Hybrid/Remote Product Lead Job Trends

Product Leader
UK > Work from Home

The median Product Leader salary for remote/hybrid work is £87,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 January 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 337 434 463
Rank change year-on-year +97 +29 +204
Permanent jobs requiring a Product Lead 28 6 5
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.19% 0.035% 0.024%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.037% 0.026%
Number of salaries quoted 16 5 3
10th Percentile £60,000 £51,950 £70,500
25th Percentile £63,750 £53,000 £73,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% - +6.67%
75th Percentile £111,563 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £123,125 £88,250 -
UK median annual salary £70,000 £77,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year -9.68% -3.13% +14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,145 16,379 19,561
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.55% 96.15% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 9,116 10,040 15,901
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £46,015
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £61,206 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.05% +2.01% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,563 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Product Lead
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Product Lead' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Product Lead job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Product Lead
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Product Lead job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Product Lead job vacancies

Product Lead
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Product Lead over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Product Lead salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Product Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 1 January 2026, Product Lead 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Product Lead in the job title.

1 17 (60.71%) Product Strategy
2 16 (57.14%) Product Management
3 10 (35.71%) Product Vision
3 10 (35.71%) Roadmaps
4 9 (32.14%) Agile
4 9 (32.14%) Product Roadmap
5 8 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (28.57%) Mentoring
6 7 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (25.00%) User Experience
7 6 (21.43%) Business Development
7 6 (21.43%) SaaS
7 6 (21.43%) Workshop Facilitation
8 5 (17.86%) Azure
8 5 (17.86%) Machine Learning
9 4 (14.29%) Analytics
9 4 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
9 4 (14.29%) Microservices
10 3 (10.71%) Accessibility
10 3 (10.71%) AI
10 3 (10.71%) B2B
10 3 (10.71%) Backlog Prioritisation
10 3 (10.71%) Business Strategy
10 3 (10.71%) Data Strategy
10 3 (10.71%) Databricks
10 3 (10.71%) JIRA
10 3 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (10.71%) Product Backlog
10 3 (10.71%) Strategic Roadmap
11 2 (7.14%) .NET

Product Lead Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 6 (21.43%) SaaS
2 5 (17.86%) Azure
3 2 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (7.14%) Azure Logic Apps
3 2 (7.14%) Figma
3 2 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (7.14%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.14%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 3 (10.71%) JIRA
General
1 9 (32.14%) Finance
2 8 (28.57%) Law
3 7 (25.00%) Banking
3 7 (25.00%) Retail
4 6 (21.43%) Back Office
4 6 (21.43%) Financial Institution
4 6 (21.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (14.29%) Social Skills
6 2 (7.14%) Marketing
7 1 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.14%) .NET
1 2 (7.14%) HTML5 Canvas
1 2 (7.14%) React
2 1 (3.57%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 6 (21.43%) Onboarding
2 5 (17.86%) Product Ownership
3 3 (10.71%) Educational Technology
4 2 (7.14%) Algorithms
4 2 (7.14%) Mobile App
4 2 (7.14%) Reinsurance
5 1 (3.57%) Taxonomies
5 1 (3.57%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (60.71%) Product Strategy
2 16 (57.14%) Product Management
3 10 (35.71%) Product Vision
3 10 (35.71%) Roadmaps
4 9 (32.14%) Agile
4 9 (32.14%) Product Roadmap
5 8 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (28.57%) Mentoring
6 7 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (25.00%) User Experience
7 6 (21.43%) Business Development
7 6 (21.43%) Workshop Facilitation
8 5 (17.86%) Machine Learning
9 4 (14.29%) Analytics
9 4 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
9 4 (14.29%) Microservices
10 3 (10.71%) Business Strategy
10 3 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (10.71%) Product Backlog
10 3 (10.71%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.14%) C#
1 2 (7.14%) JavaScript
1 2 (7.14%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 3 (10.71%) Databricks
2 2 (7.14%) Adobe
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft