Product Manager Contracts in Reading

Product Manager
Berkshire > Reading

The median Product Manager daily rate in Reading is £400 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 96 79 88
Rank change year-on-year -17 +9 -22
Contract jobs requiring a Product Manager 6 1 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.51% 0.100% 0.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.10% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £428
25th Percentile £375 £425 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £575
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -21.74% +55.93%
75th Percentile £425 £475 £631
90th Percentile - - £643
Berkshire median daily rate £525 £525 £588
% change year-on-year - -10.64% +86.51%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 1,080 958 1,272
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.62% 95.70% 95.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 623 643 859
10th Percentile £213 £363 £185
25th Percentile £413 £460 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £492
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +11.90% +3.47%
75th Percentile £624 £650 £592
90th Percentile £688 £721 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £525 £490
% change year-on-year -2.38% +7.14% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 23 7
10th Percentile £35.70 £45.50 £12.30
25th Percentile £52.90 £53.00 £17.63
Median hourly rate £61.60 £65.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +150.00% -26.76%
75th Percentile £73.50 £74.40 £32.50
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.19 £33.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £59.15 £56.89 £19.25
% change year-on-year +3.98% +195.51% -8.55%

Product Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Manager in Reading

Product Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Product Manager in Reading

Product Manager Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 11 May 2024, Product Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) SQL
1 5 (83.33%) Crystal Reports
1 5 (83.33%) SAS
1 5 (83.33%) Data Security
1 5 (83.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 5 (83.33%) Data Analytics
1 5 (83.33%) Analytics
1 5 (83.33%) IFS
1 5 (83.33%) Matrix Organization
1 5 (83.33%) Contract Management
1 5 (83.33%) Development Roadmap
1 5 (83.33%) User Experience
1 5 (83.33%) Roadmaps
2 2 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) SaaS
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Product Vision

Product Manager 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (83.33%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (83.33%) Crystal Reports
General
1 2 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Analytics
1 5 (83.33%) Contract Management
1 5 (83.33%) Data Analytics
1 5 (83.33%) Data Security
1 5 (83.33%) Development Roadmap
1 5 (83.33%) Matrix Organization
1 5 (83.33%) Roadmaps
1 5 (83.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 5 (83.33%) User Experience
2 1 (16.67%) Product Vision
2 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) IFS