Product Planning Contract Job Trends in the North West

Product Planning
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Product Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Product Planning 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.045% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.051% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £463 £425 £538
% change year-on-year +8.82% -20.93% -10.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39.00 - -
Median hourly rate £41.00 - -
75th Percentile £43.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £41.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Product Planning falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,949 2,029 2,504
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.63% 83.67% 88.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,288 1,108 1,709
10th Percentile £258 £294 £270
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £682 £656 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 111 166
10th Percentile £13.91 £16.50 £15.75
25th Percentile £17.30 £29.00 £17.73
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.64% +18.60% +46.49%
75th Percentile £47.12 £62.50 £46.18
90th Percentile £67.25 £71.50 £68.13
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% -4.49% +36.92%

Product Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Product Planning relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Product Planning job vacancy trend in the North West

Product Planning
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Product Planning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Product Planning

Product Planning
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 Planning within the North West region over the 6 months to 10 October 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
Cheshire - 1 - - 1
Product Planning
England

Product Planning
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Portfolio Management
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps