Product Thinking Contracts in England

Product Thinking
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Product Thinking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Product Thinking over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 474 533 671
Rank change year-on-year +59 +138 +105
Contract jobs citing Product Thinking 12 8 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.049% 0.022% 0.004%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.054% 0.025% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 1
10th Percentile £441 £364 -
25th Percentile £494 £381 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £430 £300
Median % change year-on-year +19.77% +43.33% -50.52%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £325
90th Percentile - £530 -
UK median daily rate £515 £430 £300
% change year-on-year +19.77% +43.33% -50.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46.25 £32.50 £46.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 £35.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +35.71% -26.32% -20.83%
75th Percentile £48.75 £37.50 £48.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £35.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +35.71% -26.32% -20.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Product Thinking 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 22,247 32,161 45,385
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.13% 86.56% 90.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,550 21,078 31,861
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £768
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 916 2,252 1,585
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.93 £10.91
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.15 £35.96 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.93% -4.12% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £36.42
% change year-on-year -18.31% -2.53% +45.69%

Product Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Thinking in England

Product Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Product Thinking in England

Product Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Thinking in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Product Thinking in England

Product Thinking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Product Thinking in England

Product Thinking
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 Thinking within the England region over the 6 months to 2 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 +48 12 £515 +7.85% 32
Product Thinking
UK

Product Thinking
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 5 (41.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (41.67%) Azure
1 5 (41.67%) Copilot Studio
1 5 (41.67%) Figma
1 5 (41.67%) GitHub
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft 365
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Copilot
1 5 (41.67%) Power Platform
1 5 (41.67%) PowerApps
2 1 (8.33%) Power Automate
2 1 (8.33%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Cisco ISE
1 3 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (8.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (41.67%) Power BI
2 1 (8.33%) Metadata
General
1 6 (50.00%) Finance
2 4 (33.33%) Banking
3 3 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Designer
2 5 (41.67%) Product Designer
3 4 (33.33%) Developer
3 4 (33.33%) Senior
3 4 (33.33%) Senior Designer
4 3 (25.00%) Senior UX Designer
4 3 (25.00%) UX Designer
5 2 (16.67%) Senior Product Designer
5 2 (16.67%) Technical Developer
6 1 (8.33%) Automation Developer
6 1 (8.33%) Automation Engineer
6 1 (8.33%) Digital Developer
6 1 (8.33%) E-Commerce Designer
6 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Developer
6 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Engineer
6 1 (8.33%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (41.67%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Mobile App
2 1 (8.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Android
1 1 (8.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (58.33%) Prototyping
2 7 (58.33%) User Experience
3 6 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 5 (41.67%) API Integration
4 5 (41.67%) Infrastructure Automation
4 5 (41.67%) Mentoring
4 5 (41.67%) UX Design
5 4 (33.33%) Break/Fix
5 4 (33.33%) Copywriting
5 4 (33.33%) Inclusive Design
5 4 (33.33%) Information Architecture
5 4 (33.33%) Responsive Web Design
5 4 (33.33%) UX Research
6 3 (25.00%) Content Strategy
6 3 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
6 3 (25.00%) Data Science
6 3 (25.00%) Interaction Design
6 3 (25.00%) Product Strategy
6 3 (25.00%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) PowerShell
1 5 (41.67%) Python
2 4 (33.33%) Bicep
2 4 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (33.33%) Salesforce
3 3 (25.00%) Cisco
3 3 (25.00%) Planview
3 3 (25.00%) Sybase
4 1 (8.33%) Adobe
4 1 (8.33%) Facebook
4 1 (8.33%) Google