Product Strategy Contracts in the North West

Product Strategy
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 144 167
Rank change year-on-year +23 +23 -35
Contract jobs citing Product Strategy 16 9 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.58% 0.28% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.31% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 9
10th Percentile - £480 £428
25th Percentile - £526 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £850 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year +54.55% +1.85% +13.68%
75th Percentile - £613 £550
90th Percentile - £675 £653
England median daily rate £615 £555 £538
% change year-on-year +10.87% +3.20% +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 £40.62
% change year-on-year -18.98% +105.12% -24.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,385 2,910 3,587
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 86.32% 90.57% 88.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,526 2,071 2,633
10th Percentile £306 £313 £230
25th Percentile £401 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £589 £588 £575
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 243 145 164
10th Percentile £10.95 £16.49 £10.63
25th Percentile £13.28 £21.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +68.72% +10.64%
75th Percentile £45.44 £48.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Product Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Strategy in the North West

Product Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Product Strategy in the North West

Product Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Product Strategy in the North West

Product Strategy
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 Strategy within the North West region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Manchester +27 16 £850 +54.55% 7
Product Strategy
England

Product Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Communications & Networking
1 12 (75.00%) Firewall
1 12 (75.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Big Data
General
1 6 (37.50%) Legal
2 5 (31.25%) Public Sector
3 2 (12.50%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 13 (81.25%) Architect
2 12 (75.00%) Technical Architect
3 11 (68.75%) Lead
3 11 (68.75%) Lead Architect
3 11 (68.75%) Technical Leader
4 3 (18.75%) Senior
5 2 (12.50%) Designer
5 2 (12.50%) Senior Designer
5 2 (12.50%) Senior UI Designer
5 2 (12.50%) Senior UI/UX Designer
5 2 (12.50%) Senior UX Designer
5 2 (12.50%) UI Designer
5 2 (12.50%) UI/UX Designer
5 2 (12.50%) UX Designer
6 1 (6.25%) Mobility Architect
6 1 (6.25%) Product Manager
6 1 (6.25%) Senior Manager
6 1 (6.25%) Senior Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (62.50%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 12 (75.00%) Public Cloud
2 9 (56.25%) Product Ownership
3 6 (37.50%) Mobile App
4 2 (12.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (81.25%) Android
1 13 (81.25%) Apple iOS
2 12 (75.00%) Windows
2 12 (75.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 13 (81.25%) Agile
2 13 (81.25%) Strategic Roadmap
3 12 (75.00%) DevOps
3 12 (75.00%) Mobile Device Management
3 12 (75.00%) Risk Management
4 10 (62.50%) Technical Leadership
5 9 (56.25%) CI/CD
5 9 (56.25%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 9 (56.25%) Design Patterns
5 9 (56.25%) Product Roadmap
5 9 (56.25%) Security Architecture
5 9 (56.25%) Threat Intelligence
5 9 (56.25%) Zero Trust
6 8 (50.00%) User Experience
7 6 (37.50%) Microservices
8 4 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
9 3 (18.75%) Immutable Infrastructure
9 3 (18.75%) Infrastructure as Code
10 2 (12.50%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Qualifications
1 10 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 9 (56.25%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Apple
1 5 (31.25%) Google