Product Management Contracts in the South East

Product Management
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Product Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Product Management over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 179 154 189
Rank change year-on-year -25 +35 +7
Contract jobs citing Product Management 22 65 74
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.40% 1.12% 0.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 1.26% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 51 59
10th Percentile £516 £313 £358
25th Percentile £525 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +11.11% -14.29%
75th Percentile £698 £650 £625
90th Percentile £737 - £653
England median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +14.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Product Management 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 the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,709 5,162 6,946
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.82% 89.29% 89.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,741 3,578 4,703
10th Percentile £243 £250 £225
25th Percentile £400 £405 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £623 £619 £588
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 435 221 287
10th Percentile £13.00 £18.25 £12.21
25th Percentile £18.26 £23.00 £15.56
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -18.18%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.79 £63.45
England median hourly rate £35.96 £37.50 £24.50
% change year-on-year -4.12% +53.06% +2.08%

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Product Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Product Management in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Product Management in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Product Management in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Management in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Product Management in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Product Management in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Product Management in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Product Management within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 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
Thames Valley -24 13 £575 +9.52% 49
Berkshire -21 12 £600 +26.32% 21
Surrey +1 5 £825 +100.00% 9
Hampshire +3 4 - - 16
Oxfordshire - 1 £485 - 17
Product Management
England

Product Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (18.18%) Confluence
2 2 (9.09%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (9.09%) Sketch
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.55%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.09%) Figma
1 2 (9.09%) Miro
1 2 (9.09%) Nutanix
2 1 (4.55%) Google Workspace
2 1 (4.55%) SaaS
2 1 (4.55%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) Cisco Nexus
1 2 (9.09%) Software-Defined Networking
1 2 (9.09%) VSAN
2 1 (4.55%) SD-WAN
2 1 (4.55%) WAN
Development Applications
1 5 (22.73%) JIRA
General
1 13 (59.09%) Social Skills
2 8 (36.36%) Marketing
3 7 (31.82%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (27.27%) Finance
5 4 (18.18%) Billing
6 3 (13.64%) Telecoms
7 2 (9.09%) Electronics
7 2 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (9.09%) Mandarin Language
7 2 (9.09%) Manufacturing
7 2 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (9.09%) Retail
8 1 (4.55%) Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Product Owner
2 5 (22.73%) Product Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Cisco Specialist
3 2 (9.09%) Data Centre Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) Head of User Experience
3 2 (9.09%) Network Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) Telecoms Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Telecoms Product Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Development Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Digital Product Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Finance Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Presales Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Product Architect
4 1 (4.55%) Senior
4 1 (4.55%) Senior Digital Product Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Senior Product Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Software Development Programme Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Technical Development Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Technical Product Owner
4 1 (4.55%) Technical Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (36.36%) Product Ownership
2 2 (9.09%) Data Centre
2 2 (9.09%) Graphic Design
2 2 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 2 (9.09%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (9.09%) Solar Power
3 1 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (4.55%) Blockchain
3 1 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.09%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (59.09%) Agile
1 13 (59.09%) Roadmaps
2 11 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
3 7 (31.82%) Product Requirements
4 6 (27.27%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 6 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (22.73%) Market Research
5 5 (22.73%) Matrix Organization
5 5 (22.73%) Product Backlog
5 5 (22.73%) Project Management
5 5 (22.73%) Scrum
6 4 (18.18%) Backlog Management
6 4 (18.18%) Collaborative Culture
6 4 (18.18%) Decision-Making
6 4 (18.18%) Presales
6 4 (18.18%) Product Strategy
7 3 (13.64%) Business Strategy
7 3 (13.64%) Contingency Planning
7 3 (13.64%) Epics
7 3 (13.64%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) Bash
1 2 (9.09%) Python
2 1 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (27.27%) Degree
2 4 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (9.09%) CCNA
3 2 (9.09%) CCNP
3 2 (9.09%) Master's Degree
3 2 (9.09%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.64%) QA
System Software
1 3 (13.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (9.09%) Hyper-V
2 2 (9.09%) KVM
2 2 (9.09%) VMware NSX
2 2 (9.09%) vSphere
Vendors
1 4 (18.18%) Cisco
2 3 (13.64%) VMware
3 2 (9.09%) Adobe
3 2 (9.09%) Meraki
4 1 (4.55%) Atlassian
4 1 (4.55%) Google
4 1 (4.55%) Microsoft