Hybrid/Remote Product Management Job Trends

Product Management
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Product Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 230 278
Rank change year-on-year +26 +48 -77
Permanent jobs citing Product Management 169 234 199
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.12% 1.37% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% 1.48% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 90 139 153
10th Percentile £41,887 £42,608 £47,788
25th Percentile £57,007 £56,495 £61,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,000 £65,000 £73,090
Median % change year-on-year +9.23% -11.07% +0.81%
75th Percentile £94,375 £81,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £132,500 £96,500 £103,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,369 15,861 19,213
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 88.41% 93.11% 94.09%
Number of salaries quoted 8,464 9,489 15,447
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,957 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Product Management and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Product Management job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Product Management
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Product Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Product Management

Product Management
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Product Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.59%) Confluence
1 1 (0.59%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (1.18%) Trello
2 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.59%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (2.96%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.59%) Magento
2 1 (0.59%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.59%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 42 (24.85%) SaaS
2 29 (17.16%) AWS
3 13 (7.69%) Azure
3 13 (7.69%) GitHub
4 9 (5.33%) GitHub Copilot
5 7 (4.14%) Pulumi
6 5 (2.96%) GCP
7 4 (2.37%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.18%) Google Ads
8 2 (1.18%) Google Analytics
8 2 (1.18%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.59%) Amazon ECS
9 1 (0.59%) BigCommerce
9 1 (0.59%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.59%) Figma
9 1 (0.59%) Serverless
9 1 (0.59%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.59%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 13 (7.69%) Broadband
2 9 (5.33%) HTTP
3 6 (3.55%) SD-WAN
4 4 (2.37%) Ethernet
4 4 (2.37%) LAN
4 4 (2.37%) WAN
4 4 (2.37%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (1.78%) Wireless
6 2 (1.18%) GPRS
6 2 (1.18%) LTE
6 2 (1.18%) Modbus
7 1 (0.59%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.73%) NoSQL
2 7 (4.14%) RDBMS
2 7 (4.14%) Relational Database
3 3 (1.78%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.18%) Metadata
4 2 (1.18%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (4.73%) JIRA
2 7 (4.14%) Jaeger
3 4 (2.37%) TeamCity
General
1 70 (41.42%) Social Skills
2 45 (26.63%) Finance
3 27 (15.98%) Marketing
4 24 (14.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 22 (13.02%) Banking
6 19 (11.24%) Legal
7 17 (10.06%) Analytical Skills
8 11 (6.51%) Public Sector
9 10 (5.92%) Law
9 10 (5.92%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (5.92%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (5.33%) Influencing Skills
10 9 (5.33%) Retail
10 9 (5.33%) Telecoms
11 8 (4.73%) Automotive
11 8 (4.73%) Back Office
12 6 (3.55%) Financial Institution
13 5 (2.96%) Local Government
14 3 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (1.18%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 58 (34.32%) Product Manager
2 35 (20.71%) Senior
3 25 (14.79%) Lead
4 16 (9.47%) Product Lead
5 15 (8.88%) Change Manager
6 13 (7.69%) Senior Manager
7 9 (5.33%) Development Engineer
7 9 (5.33%) Product Owner
7 9 (5.33%) Senior Development Engineer
7 9 (5.33%) Senior Software Development Engineer
7 9 (5.33%) Senior Software Engineer
7 9 (5.33%) Software Development Engineer
7 9 (5.33%) Software Engineer
8 7 (4.14%) Development Manager
8 7 (4.14%) Head of Digital
8 7 (4.14%) Senior Product Manager
8 7 (4.14%) Senior User Experience Researcher
8 7 (4.14%) User Experience Researcher
9 6 (3.55%) Architect
9 6 (3.55%) Digital Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (8.28%) REST
2 7 (4.14%) Elastic Stack
2 7 (4.14%) OpenTelemetry
3 4 (2.37%) EDI
3 4 (2.37%) JSON
3 4 (2.37%) Node.js
3 4 (2.37%) OAuth
3 4 (2.37%) SAML
3 4 (2.37%) SOAP
3 4 (2.37%) XML
4 3 (1.78%) .NET
5 1 (0.59%) ADO
5 1 (0.59%) OpenAPI
5 1 (0.59%) Play Framework
5 1 (0.59%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 31 (18.34%) Onboarding
2 18 (10.65%) Product Ownership
3 10 (5.92%) Public Cloud
4 7 (4.14%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (3.55%) Social Media
6 5 (2.96%) Driving Licence
7 4 (2.37%) Data Centre
7 4 (2.37%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.78%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.78%) IoT
9 2 (1.18%) AI Agents
9 2 (1.18%) Algorithms
9 2 (1.18%) Digital Media
9 2 (1.18%) NB-IoT
9 2 (1.18%) Reinsurance
9 2 (1.18%) Robotics
9 2 (1.18%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.59%) Cyber Defence
10 1 (0.59%) Learning Management System
10 1 (0.59%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.14%) Linux
1 7 (4.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (60.95%) Roadmaps
2 67 (39.64%) Agile
3 59 (34.91%) Product Roadmap
4 43 (25.44%) Product Strategy
5 41 (24.26%) User Experience
6 37 (21.89%) Problem-Solving
7 32 (18.93%) Stakeholder Management
8 30 (17.75%) Mentoring
9 29 (17.16%) Continuous Improvement
9 29 (17.16%) Customer-Centricity
10 26 (15.38%) Market Research
11 25 (14.79%) Analytics
11 25 (14.79%) User Stories
12 22 (13.02%) Software Engineering
13 21 (12.43%) Acceptance Criteria
13 21 (12.43%) AI
13 21 (12.43%) Strategic Thinking
14 20 (11.83%) User Research
15 18 (10.65%) Product Vision
15 18 (10.65%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 23 (13.61%) Python
2 22 (13.02%) SQL
3 17 (10.06%) Java
4 7 (4.14%) Bash
4 7 (4.14%) Go
4 7 (4.14%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.78%) C#
6 1 (0.59%) Groovy
6 1 (0.59%) Kotlin
6 1 (0.59%) PHP
6 1 (0.59%) Scala
Qualifications
1 33 (19.53%) Degree
2 16 (9.47%) SC Cleared
2 16 (9.47%) Security Cleared
3 11 (6.51%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (4.14%) AWS Certification
5 4 (2.37%) CISM
5 4 (2.37%) CISSP
5 4 (2.37%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.78%) CITP
6 3 (1.78%) HNC
7 2 (1.18%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.59%) APMG
8 1 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.59%) CRISC
8 1 (0.59%) CSPO
8 1 (0.59%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.59%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.59%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (4.73%) QA
2 6 (3.55%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.96%) IFRS
3 5 (2.96%) SLA
4 4 (2.37%) NIST
5 1 (0.59%) EU AI Act
5 1 (0.59%) GDPR
5 1 (0.59%) GRC
5 1 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 1 (0.59%) NCSC
System Software
1 8 (4.73%) Docker
2 4 (2.37%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (2.37%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (2.37%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (4.73%) Kubernetes
2 7 (4.14%) Ansible
2 7 (4.14%) Argo
2 7 (4.14%) Kustomize
2 7 (4.14%) Prometheus
2 7 (4.14%) Terraform
3 4 (2.37%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 13 (7.69%) Google
2 10 (5.92%) Salesforce
3 6 (3.55%) Microsoft
4 4 (2.37%) VMware
5 3 (1.78%) CrowdStrike
5 3 (1.78%) Databricks
5 3 (1.78%) Tenable
6 2 (1.18%) Apple
6 2 (1.18%) Facebook
6 2 (1.18%) Instagram
6 2 (1.18%) TikTok
6 2 (1.18%) YouTube
7 1 (0.59%) Adobe
7 1 (0.59%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.59%) Concur
7 1 (0.59%) PayPal
7 1 (0.59%) SAP