Product Analyst Contracts in Reading

Product Analyst
Berkshire > Reading

The median Product Analyst daily rate in Reading is £494, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
1 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 77 83
Rank change year-on-year +25 +6 +14
Contract jobs requiring a Product Analyst 8 14 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 1.34% 1.17% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.42% 1.26% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 12 3
10th Percentile - £445 £522
25th Percentile £431 £446 £536
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £537 £560
Median % change year-on-year -8.05% -4.11% +86.67%
75th Percentile £551 £600 -
90th Percentile £580 £638 -
Berkshire median daily rate £494 £530 £560
% change year-on-year -6.84% -5.36% +86.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 563 1,112 996
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 93.29% 95.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 340 632 664
10th Percentile £325 £213 £363
25th Percentile £450 £413 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.19% -3.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £651
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £504 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -1.76% -2.38% +7.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 51 24
10th Percentile - £35.00 £26.45
25th Percentile - £52.90 £51.48
Median hourly rate £70.00 £61.60 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -5.23% +150.00%
75th Percentile £71.80 £74.66 £74.20
90th Percentile £75.03 £87.46 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £63.37 £59.50 £56.89
% change year-on-year +6.51% +4.60% +170.88%

Product Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings that featured Product Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Product Analyst in Reading

Product Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Product Analyst in Reading.

Daily rate trend for Product Analyst in Reading

Product Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Analyst in Reading over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Product Analyst in Reading

Product Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Product Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Reading region featuring Product Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (50.00%) Agile
1 4 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (37.50%) Scrum
2 3 (37.50%) User Stories
2 3 (37.50%) Epics
2 3 (37.50%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 2 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 2 (25.00%) Mobile App
3 2 (25.00%) ETL
3 2 (25.00%) Primavera
3 2 (25.00%) Oracle
4 1 (12.50%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (12.50%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (12.50%) Data Modelling
4 1 (12.50%) Data Security
4 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
4 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
4 1 (12.50%) Resource Management
4 1 (12.50%) Use Case
4 1 (12.50%) System Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Time Management
4 1 (12.50%) Analytics
4 1 (12.50%) Line Management
4 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Cyberattack
4 1 (12.50%) Product Roadmap
4 1 (12.50%) Product Backlog
4 1 (12.50%) Business Case

Product Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Primavera
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Forms
General
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (12.50%) Cyberattack
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Agile
1 4 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 3 (37.50%) Epics
2 3 (37.50%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 3 (37.50%) Scrum
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (37.50%) User Stories
3 2 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 2 (25.00%) ETL
4 1 (12.50%) Business Case
4 1 (12.50%) Data Modelling
4 1 (12.50%) Data Security
4 1 (12.50%) Inventory Management
4 1 (12.50%) Product Backlog
4 1 (12.50%) Product Roadmap
4 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
4 1 (12.50%) Resource Management
4 1 (12.50%) System Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Time Management
4 1 (12.50%) Use Case
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle
10 Product Analyst jobs in the South East