The first table below looks at the demand for the Product Manager role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. 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 23 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 currently tracked.

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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Product Manager
Rank 450 433 500
Rank change year-on-year
-17 +67
Contract jobs requiring a Product Manager 91 132 86
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.196% 0.226% 0.139%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.213% 0.244% 0.149%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 74 41
Average daily rate £440 £425 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.52% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £295 £298 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £625 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £375 £430
% change year-on-year
+26.66% -12.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 7
Average hourly rate £36.00 - £28.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 - £14.50
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42697 54001 57544
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.14% 92.51% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24521 29759 31287
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2095 2581 2973
Average hourly rate £18.25 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.35% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.88 £40.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Product Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

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 within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

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 within the UK.

Product Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Product Manager
Top 29 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 UK over the 3 months to 23 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
England +4 89 £440 +3.52%
London -11 62 £440 -20.00%
City of London +11 26 £445 +5.32%
South East +17 12 £405 +13.68%
Oxfordshire +14 8 - -
Yorkshire +4 7 £300 -20.00%
West Yorkshire - 6 £300 -
East of England - 5 £675 -
Leeds - 5 £300 -
Oxford +5 4 - -
Berkshire +14 3 £425 +41.66%
Bracknell - 3 £425 -
Essex - 3 £675 -
East Midlands 0 2 £638 +119.82%
Harlow - 2 £700 -
Uxbridge - 2 £425 -
Northamptonshire - 2 £638 -
Hampshire -3 1 £385 -1.28%
Scotland - 1 £475 -
North West - 1 £475 -
Suffolk - 1 - -
North Yorkshire - 1 - -
Hertfordshire - 1 - -
Manchester - 1 £475 -
Ipswich - 1 - -
Harrogate - 1 - -
Edinburgh - 1 £475 -
Eastleigh - 1 £385 -
Abingdon - 1 - -

Product Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 55 (34.81%) Product Management
2 35 (22.15%) E-Commerce
3 34 (21.52%) Marketing
4 33 (20.89%) Stakeholder Management
5 26 (16.46%) Finance
6 23 (14.56%) Agile Software Development
7 22 (13.92%) Project Management
8 20 (12.66%) Scrum
9 14 (8.861%) Internet
9 14 (8.861%) Publishing
10 13 (8.228%) Telecoms
11 12 (7.595%) MS Visio
12 10 (6.329%) Use Case
12 10 (6.329%) Analytics
12 10 (6.329%) User Stories
13 8 (5.063%) Web Development
13 8 (5.063%) Business Analysis
13 8 (5.063%) Banking
13 8 (5.063%) Retail
13 8 (5.063%) Validation
13 8 (5.063%) WebTrends
14 7 (4.430%) Java
14 7 (4.430%) Content Management
14 7 (4.430%) Balsamiq Mockups
14 7 (4.430%) Degree
14 7 (4.430%) Big Data
15 6 (3.797%) Product Marketing
15 6 (3.797%) Telematics
15 6 (3.797%) iPad
15 6 (3.797%) Programme Management

Product Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 (2.532%) HTML
2 3 (1.899%) .NET
3 2 (1.266%) Ajax
3 2 (1.266%) XML
3 2 (1.266%) ASP
3 2 (1.266%) Middleware
4 1 (0.633%) CSS
4 1 (0.633%) Flash
4 1 (0.633%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.633%) Ruby on Rails
4 1 (0.633%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 3 (1.899%) Documentum
1 3 (1.899%) Drupal
2 2 (1.266%) CMS
3 1 (0.633%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (7.595%) MS Visio
2 5 (3.165%) MS Excel
2 5 (3.165%) MS Office
2 5 (3.165%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (5.063%) WebTrends
Communications & Networking
1 14 (8.861%) Internet
2 5 (3.165%) Intranet
3 4 (2.532%) LLU
3 4 (2.532%) Broadband
3 4 (2.532%) Firewall
4 3 (1.899%) HTTP
5 1 (0.633%) SAN
5 1 (0.633%) PBX
5 1 (0.633%) WAN
5 1 (0.633%) FTP
5 1 (0.633%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.430%) Big Data
2 2 (1.266%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.633%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 7 (4.430%) Balsamiq Mockups
2 1 (0.633%) JIRA
2 1 (0.633%) Axure RP
General
1 34 (21.52%) Marketing
2 26 (16.46%) Finance
3 14 (8.861%) Publishing
4 13 (8.228%) Telecoms
5 8 (5.063%) Banking
5 8 (5.063%) Retail
6 5 (3.165%) Advertising
7 4 (2.532%) Music
7 4 (2.532%) Music Industry
8 3 (1.899%) Billing
8 3 (1.899%) Legal
8 3 (1.899%) Retail Banking
9 2 (1.266%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.266%) Automotive
10 1 (0.633%) Front Office
10 1 (0.633%) Electronics
10 1 (0.633%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.633%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 6 (3.797%) Telematics
1 6 (3.797%) iPad
2 5 (3.165%) Smartphone
2 5 (3.165%) Digital Media
2 5 (3.165%) Mobile App
3 4 (2.532%) E-Learning
4 3 (1.899%) Handset
4 3 (1.899%) iPhone
5 2 (1.266%) Open Source
5 2 (1.266%) Video on Demand
5 2 (1.266%) Mobile Payment
5 2 (1.266%) STB
5 2 (1.266%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.633%) DTV
6 1 (0.633%) W3C
6 1 (0.633%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.633%) BBC
6 1 (0.633%) Mobile Games
6 1 (0.633%) IPTV
6 1 (0.633%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.899%) Android
1 3 (1.899%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (34.81%) Product Management
2 35 (22.15%) E-Commerce
3 33 (20.89%) Stakeholder Management
4 23 (14.56%) Agile Software Development
5 22 (13.92%) Project Management
6 20 (12.66%) Scrum
7 10 (6.329%) Use Case
7 10 (6.329%) Analytics
7 10 (6.329%) User Stories
8 8 (5.063%) Web Development
8 8 (5.063%) Business Analysis
8 8 (5.063%) Validation
9 7 (4.430%) Content Management
10 6 (3.797%) Product Marketing
10 6 (3.797%) Programme Management
10 6 (3.797%) B2B
10 6 (3.797%) B2C
11 5 (3.165%) Mobile Commerce
11 5 (3.165%) Marketing Strategy
12 4 (2.532%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.430%) Java
2 3 (1.899%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.266%) SQL
4 1 (0.633%) PHP
4 1 (0.633%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 7 (4.430%) Degree
2 2 (1.266%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (0.633%) SC Cleared
3 1 (0.633%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.266%) QA
2 1 (0.633%) SLA
2 1 (0.633%) WAI
System Software
1 1 (0.633%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 4 (2.532%) Apple
1 4 (2.532%) HP
1 4 (2.532%) Juniper
1 4 (2.532%) McAfee
1 4 (2.532%) Toshiba
2 2 (1.266%) SAP
3 1 (0.633%) EMC
3 1 (0.633%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.633%) Oracle
3 1 (0.633%) VMware
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