Product Thinking Contracts in England

Product Thinking
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Product Thinking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Product Thinking over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 532 643 757
Rank change year-on-year +111 +114 -132
Contract jobs citing Product Thinking 7 2 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.019% 0.004% 0.011%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.022% 0.005% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile £364 - £552
25th Percentile £381 £275 £583
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £300 £606
Median % change year-on-year +43.33% -50.52% +37.78%
75th Percentile £500 £325 £623
90th Percentile £530 - £632
UK median daily rate £430 £300 £606
% change year-on-year +43.33% -50.52% +40.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32.50 £46.25 £55.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £47.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% -20.83% -
75th Percentile £37.50 £48.75 £65.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £47.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -26.32% -20.83% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Product Thinking 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 31,798 44,069 63,755
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.49% 90.16% 90.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,831 30,926 45,337
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £446 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,249 1,559 1,731
10th Percentile £12.91 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.18 £37.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.85% +50.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.29% +41.73% +4.82%

Product Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Thinking in England

Product Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Product Thinking in England

Product Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Thinking in England over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Product Thinking in England

Product Thinking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Product Thinking in England

Product Thinking
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 Thinking within the England region over the 6 months to 11 May 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 +102 5 £478 - 2
Product Thinking
UK

Product Thinking
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Figma
2 1 (14.29%) Miro
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
1 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
1 1 (14.29%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Designer
2 4 (57.14%) Product Designer
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior User Researcher
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) UI Designer
3 1 (14.29%) UI/UX Designer
3 1 (14.29%) User Researcher
3 1 (14.29%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Framer.js
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Product Ownership
2 1 (14.29%) Mobile App
2 1 (14.29%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Interaction Design
2 5 (71.43%) Decision-Making
3 4 (57.14%) Prototyping
4 3 (42.86%) Agile
4 3 (42.86%) User Experience
5 2 (28.57%) Iconography
5 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (28.57%) Strategic Thinking
5 2 (28.57%) Typography
5 2 (28.57%) User Research
5 2 (28.57%) User Stories
5 2 (28.57%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 2 (28.57%) UX Design
6 1 (14.29%) Acceptance Criteria
6 1 (14.29%) Business Case
6 1 (14.29%) Customer-Centricity
6 1 (14.29%) Design Thinking
6 1 (14.29%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 1 (14.29%) UX Research
6 1 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree