Product Lead Jobs

Product Leader
UK

The median Product Leader salary in the UK is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 847 904 1069
Rank change year-on-year +57 +165 -166
Permanent jobs requiring a Product Lead 58 42 196
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.055% 0.044% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.058% 0.049% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 37 40 52
10th Percentile £34,800 £42,500 -
25th Percentile £42,500 £63,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £75,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +39.53% -15.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,419 £77,500
90th Percentile £101,250 - £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,250 £82,818 £42,500
% change year-on-year -44.15% +94.87% -25.11%

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 99,838 86,540 162,414
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.86% 91.29% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,991 55,953 84,888
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,676
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,238
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.49% +5.76%

Product Lead
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Lead in the UK

Product Lead
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Product Lead in the UK

Product Lead
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Lead over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Product Lead in the UK

Product Lead
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Lead within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 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 +86 55 £55,001 -26.67% 16
UK excluding London -27 33 £46,250 -44.15% 8
London +116 23 £80,000 +1.59% 7
Work from Home +39 20 £50,001 -39.63% 6
North of England +34 12 £45,000 -45.66% 1
Yorkshire +62 8 £36,000 -31.43%
South East -7 7 £47,500 -29.63% 3
West Midlands -7 4 £65,000 - 1
Midlands -8 4 £65,000 - 1
South West -29 4 £85,000 +2.63% 1
East of England - 4 £40,000 - 2
North West -14 2 - - 1
North East - 2 £50,001 -
Scotland -69 1 £120,000 +44.90%
Wales - 1 £50,001 -

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Product Lead 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 Lead in the job title.

1 22 (37.93%) Social Skills
2 20 (34.48%) Agile
3 14 (24.14%) Finance
4 13 (22.41%) Manufacturing
5 10 (17.24%) Machine Learning
5 10 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (17.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (15.52%) Roadmaps
6 9 (15.52%) SaaS
6 9 (15.52%) Master's Degree
6 9 (15.52%) Data Science
6 9 (15.52%) Data Analysis
6 9 (15.52%) Degree
6 9 (15.52%) Computer Science
7 8 (13.79%) Use Case
7 8 (13.79%) Law
7 8 (13.79%) Virtual Team
7 8 (13.79%) Product Management
7 8 (13.79%) IoT
8 7 (12.07%) User Experience
8 7 (12.07%) Visualisation
8 7 (12.07%) AWS
8 7 (12.07%) Data Visualisation
8 7 (12.07%) Data Governance
8 7 (12.07%) SDLC
8 7 (12.07%) Energy Management
8 7 (12.07%) Automotive
8 7 (12.07%) Management Information System
8 7 (12.07%) Microsoft
8 7 (12.07%) Product Ownership

Product Lead 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 5 (8.62%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (6.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (3.45%) MadCap Flare
3 1 (1.72%) Blender
3 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (15.52%) SaaS
2 7 (12.07%) AWS
3 4 (6.90%) Azure
4 3 (5.17%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (3.45%) GitHub
5 2 (3.45%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.72%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.72%) Figma
6 1 (1.72%) IaaS
6 1 (1.72%) PaaS
6 1 (1.72%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.72%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.72%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.72%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.72%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 5 (8.62%) JIRA
General
1 22 (37.93%) Social Skills
2 14 (24.14%) Finance
3 13 (22.41%) Manufacturing
4 10 (17.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (13.79%) Law
6 7 (12.07%) Automotive
7 6 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (8.62%) Public Sector
9 4 (6.90%) Marketing
9 4 (6.90%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (5.17%) Banking
11 2 (3.45%) Aerospace
11 2 (3.45%) Aviation
11 2 (3.45%) Electronics
11 2 (3.45%) Military
12 1 (1.72%) Front Office
12 1 (1.72%) Games
12 1 (1.72%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.90%) HTML
1 4 (6.90%) jQuery
1 4 (6.90%) JSON
2 2 (3.45%) REST
3 1 (1.72%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (13.79%) IoT
1 8 (13.79%) Virtual Team
2 7 (12.07%) Management Information System
2 7 (12.07%) Product Ownership
3 5 (8.62%) Onboarding
4 3 (5.17%) Low-Code
4 3 (5.17%) Public Cloud
4 3 (5.17%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (3.45%) Cloud Native
5 2 (3.45%) Digital Media
5 2 (3.45%) Robotics
6 1 (1.72%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.72%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.72%) Linux
1 1 (1.72%) Windows
1 1 (1.72%) Windows 10
1 1 (1.72%) Windows Server
1 1 (1.72%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (34.48%) Agile
2 10 (17.24%) Machine Learning
2 10 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (15.52%) Computer Science
3 9 (15.52%) Data Analysis
3 9 (15.52%) Data Science
3 9 (15.52%) Roadmaps
4 8 (13.79%) Product Management
4 8 (13.79%) Use Case
5 7 (12.07%) Data Governance
5 7 (12.07%) Data Visualisation
5 7 (12.07%) Energy Management
5 7 (12.07%) SDLC
5 7 (12.07%) User Experience
5 7 (12.07%) Visualisation
6 6 (10.34%) Artificial Intelligence
6 6 (10.34%) Thought Leadership
7 5 (8.62%) Customer-Centricity
7 5 (8.62%) Product Strategy
7 5 (8.62%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.34%) SQL
2 3 (5.17%) C#
2 3 (5.17%) Python
3 1 (1.72%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (15.52%) Degree
1 9 (15.52%) Master's Degree
2 2 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.45%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.45%) Docker
2 1 (1.72%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (5.17%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (12.07%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.90%) SAP
3 1 (1.72%) Citrix
3 1 (1.72%) ServiceNow