The first table below looks at the demand for the Product Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the South East 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 17 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 South East 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Product Manager
Rank 211 235 237
Rank change year-on-year
+24 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Product Manager 12 12 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.154% 0.118% 0.144%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.166% 0.128% 0.155%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 4
Average daily rate £405 £375 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.00% -11.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £389 £300 £348
10% offered a daily rate of more than £421 £413 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £378 £425
% change year-on-year
+25.82% -11.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £12.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 - £14.50
All Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7243 9396 9678
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.69% 92.50% 92.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 3591 4212 4167
Average daily rate £350 £350 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £220 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 582 721 805
Average hourly rate £17.50 £19.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.89% -9.52%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.03 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East Product Manager Daily Rate Trend

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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 17 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
Oxfordshire +13 7 - -
Berkshire +14 3 £425 +41.66%
Hampshire -7 1 £385 -1.28%
Middlesex - 1 - -
Product Manager
England

Product Manager
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 8 (50.00%) Marketing
2 6 (37.50%) Product Management
3 4 (25.00%) HP
3 4 (25.00%) Apple
3 4 (25.00%) Toshiba
3 4 (25.00%) Publishing
4 3 (18.75%) Scrum
4 3 (18.75%) E-Learning
5 2 (12.50%) User Stories
5 2 (12.50%) Mobile App
5 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
5 2 (12.50%) Finance
5 2 (12.50%) E-Commerce
6 1 (6.250%) PBX
6 1 (6.250%) WAN
6 1 (6.250%) SLA
6 1 (6.250%) Migration
6 1 (6.250%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
6 1 (6.250%) Unified Communications
6 1 (6.250%) ITIL V3
6 1 (6.250%) Capacity Management
6 1 (6.250%) Logistics
6 1 (6.250%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (6.250%) Drupal
6 1 (6.250%) SC Cleared
6 1 (6.250%) Security Cleared
6 1 (6.250%) Telematics
6 1 (6.250%) ITIL

Product Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 Platforms
1 1 (6.250%) Drupal
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.250%) PBX
1 1 (6.250%) WAN
1 1 (6.250%) Unified Communications
General
1 8 (50.00%) Marketing
2 4 (25.00%) Publishing
3 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
3 2 (12.50%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) E-Learning
2 2 (12.50%) Mobile App
3 1 (6.250%) Telematics
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Product Management
2 3 (18.75%) Scrum
3 2 (12.50%) E-Commerce
3 2 (12.50%) User Stories
4 1 (6.250%) ITIL
4 1 (6.250%) Migration
4 1 (6.250%) ITIL V3
4 1 (6.250%) Capacity Management
4 1 (6.250%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (6.250%) Logistics
4 1 (6.250%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (6.250%) SC Cleared
1 1 (6.250%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.250%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) HP
1 4 (25.00%) Apple
1 4 (25.00%) Toshiba