Product Strategy Contracts in England

Product Strategy
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Product Strategy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Product Strategy over the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 374 421 543
Rank change year-on-year +47 +122 -28
Contract jobs citing Product Strategy 161 188 262
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.49% 0.44% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% 0.50% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 119 190
10th Percentile £358 £410 £412
25th Percentile £462 £475 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -
75th Percentile £696 £672 £662
90th Percentile £788 £715 £750
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £550
% change year-on-year - +4.55% +4.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 23 6
10th Percentile - £35.51 £25.17
25th Percentile - £58.88 £29.88
Median hourly rate - £83.40 £43.50
Median % change year-on-year - +91.72% -23.01%
75th Percentile - - £54.56
90th Percentile - - £70.91
UK median hourly rate - £83.40 £43.50
% change year-on-year - +91.72% -23.01%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Product Strategy falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 28,263 37,858 64,506
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.12% 89.11% 90.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,551 26,191 45,662
10th Percentile £313 £315 £350
25th Percentile £423 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +7.84%
75th Percentile £645 £653 £656
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,283 1,449 1,597
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.25 £13.25
25th Percentile £20.00 £19.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £43.00 £43.90 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +51.38% +37.77%
75th Percentile £66.61 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £72.35
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £42.50 £28.90
% change year-on-year +1.18% +47.06% +34.42%

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 20 September 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
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 20 September 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 +67 86 £575 -2.13% 97
North of England +33 34 £775 +43.52% 37
North West +37 24 £775 +63.16% 23
Midlands +26 23 £575 +15.00% 14
West Midlands +23 13 £359 -44.77% 8
South East +5 11 £497 -18.82% 17
Yorkshire -1 10 £460 -16.36% 12
East Midlands +4 8 £585 +17.00% 6
South West -1 5 £565 -13.08% 13
East of England +22 1 - - 11
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 4 (2.48%) CICS
1 4 (2.48%) Confluence
1 4 (2.48%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.24%) Appian
2 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.62%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (3.11%) Adobe XD
1 5 (3.11%) InVision
1 5 (3.11%) OmniGraffle
1 5 (3.11%) Sketch
1 5 (3.11%) Zeplin
2 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.62%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (0.62%) Raiser’s Edge
1 1 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.62%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 26 (16.15%) Azure
2 21 (13.04%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (5.59%) Azure Service Bus
4 6 (3.73%) AWS
5 5 (3.11%) Figma
5 5 (3.11%) GitHub
5 5 (3.11%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.86%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.24%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.24%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.24%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.24%) SaaS
7 2 (1.24%) Serverless
8 1 (0.62%) Asana
8 1 (0.62%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.62%) Blackbaud
8 1 (0.62%) Miro
8 1 (0.62%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.35%) Firewall
1 7 (4.35%) VPN
2 5 (3.11%) Network Security
3 2 (1.24%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (3.11%) Power BI
3 4 (2.48%) DB2
4 3 (1.86%) Tableau
5 1 (0.62%) Big Data
5 1 (0.62%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.62%) GIS
Development Applications
1 25 (15.53%) JIRA
2 1 (0.62%) GitLab
2 1 (0.62%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 34 (21.12%) Finance
2 28 (17.39%) Social Skills
3 26 (16.15%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (14.29%) Marketing
5 17 (10.56%) Italian Language
5 17 (10.56%) Public Sector
6 11 (6.83%) Back Office
7 10 (6.21%) Manufacturing
8 9 (5.59%) Legal
9 8 (4.97%) Automotive
9 8 (4.97%) Banking
10 4 (2.48%) Retail
10 4 (2.48%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.86%) Games
11 3 (1.86%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.24%) Financial Institution
12 2 (1.24%) Military
12 2 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.24%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 39 (24.22%) Product Owner
2 32 (19.88%) Architect
3 30 (18.63%) Product Manager
4 22 (13.66%) Senior
5 18 (11.18%) Lead
6 15 (9.32%) Senior Product Owner
7 12 (7.45%) Technical Leader
8 11 (6.83%) Security Architect
9 10 (6.21%) Technical Architect
10 7 (4.35%) Designer
10 7 (4.35%) Lead Architect
11 6 (3.73%) Data Architect
11 6 (3.73%) Senior Manager
12 5 (3.11%) Cloud Architect
12 5 (3.11%) Cloud Security Architect
12 5 (3.11%) Product Designer
12 5 (3.11%) Subject Matter Expert
13 4 (2.48%) Analyst
13 4 (2.48%) Senior Product Manager
14 3 (1.86%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.97%) HTML
2 7 (4.35%) Node.js
3 5 (3.11%) CSS
4 3 (1.86%) AngularJS
4 3 (1.86%) J2EE
4 3 (1.86%) SOAP
5 1 (0.62%) ADO
5 1 (0.62%) JSON
5 1 (0.62%) LDAP
5 1 (0.62%) Middleware
5 1 (0.62%) React
5 1 (0.62%) Web Services
5 1 (0.62%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 67 (41.61%) Product Ownership
2 11 (6.83%) Cyber Threat
2 11 (6.83%) Security Posture
3 10 (6.21%) Public Cloud
4 9 (5.59%) Onboarding
5 6 (3.73%) Infotainment
5 6 (3.73%) Management Information System
6 5 (3.11%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 5 (3.11%) Cyberattack
6 5 (3.11%) Mobile App
7 4 (2.48%) Blog
7 4 (2.48%) IoT
7 4 (2.48%) Mainframe
8 3 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.24%) Blockchain
9 2 (1.24%) CMDB
9 2 (1.24%) Distributed Applications
9 2 (1.24%) FMCG
9 2 (1.24%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.24%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.97%) Android
1 8 (4.97%) Apple iOS
2 7 (4.35%) Windows
2 7 (4.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (49.69%) Agile
2 68 (42.24%) Roadmaps
3 45 (27.95%) Product Roadmap
4 32 (19.88%) Strategic Roadmap
4 32 (19.88%) User Stories
5 31 (19.25%) Product Management
6 28 (17.39%) Analytics
7 27 (16.77%) Problem-Solving
8 25 (15.53%) Product Backlog
8 25 (15.53%) Requirements Gathering
8 25 (15.53%) Scrum
9 22 (13.66%) DevOps
9 22 (13.66%) User Experience
10 21 (13.04%) Backlog Management
11 20 (12.42%) Risk Management
12 19 (11.80%) Cybersecurity
13 18 (11.18%) Acceptance Criteria
13 18 (11.18%) Backlog Prioritisation
13 18 (11.18%) Mentoring
14 17 (10.56%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.48%) COBOL
1 4 (2.48%) Java
2 3 (1.86%) Python
2 3 (1.86%) SQL
3 1 (0.62%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 19 (11.80%) Degree
2 18 (11.18%) Security Cleared
3 17 (10.56%) SC Cleared
4 6 (3.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (3.11%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.86%) CSPO
7 2 (1.24%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.24%) MBA
7 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.62%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.21%) PCI DSS
2 7 (4.35%) PMO
3 6 (3.73%) QA
4 5 (3.11%) NIST
5 4 (2.48%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.86%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 1 (0.62%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.62%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.62%) Ansible
1 1 (0.62%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.62%) Podman
1 1 (0.62%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.11%) Adobe
2 5 (3.11%) Google
3 4 (2.48%) Apple
3 4 (2.48%) IBM
3 4 (2.48%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.24%) Blue Prism
4 2 (1.24%) CA Agile Central
4 2 (1.24%) Cisco
4 2 (1.24%) Citrix
4 2 (1.24%) Concur
4 2 (1.24%) Nokia
4 2 (1.24%) Rakuten
4 2 (1.24%) Zoho
5 1 (0.62%) Ariba
5 1 (0.62%) Logitech
5 1 (0.62%) Okta
5 1 (0.62%) Remedy
5 1 (0.62%) SAP
5 1 (0.62%) Snow