Digital Product Manager Contract Job Trends in Reading

Digital Product Manager
Berkshire > Reading

The median Digital Product Manager daily rate in Reading is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Digital Product Manager 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.18% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £563 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 1,010 557 985
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.66% 93.77% 89.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 573 355 554
10th Percentile £376 £350 £336
25th Percentile £500 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £583
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £650 £625 £650
90th Percentile £775 £695 £719
Berkshire median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 151 20 41
10th Percentile £25.00 - £49.00
25th Percentile £47.63 £14.75 £58.49
Median hourly rate £83.00 £28.00 £69.38
Median % change year-on-year +196.43% -59.64% +5.11%
75th Percentile £88.00 £58.44 £87.46
90th Percentile £104.50 £70.00 £100.00
Berkshire median hourly rate £80.00 £32.31 £61.80
% change year-on-year +147.60% -47.71% +5.18%

Digital Product Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Digital Product Manager job vacancy trend in Reading

Digital Product Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Digital Product Manager job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Digital Product Manager job vacancies in Reading

Digital Product Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 29 August 2026, Digital 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 Reading region featuring Digital Product Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Debt
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (50.00%) CAD
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Data Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) EMC
2 1 (50.00%) Metadata
2 1 (50.00%) MOM
2 1 (50.00%) Observability
2 1 (50.00%) Physics
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Certification

Digital Product Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Metadata
General
1 2 (100.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Debt
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Observability
2 1 (50.00%) Physics
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) MOM
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) EMC