Product Manager Contract Job Trends in the North West

Product Manager
England > North West

The median Product Manager daily rate in the North West is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 113 128
Rank change year-on-year -24 +15 +25
Contract jobs requiring a Product Manager 8 6 8
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.32% 0.29% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.31% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 3
10th Percentile £413 £352 -
25th Percentile £429 £356 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £458 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.83% +1.67% -15.49%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £481
90th Percentile £622 £690 £500
England median daily rate £525 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% +2.13%

All Contract IT Job Roles
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 2,305 1,909 2,488
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.76% 92.81% 92.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,484 1,092 1,708
10th Percentile £213 £250 £302
25th Percentile £358 £380 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £561 £565 £600
90th Percentile £654 £656 £675
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 206 93 179
10th Percentile £17.30 £15.39 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.11 £18.13 £17.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £29.00 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.93% -23.68% +47.23%
75th Percentile £56.69 £46.18 £48.43
90th Percentile £69.35 £67.54 £73.75
England median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £43.63
% change year-on-year -21.43% -19.77% +24.64%

Product Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Product Manager job vacancy trend in the North West

Product Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Manager job vacancies in the North West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Manager job vacancies in the North West

Product Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Manager in the North West over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Product Manager in the North West

Product Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Product Manager job vacancies in the North West.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Product Manager job vacancies in the North West

Product Manager
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Manchester -5 7 £450 -1.64% 4
Cheshire - 1 £713 -
Product Manager
England

Product Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, 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 West region featuring Product Manager in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 7 (87.50%) Agile
3 6 (75.00%) Product Management
4 5 (62.50%) Product Roadmap
5 4 (50.00%) Product Strategy
6 3 (37.50%) Decision-Making
6 3 (37.50%) Scrum
7 2 (25.00%) Backlog Management
7 2 (25.00%) Budgeting
7 2 (25.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
7 2 (25.00%) Degree
7 2 (25.00%) Design Thinking
7 2 (25.00%) Event Storming
7 2 (25.00%) GTM Strategy
7 2 (25.00%) Objectives and Key Results
7 2 (25.00%) Prototyping
7 2 (25.00%) Resource Allocation
7 2 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
7 2 (25.00%) Thought Leadership
7 2 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 1 (12.50%) Analytics
8 1 (12.50%) AWS
8 1 (12.50%) Customer-Centric Approach
8 1 (12.50%) Customer-Centricity
8 1 (12.50%) Investment Management
8 1 (12.50%) Line Management
8 1 (12.50%) Market Research
8 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
8 1 (12.50%) Product Backlog
8 1 (12.50%) Product Vision

Product Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 (12.50%) AWS
General
1 4 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
3 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (12.50%) Banking
4 1 (12.50%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 7 (87.50%) Agile
3 6 (75.00%) Product Management
4 5 (62.50%) Product Roadmap
5 4 (50.00%) Product Strategy
6 3 (37.50%) Decision-Making
6 3 (37.50%) Scrum
7 2 (25.00%) Backlog Management
7 2 (25.00%) Budgeting
7 2 (25.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
7 2 (25.00%) Design Thinking
7 2 (25.00%) Event Storming
7 2 (25.00%) GTM Strategy
7 2 (25.00%) Objectives and Key Results
7 2 (25.00%) Prototyping
7 2 (25.00%) Resource Allocation
7 2 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
7 2 (25.00%) Thought Leadership
7 2 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 1 (12.50%) Analytics
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft