Senior Product Manager Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Senior Product Manager
England > North of England

The median Senior Product Manager daily rate in the North of England is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 February 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 216 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Product Manager 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.12% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £357 - -
25th Percentile £381 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £463 - -
90th Percentile £473 - -
England median daily rate £625 £550 £650
% change year-on-year +13.64% -15.38% +4.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 4,598 3,113 4,687
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.87% 92.29% 93.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,037 1,841 3,047
10th Percentile £213 £231 £263
25th Percentile £368 £363 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £468 £488
Median % change year-on-year -0.32% -4.10% -2.50%
75th Percentile £550 £569 £584
90th Percentile £650 £650 £672
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 277 142 346
10th Percentile £15.80 £15.23 £11.77
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.58 £13.51
Median hourly rate £41.94 £27.13 £21.43
Median % change year-on-year +54.62% +26.57% -16.97%
75th Percentile £57.50 £40.81 £46.18
90th Percentile £72.50 £67.86 £58.75
England median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £36.05
% change year-on-year -14.29% -2.90% +2.99%

Senior Product Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Product Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Senior Product Manager job vacancy trend in the North of England

Senior Product Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Product Manager job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Product Manager job vacancies in the North of England

Senior 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 Senior Product Manager within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 February 2026. 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 - 3 £388 - 2
North West - 2 £438 - 1
Yorkshire - 2 £480 - 4
Senior Product Manager
England

Senior Product Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 1 February 2026, Senior 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 North of England region featuring Senior Product Manager in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Agile
1 4 (66.67%) Product Management
1 4 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 3 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (50.00%) Product Strategy
2 3 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 2 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
3 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (16.67%) Budget Management
4 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
4 1 (16.67%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 1 (16.67%) DevOps
4 1 (16.67%) Information Governance
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (16.67%) Portfolio Management
4 1 (16.67%) Product Backlog
4 1 (16.67%) Product Thinking
4 1 (16.67%) Prompt Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) Prototyping
4 1 (16.67%) QA
4 1 (16.67%) Rapid Prototyping
4 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery

Senior Product Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Purview
General
1 4 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 2 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) IoT
1 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Agile
1 4 (66.67%) Product Management
1 4 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 3 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (50.00%) Product Strategy
2 3 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 2 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 1 (16.67%) Portfolio Management
4 1 (16.67%) Product Thinking
4 1 (16.67%) Prompt Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) Rapid Prototyping
4 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (16.67%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft