Product Strategy Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Product Strategy
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Product Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Product Strategy 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.29% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £427 - -
25th Percentile £454 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 - -
75th Percentile £552 - -
90th Percentile £577 - -
North West median daily rate £562 £450 -
% change year-on-year +24.83% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 602 407 464
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 88.53% 92.92% 87.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 434 245 306
10th Percentile £311 £291 £265
25th Percentile £358 £356 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £553
90th Percentile £686 £647 £610
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 34 35
10th Percentile £15.50 £19.61 £14.00
25th Percentile £15.56 £24.18 £16.97
Median hourly rate £22.85 £32.95 £23.61
Median % change year-on-year -30.65% +39.56% +18.05%
75th Percentile £41.50 £83.31 £39.00
90th Percentile £86.00 £86.00 £43.75
North West median hourly rate £45.00 £32.50 £25.30
% change year-on-year +38.46% +28.46% -32.53%

Product Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Product Strategy job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Product Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

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

Product Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Strategy in Cheshire over the 6 months to 5 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Product Strategy in Cheshire

Product Strategy
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Product Strategy.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Product Strategy

Product Strategy
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Product Strategy within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 5 March 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
Knutsford - 2 £505 - 1
Product Strategy
North West

Product Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (50.00%) CMDB
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Backlog Management
1 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Product Backlog
1 1 (50.00%) Product Management
1 1 (50.00%) Product Vision
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (50.00%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow