Product Specialist Contracts in the UK excluding London

Product Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Product Specialist daily rate in the UK excluding London is £495 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 388 457 505
Rank change year-on-year +69 +48 -87
Contract jobs requiring a Product Specialist 5 2 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.024% 0.008% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.009% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £261 - -
25th Percentile £340 £210 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £220 £475
Median % change year-on-year +125.00% -53.68% +61.70%
75th Percentile £665 £230 £488
90th Percentile £754 - -
UK median daily rate £450 £525 £700
% change year-on-year -14.29% -25.00% +37.93%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,264 22,670 29,611
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.65% 94.17% 95.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,778 15,896 20,739
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £395 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £595 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,236 1,165 1,484
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.45 £12.02
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.09 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.50 £42.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.41% +117.95% +2.63%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £45.00 £23.46
% change year-on-year -20.00% +91.86% +3.42%

Product Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Product Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Product Specialist in the UK excluding London

Product Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Product Specialist in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Product Specialist in the UK excluding London

Product Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Specialist in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Product Specialist in the UK excluding London

Product Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Product Specialist in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Product Specialist in the UK excluding London

Product Specialist
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Product Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
South West - 3 - - 4
North of England +29 1 £215 -2.27% 3
West Midlands +28 1 £775 - 2
Midlands +28 1 £775 - 2
Yorkshire +23 1 £215 -2.27%
Product Specialist
UK

Product Specialist Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, Product Specialist 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 UK excluding London region featuring Product Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (60.00%) GMP
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (60.00%) Adobe
1 3 (60.00%) Project Management
1 3 (60.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 3 (60.00%) Manufacturing
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
1 3 (60.00%) Life Science
1 3 (60.00%) QA
1 3 (60.00%) Change Control
1 3 (60.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (20.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (20.00%) Retail
2 1 (20.00%) Automotive
2 1 (20.00%) Informatica

Product Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 3 (60.00%) Manufacturing
1 3 (60.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Automotive
2 1 (20.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Change Control
1 3 (60.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (60.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) GMP
1 3 (60.00%) QA
2 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Adobe
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Informatica