Product Management Contract Job Trends in Reading

Product Management
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Product Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 61 90
Rank change year-on-year -19 +29 -13
Contract jobs citing Product Management 1 1 7
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.099% 0.17% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.18% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £590
25th Percentile £509 - £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £495 £666
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -25.68% +77.60%
75th Percentile £526 - £702
90th Percentile - - £710
Berkshire median daily rate £518 £495 £600
% change year-on-year +4.55% -17.50% +45.45%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 857 555 1,040
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 85.19% 92.04% 89.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 538 340 566
10th Percentile £319 £305 £213
25th Percentile £423 £450 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £533
Median % change year-on-year - +3.19% -3.09%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £619
90th Percentile £713 £700 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 2 47
10th Percentile £54.20 £33.82 £16.30
25th Percentile £80.75 £41.05 £52.21
Median hourly rate £84.00 £53.10 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +58.21% -13.81% -5.95%
75th Percentile £88.00 £65.14 £80.69
90th Percentile £105.35 £72.37 £87.49
Berkshire median hourly rate £83.00 £61.50 £60.07
% change year-on-year +34.97% +2.37% +2.25%

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Product Management job vacancy trend in Reading

Product Management
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Product Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Product Management
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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce Manager
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce Product Manager
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce Product Owner
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Product Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Product Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 1 (100.00%) Competitor Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) Market Research
1 1 (100.00%) Product Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories