Product Management Contracts in England

Product Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Product Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Product Management over the 6 months leading up to 27 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 264 323 293
Rank change year-on-year +59 -30 -10
Contract jobs citing Product Management 234 234 388
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.93% 0.63% 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.01% 0.73% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 170 299
10th Percentile £341 £381 £363
25th Percentile £405 £450 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.09% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £600 £700 £650
90th Percentile £719 £825 £737
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -2.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 5
10th Percentile £46.25 £31.04 £42.02
25th Percentile - £37.60 £50.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £55.00 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +3.77% -5.36%
75th Percentile £64.06 £68.75 £68.75
90th Percentile £70.16 - £72.05
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £55.00 £53.00
% change year-on-year -9.09% +3.77% -5.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Product Management 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 23,097 31,886 42,331
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.37% 85.51% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,895 20,662 29,650
10th Percentile £300 £304 £325
25th Percentile £406 £413 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,130 2,322 1,532
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.79 £11.87
25th Percentile £17.66 £16.06 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £37.17
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% +2.56% +44.74%
75th Percentile £55.00 £61.60 £64.53
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.70 £75.84
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% +4.17% +38.46%

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Product Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Product Management in England

Product Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Product Management in England.

Daily rate trend for Product Management in England

Product Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Management in England over the 6 months to 27 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Product Management in England

Product Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Product Management in England.

Hourly rate trend for Product Management in England

Product Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Product Management in England over the 6 months to 27 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Product Management in England

Product Management
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 Management within the England region over the 6 months to 27 June 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
London +30 141 £563 +2.27% 953
Midlands +27 31 £402 -38.15% 100
North of England +10 23 £450 -18.92% 151
South East +48 20 £500 -9.09% 189
East Midlands +17 17 £401 -34.80% 39
West Midlands +16 14 £475 -24.00% 58
North West +9 13 £513 -0.97% 88
South West +38 8 £438 -22.22% 64
East of England +31 7 £625 - 91
North East - 6 £445 - 6
Yorkshire -1 4 £401 -33.25% 57
Product Management
UK

Product Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 8 (3.42%) Confluence
2 3 (1.28%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (1.28%) Drupal
3 2 (0.85%) CMS
4 1 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.43%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.43%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (2.14%) MS Visio
1 5 (2.14%) Trello
2 4 (1.71%) Chatbot
2 4 (1.71%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.28%) Sketch
4 2 (0.85%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.85%) Loan IQ
2 1 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.43%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.43%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.43%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.43%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.43%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.43%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 24 (10.26%) Azure
2 23 (9.83%) SaaS
3 11 (4.70%) AWS
4 8 (3.42%) GCP
5 7 (2.99%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (1.71%) Copilot Studio
6 4 (1.71%) Figma
7 3 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.28%) dbt
7 3 (1.28%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.28%) Serverless
7 3 (1.28%) Vertex AI
8 2 (0.85%) Amazon EKS
8 2 (0.85%) GitHub
8 2 (0.85%) IaaS
8 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (0.85%) PaaS
9 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.43%) OCI
9 1 (0.43%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.42%) Network Security
2 7 (2.99%) Firewall
3 5 (2.14%) BGP
3 5 (2.14%) DNS
3 5 (2.14%) Internet
3 5 (2.14%) IPsec
3 5 (2.14%) OSPF
3 5 (2.14%) SSL
3 5 (2.14%) VPN
3 5 (2.14%) Wireless
4 4 (1.71%) SD-WAN
4 4 (1.71%) WAN
5 3 (1.28%) Cisco IOS
5 3 (1.28%) DMZ
5 3 (1.28%) DWDM
5 3 (1.28%) L2TP
5 3 (1.28%) MPLS
5 3 (1.28%) Multicast
5 3 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.85%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.71%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (1.28%) BigQuery
2 3 (1.28%) Power BI
2 3 (1.28%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.85%) GIS
4 1 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.43%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.43%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.43%) Metadata
4 1 (0.43%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.43%) Spatial Data
4 1 (0.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 19 (8.12%) JIRA
2 3 (1.28%) MLflow
3 2 (0.85%) GitLab
3 2 (0.85%) Selenium
3 2 (0.85%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.43%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.43%) Git
4 1 (0.43%) git-flow
4 1 (0.43%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.43%) Visual Studio
General
1 113 (48.29%) Social Skills
2 86 (36.75%) Finance
3 48 (20.51%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (15.81%) Retail
5 29 (12.39%) Public Sector
6 20 (8.55%) Marketing
7 17 (7.26%) Banking
8 13 (5.56%) Front Office
8 13 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
9 12 (5.13%) Financial Institution
10 10 (4.27%) Legal
11 9 (3.85%) Manufacturing
12 7 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (2.99%) Local Government
13 6 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (2.56%) Telecoms
14 5 (2.14%) Advertising
15 3 (1.28%) Automotive
15 3 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
16 2 (0.85%) Law
Job Titles
1 88 (37.61%) Product Manager
2 36 (15.38%) Business Analyst
3 32 (13.68%) Product Owner
4 30 (12.82%) Analyst
5 28 (11.97%) Senior
6 21 (8.97%) Senior Manager
7 18 (7.69%) Senior Product Manager
8 17 (7.26%) Lead
9 10 (4.27%) Front Office Business Analyst
10 9 (3.85%) Electronic Trading Business Analyst
10 9 (3.85%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
10 9 (3.85%) Product Lead
11 8 (3.42%) Architect
12 6 (2.56%) Project Manager
13 5 (2.14%) Developer
13 5 (2.14%) Digital Product Owner
13 5 (2.14%) Operations Manager
13 5 (2.14%) Product Analyst
13 5 (2.14%) Product Business Analyst
14 4 (1.71%) Digital Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.99%) .NET
2 6 (2.56%) Node.js
2 6 (2.56%) Web Services
3 5 (2.14%) GraphQL
3 5 (2.14%) REST
3 5 (2.14%) Ruby on Rails
4 4 (1.71%) CSS
4 4 (1.71%) HTML
5 3 (1.28%) 802.1X
6 2 (0.85%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.85%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.85%) ASP.NET Web API
6 2 (0.85%) EDI
6 2 (0.85%) FIDO
6 2 (0.85%) Flash
7 1 (0.43%) ATL
7 1 (0.43%) Lightning Web Components
7 1 (0.43%) Next.js
7 1 (0.43%) Pandas
7 1 (0.43%) Statsmodels
Miscellaneous
1 51 (21.79%) Product Ownership
2 11 (4.70%) Fixed Income
2 11 (4.70%) Mobile App
3 8 (3.42%) Management Information System
4 7 (2.99%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (2.14%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (2.14%) Digital Media
7 3 (1.28%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.28%) FMCG
7 3 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.28%) Marketing Technology
8 2 (0.85%) Derivative
8 2 (0.85%) Equities
8 2 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.85%) PMI
8 2 (0.85%) Reference Data
8 2 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.85%) Android
1 2 (0.85%) Apple iOS
1 2 (0.85%) Windows
2 1 (0.43%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (56.41%) Agile
2 103 (44.02%) Roadmaps
3 60 (25.64%) Stakeholder Management
4 58 (24.79%) Product Roadmap
5 56 (23.93%) Problem-Solving
6 51 (21.79%) Product Strategy
7 50 (21.37%) Business Analysis
8 37 (15.81%) Continuous Improvement
9 34 (14.53%) Project Management
10 33 (14.10%) Scrum
11 32 (13.68%) Decision-Making
11 32 (13.68%) Product Vision
12 29 (12.39%) Analytics
12 29 (12.39%) User Experience
13 25 (10.68%) Change Management
13 25 (10.68%) Product Backlog
13 25 (10.68%) User Stories
14 23 (9.83%) Artificial Intelligence
14 23 (9.83%) Backlog Prioritisation
15 21 (8.97%) Product Requirements
Programming Languages
1 14 (5.98%) Python
2 11 (4.70%) SQL
3 10 (4.27%) Java
4 9 (3.85%) JavaScript
5 7 (2.99%) PHP
6 5 (2.14%) Ruby
7 4 (1.71%) C#
7 4 (1.71%) PowerShell
8 3 (1.28%) Perl
9 1 (0.43%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.43%) Bicep
9 1 (0.43%) SOQL
9 1 (0.43%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 51 (21.79%) Degree
2 15 (6.41%) Security Cleared
3 8 (3.42%) Master's Degree
3 8 (3.42%) SC Cleared
4 7 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.14%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.28%) CCIE
6 3 (1.28%) CCNP
6 3 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.85%) APMP
7 2 (0.85%) CBAP
7 2 (0.85%) ISEB
7 2 (0.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (0.85%) MBA
7 2 (0.85%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.43%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.43%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (0.43%) MCP
8 1 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.99%) Accessibility
2 5 (2.14%) QA
3 4 (1.71%) GDPR
4 3 (1.28%) MiFID
5 2 (0.85%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.85%) NIST
5 2 (0.85%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.43%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.43%) Def Stans
6 1 (0.43%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.43%) PMO
6 1 (0.43%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 4 (1.71%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.85%) Docker
3 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (1.28%) Ansible
1 3 (1.28%) Kubeflow
1 3 (1.28%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.85%) Nagios
2 2 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (9.40%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.70%) Salesforce
3 10 (4.27%) SAP
4 9 (3.85%) ION Trading
5 7 (2.99%) Cisco
6 5 (2.14%) Arista
7 4 (1.71%) Adobe
7 4 (1.71%) Google
7 4 (1.71%) ServiceNow
7 4 (1.71%) VMware
7 4 (1.71%) YouTube
8 3 (1.28%) Apple
8 3 (1.28%) Fortinet
8 3 (1.28%) McAfee
8 3 (1.28%) Splunk
9 2 (0.85%) Juniper
9 2 (0.85%) Oracle
9 2 (0.85%) SolarWinds
10 1 (0.43%) Genesys
10 1 (0.43%) Hitachi