Product Strategy Contracts in England

Product Strategy
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Product Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Product Strategy over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 400 444 504
Rank change year-on-year +44 +60 +10
Contract jobs citing Product Strategy 142 214 288
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.38% 0.42% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 0.47% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 150 211
10th Percentile £425 £412 £400
25th Percentile £519 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year +11.82% +2.33% +6.97%
75th Percentile £716 £650 £638
90th Percentile £850 £736 £700
UK median daily rate £600 £555 £550
% change year-on-year +8.17% +0.85% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 12
10th Percentile £41.17 £64.60 £24.25
25th Percentile £48.56 - £34.00
Median hourly rate £67.50 £83.31 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.98% +98.36% -22.22%
75th Percentile £68.75 £83.36 £53.19
90th Percentile £77.55 £83.40 £63.13
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £83.31 £42.50
% change year-on-year -18.98% +96.02% -21.30%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Product Strategy 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 32,193 45,529 64,475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.56% 90.24% 90.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,105 31,969 45,783
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% +8.59%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,246 1,592 1,771
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.87 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.01 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.00 £37.50 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +53.06% +2.08%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £35.65 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -4.42% +49.20% -

Product Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Strategy in England

Product Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Product Strategy in England

Product Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Strategy in England over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Product Strategy in England

Product Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Product Strategy in England

Product Strategy
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Product Strategy in England over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Product Strategy in England

Product Strategy
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 Strategy within the England region over the 6 months to 30 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 +68 86 £605 +0.83% 111
Midlands +48 19 £595 -8.46% 23
North of England +7 18 £850 +54.55% 33
North West +27 16 £850 +54.55% 16
East Midlands +24 10 £608 -6.54% 2
South East -2 8 £625 +26.26% 35
West Midlands +32 7 £318 -51.15% 21
East of England +9 2 £635 -2.31% 8
South West +4 2 £630 -1.18% 10
Yorkshire -7 2 £563 +2.27% 15
Product Strategy
UK

Product Strategy
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 3 (2.11%) Confluence
2 2 (1.41%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (2.82%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (1.41%) Sketch
4 1 (0.70%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (0.70%) Blender
4 1 (0.70%) Houdini
4 1 (0.70%) Maya
4 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.70%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (2.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.41%) Softmar
3 1 (0.70%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 16 (11.27%) Azure
2 8 (5.63%) AWS
2 8 (5.63%) Power Platform
3 7 (4.93%) SaaS
4 4 (2.82%) Asana
5 3 (2.11%) Adobe Analytics
5 3 (2.11%) Azure Service Bus
5 3 (2.11%) Figma
5 3 (2.11%) Google Analytics
5 3 (2.11%) OCI
6 2 (1.41%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (1.41%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.41%) dbt
6 2 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.41%) GCP
6 2 (1.41%) Miro
6 2 (1.41%) PaaS
7 1 (0.70%) SAP Fieldglass
7 1 (0.70%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 18 (12.68%) Firewall
2 16 (11.27%) VPN
3 3 (2.11%) SSL
4 2 (1.41%) DHCP
4 2 (1.41%) DNS
4 2 (1.41%) Unified Communications
4 2 (1.41%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.63%) Power BI
2 3 (2.11%) Big Data
3 2 (1.41%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.70%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.70%) Metadata
4 1 (0.70%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (0.70%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 8 (5.63%) JIRA
General
1 52 (36.62%) Social Skills
2 30 (21.13%) Finance
3 20 (14.08%) Presentation Skills
4 18 (12.68%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (12.68%) Public Sector
5 15 (10.56%) Marketing
6 13 (9.15%) Legal
7 9 (6.34%) Automotive
8 8 (5.63%) Manufacturing
9 7 (4.93%) Banking
10 5 (3.52%) Retail
11 4 (2.82%) Advertising
11 4 (2.82%) Back Office
11 4 (2.82%) Telecoms
12 3 (2.11%) Health Technology
12 3 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (1.41%) German Language
13 2 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (1.41%) Local Government
13 2 (1.41%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 28 (19.72%) Product Owner
2 26 (18.31%) Architect
2 26 (18.31%) Lead
3 24 (16.90%) Product Manager
4 20 (14.08%) Senior
5 16 (11.27%) Technical Architect
5 16 (11.27%) Technical Leader
6 15 (10.56%) Lead Architect
7 12 (8.45%) Analyst
8 11 (7.75%) Business Analyst
9 10 (7.04%) Senior Product Owner
10 6 (4.23%) Designer
10 6 (4.23%) Solutions Architect
11 4 (2.82%) Senior Analyst
11 4 (2.82%) Senior Business Analyst
11 4 (2.82%) UX Designer
12 3 (2.11%) Product Management Director
12 3 (2.11%) Programme Manager
12 3 (2.11%) Technical Manager
12 3 (2.11%) Technical Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (11.27%) Node.js
2 2 (1.41%) ADO
2 2 (1.41%) LDAP
2 2 (1.41%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.41%) React
3 1 (0.70%) .NET
3 1 (0.70%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.70%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.70%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (0.70%) Entity Framework
3 1 (0.70%) HTML
3 1 (0.70%) HTML5
3 1 (0.70%) OAuth
3 1 (0.70%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 1 (0.70%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 63 (44.37%) Product Ownership
2 13 (9.15%) Public Cloud
3 6 (4.23%) Management Information System
3 6 (4.23%) Mobile App
3 6 (4.23%) Onboarding
4 4 (2.82%) Algorithms
4 4 (2.82%) Blockchain
4 4 (2.82%) Infotainment
5 3 (2.11%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (2.11%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.11%) Educational Technology
5 3 (2.11%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.41%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.41%) Digital Signage
6 2 (1.41%) Distributed Applications
6 2 (1.41%) IoT
6 2 (1.41%) Video\Live Streaming
6 2 (1.41%) Virtual Reality
6 2 (1.41%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 19 (13.38%) Android
1 19 (13.38%) Apple iOS
2 18 (12.68%) Windows
3 17 (11.97%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.82%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (52.82%) Roadmaps
2 69 (48.59%) Agile
3 40 (28.17%) Product Management
4 39 (27.46%) Product Roadmap
5 31 (21.83%) Strategic Roadmap
6 29 (20.42%) Product Vision
7 27 (19.01%) Analytics
7 27 (19.01%) Scrum
8 26 (18.31%) DevOps
8 26 (18.31%) Problem-Solving
8 26 (18.31%) User Experience
9 23 (16.20%) Backlog Prioritisation
10 22 (15.49%) Backlog Management
10 22 (15.49%) Risk Management
10 22 (15.49%) User Stories
11 20 (14.08%) Decision-Making
12 17 (11.97%) Continuous Improvement
12 17 (11.97%) Requirements Gathering
13 16 (11.27%) Mobile Device Management
13 16 (11.27%) Product Requirements
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.93%) Python
2 4 (2.82%) SQL
3 3 (2.11%) Java
3 3 (2.11%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.41%) C
4 2 (1.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (1.41%) Go
Qualifications
1 24 (16.90%) Security Cleared
2 23 (16.20%) SC Cleared
3 20 (14.08%) Degree
4 4 (2.82%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.41%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.41%) CBAP
5 2 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.41%) CSPO
5 2 (1.41%) MBA
5 2 (1.41%) PgMP
5 2 (1.41%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.41%) PMP
5 2 (1.41%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (0.70%) CESG Certified Professional
6 1 (0.70%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.70%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (0.70%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.75%) PMO
2 10 (7.04%) QA
3 3 (2.11%) NIST
3 3 (2.11%) NIST 800
3 3 (2.11%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.41%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 1 (0.70%) NCSC
5 1 (0.70%) RMADS
5 1 (0.70%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (3.52%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.41%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (11.27%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.34%) Google
3 6 (4.23%) Adobe
4 5 (3.52%) Apple
5 3 (2.11%) Citrix
5 3 (2.11%) Oracle
5 3 (2.11%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.41%) CA Agile Central
6 2 (1.41%) Logitech
6 2 (1.41%) SAP
6 2 (1.41%) Zoho
7 1 (0.70%) Ariba
7 1 (0.70%) Concur
7 1 (0.70%) Databricks
7 1 (0.70%) Informatica
7 1 (0.70%) ServiceNow