Product Planning Contract Job Trends in England

Product Planning
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Product Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 519 517 578
Rank change year-on-year -2 +61 +159
Contract jobs citing Product Planning 9 11 11
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.032% 0.034% 0.026%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.035% 0.039% 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 9
10th Percentile - £403 £334
25th Percentile £413 £406 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -15.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £500 £438 £638
90th Percentile £512 - £678
UK median daily rate £425 £425 £463
% change year-on-year - -8.11% +6.32%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Product Planning 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 25,423 27,856 37,009
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.99% 86.28% 89.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,148 17,033 25,615
10th Percentile £300 £313 £315
25th Percentile £405 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.57% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £645 £655
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,546 1,199 1,451
10th Percentile £14.42 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +41.67%
75th Percentile £46.55 £67.01 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% - +43.00%

Product Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Product Planning relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Product Planning job vacancy trend in England

Product Planning
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Product Planning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Product Planning

Product Planning
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Product Planning.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Product Planning

Product Planning
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 Planning within the England region over the 6 months to 1 October 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
South West - 4 £425 - 2
London +23 3 £520 +22.35% 6
Yorkshire -20 1 - -
North of England -29 1 - - 1
East of England - 1 - - 1
Product Planning
UK

Product Planning
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 (11.11%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Adobe XD
1 1 (11.11%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Figma
1 1 (11.11%) GCP
1 1 (11.11%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Big Data
1 1 (11.11%) Hadoop
General
1 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Financial Institution
3 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
3 1 (11.11%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Project Manager
2 3 (33.33%) Mobile Project Manager
2 3 (33.33%) Telecoms Manager
2 3 (33.33%) Telecoms Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Data Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Designer
3 1 (11.11%) Product Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Scrum Master
3 1 (11.11%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) CSS
1 1 (11.11%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Product Ownership
2 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (11.11%) Derivative
2 1 (11.11%) Digital Media
2 1 (11.11%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Agile
1 5 (55.56%) Roadmaps
2 4 (44.44%) Project Management
3 3 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
3 3 (33.33%) Scrum
3 3 (33.33%) Work Breakdown Structure
4 2 (22.22%) Analytics
4 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
5 1 (11.11%) Copywriting
5 1 (11.11%) Data Analytics
5 1 (11.11%) Data Modelling
5 1 (11.11%) Data Protection
5 1 (11.11%) Kanban
5 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
5 1 (11.11%) Time Management
5 1 (11.11%) Usability Testing
5 1 (11.11%) User Stories
5 1 (11.11%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
1 1 (11.11%) Python
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
1 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree
1 1 (11.11%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Google
2 1 (11.11%) Adobe
2 1 (11.11%) Hotjar