Product Lead Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Product Leader
South East > Berkshire

The median Product Leader daily rate in Berkshire is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 July 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Product Lead 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.31% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
75th Percentile £425 - -
90th Percentile £440 - -
South East median daily rate £650 £488 £800
% change year-on-year +33.33% -39.06% +41.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £87.96 - -
South East median hourly rate £87.96 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,793 1,113 1,648
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.67% 92.21% 92.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,075 691 884
10th Percentile £335 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £413 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -7.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £638
90th Percentile £733 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 199 44 95
10th Percentile £24.85 £14.75 £18.60
25th Percentile £41.25 £18.48 £48.29
Median hourly rate £83.00 £48.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +72.92% -22.08% +9.94%
75th Percentile £88.00 £70.00 £81.38
90th Percentile £104.50 £87.43 £90.00
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £57.35
% change year-on-year +108.75% -56.15% +14.70%

Product Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Product Lead' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Product Lead job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Product Lead
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Lead job vacancies in Berkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Lead job vacancies in Berkshire

Product Lead
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Product Lead job vacancies in Berkshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Product Lead job vacancies in Berkshire

Product Lead
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Product Lead within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 31 July 2026. 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
Reading - 6 £400 - 1
Product Lead
South East

Product Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 31 July 2026, Product Lead contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Product Lead in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Backlog Management
1 4 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
2 3 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) Azure
3 2 (33.33%) CISSP
3 2 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) Security Operations
4 1 (16.67%) AI
4 1 (16.67%) Analytics
4 1 (16.67%) AWS
4 1 (16.67%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 1 (16.67%) CSPO
4 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
4 1 (16.67%) CyberArk
4 1 (16.67%) Demand Forecasting
4 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
4 1 (16.67%) Epics
4 1 (16.67%) ForgeRock
4 1 (16.67%) GCFA
4 1 (16.67%) GCP
4 1 (16.67%) GIAC
4 1 (16.67%) Google

Product Lead Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) AWS
2 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
2 1 (16.67%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Network Security
General
1 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Aerospace
2 2 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) LDAP
1 1 (16.67%) OAuth
1 1 (16.67%) OpenID
1 1 (16.67%) SailPoint
1 1 (16.67%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (33.33%) Product Ownership
3 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Backlog Management
1 4 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
2 3 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 2 (33.33%) Security Operations
4 1 (16.67%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 1 (16.67%) Epics
4 1 (16.67%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (16.67%) Offensive Security
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Product Vision
4 1 (16.67%) Red Team
4 1 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) CISSP
1 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) CSPO
2 1 (16.67%) GCFA
2 1 (16.67%) GIAC
2 1 (16.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) CyberArk
1 1 (16.67%) ForgeRock
1 1 (16.67%) Google
1 1 (16.67%) Okta
1 1 (16.67%) Ping Identity