Product Manager Contracts in London

Product Manager
England > London

The median Product Manager daily rate in London is £563, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 191 260 223
Rank change year-on-year +69 -37 +80
Contract jobs requiring a Product Manager 171 142 314
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.36% 0.80% 1.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.46% 0.86% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 113 229
10th Percentile £352 £413 £413
25th Percentile £467 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +4.35% -3.36%
75th Percentile £713 £725 £638
90th Percentile £774 £800 £700
England median daily rate £538 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -10.42% +9.09% -3.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £47.88 - -
25th Percentile £48.44 £66.25 -
Median hourly rate £50.75 £67.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -24.81% - -
75th Percentile £52.94 £68.75 -
90th Percentile £53.43 - -
England median hourly rate £52.50 £67.50 £39.55
% change year-on-year -22.22% +70.67% -29.31%

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 11,740 16,603 25,593
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.37% 93.29% 95.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,051 11,999 18,537
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £441 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £680 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 338 292
10th Percentile £20.33 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £24.00 £20.02 £22.60
Median hourly rate £34.65 £27.66 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year +25.29% -21.55% +0.71%
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £62.13
90th Percentile £64.50 £65.00 £78.72
England median hourly rate £30.45 £36.50 £44.53
% change year-on-year -16.58% -18.03% +97.91%

Product Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Product Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Product Manager in London

Product Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Product Manager in London.

Daily rate trend for Product Manager in London

Product Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Manager in London over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Product Manager in London

Product Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Product Manager in London.

Hourly rate trend for Product Manager in London

Product Manager
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 4 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
Central London 0 20 £600 -2.64% 8
South London +7 4 £583 - 2
East London - 1 £300 -
Product Manager
England

Product Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, Product Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Product Manager in the job title.

1 84 (49.12%) Roadmaps
2 81 (47.37%) Agile
3 70 (40.94%) Product Management
4 64 (37.43%) Finance
5 50 (29.24%) Social Skills
6 42 (24.56%) Product Ownership
7 36 (21.05%) Product Strategy
7 36 (21.05%) Analytics
8 35 (20.47%) Product Roadmap
9 31 (18.13%) Artificial Intelligence
10 29 (16.96%) Analytical Skills
11 28 (16.37%) Stakeholder Management
12 27 (15.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 27 (15.79%) Retail
13 25 (14.62%) Marketing
13 25 (14.62%) Investment Management
14 24 (14.04%) Derivative
14 24 (14.04%) Fixed Income
14 24 (14.04%) Equities
14 24 (14.04%) Front Office
14 24 (14.04%) Hedge funds
14 24 (14.04%) Customer Experience
15 23 (13.45%) Problem-Solving
16 22 (12.87%) Degree
17 20 (11.70%) Banking
17 20 (11.70%) Machine Learning
18 19 (11.11%) Decision-Making
18 19 (11.11%) Asset Management
18 19 (11.11%) SC Cleared
18 19 (11.11%) Security Cleared

Product Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (2.92%) Confluence
2 2 (1.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 2 (1.17%) CMS
2 2 (1.17%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.58%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.58%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 5 (2.92%) Trello
2 1 (0.58%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.58%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.58%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 1 (0.58%) Adobe Campaign
1 1 (0.58%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 10 (5.85%) Azure
2 6 (3.51%) AWS
2 6 (3.51%) Power Platform
3 5 (2.92%) SaaS
4 2 (1.17%) IaaS
5 1 (0.58%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 1 (0.58%) Amazon ECS
5 1 (0.58%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (0.58%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (0.58%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.58%) Azure Machine Learning
5 1 (0.58%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (0.58%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.58%) Figma
5 1 (0.58%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.58%) Miro
5 1 (0.58%) PaaS
5 1 (0.58%) Power Automate
5 1 (0.58%) PowerApps
5 1 (0.58%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.17%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.58%) Internet
2 1 (0.58%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.02%) Data Lake
2 4 (2.34%) Power BI
3 2 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.58%) GIS
4 1 (0.58%) Metadata
4 1 (0.58%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.58%) Neo4j
4 1 (0.58%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (0.58%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (7.60%) JIRA
2 1 (0.58%) Rational DOORS
General
1 64 (37.43%) Finance
2 50 (29.24%) Social Skills
3 29 (16.96%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (15.79%) Retail
5 25 (14.62%) Marketing
6 24 (14.04%) Front Office
7 20 (11.70%) Banking
8 14 (8.19%) Public Sector
9 13 (7.60%) Legal
10 6 (3.51%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (3.51%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (2.92%) Retail Banking
12 4 (2.34%) Back Office
13 3 (1.75%) German Language
13 3 (1.75%) Local Government
13 3 (1.75%) Military
14 2 (1.17%) Automotive
14 2 (1.17%) Investment Banking
14 2 (1.17%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.58%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.58%) CSS
1 1 (0.58%) HTML
1 1 (0.58%) Kafka
1 1 (0.58%) Plotly
1 1 (0.58%) React
1 1 (0.58%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 42 (24.56%) Product Ownership
2 27 (15.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 24 (14.04%) Derivative
3 24 (14.04%) Equities
3 24 (14.04%) Fixed Income
3 24 (14.04%) Hedge funds
4 10 (5.85%) Mobile App
5 5 (2.92%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.17%) Digital Media
7 2 (1.17%) Digital Wallet
7 2 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.17%) Life Science
7 2 (1.17%) Marketing Technology
7 2 (1.17%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.17%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (1.17%) Social Media
8 1 (0.58%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.58%) FMCG
8 1 (0.58%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 17 (9.94%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.58%) Android
2 1 (0.58%) Linux
2 1 (0.58%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (49.12%) Roadmaps
2 81 (47.37%) Agile
3 70 (40.94%) Product Management
4 36 (21.05%) Analytics
4 36 (21.05%) Product Strategy
5 35 (20.47%) Product Roadmap
6 31 (18.13%) Artificial Intelligence
7 28 (16.37%) Stakeholder Management
8 25 (14.62%) Investment Management
9 24 (14.04%) Customer Experience
10 23 (13.45%) Problem-Solving
11 20 (11.70%) Machine Learning
12 19 (11.11%) Asset Management
12 19 (11.11%) Decision-Making
13 18 (10.53%) E-Commerce
13 18 (10.53%) Quantitative Analysis
14 17 (9.94%) Product Vision
15 16 (9.36%) Order Management
15 16 (9.36%) Product Backlog
15 16 (9.36%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.34%) SQL
2 2 (1.17%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.58%) C++
3 1 (0.58%) Java
3 1 (0.58%) Kotlin
3 1 (0.58%) Python
3 1 (0.58%) Rust
Qualifications
1 22 (12.87%) Degree
2 19 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 19 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 2 (1.17%) CSPO
4 1 (0.58%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (0.58%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (0.58%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.58%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.58%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.17%) PSD2
2 1 (0.58%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.58%) MiFID
2 1 (0.58%) QA
2 1 (0.58%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.58%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (5.26%) Microsoft
1 9 (5.26%) ServiceNow
2 6 (3.51%) Salesforce
3 5 (2.92%) Adobe
4 3 (1.75%) Cisco
4 3 (1.75%) Logitech
4 3 (1.75%) Murex
5 2 (1.17%) OneTrust
5 2 (1.17%) Snow
5 2 (1.17%) Virgin Media
6 1 (0.58%) Alibaba
6 1 (0.58%) Calypso
6 1 (0.58%) Databricks
6 1 (0.58%) ESRI
6 1 (0.58%) Google
6 1 (0.58%) Hitachi
6 1 (0.58%) Oracle