Product Requirements Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Product Requirements
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne requiring Product Requirements skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 34 29
Rank change year-on-year -17 -5 -
Contract jobs citing Product Requirements 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.49% 0.43% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 0.48% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £418 - -
25th Percentile £425 £415 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £430 £454
Median % change year-on-year +4.65% -5.29% -
75th Percentile £475 £445 -
90th Percentile £483 - -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £450 £430 £454
% change year-on-year +4.65% -5.29% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

Product Requirements 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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 358 210 166
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 87.96% 90.52% 84.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 124 93
10th Percentile £179 £302 £230
25th Percentile £364 £350 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £445 £485
Median % change year-on-year +1.12% -8.25% -13.78%
75th Percentile £525 £588 £600
90th Percentile £588 £646 £712
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 13 14
10th Percentile £17.88 £13.94 £24.73
25th Percentile £44.50 £14.75 £46.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £16.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +243.75% -66.32% +111.11%
75th Percentile £60.00 £18.25 £50.00
90th Percentile £69.66 £19.75 £68.75
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £53.75 £16.00 £13.99
% change year-on-year +235.94% +14.37% -37.82%

Product Requirements
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Product Requirements relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Product Requirements job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Product Requirements
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Product Requirements.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Product Requirements

Product Requirements
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 2 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 2 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 2 (100.00%) Product Vision
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Use Case
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Product Management
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Quality