Product Manager Contract Job Trends in Reading

Product Manager
Berkshire > Reading

The median Product Manager daily rate in Reading is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025.

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

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Product Manager 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.29% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £400 - £513
% change year-on-year - - -16.33%

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 641 980 973
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.44% 90.24% 92.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 443 542 634
10th Percentile £315 £334 £213
25th Percentile £425 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £573 £520
Median % change year-on-year -8.30% +10.10% +0.97%
75th Percentile £608 £650 £620
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 18 16
10th Percentile £14.75 £46.48 £59.32
25th Percentile £16.66 £56.25 £60.99
Median hourly rate £69.75 £66.26 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +4.70% +15.07%
75th Percentile £95.00 £99.38 £66.11
90th Percentile £96.75 £100.00 £71.38
Berkshire median hourly rate £40.44 £60.46 £61.72
% change year-on-year -33.12% -2.05% +84.23%

Product Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Product Manager job vacancy trend in Reading

Product Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Product Manager Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 29 November 2025, 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 Product Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 2 (100.00%) Business Case
1 2 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 2 (100.00%) Product Vision
1 2 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
1 2 (100.00%) Validation

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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Automotive
1 2 (100.00%) Billing
1 2 (100.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) IoT
1 2 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 2 (100.00%) Business Case
1 2 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 2 (100.00%) Product Vision
1 2 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
1 2 (100.00%) Validation