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 24 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
24 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 136 158 162
Rank change year-on-year +22 +4 +48
Contract jobs requiring a Product Manager 28 19 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.85% 0.41% 0.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.91% 0.44% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 10 33
10th Percentile £433 £418 £425
25th Percentile £459 £453 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £568 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.89% +3.18% +2.33%
75th Percentile £538 £585 £619
90th Percentile £653 £609 £650
England median daily rate £525 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -4.35%
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% -6.94%

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 3,078 4,308 5,322
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.30% 93.07% 95.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,039 2,698 3,719
10th Percentile £230 £263 £280
25th Percentile £367 £388 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £479 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.87% -4.25% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £594
90th Percentile £638 £670 £686
England median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 159 413 157
10th Percentile £12.82 £11.07 £14.15
25th Percentile £15.45 £12.70 £17.72
Median hourly rate £24.50 £21.43 £29.30
Median % change year-on-year +14.33% -26.86% +54.21%
75th Percentile £49.38 £46.18 £49.40
90th Percentile £75.25 £63.75 £66.28
England median hourly rate £29.07 £37.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -21.81% -17.38% +95.65%

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 24 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 24 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 - 14 £510 - 38
North West +5 10 £450 -5.26% 204
Yorkshire +10 4 £500 -16.67% 127
Product Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 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 14 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 14 (50.00%) Agile
2 13 (46.43%) Public Sector
3 10 (35.71%) Social Skills
3 10 (35.71%) Roadmaps
4 8 (28.57%) Product Roadmap
4 8 (28.57%) Product Ownership
5 7 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (21.43%) User Stories
6 6 (21.43%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 6 (21.43%) Product Vision
6 6 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (21.43%) Product Management
7 4 (14.29%) Product Requirements
7 4 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
7 4 (14.29%) Migration
8 3 (10.71%) Finance
8 3 (10.71%) Service Delivery
8 3 (10.71%) Change Management
8 3 (10.71%) Scrum
8 3 (10.71%) WFM
8 3 (10.71%) SC Cleared
8 3 (10.71%) Security Cleared
8 3 (10.71%) Waterfall
8 3 (10.71%) Product Strategy
8 3 (10.71%) Requirements Gathering
8 3 (10.71%) Business Case
8 3 (10.71%) Customer Engagement
8 3 (10.71%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 3 (10.71%) Strategic Roadmap

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 (3.57%) Apache
1 1 (3.57%) Apache Spark
1 1 (3.57%) CMS
1 1 (3.57%) Sitecore CMS
1 1 (3.57%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (3.57%) S-PLUS
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.57%) AWS
1 1 (3.57%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) Tableau
General
1 13 (46.43%) Public Sector
2 10 (35.71%) Social Skills
3 7 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (10.71%) Finance
5 2 (7.14%) Marketing
5 2 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.57%) Health Technology
6 1 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.57%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 8 (28.57%) Product Ownership
2 3 (10.71%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.57%) AI Agents
3 1 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.57%) Blog
3 1 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.57%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (3.57%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.57%) NHS
3 1 (3.57%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.57%) Android
1 1 (3.57%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (50.00%) Agile
1 14 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 10 (35.71%) Roadmaps
3 8 (28.57%) Product Roadmap
4 6 (21.43%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 6 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (21.43%) Product Management
4 6 (21.43%) Product Vision
4 6 (21.43%) User Stories
5 4 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
5 4 (14.29%) Migration
5 4 (14.29%) Product Requirements
6 3 (10.71%) Business Case
6 3 (10.71%) Product Strategy
6 3 (10.71%) Requirements Gathering
6 3 (10.71%) Scrum
6 3 (10.71%) Service Delivery
6 3 (10.71%) Strategic Roadmap
6 3 (10.71%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 3 (10.71%) WFM
Qualifications
1 3 (10.71%) CSPO
1 3 (10.71%) SC Cleared
1 3 (10.71%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (3.57%) Degree
2 1 (3.57%) MCP
2 1 (3.57%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.57%) Accessibility
1 1 (3.57%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (7.14%) Virgin Media
2 1 (3.57%) Brio
2 1 (3.57%) Databricks
2 1 (3.57%) Google
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.57%) Optimizely
2 1 (3.57%) Salesforce
2 1 (3.57%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
2 1 (3.57%) Sitecore
2 1 (3.57%) Verint