Product Management Contracts in Birmingham

Product Management
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring Product Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Product Management over the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 58 71
Rank change year-on-year +11 +13 +21
Contract jobs citing Product Management 8 2 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 1.42% 0.29% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.63% 0.36% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 6
10th Percentile £483 - £363
25th Percentile £513 £663 £542
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £675 £650
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £538 £688 -
90th Percentile £575 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £525 £675 £588
% change year-on-year -22.22% +14.89% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

Product Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 490 562 717
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 87.19% 81.80% 83.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 324 393 484
10th Percentile £164 £226 £263
25th Percentile £325 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +2.41%
75th Percentile £538 £638 £623
90th Percentile £639 £738 £731
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 17 23
10th Percentile - £13.70 £12.74
25th Percentile £12.62 £20.50 £15.57
Median hourly rate £18.87 £40.00 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year -52.83% +58.42% +41.46%
75th Percentile £22.08 £52.50 £30.52
90th Percentile £26.89 £56.25 £88.75
West Midlands median hourly rate £24.34 £21.75 £27.00
% change year-on-year +11.91% -19.44% +54.29%

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings citing Product Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for Product Management in Birmingham

Product Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Product Management in Birmingham

Product Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Management in Birmingham over the 6 months to 18 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Product Management in Birmingham

Product Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 1 (12.50%) CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) ResourceLink
2 1 (12.50%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) GIS
General
1 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 2 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Legal
4 1 (12.50%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Lead
1 2 (25.00%) Product Management Specialist
1 2 (25.00%) Product Manager
1 2 (25.00%) Product Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) E-Commerce Manager
2 1 (12.50%) E-Commerce Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Lead Product Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Lead Product Owner
2 1 (12.50%) Operations Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Product Operations Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Product Owner
2 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Agile
2 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (62.50%) Project Management
3 4 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 4 (50.00%) Scrum
3 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (37.50%) Agile Project Management
4 3 (37.50%) Change Management
4 3 (37.50%) DevOps
4 3 (37.50%) PLM
4 3 (37.50%) SDLC
5 2 (25.00%) Business Analysis
5 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (25.00%) Knowledge Management
5 2 (25.00%) Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (25.00%) Release Management
5 2 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
5 2 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
5 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) CBAP
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) Optimizely