Product Strategy Contracts in England

Product Strategy
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Product Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Product Strategy over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 412 442 511
Rank change year-on-year +30 +69 -2
Contract jobs citing Product Strategy 143 206 277
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.39% 0.42% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.47% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 144 205
10th Percentile £440 £415 £400
25th Percentile £525 £494 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £580 £540
Median % change year-on-year +6.03% +7.41% +8.00%
75th Percentile £706 £650 £638
90th Percentile £850 £739 £695
UK median daily rate £600 £598 £550
% change year-on-year +0.42% +8.64% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 9
10th Percentile £41.17 £69.28 -
25th Percentile £48.56 - £24.25
Median hourly rate £67.50 £83.31 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.98% +71.77% -23.02%
75th Percentile £68.75 £83.40 £57.50
90th Percentile £77.55 - £67.86
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £83.31 £49.50
% change year-on-year -18.98% +68.30% -21.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Product Strategy is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,870 44,294 64,052
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.52% 90.18% 90.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,878 31,074 45,519
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £674 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,246 1,569 1,736
10th Percentile £12.90 £10.73 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.34 £24.30
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% +53.69% +3.38%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%

Product Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Strategy in England

Product Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Product Strategy in England

Product Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Strategy in England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Product Strategy in England

Product Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Product Strategy in England

Product Strategy
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Product Strategy in England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Product Strategy in England

Product Strategy
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 Strategy within the England region over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. 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 +75 90 £600 - 110
Midlands +44 18 £595 -8.46% 23
North of England 0 18 £850 +54.55% 28
North West +30 16 £850 +54.55% 14
East Midlands +24 10 £608 -6.54% 3
West Midlands +29 6 £315 -51.54% 20
South East -7 6 £625 +36.61% 31
South West +13 2 £630 -1.18% 7
East of England +3 2 £635 -2.31% 10
Yorkshire -7 2 £563 +2.27% 11
Product Strategy
UK

Product Strategy
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 3 (2.10%) Confluence
2 2 (1.40%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (2.80%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (2.10%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.70%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (0.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.70%) Blender
3 1 (0.70%) Houdini
3 1 (0.70%) Maya
3 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.70%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.70%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 3 (2.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.40%) Softmar
3 1 (0.70%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 18 (12.59%) Azure
2 9 (6.29%) AWS
2 9 (6.29%) Power Platform
3 8 (5.59%) SaaS
4 4 (2.80%) Asana
4 4 (2.80%) Azure Service Bus
5 3 (2.10%) Adobe Analytics
5 3 (2.10%) Google Analytics
5 3 (2.10%) OCI
6 2 (1.40%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.40%) dbt
6 2 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.40%) Figma
6 2 (1.40%) GCP
6 2 (1.40%) Miro
6 2 (1.40%) PaaS
7 1 (0.70%) Serverless
7 1 (0.70%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 18 (12.59%) Firewall
2 16 (11.19%) VPN
3 3 (2.10%) SSL
4 2 (1.40%) DHCP
4 2 (1.40%) DNS
4 2 (1.40%) Unified Communications
4 2 (1.40%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.29%) Power BI
2 3 (2.10%) Big Data
3 2 (1.40%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.70%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.70%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (0.70%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (6.29%) JIRA
General
1 49 (34.27%) Social Skills
2 30 (20.98%) Finance
3 18 (12.59%) Presentation Skills
4 17 (11.89%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (11.89%) Public Sector
5 16 (11.19%) Marketing
6 14 (9.79%) Legal
7 10 (6.99%) Automotive
8 8 (5.59%) Manufacturing
9 7 (4.90%) Banking
10 5 (3.50%) Back Office
10 5 (3.50%) Retail
11 4 (2.80%) Advertising
11 4 (2.80%) Telecoms
12 3 (2.10%) Health Technology
12 3 (2.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (1.40%) German Language
13 2 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (1.40%) Public Speaking
13 2 (1.40%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 28 (19.58%) Product Owner
2 26 (18.18%) Lead
2 26 (18.18%) Product Manager
3 25 (17.48%) Architect
4 23 (16.08%) Senior
5 16 (11.19%) Technical Architect
5 16 (11.19%) Technical Leader
6 15 (10.49%) Lead Architect
7 13 (9.09%) Analyst
8 11 (7.69%) Business Analyst
8 11 (7.69%) Senior Product Owner
9 6 (4.20%) Designer
9 6 (4.20%) Solutions Architect
10 4 (2.80%) Senior Analyst
10 4 (2.80%) Senior Business Analyst
10 4 (2.80%) Senior Manager
10 4 (2.80%) Technical Manager
10 4 (2.80%) UX Designer
11 3 (2.10%) Product Management Director
11 3 (2.10%) Technical Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (11.19%) Node.js
2 2 (1.40%) ADO
2 2 (1.40%) LDAP
2 2 (1.40%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.40%) React
3 1 (0.70%) .NET
3 1 (0.70%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.70%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.70%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (0.70%) Entity Framework
3 1 (0.70%) HTML
3 1 (0.70%) HTML5
3 1 (0.70%) OAuth
3 1 (0.70%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 1 (0.70%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 62 (43.36%) Product Ownership
2 13 (9.09%) Public Cloud
3 7 (4.90%) Management Information System
4 6 (4.20%) Mobile App
4 6 (4.20%) Onboarding
5 5 (3.50%) Infotainment
6 4 (2.80%) Algorithms
6 4 (2.80%) Blockchain
7 3 (2.10%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (2.10%) Data Centre
7 3 (2.10%) Educational Technology
7 3 (2.10%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.40%) Clustering
8 2 (1.40%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.40%) Digital Signage
8 2 (1.40%) IoT
8 2 (1.40%) IPTV
8 2 (1.40%) Video\Live Streaming
8 2 (1.40%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 19 (13.29%) Android
1 19 (13.29%) Apple iOS
2 18 (12.59%) Windows
3 17 (11.89%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.80%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (51.75%) Roadmaps
2 71 (49.65%) Agile
3 41 (28.67%) Product Management
4 38 (26.57%) Product Roadmap
5 32 (22.38%) Strategic Roadmap
6 30 (20.98%) Product Vision
7 28 (19.58%) Scrum
8 27 (18.88%) Analytics
8 27 (18.88%) DevOps
9 24 (16.78%) Backlog Prioritisation
9 24 (16.78%) Problem-Solving
9 24 (16.78%) User Experience
10 22 (15.38%) Risk Management
10 22 (15.38%) User Stories
11 21 (14.69%) Backlog Management
12 19 (13.29%) Decision-Making
12 19 (13.29%) Requirements Gathering
13 17 (11.89%) Continuous Improvement
14 16 (11.19%) CI/CD
14 16 (11.19%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.59%) Python
2 5 (3.50%) SQL
3 3 (2.10%) Java
3 3 (2.10%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.40%) C
4 2 (1.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (1.40%) Go
Qualifications
1 25 (17.48%) Security Cleared
2 24 (16.78%) SC Cleared
3 19 (13.29%) Degree
4 5 (3.50%) Master's Degree
5 3 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.40%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.40%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.40%) CBAP
6 2 (1.40%) CSPO
6 2 (1.40%) MBA
6 2 (1.40%) PgMP
6 2 (1.40%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.40%) PMP
6 2 (1.40%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (0.70%) CESG Certified Professional
7 1 (0.70%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.70%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (0.70%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.69%) PMO
2 9 (6.29%) QA
3 4 (2.80%) PCI DSS
4 3 (2.10%) NIST
4 3 (2.10%) NIST 800
5 2 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 1 (0.70%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.70%) NCSC
6 1 (0.70%) RMADS
6 1 (0.70%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (3.50%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.40%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.40%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (11.19%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.29%) Google
3 5 (3.50%) Adobe
3 5 (3.50%) Apple
4 3 (2.10%) Citrix
4 3 (2.10%) Oracle
4 3 (2.10%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.40%) CA Agile Central
5 2 (1.40%) Logitech
5 2 (1.40%) SAP
5 2 (1.40%) Zoho
6 1 (0.70%) Ariba
6 1 (0.70%) Concur
6 1 (0.70%) Databricks
6 1 (0.70%) ServiceNow