Product Operations Job Trends

Product Operations (Product Ops)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Product Operations skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 635 683 715
Rank change year-on-year +48 +32 +286
Permanent jobs citing Product Operations 18 16 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.030% 0.030% 0.011%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.037% 0.033% 0.012%
Number of salaries quoted 4 8 6
10th Percentile - £43,773 -
25th Percentile £56,250 £54,232 £97,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £59,684 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.72% -43.16% +33.33%
75th Percentile £68,750 £64,045 £114,375
90th Percentile - £66,956 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £50,250 -
% change year-on-year +24.38% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Product Operations falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,596 48,532 50,084
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.00% 90.69% 89.94%
Number of salaries quoted 28,664 23,590 38,164
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

Product Operations
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Product Operations relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Product Operations job vacancy trend in the UK

Product Operations
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Operations.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Operations

Product Operations
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Operations 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
England +62 16 £62,500 +4.72% 5
London +57 9 - - 4
UK excluding London +54 7 £62,500 +24.38% 2
Work from Home +71 6 £62,500 +24.38% 4
South East +40 5 £62,500 +123.21% 2
North West - 1 - -
South West - 1 - -
North of England - 1 - -

Product Operations
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 2 (11.11%) Confluence
1 2 (11.11%) MTS
2 1 (5.56%) CMS
2 1 (5.56%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (22.22%) SaaS
2 1 (5.56%) Azure
2 1 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 12 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (33.33%) Finance
4 5 (27.78%) Legal
5 4 (22.22%) Automotive
6 2 (11.11%) Advertising
6 2 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (11.11%) Marketing
7 1 (5.56%) Banking
7 1 (5.56%) Digital Economy
7 1 (5.56%) Financial Institution
7 1 (5.56%) Law
7 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (44.44%) Product Manager
2 4 (22.22%) Senior
3 3 (16.67%) Digital Product Manager
3 3 (16.67%) Product Specialist
3 3 (16.67%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 2 (11.11%) Operations Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Applications Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Assistant Product Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Commercial Director
5 1 (5.56%) Portfolio Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Product Director
5 1 (5.56%) Product Operations Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Digital Product Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (22.22%) JSON
1 4 (22.22%) OAuth
1 4 (22.22%) REST
1 4 (22.22%) SAML
1 4 (22.22%) SOAP
1 4 (22.22%) XML
2 1 (5.56%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) Onboarding
2 3 (16.67%) Product Ownership
3 2 (11.11%) Cloud Native
3 2 (11.11%) Credit Risk
3 2 (11.11%) Culture of Ownership
3 2 (11.11%) Digital Media
3 2 (11.11%) Mobile Wallet
3 2 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (11.11%) Virtual Team
4 1 (5.56%) AI Agents
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Decision-Making
1 10 (55.56%) Product Management
2 9 (50.00%) Information Security
2 9 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 8 (44.44%) Analytics
3 8 (44.44%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (44.44%) Product Strategy
4 6 (33.33%) B2B
4 6 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 6 (33.33%) GTM Strategy
5 5 (27.78%) Product Roadmap
5 5 (27.78%) Product Vision
6 4 (22.22%) Agile
6 4 (22.22%) Computer Science
6 4 (22.22%) ETL
6 4 (22.22%) Programme Management
6 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (16.67%) Integration Testing
7 3 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (22.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) Accessibility
1 2 (11.11%) QA
1 2 (11.11%) SLA
2 1 (5.56%) GDPR
2 1 (5.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (5.56%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 4 (22.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) Qualtrics