Product Developer
UK

The median Product Developer salary in the UK is £35,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 873 977 1191
Rank change year-on-year +104 +214 -299
Permanent jobs requiring a Product Developer 30 6 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.030% 0.006% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.006% 0.013%
Number of salaries quoted 14 3 8
10th Percentile - £39,750 £38,250
25th Percentile £24,000 £45,000 £44,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £57,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -39.13% -17.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £37,500 £66,250 £86,563
90th Percentile £105,000 £69,250 £99,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £24,000 £47,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -49.47% +46.15% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,219 95,232 149,773
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.54% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 66,883 59,878 85,286
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,777 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.04% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Product Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Developer in the UK

Product Developer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Product Developer in the UK

Product Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Developer over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Product Developer in the UK

Product Developer
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 2024. 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
England +113 24 £35,000 -33.33% 14
UK excluding London +24 23 £24,000 -49.47% 7
London +129 7 £100,000 +48.15% 6
East Midlands - 6 £24,000 -
Midlands - 6 £24,000 -
North East - 6 - - 2
North of England - 6 - - 3
Northern Ireland - 6 - -
Work from Home +84 5 £130,000 - 10
South West - 5 £35,000 - 1

Product Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2024, Product Developer 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 featuring Product Developer in the job title.

1 12 (40.00%) Manufacturing
1 12 (40.00%) Retail
2 11 (36.67%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (23.33%) E-Commerce
3 7 (23.33%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (23.33%) Social Skills
4 6 (20.00%) Social Housing
4 6 (20.00%) Prototyping
4 6 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
4 6 (20.00%) PowerBuilder
4 6 (20.00%) PL/SQL
4 6 (20.00%) SQL
4 6 (20.00%) Oracle
4 6 (20.00%) Photoshop
4 6 (20.00%) Adobe Illustrator
4 6 (20.00%) Degree
4 6 (20.00%) Oracle RAC
4 6 (20.00%) Data Guard
4 6 (20.00%) Oracle Database
5 5 (16.67%) Workflow Management
5 5 (16.67%) Competitor Analysis
5 5 (16.67%) Marketing
5 5 (16.67%) Workflow
5 5 (16.67%) Advertising
5 5 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (6.67%) Reinsurance
6 2 (6.67%) Service Management
6 2 (6.67%) ITSM
6 2 (6.67%) Creative Thinking

Product Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 6 (20.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 6 (20.00%) Photoshop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (20.00%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 6 (20.00%) PowerBuilder
General
1 12 (40.00%) Manufacturing
1 12 (40.00%) Retail
2 11 (36.67%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (23.33%) Social Skills
4 6 (20.00%) Social Housing
5 5 (16.67%) Advertising
5 5 (16.67%) Marketing
5 5 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.33%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (6.67%) Reinsurance
3 1 (3.33%) Hackathon
3 1 (3.33%) Low-Code
3 1 (3.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (23.33%) E-Commerce
1 7 (23.33%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
2 6 (20.00%) Prototyping
3 5 (16.67%) Competitor Analysis
3 5 (16.67%) Workflow
3 5 (16.67%) Workflow Management
4 2 (6.67%) Creative Thinking
4 2 (6.67%) ITSM
4 2 (6.67%) Service Management
5 1 (3.33%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (3.33%) Agile
5 1 (3.33%) API Development
5 1 (3.33%) API Management
5 1 (3.33%) Client Onboarding
5 1 (3.33%) Customer-Centricity
5 1 (3.33%) Developer Relations
5 1 (3.33%) Impact Assessments
5 1 (3.33%) Lean Software Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (20.00%) PL/SQL
1 6 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (20.00%) Degree
System Software
1 6 (20.00%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 6 (20.00%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 6 (20.00%) Oracle