Product Management Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Product Management
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Product Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 24 37
Rank change year-on-year -1 +13 -
Contract jobs citing Product Management 5 3 5
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 3.11% 1.48% 1.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.62% 2.05% 2.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £453 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 - -
75th Percentile £458 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £455 £518 £350
% change year-on-year -12.08% +47.86% -42.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 5
10th Percentile £70.29 - £64.77
25th Percentile £70.48 - £64.79
Median hourly rate £70.81 £37.00 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year +91.36% -52.56% -
75th Percentile £71.13 - -
90th Percentile £71.32 - £78.70
North West median hourly rate £70.81 £37.00 £78.00
% change year-on-year +91.36% -52.56% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Lancashire

Product Management 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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 138 146 232
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 85.71% 71.92% 91.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 55 138
10th Percentile £310 £259 £356
25th Percentile £419 £344 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £588 £599 £645
90th Percentile £679 £630 £720
North West median daily rate £450 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -7.69% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 27 53
10th Percentile £18.87 £25.87 £20.58
25th Percentile £23.32 £35.36 £37.75
Median hourly rate £47.12 £40.33 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +16.85% -12.68% +22.17%
75th Percentile £63.40 £46.18 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.36 £51.35 £71.80
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -40.84% +21.43% +50.21%

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Product Management job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Product Management
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Product Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Product Management

Product Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Product Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Product Management

Product Management
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Product Management within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 3 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
Preston -1 4 £455 -
Product Management
North West

Product Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 (20.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (20.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) LAN
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
1 1 (20.00%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Head of Digital
3 1 (20.00%) Head of Networks
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (20.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Data Management
3 2 (40.00%) Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Change Management
3 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (40.00%) Data Privacy
3 2 (40.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL
3 2 (40.00%) ITSM
3 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (40.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (40.00%) User Experience
4 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
4 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) People Management
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 1 (20.00%) Service Design
4 1 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (20.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft