Product Manager Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Product Manager
South East > Hampshire

The median Product Manager daily rate in Hampshire is £391, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 81 -
Rank change year-on-year +6 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Product Manager 5 7 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.49% 0.57% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 0.61% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 0
10th Percentile £365 £433 -
25th Percentile £368 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £391 £525 -
Median % change year-on-year -25.52% - -
75th Percentile £436 £656 -
90th Percentile £497 £728 -
South East median daily rate £402 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -23.43% +5.00% -16.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hampshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hampshire. 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 Hampshire with a recognized job title 918 1,140 1,238
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.09% 93.14% 92.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 623 741 706
10th Percentile £208 £350 £270
25th Percentile £425 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +0.57%
75th Percentile £600 £640 £630
90th Percentile £650 £700 £684
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £508
% change year-on-year -0.99% -0.49% +1.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 78 96
10th Percentile £16.17 £21.89 £16.00
25th Percentile £19.00 £27.85 £21.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £68.75 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -63.42% +30.95% +40.00%
75th Percentile £50.00 £75.00 £66.84
90th Percentile £71.00 £78.75 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £24.00 £59.25 £52.00
% change year-on-year -59.49% +13.93% +100.00%

Product Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Product Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Product Manager job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Product Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Manager job vacancies in Hampshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Manager job vacancies in Hampshire

Product Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Manager in Hampshire over the 6 months to 11 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Product Manager in Hampshire

Product Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Product Manager job vacancies in Hampshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Product Manager job vacancies in Hampshire

Product Manager
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 11 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
Fleet - 3 £380 -
Southampton 0 1 - - 2
Basingstoke - 1 £525 -
Product Manager
South East

Product Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire

For the 6 months to 11 October 2025, Product Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Hampshire region featuring Product Manager in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Market Research
2 3 (60.00%) Product Management
2 3 (60.00%) Fintech
2 3 (60.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (60.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 3 (60.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 3 (60.00%) Product Vision
2 3 (60.00%) Cost Control
2 3 (60.00%) Regulatory Change
3 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) Banking
4 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) CRM
4 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (20.00%) Salesforce
4 1 (20.00%) Customer Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Data Analytics
4 1 (20.00%) Business Transformation
4 1 (20.00%) Analytics
4 1 (20.00%) User Stories
4 1 (20.00%) IoT

Product Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (20.00%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
General
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (20.00%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Cost Control
2 3 (60.00%) Fintech
2 3 (60.00%) Market Research
2 3 (60.00%) Product Management
2 3 (60.00%) Product Vision
2 3 (60.00%) Regulatory Change
2 3 (60.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 3 (60.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (20.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
4 1 (20.00%) Product Roadmap
4 1 (20.00%) Product Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) Salesforce