Product Management Skills in Demand

Product managers decide what a team builds and why, working between customers, engineers and the business. Postings tend to stress planning and coordination, with technical fluency valued more in engineering-heavy companies.

We analyzed 72 U.S. job descriptions from 17 employers for Product Management roles. The most requested skills were Project management (58%), Agile (26%) and Roadmapping (26%).

888open U.S. roles tracked
5 yearstypical experience asked for
$164,331median advertised pay, from 40 roles that state it

Product & design

  • Project management58%
  • Agile26%
  • Roadmapping26%
  • Jira19%

Operations

  • ERP systems15%

Business tools

  • SAP12%
  • Excel11%
  • PowerPoint8%

Data

  • Power BI7%

Updated November 7, 2026, using job descriptions collected since September 26, 2026. Shares show how many of the sampled descriptions mention a skill, so a low share can still be a firm requirement in the roles that list it. We sample a limited number of descriptions per employer so that no single company dominates, and we only report figures backed by several employers. Advertised pay comes from a different group of roles than H1B filings, so the two are not directly comparable.

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