Product Discovery Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Product Discovery
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Product Discovery skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Product Discovery 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.30% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £506 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 - -
75th Percentile £519 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £513 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

Product Discovery 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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 904 1,023 1,484
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.77% 87.06% 87.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 586 601 1,060
10th Percentile £308 £313 £273
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.90% - -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £596
90th Percentile £676 £688 £675
North West median daily rate £455 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -6.77% -2.50% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 34 60
10th Percentile £15.49 £15.94 £15.55
25th Percentile £19.07 £22.38 £16.28
Median hourly rate £22.63 £38.75 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year -41.60% +106.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £35.50 £64.38 £43.75
90th Percentile £67.00 £87.45 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year -40.82% +28.79% +46.67%

Product Discovery
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Product Discovery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Product Discovery in Manchester

Product Discovery
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Product Discovery.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Product Discovery

Product Discovery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) SaaS
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Product Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Product Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) B2B
2 2 (66.67%) B2C
2 2 (66.67%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Journey Map
2 2 (66.67%) Customer-Centricity
2 2 (66.67%) Digital Innovation
2 2 (66.67%) Digital Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Journey Map
2 2 (66.67%) Product Management
2 2 (66.67%) Product Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (66.67%) Service Design
2 2 (66.67%) Sprint Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) Strategic Roadmap
2 2 (66.67%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) User Experience