Product Manager Job Trends

Product Manager
UK

The median Product Manager salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 April 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 325 229 396
Rank change year-on-year -96 +167 -113
Permanent jobs requiring a Product Manager 483 577 594
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.56% 1.38% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% 1.55% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 271 275 435
10th Percentile £48,750 £50,136 £45,000
25th Percentile £57,169 £57,500 £53,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +11.11% -2.80%
75th Percentile £87,500 £91,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £122,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year - +12.14% -7.26%

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 80,529 37,301 89,502
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.65% 89.33% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 51,589 23,381 66,338
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -10.83%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Product Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Product Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Product Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for Product Manager job vacancies in the UK

Product Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Manager over the 6 months to 19 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Product Manager in the UK

Product Manager
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 19 April 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 -105 440 £71,764 -4.32% 283
UK excluding London -104 260 £65,000 - 170
Work from Home +63 221 £75,000 +7.14% 147
London -26 177 £80,000 -5.88% 140
North of England -97 127 £67,500 -8.54% 70
South East -44 57 £72,500 +16.00% 43
North East -36 46 £63,076 -14.54% 9
North West -8 41 £75,000 +1.62% 33
Yorkshire -100 40 £65,288 -12.95% 29
Midlands -45 27 £58,750 -9.62% 13
East of England -21 24 £62,500 -3.85% 26
West Midlands -35 16 £60,000 -4.00% 4
South West -79 14 £60,922 -2.13% 6
East Midlands -51 11 £50,000 -33.96% 9
Northern Ireland - 7 £75,000 - 2
Wales -26 2 £72,251 +20.71% 3
Scotland -32 2 £55,000 -35.86% 9

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 2026, 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 Product Manager in the job title.

1 232 (48.03%) Roadmaps
2 160 (33.13%) Agile
3 144 (29.81%) Product Management
4 134 (27.74%) Product Roadmap
5 130 (26.92%) Decision-Making
6 128 (26.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 106 (21.95%) Product Strategy
8 93 (19.25%) Stakeholder Management
9 92 (19.05%) Project Management
10 88 (18.22%) AI
11 87 (18.01%) Analytics
12 83 (17.18%) Product Vision
13 79 (16.36%) Degree
14 65 (13.46%) User Experience
15 63 (13.04%) Project Delivery
16 61 (12.63%) Community of Practice
17 60 (12.42%) User Stories
18 57 (11.80%) Product Backlog
19 51 (10.56%) Chemistry
19 51 (10.56%) Commercialisation
20 49 (10.14%) Scrum
21 48 (9.94%) Product Requirements
21 48 (9.94%) SaaS
22 47 (9.73%) Customer Experience
22 47 (9.73%) Problem-Solving
23 40 (8.28%) B2B
23 40 (8.28%) Microsoft
24 39 (8.07%) E-Commerce
24 39 (8.07%) Mentoring
25 36 (7.45%) Coaching

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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (2.69%) Confluence
2 10 (2.07%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.24%) WordPress
4 4 (0.83%) CMS
5 3 (0.62%) Drupal
6 2 (0.41%) CICS
7 1 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 12 (2.48%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.24%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.83%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 4 (0.83%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (0.83%) Adobe Premiere
3 4 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.83%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.41%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 21 (4.35%) Adobe Campaign
2 10 (2.07%) Oracle Financials
3 4 (0.83%) Distributed Ledger
3 4 (0.83%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.41%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.41%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 48 (9.94%) SaaS
2 30 (6.21%) Azure
3 17 (3.52%) AWS
4 14 (2.90%) Power Platform
5 13 (2.69%) Figma
6 9 (1.86%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (1.86%) OneDrive
7 8 (1.66%) Adobe Analytics
7 8 (1.66%) GCP
7 8 (1.66%) Snowflake
8 7 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (1.24%) Asana
9 6 (1.24%) Google Analytics
9 6 (1.24%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 5 (1.04%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 4 (0.83%) Copilot Studio
11 4 (0.83%) Google Workspace
11 4 (0.83%) Power Automate
11 4 (0.83%) PowerApps
12 3 (0.62%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 30 (6.21%) Broadband
2 5 (1.04%) Unified Communications
3 4 (0.83%) Multicast
4 1 (0.21%) 4G
4 1 (0.21%) 5G
4 1 (0.21%) FIX Connectivity
4 1 (0.21%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.21%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.90%) Power BI
2 4 (0.83%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.41%) DB2
3 2 (0.41%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (0.21%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.21%) Metadata
4 1 (0.21%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 30 (6.21%) JIRA
General
1 159 (32.92%) Marketing
2 145 (30.02%) Social Skills
3 92 (19.05%) Finance
4 67 (13.87%) Analytical Skills
5 61 (12.63%) Manufacturing
6 51 (10.56%) Legal
7 34 (7.04%) Banking
8 26 (5.38%) Retail
9 24 (4.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 24 (4.97%) Public Sector
10 22 (4.55%) Law
11 14 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (1.66%) Aviation
13 8 (1.66%) Games
14 7 (1.45%) Back Office
15 5 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.83%) Brand Awareness
16 4 (0.83%) Spanish Language
17 3 (0.62%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.83%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (0.41%) EDI
2 2 (0.41%) Guava
3 1 (0.21%) MACH
3 1 (0.21%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 139 (28.78%) Product Ownership
2 51 (10.56%) FMCG
3 31 (6.42%) Social Media
4 23 (4.76%) Marketing Technology
5 21 (4.35%) Over-the-Top Content
6 13 (2.69%) Cloud Native
7 12 (2.48%) Onboarding
8 11 (2.28%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (2.28%) Mobile App
8 11 (2.28%) Web Conferencing
9 10 (2.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 9 (1.86%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.45%) Educational Technology
13 6 (1.24%) AI Agents
13 6 (1.24%) Enterprise Cloud
13 6 (1.24%) Podcast
13 6 (1.24%) Renewable Energy
14 5 (1.04%) Data Fabric
15 4 (0.83%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.66%) Windows
2 6 (1.24%) Linux
3 2 (0.41%) Android
3 2 (0.41%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.41%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 232 (48.03%) Roadmaps
2 160 (33.13%) Agile
3 144 (29.81%) Product Management
4 134 (27.74%) Product Roadmap
5 130 (26.92%) Decision-Making
6 128 (26.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 106 (21.95%) Product Strategy
8 93 (19.25%) Stakeholder Management
9 92 (19.05%) Project Management
10 88 (18.22%) AI
11 87 (18.01%) Analytics
12 83 (17.18%) Product Vision
13 65 (13.46%) User Experience
14 63 (13.04%) Project Delivery
15 61 (12.63%) Community of Practice
16 60 (12.42%) User Stories
17 57 (11.80%) Product Backlog
18 51 (10.56%) Chemistry
18 51 (10.56%) Commercialisation
19 49 (10.14%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 8 (1.66%) SQL
2 6 (1.24%) Bicep
3 5 (1.04%) Python
4 2 (0.41%) COBOL
4 2 (0.41%) JCL
5 1 (0.21%) Java
Qualifications
1 79 (16.36%) Degree
2 13 (2.69%) Security Cleared
3 8 (1.66%) Master's Degree
3 8 (1.66%) SC Cleared
4 6 (1.24%) DV Cleared
4 6 (1.24%) MBA
5 3 (0.62%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.41%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.21%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (5.80%) Accessibility
2 14 (2.90%) QA
3 5 (1.04%) GDPR
4 4 (0.83%) WCAG
5 3 (0.62%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.62%) SEPA
6 2 (0.41%) GRC
System Software
1 2 (0.41%) RACF
Systems Management
1 6 (1.24%) Terraform
2 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 40 (8.28%) Microsoft
2 33 (6.83%) Adobe
3 17 (3.52%) Oracle
4 15 (3.11%) Google
4 15 (3.11%) Salesforce
5 5 (1.04%) Workday
6 4 (0.83%) Bloomberg
6 4 (0.83%) CQG
6 4 (0.83%) Foundry
6 4 (0.83%) HubSpot
6 4 (0.83%) ION Trading
6 4 (0.83%) Patsystems
6 4 (0.83%) Reuters
6 4 (0.83%) SAP
6 4 (0.83%) Toshiba
6 4 (0.83%) Trayport
7 3 (0.62%) BMC
7 3 (0.62%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (0.62%) ServiceNow
7 3 (0.62%) Tenable