Everything you need to know about product managers in West Yorkshire
Pubished 1st February 2021
In West Yorkshire, there are currently 643 product managers and 20% of them have changed jobs in the last year. The average permanent salary is £67,500 and the average daily rate is £600 for this role.
Fast stats on product managers in West Yorkshire
LinkedIn Talent Insights, February 2021
Product managers in West Yorkshire
Changed jobs in the last year
Avg. Contractor daily rate
Avg. perm salary
Gender breakdown
The product manager workforce in West Yorkshire has a slight male majority of 58% whilst 42% are female.
What schools are producing product managers?
Among the educational institutions where most graduates are placed into product manager roles in West Yorkshire; University of Leeds comes out on top with 55 product managers. Leeds Beckett University comes in second with 37 professionals followed by The University of Huddersfield with 34.
Top 3 fields of study for product managers
The number of product managers that studied in the field
Marketing
Business Administration and Management, General
Design and Visual Communications, General
University degrees
75% of West Yorkshire's product managers have a bachelor's degree while 15% have a master's degree.
Top 3 most common skills among product managers
The number of product managers in West Yorkshire that list the skill on their LinkedIn profile
Product Management
Product Development
Stakeholder Management
Most common skills among product managers
95% of product managers in West Yorkshire list Product Management as a skill on their LinkedIn. A quarter (25%) list Product Development as a skill and 20% list Stakeholder Management.
Fastest growing skills among product managers
Product Road Mapping is the fastest-growing skill among product managers in West Yorkshire with an increase of 800% over the past year. Followed by Product Strategy and Kanban with increases of 122% and 67% respectively.
Most common titles among among product managers
Product Manager, Senior Product Manager and Lead Product Manager are the three most common titles among product managers in West Yorkshire.
Fastest growing titles among product managers
Principal Product Manager is the fastest-growing title among product managers in West Yorkshire, followed by Senior Global Product Manager and Lead Product Manager.
Top companies hiring product managers
Lloyds Banking Group is the top company hiring product managers in West Yorkshire with 30 professionals. UK Greetings comes in second with 22 professionals followed by Sky Betting & Gaming with 18.
Industries hiring product managers
Financial Services is the top industry in West Yorkshire where product managers are hired with 76 professionals. IT & Services comes in second with 63 professionals followed by Consumer Goods with 59.
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