Product Manager Contracts in the North of England

Product Manager
England > North of England

The median Product Manager daily rate in the North of England is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 May 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 142 160 165
Rank change year-on-year +18 +5 +30
Contract jobs requiring a Product Manager 27 20 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.82% 0.42% 0.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.87% 0.45% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 8 37
10th Percentile £433 £403 £429
25th Percentile £459 £444 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £568 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.89% +3.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £538 £589 £625
90th Percentile £653 £626 £672
England median daily rate £541 £600 £559
% change year-on-year -9.79% +7.27% -2.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67.50 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
75th Percentile £72.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £52.50 £67.50 £39.55
% change year-on-year -22.22% +70.67% -29.31%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 3,086 4,398 5,519
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.46% 93.10% 95.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,040 2,758 3,900
10th Percentile £230 £263 £281
25th Percentile £367 £384 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £551 £580 £600
90th Percentile £645 £675 £680
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 394 158
10th Percentile £12.82 £11.02 £14.18
25th Percentile £16.25 £12.53 £18.96
Median hourly rate £24.50 £19.34 £30.65
Median % change year-on-year +26.68% -36.90% +64.84%
75th Percentile £50.00 £45.97 £49.48
90th Percentile £80.59 £60.00 £66.00
England median hourly rate £30.45 £36.34 £44.77
% change year-on-year -16.20% -18.83% +98.96%

Product Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Manager in the North of England

Product Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Product Manager in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Product Manager in the North of England

Product Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Manager in the North of England over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Product Manager in the North of England

Product Manager
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North East - 12 £505 - 9
North West +5 11 £481 +6.94% 44
Yorkshire +8 4 £500 -16.67% 15
Product Manager
England

Product Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 3 May 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 North of England region featuring Product Manager in the job title.

1 13 (48.15%) Stakeholder Management
1 13 (48.15%) Agile
2 12 (44.44%) Public Sector
3 11 (40.74%) Roadmaps
4 10 (37.04%) Social Skills
5 9 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
6 8 (29.63%) Product Ownership
7 7 (25.93%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (22.22%) User Stories
8 6 (22.22%) Product Vision
9 5 (18.52%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 5 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (18.52%) Product Management
10 4 (14.81%) Migration
10 4 (14.81%) Onboarding
11 3 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
11 3 (11.11%) Business Case
11 3 (11.11%) Product Requirements
11 3 (11.11%) Product Strategy
11 3 (11.11%) Strategic Roadmap
11 3 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
11 3 (11.11%) Service Delivery
11 3 (11.11%) Change Management
11 3 (11.11%) Customer Engagement
11 3 (11.11%) WFM
11 3 (11.11%) SC Cleared
11 3 (11.11%) Security Cleared
11 3 (11.11%) Waterfall
12 2 (7.41%) API Design
12 2 (7.41%) User-Centered Design (UCD)

Product Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 (3.70%) Apache
1 1 (3.70%) Apache Spark
1 1 (3.70%) CMS
1 1 (3.70%) Sitecore CMS
1 1 (3.70%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (3.70%) S-PLUS
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.70%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) Tableau
General
1 12 (44.44%) Public Sector
2 10 (37.04%) Social Skills
3 7 (25.93%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.41%) Finance
4 2 (7.41%) Marketing
4 2 (7.41%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Health Technology
5 1 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.70%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 8 (29.63%) Product Ownership
2 4 (14.81%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.70%) Blog
3 1 (3.70%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (3.70%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.70%) NHS
3 1 (3.70%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.70%) Android
1 1 (3.70%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (48.15%) Agile
1 13 (48.15%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (40.74%) Roadmaps
3 9 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
4 6 (22.22%) Product Vision
4 6 (22.22%) User Stories
5 5 (18.52%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 5 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (18.52%) Product Management
6 4 (14.81%) Migration
7 3 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
7 3 (11.11%) Business Case
7 3 (11.11%) Customer Engagement
7 3 (11.11%) Product Requirements
7 3 (11.11%) Product Strategy
7 3 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
7 3 (11.11%) Service Delivery
7 3 (11.11%) Strategic Roadmap
7 3 (11.11%) Waterfall
7 3 (11.11%) WFM
Qualifications
1 3 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 3 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.41%) CSPO
3 1 (3.70%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) Accessibility
1 1 (3.70%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (7.41%) Virgin Media
2 1 (3.70%) Brio
2 1 (3.70%) Databricks
2 1 (3.70%) Optimizely
2 1 (3.70%) Salesforce
2 1 (3.70%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
2 1 (3.70%) SAP
2 1 (3.70%) Sitecore
2 1 (3.70%) Verint