Product Manager Contracts in the East of England

Product Manager
England > East of England

The median Product Manager daily rate in the East of England is £581, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 107 121
Rank change year-on-year +34 +14 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Product Manager 4 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.43% 0.053% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.059% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile £476 - £615
25th Percentile £505 - £638
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £700 £650
Median % change year-on-year -16.96% +7.69% -1.89%
75th Percentile £680 - -
90th Percentile £722 - -
England median daily rate £538 £600 £555
% change year-on-year -10.42% +8.17% -1.83%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 East of England with a recognized job title 829 1,702 1,855
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.47% 89.39% 91.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 436 764 1,130
10th Percentile £200 £205 £188
25th Percentile £379 £313 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £573 £600
90th Percentile £675 £652 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 167 595 289
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.95 £16.30 £15.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £43.00 £35.80
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% +20.11% +130.52%
75th Percentile £72.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £75.25 £70.00
England median hourly rate £30.45 £36.50 £44.00
% change year-on-year -16.58% -17.05% +95.56%

Product Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings that featured Product Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Product Manager in the East of England

Product Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Product Manager in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Product Manager in the East of England

Product Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Manager in the East of England over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Product Manager in the East of England

Product Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Product Manager in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Product Manager in the East of England

Product Manager
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Product Manager within the East of England region over the 6 months to 5 May 2025. 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
Hertfordshire +31 3 £581 -16.96% 14
Cambridgeshire - 1 - - 2
Product Manager
England

Product Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 5 May 2025, Product Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the East of England region featuring Product Manager in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (75.00%) Product Roadmap
2 3 (75.00%) Product Management
3 2 (50.00%) Agile
3 2 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 2 (50.00%) Analytics
3 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Product Requirements
3 2 (50.00%) Product Strategy
3 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Market Research
4 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Digital Customer Experience
4 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
4 1 (25.00%) Product Vision
4 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
4 1 (25.00%) Objectives and Key Results
4 1 (25.00%) Robotic Process Automation
4 1 (25.00%) A/B Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) User Stories
4 1 (25.00%) Line Management
4 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Retail
4 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Degree
4 1 (25.00%) JIRA
4 1 (25.00%) Robotics

Product Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 (25.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Learning Management System
1 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (25.00%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (75.00%) Product Management
2 3 (75.00%) Product Roadmap
3 2 (50.00%) Agile
3 2 (50.00%) Analytics
3 2 (50.00%) Market Research
3 2 (50.00%) Product Requirements
3 2 (50.00%) Product Strategy
3 2 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (25.00%) A/B Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
4 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (25.00%) Digital Customer Experience
4 1 (25.00%) Line Management
4 1 (25.00%) Objectives and Key Results
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Product Vision
4 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Robotic Process Automation
4 1 (25.00%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Atlassian