Product Development Manager Contract Job Trends in London

Product Development Manager
England > London

The median Product Development Manager daily rate in London is £538, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 370 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Product Development Manager 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.022% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £504 - -
25th Percentile £509 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 - -
75th Percentile £584 - -
90th Percentile £601 - -
England median daily rate £538 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 12,385 14,895 19,565
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.48% 94.06% 94.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,246 9,671 14,260
10th Percentile £335 £348 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £665 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 166 213
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.25 £18.36
25th Percentile £22.00 £23.80 £22.29
Median hourly rate £26.50 £37.50 £39.83
Median % change year-on-year -29.33% -5.85% +21.62%
75th Percentile £48.00 £58.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £67.11 £79.75 £76.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.94 £45.88
% change year-on-year -41.43% -6.41% +60.98%

Product Development Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Product Development Manager job vacancy trend in London

Product Development Manager
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Development Manager job vacancies in London

Product Development Manager Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 21 October 2025, Product Development 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 London region featuring Product Development Manager in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Escalation Management
2 1 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) PLM
2 1 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement

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

Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Escalation Management
2 1 (33.33%) PLM
2 1 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement