Product Manager Contracts

Product Manager
UK

The median Product Manager daily rate in the UK is £585 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 342 308 391
Rank change year-on-year -34 +83 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Product Manager 250 501 596
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.57% 0.83% 0.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.62% 0.88% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 367 429
10th Percentile £409 £413 £425
25th Percentile £486 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +2.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £659 £648 £638
90th Percentile £788 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +9.52% - +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £66.25 - -
Median hourly rate £67.50 £39.55 £69.40
Median % change year-on-year +70.67% -43.01% -3.61%
75th Percentile £68.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £39.55 £69.40
% change year-on-year - -43.01% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,476 56,906 85,219
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.58% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,420 39,710 59,771
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,641 1,614 2,118
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +1.41%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.92 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

Product Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Product Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Product Manager in the UK

Product Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Product Manager in the UK

Product Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Manager over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Product Manager in the UK

Product Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Product Manager in the UK

Product Manager
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 Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 24 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 -56 204 £600 +4.35% 279
London -43 136 £600 +4.35% 137
UK excluding London +11 89 £575 +9.52% 144
Work from Home +32 84 £588 +6.82% 146
Scotland +23 26 £575 +27.78% 5
North of England +22 20 £568 +3.18% 36
North West +18 16 £450 -25.00% 23
South West +18 15 £450 -30.77% 12
Midlands +40 14 £600 - 30
South East -36 12 £525 - 43
West Midlands +33 11 £575 -11.54% 23
Yorkshire +12 4 £600 +15.66% 10
East Midlands +10 2 £601 -7.50% 7
East of England +12 1 £700 +7.69% 14
Northern Ireland +6 1 £640 +34.74% 4

Product Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Product Manager 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 featuring Product Manager in the job title.

1 124 (49.60%) Agile
2 111 (44.40%) Roadmaps
3 104 (41.60%) Product Management
4 60 (24.00%) Security Cleared
5 57 (22.80%) Product Ownership
6 55 (22.00%) Product Roadmap
7 54 (21.60%) Public Sector
7 54 (21.60%) Finance
8 48 (19.20%) SC Cleared
9 42 (16.80%) Social Skills
10 37 (14.80%) Analytics
11 36 (14.40%) User Stories
11 36 (14.40%) User Research
12 30 (12.00%) Product Backlog
12 30 (12.00%) JIRA
12 30 (12.00%) Project Management
13 29 (11.60%) Scrum
14 27 (10.80%) Confluence
15 26 (10.40%) Stakeholder Management
16 25 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
17 24 (9.60%) User Experience
17 24 (9.60%) Product Strategy
18 23 (9.20%) Epics
19 21 (8.40%) Product Vision
19 21 (8.40%) Backlog Management
19 21 (8.40%) Marketing
19 21 (8.40%) Artificial Intelligence
20 20 (8.00%) Decision-Making
21 19 (7.60%) Retail
22 18 (7.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)

Product Manager Skill Set
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 27 (10.80%) Confluence
2 5 (2.00%) SAS
3 4 (1.60%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 4 (1.60%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Magento
1 1 (0.40%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (0.40%) SAP Hybris
1 1 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 16 (6.40%) AWS
2 12 (4.80%) Azure
3 11 (4.40%) SaaS
4 5 (2.00%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (1.60%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (1.20%) GCP
7 2 (0.80%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.80%) Figma
7 2 (0.80%) GitHub
7 2 (0.80%) Slack
8 1 (0.40%) Google Analytics
8 1 (0.40%) Google Tag Manager
8 1 (0.40%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.40%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 1 (0.40%) Stripe
8 1 (0.40%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.40%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.80%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.40%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.40%) Internet
2 1 (0.40%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.00%) Crystal Reports
2 4 (1.60%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.40%) Big Data
3 1 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.40%) Power BI
3 1 (0.40%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.40%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 30 (12.00%) JIRA
2 2 (0.80%) GitLab
General
1 54 (21.60%) Finance
1 54 (21.60%) Public Sector
2 42 (16.80%) Social Skills
3 25 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (8.40%) Marketing
5 19 (7.60%) Retail
6 14 (5.60%) Front Office
7 13 (5.20%) Telecoms
8 11 (4.40%) Manufacturing
9 9 (3.60%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (2.80%) Banking
11 6 (2.40%) Automotive
11 6 (2.40%) Legal
11 6 (2.40%) Local Government
11 6 (2.40%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (2.00%) Electronics
13 3 (1.20%) Advertising
13 3 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.20%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.20%) Web Services
2 2 (0.80%) HTML
3 1 (0.40%) .NET
3 1 (0.40%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.40%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.40%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (0.40%) Entity Framework
3 1 (0.40%) HTML5
3 1 (0.40%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 57 (22.80%) Product Ownership
2 18 (7.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 15 (6.00%) Derivative
4 14 (5.60%) Equities
4 14 (5.60%) Fixed Income
4 14 (5.60%) Hedge funds
5 8 (3.20%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.40%) Digital Signage
6 6 (2.40%) Video\Live Streaming
7 4 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.60%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.20%) Blockchain
8 3 (1.20%) CMDB
8 3 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.20%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.20%) Reference Data
8 3 (1.20%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (0.80%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.80%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.60%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.80%) Windows
3 1 (0.40%) Linux
3 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (49.60%) Agile
2 111 (44.40%) Roadmaps
3 104 (41.60%) Product Management
4 55 (22.00%) Product Roadmap
5 37 (14.80%) Analytics
6 36 (14.40%) User Research
6 36 (14.40%) User Stories
7 30 (12.00%) Product Backlog
7 30 (12.00%) Project Management
8 29 (11.60%) Scrum
9 26 (10.40%) Stakeholder Management
10 24 (9.60%) Product Strategy
10 24 (9.60%) User Experience
11 23 (9.20%) Epics
12 21 (8.40%) Artificial Intelligence
12 21 (8.40%) Backlog Management
12 21 (8.40%) Product Vision
13 20 (8.00%) Decision-Making
14 18 (7.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 17 (6.80%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 16 (6.40%) SQL
2 10 (4.00%) Python
3 1 (0.40%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 60 (24.00%) Security Cleared
2 48 (19.20%) SC Cleared
3 13 (5.20%) Degree
4 5 (2.00%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.20%) Master's Degree
5 3 (1.20%) MBA
5 3 (1.20%) PMP
6 2 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.80%) CSPO
6 2 (0.80%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.80%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.40%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.00%) QA
2 2 (0.80%) GDPR
2 2 (0.80%) PMO
3 1 (0.40%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.40%) PSD2
System Software
1 1 (0.40%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.80%) Terraform
2 1 (0.40%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.40%) Nessus
2 1 (0.40%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (3.60%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.20%) SAP
2 8 (3.20%) ServiceNow
3 6 (2.40%) Logitech
4 5 (2.00%) IFS
5 4 (1.60%) Adobe
5 4 (1.60%) Splunk
6 3 (1.20%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.80%) Amplitude
7 2 (0.80%) Citrix
7 2 (0.80%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.40%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.40%) CA Agile Central
8 1 (0.40%) Cadence
8 1 (0.40%) Databricks
8 1 (0.40%) Google
8 1 (0.40%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 1 (0.40%) VMware
8 1 (0.40%) Workday
8 1 (0.40%) Zoho