Product Specialist
UK

The median Product Specialist salary in the UK is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 838 945 1129
Rank change year-on-year +107 +184 -267
Permanent jobs requiring a Product Specialist 56 44 67
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.057% 0.042% 0.044%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.060% 0.046% 0.045%
Number of salaries quoted 29 27 26
10th Percentile £31,000 £44,450 £36,875
25th Percentile £34,750 £51,250 £41,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £60,250 £72,500 £81,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £56,500 £44,750
% change year-on-year -33.63% +26.26% -37.85%

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 92,894 96,310 147,847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.58% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,756 60,420 85,018
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% - +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 Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Specialist in the UK

Product Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Product Specialist in the UK

Product Specialist
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Specialist over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Product Specialist in the UK

Product Specialist
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 25 April 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 +123 53 £40,000 -27.27% 30
UK excluding London +21 33 £37,500 -33.63% 19
London +123 19 £45,000 -14.29% 13
Work from Home +86 12 £40,000 -23.81% 11
South East +28 11 £32,000 -47.33% 5
North of England +46 8 £40,000 -13.51% 5
Yorkshire +93 7 - -
East of England - 7 £60,000 - 3
Midlands +7 6 £40,000 -12.57% 2
East Midlands - 4 - -
West Midlands +14 2 £40,000 -12.57% 2
North West +11 1 £40,000 -30.43% 4
Wales - 1 £35,500 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Product Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 25 (44.64%) Degree
1 25 (44.64%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (30.36%) Social Skills
3 14 (25.00%) Product Ownership
3 14 (25.00%) JIRA
4 11 (19.64%) Retail
5 10 (17.86%) Agile
5 10 (17.86%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (17.86%) Decision-Making
6 9 (16.07%) HNC
6 9 (16.07%) Ethernet
7 8 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
7 8 (14.29%) Confluence
7 8 (14.29%) User Experience
8 7 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (10.71%) Law
9 6 (10.71%) Scrum
9 6 (10.71%) Microsoft Office
9 6 (10.71%) Tableau
9 6 (10.71%) Performance Management
9 6 (10.71%) Video Conferencing
9 6 (10.71%) Power Platform
9 6 (10.71%) Critical Thinking
9 6 (10.71%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 6 (10.71%) Backlog Management
9 6 (10.71%) Product Backlog
9 6 (10.71%) Backlog Prioritisation
9 6 (10.71%) Generative AI
9 6 (10.71%) Objectives and Key Results
9 6 (10.71%) Strategic Thinking

Product Specialist 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (14.29%) Confluence
2 2 (3.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (10.71%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (7.14%) Maya
2 4 (7.14%) MotionBuilder
3 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (5.36%) Fidessa
2 1 (1.79%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 6 (10.71%) Power Platform
2 5 (8.93%) AWS
3 4 (7.14%) Miro
4 3 (5.36%) Azure
4 3 (5.36%) Boomi
5 1 (1.79%) Intacct
5 1 (1.79%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 9 (16.07%) Ethernet
2 6 (10.71%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.71%) Power BI
1 6 (10.71%) Tableau
2 3 (5.36%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 3 (5.36%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 14 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 17 (30.36%) Social Skills
2 11 (19.64%) Retail
3 10 (17.86%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (10.71%) Law
5 5 (8.93%) Finance
5 5 (8.93%) Marketing
6 4 (7.14%) Games
6 4 (7.14%) Legal
7 3 (5.36%) Banking
7 3 (5.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.14%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 14 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 6 (10.71%) Video Conferencing
3 4 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (7.14%) Mobile App
3 4 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (5.36%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (44.64%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (17.86%) Agile
2 10 (17.86%) Decision-Making
3 8 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
3 8 (14.29%) User Experience
4 7 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (10.71%) Backlog Management
5 6 (10.71%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 6 (10.71%) Creative Thinking
5 6 (10.71%) Critical Thinking
5 6 (10.71%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 6 (10.71%) Generative AI
5 6 (10.71%) Objectives and Key Results
5 6 (10.71%) Performance Management
5 6 (10.71%) Product Backlog
5 6 (10.71%) Scrum
5 6 (10.71%) Strategic Thinking
5 6 (10.71%) User Stories
6 5 (8.93%) Roadmaps
6 5 (8.93%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.93%) Bash
1 5 (8.93%) PowerShell
1 5 (8.93%) Python
Qualifications
1 25 (44.64%) Degree
2 9 (16.07%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.57%) QA
1 2 (3.57%) SLA
Vendors
1 6 (10.71%) Alteryx
2 4 (7.14%) Atlassian
2 4 (7.14%) Autodesk
2 4 (7.14%) Epicor
2 4 (7.14%) YouTube
3 3 (5.36%) Microsoft
3 3 (5.36%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.79%) Automation Anywhere
4 1 (1.79%) Blue Prism
4 1 (1.79%) Dell
4 1 (1.79%) Nexthink
4 1 (1.79%) Pega
4 1 (1.79%) Sage
4 1 (1.79%) UiPath