Product Strategy Contracts in the North West

Product Strategy
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Product Strategy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Product Strategy over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 121 142
Rank change year-on-year +5 +21 +28
Contract jobs citing Product Strategy 8 16 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.41% 0.60% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.69% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 7
10th Percentile - - £480
25th Percentile £346 - £526
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £850 £550
Median % change year-on-year -47.06% +54.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile - - £613
90th Percentile - - £675
England median daily rate £525 £618 £600
% change year-on-year -14.98% +2.92% +11.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £52.51 - -
25th Percentile £57.66 - -
Median hourly rate £67.96 - £83.40
75th Percentile £76.54 - -
90th Percentile £80.66 - -
England median hourly rate £52.50 £67.50 £83.31
% change year-on-year -22.22% -18.98% +71.77%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Product Strategy 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 1,762 2,307 2,809
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 90.27% 86.08% 90.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,143 1,467 1,986
10th Percentile £300 £307 £313
25th Percentile £391 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £593 £588
90th Percentile £659 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 250 136
10th Percentile £16.04 £10.95 £16.85
25th Percentile £22.92 £13.50 £23.15
Median hourly rate £32.50 £23.80 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +36.55% -33.89% +71.43%
75th Percentile £60.75 £46.11 £49.52
90th Percentile £84.73 £62.50 £66.00
England median hourly rate £29.02 £36.50 £37.30
% change year-on-year -20.49% -2.14% +52.24%

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Product Strategy in the North West over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 9 May 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
Manchester +2 6 £450 -47.06% 34
Cumbria - 1 - -
Lancashire - 1 - - 9
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:

General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Product Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Principal Security Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Security Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Strategy Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Product Ownership
2 1 (12.50%) BYOD
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Roadmaps
1 6 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (62.50%) Business Case
2 5 (62.50%) Change Management
2 5 (62.50%) Migration
2 5 (62.50%) Product Roadmap
2 5 (62.50%) Product Vision
2 5 (62.50%) Requirements Gathering
2 5 (62.50%) Service Delivery
2 5 (62.50%) Waterfall
2 5 (62.50%) WFM
3 4 (50.00%) Customer Engagement
4 3 (37.50%) Agile
4 3 (37.50%) Product Management
5 2 (25.00%) Analytics
6 1 (12.50%) Immutable Infrastructure
6 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
6 1 (12.50%) Mobile Device Management
6 1 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
6 1 (12.50%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) NCSC