Product Manager Contracts in the Midlands

Product Manager
England > Midlands

The median Product Manager daily rate in the Midlands is £439, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 August 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
25 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 124 135
Rank change year-on-year +11 +11 +66
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Product Manager 24 7 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.95% 0.26% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.06% 0.28% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 4 9
10th Percentile £356 £494 £456
25th Percentile £368 £542 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £439 £594 £550
Median % change year-on-year -26.11% +7.95% +1.85%
75th Percentile £581 £613 £650
90th Percentile £683 £614 -
England median daily rate £525 £585 £558
% change year-on-year -10.26% +4.84% -3.79%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,255 2,489 2,819
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.41% 92.56% 94.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,474 1,654 1,969
10th Percentile £220 £250 £225
25th Percentile £358 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £499 £488
Median % change year-on-year -9.82% +2.36% +2.63%
75th Percentile £550 £595 £600
90th Percentile £638 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 175 135 103
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.74 £13.16
25th Percentile £15.12 £14.58 £16.75
Median hourly rate £24.34 £20.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.70% -6.98% +19.44%
75th Percentile £31.00 £36.25 £42.25
90th Percentile £50.00 £51.91 £69.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.86
% change year-on-year -44.11% +2.60% +68.69%

Product Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Manager in the Midlands

Product Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Manager job vacancies in the Midlands

Product Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Manager in the Midlands over the 6 months to 25 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Product Manager in the Midlands

Product Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Product Manager job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Product Manager job vacancies in the Midlands

Product Manager
DemandTrendContract 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 Manager within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +1 14 £575 +6.98% 14
East Midlands +2 10 £378 -37.21% 8
Product Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 25 August 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 Midlands region featuring Product Manager in the job title.

1 21 (87.50%) Roadmaps
2 19 (79.17%) Product Management
3 12 (50.00%) Agile
4 11 (45.83%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (45.83%) Social Skills
5 10 (41.67%) Product Strategy
5 10 (41.67%) Product Roadmap
6 9 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (33.33%) Microsoft
7 8 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
8 7 (29.17%) Product Vision
8 7 (29.17%) Product Ownership
9 6 (25.00%) B2B
10 5 (20.83%) Finance
10 5 (20.83%) Customer Insight
10 5 (20.83%) B2B Sales
10 5 (20.83%) Business Strategy
10 5 (20.83%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 5 (20.83%) Development Roadmap
11 4 (16.67%) Accounts Payable
11 4 (16.67%) Market Research
11 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
11 4 (16.67%) Procure-to-Pay
11 4 (16.67%) Scrum
11 4 (16.67%) Windows
11 4 (16.67%) BCP
11 4 (16.67%) Project Management
11 4 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
12 3 (12.50%) Banking
12 3 (12.50%) Degree

Product Manager Skill Set
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 2 (8.33%) PowerFactory
Business Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.33%) SaaS
2 1 (4.17%) Azure
2 1 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (4.17%) Figma
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (4.17%) GIS
General
1 11 (45.83%) Analytical Skills
1 11 (45.83%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.83%) Finance
3 3 (12.50%) Banking
4 1 (4.17%) Automotive
4 1 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.33%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 7 (29.17%) Product Ownership
2 3 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (8.33%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.67%) Windows
2 1 (4.17%) Android
2 1 (4.17%) Apple iOS
2 1 (4.17%) Mac OS
2 1 (4.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (87.50%) Roadmaps
2 19 (79.17%) Product Management
3 12 (50.00%) Agile
4 10 (41.67%) Product Roadmap
4 10 (41.67%) Product Strategy
5 9 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
7 7 (29.17%) Product Vision
8 6 (25.00%) B2B
9 5 (20.83%) B2B Sales
9 5 (20.83%) Business Strategy
9 5 (20.83%) Customer Insight
9 5 (20.83%) Development Roadmap
9 5 (20.83%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 4 (16.67%) Accounts Payable
10 4 (16.67%) BCP
10 4 (16.67%) Market Research
10 4 (16.67%) Procure-to-Pay
10 4 (16.67%) Project Management
10 4 (16.67%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 3 (12.50%) Degree
1 3 (12.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (4.17%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) PMO
Systems Management
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.17%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.50%) Apple
3 1 (4.17%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (4.17%) DIgSILENT
3 1 (4.17%) Symantec