The first table below looks at the demand for the Product Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the London 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 24 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 London 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Product Manager
Rank 320 308 386
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +78
Contract jobs requiring a Product Manager 57 107 56
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.263% 0.397% 0.180%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.286% 0.430% 0.195%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 57 30
Average daily rate £425 £550 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.72% +29.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £300 £345
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £625 £653
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £375 £425
% change year-on-year
+26.66% -11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
Average hourly rate - - £28.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 - £14.50
All Job Titles
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
19942 24907 28750
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 92.08% 92.46% 92.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 13399 16045 18461
Average daily rate £450 £445 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.12% -6.31%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 450 624 677
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £41.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Product Manager
England

Product Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 24 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
City of London +5 25 £440 +4.14%
Uxbridge - 2 £425 -
Product Manager
England

Product Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 44 (37.61%) Product Management
2 28 (23.93%) Stakeholder Management
3 25 (21.37%) E-Commerce
4 22 (18.80%) Agile Software Development
5 18 (15.38%) Marketing
5 18 (15.38%) Project Management
5 18 (15.38%) Finance
6 13 (11.11%) Scrum
6 13 (11.11%) Internet
7 12 (10.26%) MS Visio
8 10 (8.547%) Telecoms
9 9 (7.692%) Analytics
10 8 (6.838%) User Stories
10 8 (6.838%) Business Analysis
10 8 (6.838%) Banking
10 8 (6.838%) Web Development
10 8 (6.838%) WebTrends
11 7 (5.983%) Degree
11 7 (5.983%) Big Data
11 7 (5.983%) Balsamiq Mockups
12 6 (5.128%) B2C
12 6 (5.128%) Programme Management
13 5 (4.274%) Publishing
13 5 (4.274%) Validation
13 5 (4.274%) B2B
13 5 (4.274%) Intranet
13 5 (4.274%) MS Office
13 5 (4.274%) MS Excel
13 5 (4.274%) Retail
13 5 (4.274%) MS PowerPoint

Product Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 (3.419%) HTML
2 2 (1.709%) Ajax
2 2 (1.709%) ASP
2 2 (1.709%) XML
2 2 (1.709%) Middleware
3 1 (0.855%) Flash
3 1 (0.855%) CSS
3 1 (0.855%) Ruby on Rails
3 1 (0.855%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 2 (1.709%) Drupal
2 1 (0.855%) CMS
2 1 (0.855%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (10.26%) MS Visio
2 5 (4.274%) MS Office
2 5 (4.274%) MS Excel
2 5 (4.274%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (6.838%) WebTrends
Communications & Networking
1 13 (11.11%) Internet
2 5 (4.274%) Intranet
3 4 (3.419%) LLU
3 4 (3.419%) Broadband
3 4 (3.419%) Firewall
4 3 (2.564%) HTTP
5 1 (0.855%) SAN
5 1 (0.855%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.983%) Big Data
2 1 (0.855%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.855%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 7 (5.983%) Balsamiq Mockups
2 1 (0.855%) JIRA
2 1 (0.855%) Axure RP
General
1 18 (15.38%) Marketing
1 18 (15.38%) Finance
2 10 (8.547%) Telecoms
3 8 (6.838%) Banking
4 5 (4.274%) Publishing
4 5 (4.274%) Retail
5 4 (3.419%) Advertising
5 4 (3.419%) Music
5 4 (3.419%) Music Industry
6 3 (2.564%) Retail Banking
6 3 (2.564%) Billing
7 2 (1.709%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.709%) Legal
8 1 (0.855%) Front Office
8 1 (0.855%) Automotive
8 1 (0.855%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.274%) Smartphone
1 5 (4.274%) iPad
2 4 (3.419%) Digital Media
2 4 (3.419%) Telematics
3 3 (2.564%) Handset
4 2 (1.709%) Video on Demand
4 2 (1.709%) Mobile App
4 2 (1.709%) Mobile Payment
4 2 (1.709%) STB
4 2 (1.709%) iPhone
4 2 (1.709%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.855%) DTV
5 1 (0.855%) Mobile Games
5 1 (0.855%) BBC
5 1 (0.855%) W3C
5 1 (0.855%) Client/Server
5 1 (0.855%) Open Source
5 1 (0.855%) Online Games
5 1 (0.855%) FMCG
5 1 (0.855%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.709%) Apple iOS
1 2 (1.709%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (37.61%) Product Management
2 28 (23.93%) Stakeholder Management
3 25 (21.37%) E-Commerce
4 22 (18.80%) Agile Software Development
5 18 (15.38%) Project Management
6 13 (11.11%) Scrum
7 9 (7.692%) Analytics
8 8 (6.838%) User Stories
8 8 (6.838%) Business Analysis
8 8 (6.838%) Web Development
9 6 (5.128%) B2C
9 6 (5.128%) Programme Management
10 5 (4.274%) Validation
10 5 (4.274%) B2B
11 4 (3.419%) Portfolio Management
11 4 (3.419%) Continuous Improvement
11 4 (3.419%) Data Analysis
11 4 (3.419%) Use Case
11 4 (3.419%) Product Marketing
11 4 (3.419%) Mobile Commerce
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.564%) Java
1 3 (2.564%) JavaScript
2 2 (1.709%) SQL
3 1 (0.855%) PHP
3 1 (0.855%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 7 (5.983%) Degree
2 1 (0.855%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.855%) WAI
1 1 (0.855%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.855%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 4 (3.419%) Juniper
1 4 (3.419%) McAfee
2 2 (1.709%) SAP
3 1 (0.855%) VMware
3 1 (0.855%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.855%) EMC
3 1 (0.855%) Oracle
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