Product Manager Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Product Manager
North West > Manchester

The median Product Manager daily rate in Manchester is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 78 97
Rank change year-on-year -11 +19 +18
Contract jobs requiring a Product Manager 7 7 7
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.59% 0.66% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% 0.70% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 3
10th Percentile £413 £353 -
25th Percentile £424 £358 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -12.62%
75th Percentile £563 £550 £481
90th Percentile £575 £670 £500
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -14.29%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,088 996 1,444
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.81% 93.79% 93.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 723 596 1,048
10th Percentile £311 £313 £306
25th Percentile £381 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -7.50% -
75th Percentile £575 £565 £586
90th Percentile £645 £672 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 35 64
10th Percentile £17.30 £15.94 £13.67
25th Percentile £19.75 £21.25 £16.96
Median hourly rate £25.08 £32.50 £21.25
Median % change year-on-year -22.85% +52.94% -45.51%
75th Percentile £56.88 £33.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £63.50 £63.00 £73.75
North West median hourly rate £33.00 £24.63 £35.00
% change year-on-year +33.98% -29.63% +60.92%

Product Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Product Manager job vacancy trend in Manchester

Product Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Manager job vacancies in Manchester

Product Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Manager in Manchester over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Product Manager in Manchester

Product Manager Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 2 January 2026, Product 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 Manchester region featuring Product Manager in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Agile
1 7 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 6 (85.71%) Product Management
3 4 (57.14%) Product Roadmap
3 4 (57.14%) Product Strategy
4 3 (42.86%) Decision-Making
4 3 (42.86%) Scrum
5 2 (28.57%) Budgeting
5 2 (28.57%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
5 2 (28.57%) Degree
5 2 (28.57%) Design Thinking
5 2 (28.57%) Event Storming
5 2 (28.57%) GTM Strategy
5 2 (28.57%) Objectives and Key Results
5 2 (28.57%) Prototyping
5 2 (28.57%) Resource Allocation
5 2 (28.57%) Strategic Roadmap
5 2 (28.57%) Thought Leadership
5 2 (28.57%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 1 (14.29%) Analytics
6 1 (14.29%) AWS
6 1 (14.29%) Backlog Management
6 1 (14.29%) Investment Management
6 1 (14.29%) Line Management
6 1 (14.29%) Programme Delivery
6 1 (14.29%) REST
6 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
6 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management

Product Manager Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
General
1 4 (57.14%) Influencing Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
4 1 (14.29%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Agile
1 7 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 6 (85.71%) Product Management
3 4 (57.14%) Product Roadmap
3 4 (57.14%) Product Strategy
4 3 (42.86%) Decision-Making
4 3 (42.86%) Scrum
5 2 (28.57%) Budgeting
5 2 (28.57%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
5 2 (28.57%) Design Thinking
5 2 (28.57%) Event Storming
5 2 (28.57%) GTM Strategy
5 2 (28.57%) Objectives and Key Results
5 2 (28.57%) Prototyping
5 2 (28.57%) Resource Allocation
5 2 (28.57%) Strategic Roadmap
5 2 (28.57%) Thought Leadership
5 2 (28.57%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 1 (14.29%) Analytics
6 1 (14.29%) Line Management
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree