Product Management Contracts in England

Product Management
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Product Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Product Management over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 281 297 308
Rank change year-on-year +16 +11 +62
Contract jobs citing Product Management 282 449 627
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.76% 0.89% 0.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 0.98% 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 320 441
10th Percentile £400 £364 £407
25th Percentile £450 £461 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +15.00%
75th Percentile £693 £650 £675
90th Percentile £813 £726 £800
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 16
10th Percentile - £37.08 £33.62
25th Percentile £26.66 £37.90 £55.59
Median hourly rate £42.50 £40.50 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.94% -27.68% +12.70%
75th Percentile £68.75 £47.25 £58.16
90th Percentile - £50.55 £69.05
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £40.50 £56.00
% change year-on-year +4.94% -27.68% +13.42%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Product Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,985 45,619 64,566
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.53% 90.25% 90.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,974 32,022 45,804
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £749
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,225 1,607 1,769
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.94 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.31 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.15
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Product Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Product Management in England

Product Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Product Management in England.

Daily rate trend for Product Management in England

Product Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Management in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Product Management in England

Product Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Product Management in England.

Hourly rate trend for Product Management in England

Product Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Product Management in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Product Management in England

Product Management
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Product Management within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +21 190 £550 -8.33% 200
South East -17 22 £600 +20.00% 76
North of England +17 21 £477 -13.27% 49
North West +18 17 £450 -25.00% 29
Midlands +15 16 £615 -5.38% 25
South West +22 14 £638 -1.92% 13
West Midlands +22 12 £550 -15.38% 16
East of England +6 5 £475 -10.38% 32
Yorkshire +4 3 £525 -4.55% 16
North East +18 1 £477 +83.46% 6
East Midlands +12 1 £615 -5.38% 9
Product Management
UK

Product Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 9 (3.19%) Confluence
2 6 (2.13%) Apache
2 6 (2.13%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.77%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.42%) CMS
4 4 (1.42%) IBM Domino
5 2 (0.71%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.35%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (2.13%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.06%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.71%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.71%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 9 (3.19%) Oracle Applications
2 5 (1.77%) Loan IQ
3 3 (1.06%) Endur
4 2 (0.71%) Softmar
5 1 (0.35%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.35%) SAP EHS
5 1 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.35%) SimCorp Dimension
5 1 (0.35%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 38 (13.48%) AWS
2 35 (12.41%) Azure
3 15 (5.32%) GCP
4 13 (4.61%) SaaS
5 9 (3.19%) OCI
5 9 (3.19%) Oracle CX
5 9 (3.19%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 8 (2.84%) dbt
7 7 (2.48%) Power Platform
8 6 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.77%) Figma
9 5 (1.77%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (1.77%) Serverless
10 4 (1.42%) Nutanix
10 4 (1.42%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.71%) GitHub
11 2 (0.71%) Miro
11 2 (0.71%) Snowflake
11 2 (0.71%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.42%) Cisco Nexus
1 4 (1.42%) Software-Defined Networking
1 4 (1.42%) VSAN
2 3 (1.06%) HTTP
2 3 (1.06%) Internet
3 2 (0.71%) DNS
3 2 (0.71%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.35%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.35%) Firewall
4 1 (0.35%) Intranet
4 1 (0.35%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.35%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.35%) VPN
4 1 (0.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.19%) Oracle Reports
2 7 (2.48%) Couchbase
2 7 (2.48%) Power BI
3 6 (2.13%) Amazon Athena
3 6 (2.13%) Apache Arrow
3 6 (2.13%) Apache Ignite
3 6 (2.13%) Dremio
4 4 (1.42%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.42%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.06%) PostHog
5 3 (1.06%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.06%) Tableau
6 2 (0.71%) Data Mart
6 2 (0.71%) GIS
6 2 (0.71%) Mixpanel
6 2 (0.71%) MySQL
7 1 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.35%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 17 (6.03%) JIRA
2 3 (1.06%) Git
3 2 (0.71%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.71%) Karma Test Runner
4 1 (0.35%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.35%) GitLab
4 1 (0.35%) Storybook
General
1 92 (32.62%) Social Skills
2 78 (27.66%) Finance
3 47 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (12.77%) Marketing
5 24 (8.51%) Presentation Skills
6 20 (7.09%) Public Sector
7 18 (6.38%) Front Office
8 17 (6.03%) Banking
9 15 (5.32%) Retail
10 10 (3.55%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (3.55%) Investment Banking
10 10 (3.55%) Legal
11 9 (3.19%) Manufacturing
12 8 (2.84%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.77%) Financial Institution
13 5 (1.77%) German Language
13 5 (1.77%) Local Government
14 4 (1.42%) Automotive
14 4 (1.42%) Billing
14 4 (1.42%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 91 (32.27%) Product Manager
2 40 (14.18%) Product Owner
3 36 (12.77%) Analyst
4 34 (12.06%) Business Analyst
5 23 (8.16%) Consultant
5 23 (8.16%) Senior
6 19 (6.74%) Architect
7 16 (5.67%) Developer
8 13 (4.61%) Finance Manager
8 13 (4.61%) Product Analyst
8 13 (4.61%) Product Business Analyst
8 13 (4.61%) Technical Manager
9 12 (4.26%) Lead
10 11 (3.90%) Business Manager
10 11 (3.90%) Finance Business Analyst
10 11 (3.90%) Financial Analyst
10 11 (3.90%) Software Engineer
11 10 (3.55%) Senior Manager
11 10 (3.55%) Senior Product Manager
12 9 (3.19%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.96%) HTML
2 13 (4.61%) CSS
3 8 (2.84%) React
4 7 (2.48%) Kafka
4 7 (2.48%) Node.js
4 7 (2.48%) REST
5 6 (2.13%) gRPC
5 6 (2.13%) LDAP
5 6 (2.13%) NumPy
5 6 (2.13%) OAuth
5 6 (2.13%) Pandas
5 6 (2.13%) Protocol Buffers
5 6 (2.13%) SciPy
6 4 (1.42%) Elastic Stack
6 4 (1.42%) Lucene
6 4 (1.42%) OpenID
6 4 (1.42%) SAML
7 3 (1.06%) OAuth2
7 3 (1.06%) RESTful
7 3 (1.06%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 82 (29.08%) Product Ownership
2 23 (8.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 19 (6.74%) Derivative
4 17 (6.03%) Equities
4 17 (6.03%) Fixed Income
4 17 (6.03%) Hedge funds
5 10 (3.55%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.48%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (2.13%) CMDB
7 6 (2.13%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.77%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.77%) Renewable Energy
9 4 (1.42%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.42%) IoT
9 4 (1.42%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.06%) Digital Media
10 3 (1.06%) Mobile App
10 3 (1.06%) Private Cloud
10 3 (1.06%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.48%) Linux
2 3 (1.06%) Windows
3 2 (0.71%) Android
3 2 (0.71%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.35%) Unix
4 1 (0.35%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (47.52%) Agile
2 97 (34.40%) Roadmaps
3 51 (18.09%) Stakeholder Management
4 49 (17.38%) Analytics
4 49 (17.38%) Product Roadmap
5 47 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 43 (15.25%) Scrum
7 40 (14.18%) Product Strategy
8 36 (12.77%) Decision-Making
9 31 (10.99%) Product Vision
9 31 (10.99%) Software Engineering
9 31 (10.99%) User Experience
10 29 (10.28%) Project Management
10 29 (10.28%) User Stories
11 27 (9.57%) Continuous Improvement
12 25 (8.87%) Strategic Roadmap
13 22 (7.80%) Mentoring
13 22 (7.80%) Product Backlog
14 21 (7.45%) Business Case
14 21 (7.45%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 34 (12.06%) Python
2 24 (8.51%) Java
3 22 (7.80%) SQL
4 18 (6.38%) JavaScript
5 10 (3.55%) C++
5 10 (3.55%) TypeScript
6 9 (3.19%) Ruby
7 6 (2.13%) Scala
8 4 (1.42%) Bash
8 4 (1.42%) C#
8 4 (1.42%) PHP
9 3 (1.06%) C
9 3 (1.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.35%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 54 (19.15%) Degree
2 32 (11.35%) Security Cleared
3 21 (7.45%) SC Cleared
4 17 (6.03%) Master's Degree
5 8 (2.84%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (2.84%) DV Cleared
6 7 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (2.13%) MBA
8 4 (1.42%) CCNA
8 4 (1.42%) CCNP
8 4 (1.42%) PgMP
8 4 (1.42%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.42%) PMP
9 3 (1.06%) CBAP
10 2 (0.71%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.71%) CSPO
10 2 (0.71%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.71%) PhD
11 1 (0.35%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (7.09%) QA
2 3 (1.06%) Accessibility
2 3 (1.06%) GDPR
3 2 (0.71%) PMO
4 1 (0.35%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.35%) Def Stans
4 1 (0.35%) Government Security Classifications
4 1 (0.35%) ISO 22301
4 1 (0.35%) NCSC
4 1 (0.35%) NIST
4 1 (0.35%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.35%) PSD2
System Software
1 11 (3.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (2.48%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.13%) Virtual Servers
4 4 (1.42%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.42%) KVM
4 4 (1.42%) VMware NSX
4 4 (1.42%) vSphere
5 2 (0.71%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (1.42%) vRealize Orchestrator
2 3 (1.06%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.35%) Bugsnag
4 1 (0.35%) CASB
4 1 (0.35%) Matomo
4 1 (0.35%) Nessus
4 1 (0.35%) PingFederate
4 1 (0.35%) SCCM
4 1 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.35%) Terraform
4 1 (0.35%) vRealize
Vendors
1 21 (7.45%) Microsoft
1 21 (7.45%) Oracle
2 12 (4.26%) VMware
3 9 (3.19%) SAP
4 8 (2.84%) Cisco
5 5 (1.77%) Adobe
5 5 (1.77%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.42%) Google
6 4 (1.42%) Meraki
7 3 (1.06%) Splunk
8 2 (0.71%) Amplitude
8 2 (0.71%) CA Agile Central
8 2 (0.71%) Citrix
8 2 (0.71%) ESRI
8 2 (0.71%) Murex
8 2 (0.71%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.71%) UiPath
8 2 (0.71%) Zoho
9 1 (0.35%) Databricks
9 1 (0.35%) Workday