Management
6 2 (16.67%) Project Management
6 2 (16.67%) QA
6 2 (16.67%) Salesforce
6 2 (16.67%) Scrum
6 2 (16.67%) Sprint Planning
6 2 (16.67%) User Experience
7 1 (8.33%) Acceptance Criteria
7 1 (8.33%) Agile Project Management
7 1 (8.33%) Analytics

Lead Product Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (66.67%) SaaS
2 7 (58.33%) PaaS
3 1 (8.33%) ClickUp
3 1 (8.33%) Miro
3 1 (8.33%) Zapier
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 7 (58.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (8.33%) Digital Economy
4 1 (8.33%) Financial Institution
4 1 (8.33%) Legal
4 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 7 (58.33%) Cloud Native
2 2 (16.67%) Product Ownership
3 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (91.67%) Roadmaps
2 10 (83.33%) Agile
3 9 (75.00%) Product Roadmap
3 9 (75.00%) Product Strategy
3 9 (75.00%) Product Vision
4 8 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (58.33%) Business Case
5 7 (58.33%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (58.33%) Decision-Making
5 7 (58.33%) Deployment Automation
5 7 (58.33%) DevOps
5 7 (58.33%) End-to-End Testing
5 7 (58.33%) Performance Metrics
5 7 (58.33%) Tech Ops
5 7 (58.33%) Technical Leadership
5 7 (58.33%) Test Automation
5 7 (58.33%) Web Operations
6 2 (16.67%) Product Management
6 2 (16.67%) Sprint Planning
6 2 (16.67%) User Experience
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) QA
2 1 (8.33%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Salesforce
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Sage