Product Development Engineer Job Trends

Product Development Engineer
UK

The median Product Development Engineer salary in the UK is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 March 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 680 - 823
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Product Development Engineer 5 0 8
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.007% - 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% - 0.010%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47,500 - £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £30,000
75th Percentile £52,500 - £32,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 - £30,000

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 67,702 39,587 79,421
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.82% 90.67% 94.61%
Number of salaries quoted 43,107 22,950 61,067
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £43,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,793 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.75% +9.59% -4.76%

Product Development Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Product Development Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Product Development Engineer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Product Development Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Product Development Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Product Development Engineer
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Development Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 13 March 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
England - 5 £50,000 - 5
UK excluding London - 4 £50,000 - 7
South East - 3 - - 2
East Midlands - 1 £50,000 - 1
Midlands - 1 £50,000 - 1
London - 1 - - 1

Product Development Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 March 2026, Product Development Engineer 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 Product Development Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (20.00%) Bluetooth
1 1 (20.00%) C
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Disruptive Innovation
1 1 (20.00%) EMC
1 1 (20.00%) Firmware
1 1 (20.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (20.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (20.00%) Product Management
1 1 (20.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (20.00%) Python
1 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (20.00%) Swim Lanes
1 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (20.00%) Technology Strategy
1 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (20.00%) Wireless

Product Development Engineer 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Bluetooth
1 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (20.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Electronics
2 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (20.00%) Law
2 1 (20.00%) Retail
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Disruptive Innovation
1 1 (20.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (20.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (20.00%) Product Management
1 1 (20.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (20.00%) Swim Lanes
1 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (20.00%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) EMC