Product Manager Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Product Manager
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Product Manager daily rate in Milton Keynes is £565, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2026.

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

 6 months to
20 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Product Manager 7 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 0.93% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.96% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £509 - -
25th Percentile £521 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 - -
75th Percentile £607 - -
90th Percentile £628 - -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £565 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Milton Keynes

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Milton Keynes. 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 Milton Keynes with a recognized job title 726 149 362
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.67% 92.55% 93.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 526 110 273
10th Percentile £363 £273 £257
25th Percentile £456 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £464 £475
Median % change year-on-year +13.15% -2.32% -
75th Percentile £600 £588 £575
90th Percentile £638 £631 £670
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +10.53% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 5 24
10th Percentile £15.05 £13.90 £15.85
25th Percentile £15.53 £15.25 £17.91
Median hourly rate £16.35 £19.00 £22.55
Median % change year-on-year -13.95% -15.74% +71.35%
75th Percentile £39.63 £53.75 £27.75
90th Percentile - £63.50 £48.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £17.34 £15.25 £23.22
% change year-on-year +13.67% -34.31% +32.66%

Product Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Product Manager job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Product Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Manager job vacancies in Milton Keynes

Product Manager Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes

For the 6 months to 20 May 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 Milton Keynes region featuring Product Manager in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (71.43%) Agile
2 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
3 4 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (57.14%) DV Cleared
3 4 (57.14%) Product Management
3 4 (57.14%) Product Vision
3 4 (57.14%) Roadmaps
4 3 (42.86%) Backlog Management
4 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
4 3 (42.86%) User Stories
5 2 (28.57%) Analytics
5 2 (28.57%) Business Analytics
5 2 (28.57%) CSPO
5 2 (28.57%) Product Strategy
5 2 (28.57%) Scrum
5 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (28.57%) User Research
6 1 (14.29%) Agile Coaching
6 1 (14.29%) Azure
6 1 (14.29%) Burndown Charts
6 1 (14.29%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (14.29%) Coaching
6 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
6 1 (14.29%) Epics
6 1 (14.29%) Objectives and Key Results
6 1 (14.29%) Product Discovery
6 1 (14.29%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management

Product Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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%) Azure
General
1 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (28.57%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Agile
2 4 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (57.14%) Product Management
2 4 (57.14%) Product Vision
2 4 (57.14%) Roadmaps
3 3 (42.86%) Backlog Management
3 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
3 3 (42.86%) User Stories
4 2 (28.57%) Analytics
4 2 (28.57%) Business Analytics
4 2 (28.57%) Product Strategy
4 2 (28.57%) Scrum
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (28.57%) User Research
5 1 (14.29%) Agile Coaching
5 1 (14.29%) Burndown Charts
5 1 (14.29%) Coaching
5 1 (14.29%) Objectives and Key Results
5 1 (14.29%) Product Discovery
5 1 (14.29%) Scaled Agile Framework
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
3 4 (57.14%) DV Cleared
4 2 (28.57%) CSPO
45 Product Manager jobs in the South East