Product Strategy Contracts

Product Strategy
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Product Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Product Strategy over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 447 494 535
Rank change year-on-year +47 +41 +18
Contract jobs citing Product Strategy 151 231 338
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.35% 0.39% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.43% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 158 246
10th Percentile £406 £413 £400
25th Percentile £488 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £560 £540
Median % change year-on-year +7.20% +3.64% +9.09%
75th Percentile £703 £650 £638
90th Percentile £848 £736 £719
UK excluding London median daily rate £620 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +12.73% - +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 11
10th Percentile £41.17 £64.60 £24.25
25th Percentile £48.56 - £30.75
Median hourly rate £67.50 £83.31 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.98% +100.75% -23.15%
75th Percentile £68.75 £83.36 £57.75
90th Percentile £77.55 £83.40 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £83.31 £40.62
% change year-on-year -54.99% +105.12% +59.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Product Strategy 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,374 53,774 80,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.91% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,095 37,304 56,474
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,763 1,928
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +80.00% -8.17%

Product Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Product Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Product Strategy in the UK

Product Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Product Strategy in the UK

Product Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Strategy over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Product Strategy in the UK

Product Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Product Strategy.

Hourly rate trend for Product Strategy in the UK

Product Strategy
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Product Strategy over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Product Strategy in the UK

Product Strategy
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Product Strategy within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
England +61 141 £615 +10.87% 225
London +63 85 £605 +0.83% 105
UK excluding London +39 55 £620 +12.73% 124
Work from Home +86 54 £600 +1.05% 88
Midlands +38 19 £595 -8.46% 23
North of England +7 18 £850 +54.55% 34
North West +23 16 £850 +54.55% 16
East Midlands +24 10 £608 -6.54% 2
South East +9 8 £625 +26.26% 34
West Midlands +34 7 £318 -51.15% 21
Wales - 4 £412 - 3
Scotland +30 2 £426 -28.06% 10
South West +16 2 £630 -1.18% 8
East of England +15 2 £635 -2.31% 12
Yorkshire -12 2 £563 +2.27% 16

Product Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (2.65%) SAS
2 3 (1.99%) Confluence
3 2 (1.32%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (2.65%) Spreadsheet
1 4 (2.65%) SPSS
2 3 (1.99%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (1.32%) Sketch
4 1 (0.66%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (0.66%) Blender
4 1 (0.66%) Houdini
4 1 (0.66%) Maya
4 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.66%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (1.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.32%) Softmar
3 1 (0.66%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.66%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 16 (10.60%) Azure
2 9 (5.96%) AWS
3 7 (4.64%) Power Platform
3 7 (4.64%) SaaS
4 4 (2.65%) Asana
5 3 (1.99%) Adobe Analytics
5 3 (1.99%) Azure Service Bus
5 3 (1.99%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (1.99%) Figma
5 3 (1.99%) Google Analytics
5 3 (1.99%) OCI
6 2 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (1.32%) dbt
6 2 (1.32%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.32%) GCP
6 2 (1.32%) Miro
6 2 (1.32%) PaaS
7 1 (0.66%) GitHub
7 1 (0.66%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 18 (11.92%) Firewall
2 16 (10.60%) VPN
3 3 (1.99%) DHCP
3 3 (1.99%) DNS
3 3 (1.99%) SSL
4 2 (1.32%) Unified Communications
4 2 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.66%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.64%) Power BI
2 3 (1.99%) Big Data
2 3 (1.99%) Data Mining
3 2 (1.32%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.66%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.66%) Metadata
4 1 (0.66%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (0.66%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 9 (5.96%) JIRA
2 1 (0.66%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.66%) Git
2 1 (0.66%) GitLab
2 1 (0.66%) Jenkins
General
1 58 (38.41%) Social Skills
2 30 (19.87%) Finance
3 20 (13.25%) Presentation Skills
3 20 (13.25%) Public Sector
4 19 (12.58%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (9.93%) Marketing
6 13 (8.61%) Legal
7 9 (5.96%) Automotive
8 8 (5.30%) Manufacturing
9 7 (4.64%) Banking
10 5 (3.31%) Retail
11 4 (2.65%) Advertising
11 4 (2.65%) Back Office
11 4 (2.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (2.65%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.99%) Health Technology
13 2 (1.32%) Financial Institution
13 2 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (1.32%) Local Government
13 2 (1.32%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 29 (19.21%) Product Owner
2 27 (17.88%) Architect
3 26 (17.22%) Lead
4 24 (15.89%) Product Manager
5 23 (15.23%) Senior
6 16 (10.60%) Technical Architect
6 16 (10.60%) Technical Leader
7 15 (9.93%) Lead Architect
8 14 (9.27%) Analyst
9 13 (8.61%) Business Analyst
10 10 (6.62%) Senior Product Owner
11 6 (3.97%) Senior Analyst
11 6 (3.97%) Senior Business Analyst
11 6 (3.97%) Solutions Architect
12 5 (3.31%) Data Scientist
12 5 (3.31%) Designer
13 3 (1.99%) Product Architect
13 3 (1.99%) Product Management Director
13 3 (1.99%) Senior Designer
13 3 (1.99%) Technical Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (10.60%) Node.js
2 2 (1.32%) ADO
2 2 (1.32%) LDAP
2 2 (1.32%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.32%) React
3 1 (0.66%) .NET
3 1 (0.66%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.66%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.66%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (0.66%) Entity Framework
3 1 (0.66%) HTML
3 1 (0.66%) HTML5
3 1 (0.66%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (0.66%) OAuth
3 1 (0.66%) REST
3 1 (0.66%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 1 (0.66%) Unreal Engine
3 1 (0.66%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 65 (43.05%) Product Ownership
2 13 (8.61%) Public Cloud
3 7 (4.64%) Management Information System
3 7 (4.64%) Onboarding
4 6 (3.97%) Mobile App
5 4 (2.65%) Algorithms
5 4 (2.65%) Blockchain
5 4 (2.65%) Infotainment
6 3 (1.99%) Credit Risk
6 3 (1.99%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (1.99%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.99%) Educational Technology
6 3 (1.99%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.32%) Augmented Reality
7 2 (1.32%) Client/Server
7 2 (1.32%) Clustering
7 2 (1.32%) Graphic Design
7 2 (1.32%) IPTV
7 2 (1.32%) Video\Live Streaming
7 2 (1.32%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 19 (12.58%) Android
1 19 (12.58%) Apple iOS
2 18 (11.92%) Windows
3 17 (11.26%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.31%) Linux
5 1 (0.66%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (52.32%) Roadmaps
2 72 (47.68%) Agile
3 42 (27.81%) Product Management
3 42 (27.81%) Product Roadmap
4 32 (21.19%) Product Vision
5 31 (20.53%) Strategic Roadmap
6 29 (19.21%) Analytics
7 28 (18.54%) Problem-Solving
7 28 (18.54%) Scrum
7 28 (18.54%) User Experience
8 26 (17.22%) Backlog Prioritisation
8 26 (17.22%) DevOps
9 25 (16.56%) User Stories
10 24 (15.89%) Backlog Management
11 23 (15.23%) Decision-Making
12 22 (14.57%) Risk Management
13 20 (13.25%) Continuous Improvement
14 18 (11.92%) Product Requirements
15 17 (11.26%) Requirements Gathering
16 16 (10.60%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (8.61%) Python
2 4 (2.65%) Java
2 4 (2.65%) R
2 4 (2.65%) SQL
3 3 (1.99%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.32%) C
4 2 (1.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (1.32%) Go
5 1 (0.66%) Apex Code
5 1 (0.66%) Bash
Qualifications
1 24 (15.89%) Security Cleared
2 23 (15.23%) Degree
2 23 (15.23%) SC Cleared
3 5 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (2.65%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.32%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.32%) CBAP
5 2 (1.32%) CSPO
5 2 (1.32%) MBA
5 2 (1.32%) PgMP
5 2 (1.32%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.32%) PMP
5 2 (1.32%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (0.66%) CESG Certified Professional
6 1 (0.66%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.66%) IIBA
6 1 (0.66%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (0.66%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.28%) PMO
2 10 (6.62%) QA
3 3 (1.99%) NIST
3 3 (1.99%) NIST 800
3 3 (1.99%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.32%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 1 (0.66%) NCSC
5 1 (0.66%) RMADS
5 1 (0.66%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (3.31%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.99%) Docker
3 1 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (1.99%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.66%) Nagios
2 1 (0.66%) Opsview
2 1 (0.66%) Puppet
Vendors
1 15 (9.93%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.62%) Google
3 6 (3.97%) Adobe
4 5 (3.31%) Apple
4 5 (3.31%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.99%) Citrix
5 3 (1.99%) Oracle
6 2 (1.32%) CA Agile Central
6 2 (1.32%) Logitech
6 2 (1.32%) SAP
6 2 (1.32%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.32%) Zoho
7 1 (0.66%) Ariba
7 1 (0.66%) Concur
7 1 (0.66%) Databricks
7 1 (0.66%) Informatica
7 1 (0.66%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.66%) VMware