Product Strategy Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Product Strategy
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Product Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 28 28
Rank change year-on-year -4 0 -
Contract jobs citing Product Strategy 1 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 0.37% 0.60% 1.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.65% 2.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £385
25th Percentile £515 £406 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £438 £412
Median % change year-on-year +21.14% +6.19% -
75th Percentile £545 £469 £497
90th Percentile - - £544
South Wales median daily rate £530 £438 £412
% change year-on-year +21.14% +6.19% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cardiff

Product Strategy 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 Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 203 153 154
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 74.91% 92.17% 74.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 124 126
10th Percentile £275 £191 £143
25th Percentile £325 £300 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -20.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £488 £553
90th Percentile £775 £650 £629
South Wales median daily rate £450 £400 £490
% change year-on-year +12.50% -18.37% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 5 4
10th Percentile - - £12.87
25th Percentile - £12.21 £14.54
Median hourly rate £12.21 £13.08 £18.57
Median % change year-on-year -6.65% -29.56% +12.92%
75th Percentile £12.71 £23.75 £21.67
90th Percentile £21.00 - -
South Wales median hourly rate £21.38 £22.50 £20.24
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.19% +11.55%

Product Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Product Strategy relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Product Strategy job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Product Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Product Strategy.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Product Strategy

Product Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Mining
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Scientist
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Matching
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Statistical Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft