Product Lead Contract Job Trends in England

Product Leader
UK > England

The median Product Leader daily rate in England is £707, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 526 463 542
Rank change year-on-year -63 +79 +146
Contract jobs requiring a Product Lead 19 22 8
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.060% 0.082% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.066% 0.088% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 11 5
10th Percentile £528 £550 £484
25th Percentile £575 £600 £573
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £707 £613 £610
Median % change year-on-year +15.43% +0.41% -7.92%
75th Percentile £815 £750 £745
90th Percentile £833 £800 £748
UK median daily rate £707 £619 £548
% change year-on-year +14.26% +13.01% +25.57%

All Contract IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 England with a recognized job title 28,977 24,875 33,578
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.56% 92.88% 93.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,506 15,412 22,849
10th Percentile £300 £300 £275
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,753 755 1,530
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.81 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £19.06
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £43.63
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% -19.77% +24.64%
75th Percentile £61.25 £64.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.60 £75.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £26.30 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -19.08% -23.53% +25.00%

Product Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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 England.

Product Lead job vacancy trend in England

Product Lead
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Lead job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Lead job vacancies in England

Product Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Lead in England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Product Lead in England

Product Lead
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Product Lead job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Product Lead job vacancies in England

Product Lead
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Product Lead within the England region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
London -24 11 £815 +8.67% 5
South East -18 4 £707 - 2
North of England -52 3 £683 - 4
Yorkshire - 2 £550 - 1
North West -26 1 £815 - 3
Product Lead
UK

Product Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 14 January 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 England region featuring Product Lead in the job title.

1 9 (47.37%) Roadmaps
2 8 (42.11%) Product Roadmap
3 7 (36.84%) Product Management
4 6 (31.58%) Agile
4 6 (31.58%) Product Strategy
4 6 (31.58%) SAP
4 6 (31.58%) SAP CO
4 6 (31.58%) SAP FI
4 6 (31.58%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (15.79%) Analytics
6 3 (15.79%) Azure
6 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (15.79%) DevOps
6 3 (15.79%) Translating Business Requirements
7 2 (10.53%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 2 (10.53%) Change Management
7 2 (10.53%) Coaching
7 2 (10.53%) Data Analytics
7 2 (10.53%) Data Strategy
7 2 (10.53%) Databricks
7 2 (10.53%) Decision-Making
7 2 (10.53%) Escalation Management
7 2 (10.53%) PLM
7 2 (10.53%) Product Thinking
7 2 (10.53%) Revenue Management
7 2 (10.53%) Software Engineering
7 2 (10.53%) WhatsApp
8 1 (5.26%) AI

Product Lead Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.26%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 6 (31.58%) SAP CO
1 6 (31.58%) SAP FI
1 6 (31.58%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (5.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (5.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.79%) Azure
2 2 (10.53%) WhatsApp
3 1 (5.26%) AWS
3 1 (5.26%) dbt
3 1 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (5.26%) GCP
3 1 (5.26%) Power Platform
3 1 (5.26%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Power BI
1 1 (5.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 4 (21.05%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.79%) Finance
3 1 (5.26%) Banking
3 1 (5.26%) Marketing
3 1 (5.26%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Product Ownership
2 2 (10.53%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.26%) FMCG
3 1 (5.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (5.26%) Life Science
3 1 (5.26%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) Roadmaps
2 8 (42.11%) Product Roadmap
3 7 (36.84%) Product Management
4 6 (31.58%) Agile
4 6 (31.58%) Product Strategy
5 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (15.79%) Analytics
6 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (15.79%) DevOps
6 3 (15.79%) Translating Business Requirements
7 2 (10.53%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 2 (10.53%) Change Management
7 2 (10.53%) Coaching
7 2 (10.53%) Data Analytics
7 2 (10.53%) Escalation Management
7 2 (10.53%) PLM
7 2 (10.53%) Product Thinking
7 2 (10.53%) Revenue Management
7 2 (10.53%) Software Engineering
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) GDPR
1 1 (5.26%) HIPAA
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) SAP
2 2 (10.53%) Databricks
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.26%) ServiceNow