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 60 U.S. job descriptions from 20 employers for Product Management roles. The most requested skills were Project management (43%), Roadmapping (32%) and Excel (18%).

787open U.S. roles tracked
7 yearstypical experience asked for
$183,500median advertised pay, from 57 roles that state it

Product & design

  • Project management43%
  • Roadmapping32%
  • Agile13%
  • Jira8%

Business tools

  • Excel18%
  • PowerPoint17%

Updated November 7, 2026, using job descriptions collected since October 8, 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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