Product Strategy Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Product Strategy
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Product Strategy skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 65 96
Rank change year-on-year +1 +31 +39
Contract jobs citing Product Strategy 4 3 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.65% 0.38% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 0.44% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile £410 - £489
25th Percentile £425 £581 £496
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £588 £513
Median % change year-on-year -23.40% +14.63% -1.20%
75th Percentile £465 £594 £553
90th Percentile £474 - £582
Scotland median daily rate £450 £588 £593
% change year-on-year -23.40% -0.84% +14.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 583 676 1,013
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 94.03% 85.14% 91.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 284 361 653
10th Percentile £309 £213 £215
25th Percentile £413 £350 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -0.84%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £538
90th Percentile £600 £638 £600
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 20 6
10th Percentile - £13.09 £12.41
25th Percentile £17.30 £14.66 £20.18
Median hourly rate £17.87 £18.19 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.75% -61.71% +160.49%
75th Percentile £45.80 £24.18 £53.74
90th Percentile £61.25 £55.25 £58.13
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £18.69 £19.06
% change year-on-year +7.02% -1.93% -4.01%

Product Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Product Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Product Strategy in Edinburgh

Product Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

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

Product Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Product Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Senior
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Product Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Software Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Software Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (25.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Product Management
2 3 (75.00%) Product Roadmap
3 2 (50.00%) Coaching
3 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 2 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (25.00%) Business Case
4 1 (25.00%) Content Management
4 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (25.00%) Personalization
4 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (25.00%) Project Management
4 1 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
4 1 (25.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Postgraduate
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Optimizely