Product Management Contract Job Trends in Preston

Product Management
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring Product Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 17 14
Rank change year-on-year -13 -3 +2
Contract jobs citing Product Management 1 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 0.54% 3.85% 2.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 4.17% 2.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £676 £455 -
Median % change year-on-year +48.52% - -
Lancashire median daily rate £676 £455 -
% change year-on-year +48.52% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £70.16 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year - +89.62% -52.56%
Lancashire median hourly rate - £70.81 £37.00
% change year-on-year - +91.36% -52.56%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Preston

Product Management 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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 151 72 34
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 81.18% 92.31% 79.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 47 21
10th Percentile £310 £344 £200
25th Percentile £463 £405 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £455 £575
Median % change year-on-year +20.88% -20.87% +29.58%
75th Percentile £638 £630 £627
90th Percentile £687 £674 £975
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £488 £493
% change year-on-year +12.82% -1.12% -10.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 9 6
10th Percentile £37.25 £23.32 £24.48
25th Percentile £60.00 £26.88 £25.98
Median hourly rate £70.00 £41.06 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +70.48% +26.34% -29.16%
75th Percentile £76.33 £47.12 £48.16
90th Percentile £80.00 £61.47 £59.69
Lancashire median hourly rate £56.44 £47.12 £40.33
% change year-on-year +19.78% +16.85% -12.68%

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Product Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston.

Product Management job vacancy trend in Preston

Product Management
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Product Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Product Management

Product Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Product Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Product Management

Product Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Servant Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Debt
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow