Lead Product Manager Job Trends in Wales

Lead Product Manager
UK > Wales

The median Lead Product Manager salary in Wales is £73,359 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 January 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 78 -
Rank change year-on-year +4 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Product Manager 2 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.19% 0.23% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.24% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £69,770 - -
25th Percentile £70,174 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,359 £64,108 -
Median % change year-on-year +14.43% - -
75th Percentile £79,056 - -
90th Percentile £80,967 - -
UK median annual salary £77,217 £73,805 £73,805
% change year-on-year +4.62% - +23.01%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 950 817 1,048
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.45% 95.56% 96.77%
Number of salaries quoted 671 408 801
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,100 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,122 £49,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +8.89% -5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

Lead Product Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Lead Product Manager job vacancy trend in Wales

Lead Product Manager
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for Lead Product Manager job vacancies in Wales.

Salary distribution trend for Lead Product Manager job vacancies in Wales

Lead Product Manager
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Product Manager within the Wales region over the 6 months to 22 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
West Wales +3 1 £69,501 +8.41% 1
South Wales - 1 £77,217 - 1
Lead Product Manager
UK

Lead Product Manager Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 22 January 2026, Lead 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 across the Wales region featuring Lead Product Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Product Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Product Vision
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Budgeting
2 1 (50.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) PaaS
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (50.00%) Product Management
2 1 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (50.00%) SaaS
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Tech Ops
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Web Operations

Lead Product Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) PaaS
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Product Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Product Vision
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Budgeting
2 1 (50.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (50.00%) Product Management
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Tech Ops
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Web Operations
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared