Product Manager Contracts in England

Product Manager
UK > England

The median Product Manager daily rate in England is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 305 335 298
Rank change year-on-year +30 -37 +68
Contract jobs requiring a Product Manager 181 206 409
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.75% 0.56% 0.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.81% 0.60% 0.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 156 313
10th Percentile £370 £403 £421
25th Percentile £456 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £700 £638
90th Percentile £680 £788 £680
UK median daily rate £505 £586 £550
% change year-on-year -13.82% +6.59% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 4
10th Percentile £48.25 - -
25th Percentile £49.38 £66.25 £39.55
Median hourly rate £52.50 £67.50 £46.28
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +45.87% +8.88%
75th Percentile £63.13 £68.75 £58.06
90th Percentile £68.75 - £64.48
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £67.50 £46.28
% change year-on-year -22.22% +45.87% +8.88%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 22,374 34,092 44,934
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.33% 92.74% 94.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,795 22,500 31,965
10th Percentile £293 £285 £313
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% -4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 931 2,543 1,312
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £37.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -16.67% +89.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £61.60 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £28.17 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.89% -16.67% +87.50%

Product Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Manager in England

Product Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Product Manager in England

Product Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Manager in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Product Manager in England

Product Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Product Manager in England

Product Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Product Manager in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Product Manager in England

Product Manager
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 Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 31 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
London +17 114 £531 -12.55% 443
North of England +30 30 £505 -13.68% 57
North East - 14 £510 - 3
South East +45 13 £479 -8.81% 32
North West +7 12 £513 +7.89% 36
Midlands +17 11 £475 -21.81% 36
West Midlands +18 10 £488 -22.00% 24
East of England +27 4 £581 -16.96% 18
Yorkshire +15 4 £500 -21.57% 18
South West +34 2 £440 +7.56% 19
East Midlands +8 1 £468 -22.25% 12
Product Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 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 England region featuring Product Manager in the job title.

1 84 (46.41%) Agile
1 84 (46.41%) Roadmaps
2 79 (43.65%) Product Management
3 62 (34.25%) Social Skills
4 51 (28.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 49 (27.07%) Product Roadmap
6 40 (22.10%) Product Strategy
7 37 (20.44%) Finance
7 37 (20.44%) Analytical Skills
8 32 (17.68%) Product Ownership
9 27 (14.92%) Problem-Solving
9 27 (14.92%) Retail
10 26 (14.36%) Product Vision
11 24 (13.26%) Marketing
12 23 (12.71%) Project Management
12 23 (12.71%) User Experience
13 22 (12.15%) Public Sector
14 21 (11.60%) Artificial Intelligence
15 20 (11.05%) User Stories
15 20 (11.05%) Strategic Roadmap
15 20 (11.05%) Decision-Making
16 19 (10.50%) Analytics
16 19 (10.50%) Continuous Improvement
17 18 (9.94%) JIRA
18 17 (9.39%) Customer Experience
19 15 (8.29%) Product Backlog
19 15 (8.29%) Scrum
19 15 (8.29%) Security Cleared
20 14 (7.73%) SC Cleared
20 14 (7.73%) Stakeholder Engagement

Product Manager Skill Set
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 6 (3.31%) Confluence
2 5 (2.76%) CMS
3 2 (1.10%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 2 (1.10%) Headless CMS
3 2 (1.10%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.55%) Apache
4 1 (0.55%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.55%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.55%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.55%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (3.31%) Trello
2 1 (0.55%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.55%) Sketch
2 1 (0.55%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.55%) Adobe Campaign
Cloud Services
1 10 (5.52%) Azure
2 7 (3.87%) SaaS
3 6 (3.31%) Power Platform
4 4 (2.21%) AWS
4 4 (2.21%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (2.21%) Figma
5 2 (1.10%) Miro
6 1 (0.55%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 1 (0.55%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (0.55%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (0.55%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (0.55%) Contentful
6 1 (0.55%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.55%) IaaS
6 1 (0.55%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.55%) PaaS
6 1 (0.55%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.55%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.55%) Serverless
6 1 (0.55%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.10%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.55%) Internet
2 1 (0.55%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.21%) Power BI
2 2 (1.10%) GIS
2 2 (1.10%) Tableau
3 1 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.55%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.55%) Metadata
3 1 (0.55%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.55%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 18 (9.94%) JIRA
2 2 (1.10%) Appium
2 2 (1.10%) JUnit
2 2 (1.10%) Selenium
3 1 (0.55%) Rational DOORS
General
1 62 (34.25%) Social Skills
2 37 (20.44%) Analytical Skills
2 37 (20.44%) Finance
3 27 (14.92%) Retail
4 24 (13.26%) Marketing
5 22 (12.15%) Public Sector
6 13 (7.18%) Banking
7 9 (4.97%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (4.42%) Legal
9 6 (3.31%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (2.76%) Retail Banking
11 4 (2.21%) Local Government
12 3 (1.66%) Automotive
12 3 (1.66%) Publishing
13 2 (1.10%) Advertising
13 2 (1.10%) Digital Health
13 2 (1.10%) Health Technology
13 2 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.55%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.55%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.10%) CSS
1 2 (1.10%) HTML
2 1 (0.55%) Kafka
2 1 (0.55%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 32 (17.68%) Product Ownership
2 12 (6.63%) Mobile App
3 7 (3.87%) Onboarding
4 6 (3.31%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (1.66%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.66%) Life Science
5 3 (1.66%) Marketing Technology
5 3 (1.66%) Social Media
6 2 (1.10%) AI Agents
6 2 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.10%) Digital Media
6 2 (1.10%) Digital Wallet
6 2 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.10%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.55%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.55%) IoT
7 1 (0.55%) Mobile Banking
7 1 (0.55%) Over-the-Top Content
7 1 (0.55%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.76%) Windows
2 3 (1.66%) Android
2 3 (1.66%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.55%) Linux
3 1 (0.55%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.55%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (46.41%) Agile
1 84 (46.41%) Roadmaps
2 79 (43.65%) Product Management
3 51 (28.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 49 (27.07%) Product Roadmap
5 40 (22.10%) Product Strategy
6 27 (14.92%) Problem-Solving
7 26 (14.36%) Product Vision
8 23 (12.71%) Project Management
8 23 (12.71%) User Experience
9 21 (11.60%) Artificial Intelligence
10 20 (11.05%) Decision-Making
10 20 (11.05%) Strategic Roadmap
10 20 (11.05%) User Stories
11 19 (10.50%) Analytics
11 19 (10.50%) Continuous Improvement
12 17 (9.39%) Customer Experience
13 15 (8.29%) Product Backlog
13 15 (8.29%) Scrum
14 14 (7.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.21%) SQL
2 2 (1.10%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.55%) C++
3 1 (0.55%) Java
3 1 (0.55%) Kotlin
3 1 (0.55%) Python
3 1 (0.55%) Rust
Qualifications
1 15 (8.29%) Security Cleared
2 14 (7.73%) SC Cleared
3 13 (7.18%) Degree
4 5 (2.76%) CSPO
5 4 (2.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.10%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.55%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.55%) MBA
7 1 (0.55%) MCP
7 1 (0.55%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.55%) PMP
7 1 (0.55%) SAFe Agilist
7 1 (0.55%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.66%) Accessibility
1 3 (1.66%) PMO
1 3 (1.66%) QA
2 2 (1.10%) PSD2
3 1 (0.55%) GDPR
3 1 (0.55%) MiFID
3 1 (0.55%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (2.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.55%) SCCM
2 1 (0.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (7.18%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.42%) Adobe
3 5 (2.76%) Salesforce
3 5 (2.76%) ServiceNow
4 4 (2.21%) Virgin Media
5 3 (1.66%) Apple
5 3 (1.66%) Cisco
5 3 (1.66%) Logitech
6 2 (1.10%) Google
6 2 (1.10%) OneTrust
7 1 (0.55%) Alibaba
7 1 (0.55%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.55%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (0.55%) Databricks
7 1 (0.55%) Optimizely
7 1 (0.55%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 1 (0.55%) Sitecore
7 1 (0.55%) Splunk
7 1 (0.55%) Symantec
7 1 (0.55%) Verint