The first table below looks at the demand for the Product Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Product Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the England region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Product Manager
Rank 429 433 487
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +54
Contract jobs requiring a Product Manager 89 130 86
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.214% 0.243% 0.151%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.232% 0.263% 0.162%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 74 41
Average daily rate £440 £425 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.52% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £290 £298 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £625 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £375 £430
% change year-on-year
+26.66% -12.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 7
Average hourly rate £36.00 - £28.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 - £14.50
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
38380 49421 52947
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.44% 92.55% 92.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 22598 27956 29382
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £246 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1965 2419 2806
Average hourly rate £18.88 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.02% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.13 £11.13 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £40.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Product Manager
UK

Product Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Product Manager across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England Product Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Product Manager
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Product Manager across the England region.

England Product Manager Daily Rate Trend

Product Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Product Manager across the England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

England Product Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Product Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Product Manager across the England region.

England Product Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Product Manager
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Product Manager within the England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London -11 62 £440 -20.00%
South East +17 12 £405 +13.68%
Yorkshire +4 7 £300 -20.00%
East of England - 5 £675 -
East Midlands 0 2 £638 +119.82%
North West - 1 £475 -
Product Manager
UK

Product Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Product Manager in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Product Manager in their job title.

1 54 (34.62%) Product Management
2 35 (22.44%) E-Commerce
3 34 (21.79%) Marketing
4 32 (20.51%) Stakeholder Management
5 25 (16.03%) Finance
6 23 (14.74%) Agile Software Development
7 22 (14.10%) Project Management
8 20 (12.82%) Scrum
9 14 (8.974%) Internet
9 14 (8.974%) Publishing
10 12 (7.692%) Telecoms
10 12 (7.692%) MS Visio
11 10 (6.410%) Use Case
11 10 (6.410%) Analytics
11 10 (6.410%) User Stories
12 8 (5.128%) Business Analysis
12 8 (5.128%) Web Development
12 8 (5.128%) Banking
12 8 (5.128%) Retail
12 8 (5.128%) Validation
12 8 (5.128%) WebTrends
13 7 (4.487%) Java
13 7 (4.487%) Content Management
13 7 (4.487%) Degree
13 7 (4.487%) Balsamiq Mockups
13 7 (4.487%) Big Data
14 6 (3.846%) iPad
14 6 (3.846%) Product Marketing
14 6 (3.846%) Telematics
14 6 (3.846%) Programme Management

Product Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Product Manager in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Product Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (2.564%) HTML
2 3 (1.923%) .NET
3 2 (1.282%) Ajax
3 2 (1.282%) XML
3 2 (1.282%) ASP
3 2 (1.282%) Middleware
4 1 (0.641%) CSS
4 1 (0.641%) Flash
4 1 (0.641%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.641%) Ruby on Rails
4 1 (0.641%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 3 (1.923%) Documentum
1 3 (1.923%) Drupal
2 2 (1.282%) CMS
3 1 (0.641%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (7.692%) MS Visio
2 5 (3.205%) MS Excel
2 5 (3.205%) MS Office
2 5 (3.205%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (5.128%) WebTrends
Communications & Networking
1 14 (8.974%) Internet
2 5 (3.205%) Intranet
3 4 (2.564%) LLU
3 4 (2.564%) Broadband
3 4 (2.564%) Firewall
4 3 (1.923%) HTTP
5 1 (0.641%) SAN
5 1 (0.641%) PBX
5 1 (0.641%) WAN
5 1 (0.641%) FTP
5 1 (0.641%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.487%) Big Data
2 2 (1.282%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.641%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 7 (4.487%) Balsamiq Mockups
2 1 (0.641%) JIRA
2 1 (0.641%) Axure RP
General
1 34 (21.79%) Marketing
2 25 (16.03%) Finance
3 14 (8.974%) Publishing
4 12 (7.692%) Telecoms
5 8 (5.128%) Banking
5 8 (5.128%) Retail
6 5 (3.205%) Advertising
7 4 (2.564%) Music
7 4 (2.564%) Music Industry
8 3 (1.923%) Legal
8 3 (1.923%) Billing
8 3 (1.923%) Retail Banking
9 2 (1.282%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.282%) Automotive
10 1 (0.641%) Front Office
10 1 (0.641%) Electronics
10 1 (0.641%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.641%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 6 (3.846%) iPad
1 6 (3.846%) Telematics
2 5 (3.205%) Smartphone
2 5 (3.205%) Mobile App
2 5 (3.205%) Digital Media
3 4 (2.564%) E-Learning
4 3 (1.923%) Handset
4 3 (1.923%) iPhone
5 2 (1.282%) Mobile Payment
5 2 (1.282%) Open Source
5 2 (1.282%) Video on Demand
5 2 (1.282%) STB
5 2 (1.282%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.641%) DTV
6 1 (0.641%) W3C
6 1 (0.641%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.641%) BBC
6 1 (0.641%) Mobile Games
6 1 (0.641%) IPTV
6 1 (0.641%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.923%) Apple iOS
1 3 (1.923%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (34.62%) Product Management
2 35 (22.44%) E-Commerce
3 32 (20.51%) Stakeholder Management
4 23 (14.74%) Agile Software Development
5 22 (14.10%) Project Management
6 20 (12.82%) Scrum
7 10 (6.410%) Use Case
7 10 (6.410%) Analytics
7 10 (6.410%) User Stories
8 8 (5.128%) Business Analysis
8 8 (5.128%) Web Development
8 8 (5.128%) Validation
9 7 (4.487%) Content Management
10 6 (3.846%) Product Marketing
10 6 (3.846%) Programme Management
10 6 (3.846%) B2B
10 6 (3.846%) B2C
11 5 (3.205%) Mobile Commerce
11 5 (3.205%) Marketing Strategy
12 4 (2.564%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.487%) Java
2 3 (1.923%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.282%) SQL
4 1 (0.641%) PHP
4 1 (0.641%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 7 (4.487%) Degree
2 2 (1.282%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (0.641%) SC Cleared
3 1 (0.641%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.282%) QA
2 1 (0.641%) SLA
2 1 (0.641%) WAI
System Software
1 1 (0.641%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 4 (2.564%) Apple
1 4 (2.564%) HP
1 4 (2.564%) Juniper
1 4 (2.564%) McAfee
1 4 (2.564%) Toshiba
2 2 (1.282%) SAP
3 1 (0.641%) EMC
3 1 (0.641%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.641%) Oracle
3 1 (0.641%) VMware
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