The State of Product Jobs Report

February 2025

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Backlog
February 03, 2025

The Backlog’s State of Product Jobs Report (February 2025)

We collected the latest product-related job data for February 2025.

Below are some of the key numbers, trends, and insights.

Worldwide product job market

Worldwide product job market (February 2025)

In February 2025, worldwide market for product roles rose by a staggering 13.7% MoM. This is a welcome figure as roles had been on a steady decline for the past two months.

The key movements in October have been:

  • Available jobs in all monitored roles grew this month.

  • Head of Product roles lead the way, growing 19.4% MoM.

  • Product Manager roles grew by 16.1%, reaching over 22,000 of available jobs.

Remote vs. on-site vs. hybrid product jobs

Remote, on-site, and hybrid product roles (February 2025)

While growth is noticeable across the board, on-site product roles saw the highest grow with 10.1%.

Available hybrid and remote roles grew in tandem, 8.8% and 7.0% respectively.

Though there are more available roles, the share of on-site opportunities is still lower than 50%.

Product roles by regional markets

Product roles by region (February 2025)

Latin America was the only region to suffer a step back in available product roles, while EMEA grew the most (with North America a close second).

Trends & insights in product roles (February 2025)

  • We’re so back! The product job market finally recovers after two heavy down months.

  • EMEA is leading the way in terms of MoM growth (12.3%).

  • Latin America only accounts for 4.1% of the total product job market.

  • On-site product roles are covering. Return to office mandates, anyone?

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