Product Engineer Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Product Engineer
South West > Bristol

The median Product Engineer daily rate in Bristol is £68, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025.

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

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 66 -
Rank change year-on-year +3 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Product Engineer 9 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 1.08% 0.14% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.16% 0.15% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £68 - -
South West median daily rate £68 - £73
% change year-on-year - - -78.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £63.20 - -
25th Percentile £65.00 - -
Median hourly rate £68.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £68.00 - £73.31

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 779 668 936
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.18% 96.12% 95.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 393 366 582
10th Percentile £230 £209 £264
25th Percentile £400 £366 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £638
90th Percentile £714 £738 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 182 86 123
10th Percentile £15.60 £35.50 £40.20
25th Percentile £22.63 £60.75 £58.75
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.19 £76.25
90th Percentile £67.84 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £38.22 £65.00 £57.99
% change year-on-year -41.20% +12.09% -10.78%

Product Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Product Engineer job vacancy trend in Bristol

Product Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Engineer job vacancies in Bristol.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Engineer job vacancies in Bristol

Product Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Product Engineer job vacancies in Bristol.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Product Engineer job vacancies in Bristol

Product Engineer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 23 December 2025, Product Engineer 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 Bristol region featuring Product Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Ada
1 9 (100.00%) C
1 9 (100.00%) C++
1 9 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 9 (100.00%) Linux
1 9 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 9 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 9 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 9 (100.00%) Ubuntu
2 8 (88.89%) Middleware
3 7 (77.78%) SC Cleared
3 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared

Product Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

General
1 1 (11.11%) Aerospace
1 1 (11.11%) Aviation
1 1 (11.11%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (88.89%) Middleware
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Linux
1 9 (100.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) Ada
1 9 (100.00%) C
1 9 (100.00%) C++
1 9 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 9 (100.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) SC Cleared
1 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Red Hat