Product Strategy Contracts in the North of England

Product Strategy
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for Product Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Product Strategy over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 171 174 219
Rank change year-on-year +3 +45 -30
Contract jobs citing Product Strategy 18 45 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.38% 0.77% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 0.85% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 29 13
10th Percentile £599 £464 £438
25th Percentile £803 £513 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £850 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year +54.55% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile - £575 £544
90th Percentile - £650 £549
England median daily rate £618 £550 £538
% change year-on-year +12.27% +2.33% +6.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - - £37.25
25th Percentile - - £37.25
Median hourly rate - £83.40 £39.73
Median % change year-on-year - +109.92% -
75th Percentile - - £42.48
90th Percentile - - £42.64
England median hourly rate £67.50 £83.31 £42.00
% change year-on-year -18.98% +98.36% -22.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Product Strategy is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,081 5,270 6,360
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 85.83% 90.69% 88.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,497 3,663 4,658
10th Percentile £300 £304 £240
25th Percentile £400 £413 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £563
90th Percentile £675 £684 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 357 205 261
10th Percentile £11.04 £10.63 £10.63
25th Percentile £12.50 £15.75 £12.75
Median hourly rate £17.72 £27.70 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.03% +49.73% -
75th Percentile £44.74 £45.05 £32.77
90th Percentile £55.40 £65.00 £50.78
England median hourly rate £35.96 £37.50 £24.50
% change year-on-year -4.12% +53.06% +2.08%

Product Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Product Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Product Strategy in the North of England

Product Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Product Strategy in the North of England

Product Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Strategy in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Product Strategy in the North of England

Product Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Product Strategy in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Product Strategy in the North of England

Product Strategy
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 Strategy within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2024. 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 West +34 16 £850 +54.55% 16
Yorkshire -6 2 £563 +2.27% 16
Product Strategy
England

Product Strategy
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) Azure
1 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 12 (66.67%) Firewall
1 12 (66.67%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) Big Data
2 1 (5.56%) Power BI
General
1 6 (33.33%) Legal
1 6 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 2 (11.11%) Health Technology
3 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (72.22%) Architect
2 12 (66.67%) Technical Architect
3 11 (61.11%) Lead
3 11 (61.11%) Lead Architect
3 11 (61.11%) Technical Leader
4 4 (22.22%) Senior
5 3 (16.67%) Designer
5 3 (16.67%) Senior Designer
6 2 (11.11%) Product Manager
6 2 (11.11%) Senior UI Designer
6 2 (11.11%) Senior UI/UX Designer
6 2 (11.11%) Senior UX Designer
6 2 (11.11%) UI Designer
6 2 (11.11%) UI/UX Designer
6 2 (11.11%) UX Designer
7 1 (5.56%) Data Manager
7 1 (5.56%) Graphic Designer
7 1 (5.56%) Senior Graphic Designer
7 1 (5.56%) Senior Manager
7 1 (5.56%) Senior Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (55.56%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 12 (66.67%) Public Cloud
2 10 (55.56%) Product Ownership
3 6 (33.33%) Mobile App
4 2 (11.11%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (72.22%) Android
1 13 (72.22%) Apple iOS
2 12 (66.67%) Windows
2 12 (66.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (94.44%) Roadmaps
2 15 (83.33%) Agile
3 13 (72.22%) Strategic Roadmap
4 12 (66.67%) DevOps
4 12 (66.67%) Mobile Device Management
4 12 (66.67%) Risk Management
5 10 (55.56%) Product Roadmap
5 10 (55.56%) Technical Leadership
6 9 (50.00%) CI/CD
6 9 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 9 (50.00%) Design Patterns
6 9 (50.00%) Security Architecture
6 9 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
6 9 (50.00%) Zero Trust
7 8 (44.44%) User Experience
8 6 (33.33%) Microservices
9 4 (22.22%) Technology Roadmap
10 3 (16.67%) Immutable Infrastructure
10 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
11 2 (11.11%) Service Design
Qualifications
1 10 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 9 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (27.78%) Apple
1 5 (27.78%) Google
2 1 (5.56%) Databricks