Product Lead Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Product Leader
Central London > City of London

The median Product Leader daily rate in the City of London is £650, 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 129 125 -
Rank change year-on-year -4 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Product Lead 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.17% 0.053% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.057% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £624 - -
25th Percentile £641 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -
75th Percentile £689 - -
90th Percentile £759 - -
Central London median daily rate £650 £613 -
% change year-on-year +6.12% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of London. 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 2,246 1,752 1,957
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 93.54% 94.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,498 1,143 1,320
10th Percentile £357 £338 £363
25th Percentile £455 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £683 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £565
% change year-on-year - -2.65% -4.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 23 12
10th Percentile £17.60 £18.06 £20.65
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £22.84
Median hourly rate £19.50 £31.00 £42.25
Median % change year-on-year -37.10% -26.63% +12.92%
75th Percentile £37.34 £60.25 £103.75
90th Percentile £60.25 £84.11 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £23.08 £29.07 £33.00
% change year-on-year -20.61% -11.91% -5.71%

Product Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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 the City of London.

Product Lead job vacancy trend in the City of London

Product Lead
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Lead job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Lead job vacancies in the City of London

Product Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Lead in the City of London over the 6 months to 31 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Product Lead in the City of London

Product Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

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 City of London region featuring Product Lead in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (50.00%) DBS Check
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (50.00%) MLOps
2 2 (50.00%) Power BI
2 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Debt
3 1 (25.00%) AI
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) ERP
3 1 (25.00%) Fintech
3 1 (25.00%) ISO 20022
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (25.00%) Order to Cash
3 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (25.00%) Product Management
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Record to Report
3 1 (25.00%) SAP

Product Lead Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Cloud Native
1 2 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (50.00%) MLOps
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Debt
3 1 (25.00%) AI
3 1 (25.00%) Fintech
3 1 (25.00%) Order to Cash
3 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (25.00%) Product Management
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Record to Report
3 1 (25.00%) Technology Transformation
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) DBS Check
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) ISO 20022
1 1 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle
1 1 (25.00%) SAP