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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 72 -
Rank change year-on-year -37 - -
Contract jobs citing Product Discovery 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.057% 0.33% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.068% 0.38% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 £506 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £513 -
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% - -
75th Percentile £488 £519 -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £475 £513 -
% change year-on-year -7.32% - -

All Process & 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 1,469 800 1,247
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 83.80% 88.89% 86.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 884 548 843
10th Percentile £306 £312 £325
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -7.50% -
75th Percentile £575 £550 £588
90th Percentile £650 £668 £694
North West median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 26 79
10th Percentile £21.16 £14.16 £12.48
25th Percentile £37.25 £26.61 £13.81
Median hourly rate £57.50 £60.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +130.77% +1.96%
75th Percentile £77.50 £74.69 £60.63
90th Percentile £89.75 £86.63 £72.90
North West median hourly rate £55.00 £31.08 £26.66
% change year-on-year +76.96% +16.58% -23.83%

Product Discovery
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Product Discovery job vacancy trend 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 & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Educational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design