Product Manager Contracts in Manchester

Product Manager
North West > Manchester

The median Product Manager daily rate in Manchester is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 86 105 132
Rank change year-on-year +19 +27 -35
Contract jobs requiring a Product Manager 11 12 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.74% 0.64% 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.77% 0.67% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 11 12
10th Percentile £365 £500 £413
25th Percentile £388 £531 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £600 £538
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +11.63% +79.17%
75th Percentile £463 £713 £628
90th Percentile £470 £800 £694
North West median daily rate £450 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -25.00% +9.09% +29.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Manchester with a recognized job title 1,433 1,801 2,536
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.85% 96.52% 97.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 993 1,343 1,987
10th Percentile £313 £313 £225
25th Percentile £400 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £584 £592 £575
90th Percentile £693 £675 £650
North West median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 50 59
10th Percentile £12.02 £16.42 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.31 £20.00 £12.02
Median hourly rate £25.10 £36.25 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +107.14% +8.59%
75th Percentile £62.50 £48.44 £24.38
90th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £34.00
North West median hourly rate £26.66 £30.76 £20.50
% change year-on-year -13.31% +50.02% +14.53%

Product Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings that featured Product Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Product Manager in Manchester

Product Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Product Manager in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for Product Manager in Manchester

Product Manager
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Product Manager within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 3 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
Salford +4 5 - -
Product Manager
North West

Product Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Product Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Manchester region featuring Product Manager in the job title.

1 7 (63.64%) Public Sector
2 6 (54.55%) Agile
3 5 (45.45%) Service Management
4 4 (36.36%) Video\Live Streaming
4 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
4 4 (36.36%) Product Management
4 4 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (36.36%) Digital Signage
4 4 (36.36%) Roadmaps
4 4 (36.36%) Logitech
5 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
5 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
5 2 (18.18%) Product Roadmap
5 2 (18.18%) Technology Roadmap
5 2 (18.18%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 2 (18.18%) ServiceNow
5 2 (18.18%) ITSM
6 1 (9.09%) Configuration Management
6 1 (9.09%) Performance Monitoring
6 1 (9.09%) IoT
6 1 (9.09%) Coaching
6 1 (9.09%) Application Performance Monitoring
6 1 (9.09%) CMDB
6 1 (9.09%) Splunk
6 1 (9.09%) Product Strategy
6 1 (9.09%) Product Vision
6 1 (9.09%) Analytics
6 1 (9.09%) User Stories
6 1 (9.09%) Observability
6 1 (9.09%) Backlog Refinement

Product Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 4 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
General
1 7 (63.64%) Public Sector
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Digital Signage
1 4 (36.36%) Video\Live Streaming
2 1 (9.09%) CMDB
2 1 (9.09%) IoT
2 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
2 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Agile
2 5 (45.45%) Service Management
3 4 (36.36%) Product Management
3 4 (36.36%) Roadmaps
4 2 (18.18%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 2 (18.18%) ITSM
4 2 (18.18%) Product Roadmap
4 2 (18.18%) Technology Roadmap
5 1 (9.09%) Analytics
5 1 (9.09%) Architectural Design
5 1 (9.09%) Backlog Refinement
5 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (9.09%) Configuration Management
5 1 (9.09%) Observability
5 1 (9.09%) Product Backlog
5 1 (9.09%) Product Strategy
5 1 (9.09%) Product Vision
5 1 (9.09%) RBAC
5 1 (9.09%) Technology Strategy
5 1 (9.09%) User Research
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Logitech
2 2 (18.18%) ServiceNow
3 1 (9.09%) Splunk