Product Management Contracts in the Midlands

Product Management
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Product Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Product Management over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 139 170
Rank change year-on-year +18 +31 -20
Contract jobs citing Product Management 16 24 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.58% 0.69% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.71% 0.79% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 17 25
10th Percentile - £489 £438
25th Percentile £525 £613 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £650 £580
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% +12.07% +92.69%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £688
90th Percentile £680 £700 £703
England median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +15.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Product Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,253 3,057 4,469
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.14% 88.38% 88.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,505 2,131 3,302
10th Percentile £236 £250 £233
25th Percentile £356 £370 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% +17.65%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £566
90th Percentile £700 £675 £663
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 120 155
10th Percentile £11.07 £11.80 £10.20
25th Percentile £13.81 £15.00 £13.50
Median hourly rate £19.00 £17.72 £17.48
Median % change year-on-year +7.22% +1.37% +9.25%
75th Percentile £35.00 £26.64 £22.00
90th Percentile £55.00 £55.25 £33.30
England median hourly rate £35.25 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -6.00% +56.25% -

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Product Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Product Management in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Product Management in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Product Management in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Management in the Midlands over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Product Management in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Product Management in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Product Management in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Product Management within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
West Midlands +20 12 £550 -15.38% 16
East Midlands +12 1 £615 -5.38% 8
Product Management
England

Product Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (6.25%) Confluence
1 1 (6.25%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) Google Analytics
1 1 (6.25%) Miro
1 1 (6.25%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Intranet
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Automotive
2 3 (18.75%) Finance
2 3 (18.75%) Manufacturing
3 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Banking
3 1 (6.25%) Games
3 1 (6.25%) Law
3 1 (6.25%) Marketing
3 1 (6.25%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Product Manager
2 4 (25.00%) Developer
2 4 (25.00%) React Developer
3 3 (18.75%) Digital Product Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Finance Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Product Owner
5 1 (6.25%) Architect
5 1 (6.25%) Communications Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Data Architect
5 1 (6.25%) Internal Communications Manager
5 1 (6.25%) IT Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Platform Architect
5 1 (6.25%) Risk Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Security Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Security Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (25.00%) CSS
1 4 (25.00%) HTML
1 4 (25.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 7 (43.75%) Product Ownership
2 2 (12.50%) IoT
3 1 (6.25%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Agile
2 5 (31.25%) Waterfall
3 4 (25.00%) Digital Strategy
3 4 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (18.75%) DevOps
5 2 (12.50%) API Management
5 2 (12.50%) Containerisation
5 2 (12.50%) Epics
5 2 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (12.50%) Identity Management
5 2 (12.50%) Information Security
5 2 (12.50%) Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (12.50%) Product Strategy
5 2 (12.50%) Service Delivery
5 2 (12.50%) Use Case
5 2 (12.50%) User Stories
6 1 (6.25%) Project Management
6 1 (6.25%) Risk Management
6 1 (6.25%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) PCI DSS
1 1 (6.25%) PSD2
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) Google
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft
1 1 (6.25%) SAP