Product Management Contracts in Scotland

Product Management
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Product Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Product Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 93 96
Rank change year-on-year -19 +3 -11
Contract jobs citing Product Management 4 36 71
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.25% 1.62% 2.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 1.83% 2.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 26 63
10th Percentile £325 £422 £415
25th Percentile £419 £456 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £493 £520
Median % change year-on-year +21.70% -5.19% -1.42%
75th Percentile £658 £583 £574
90th Percentile £678 £594 £648
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,518 1,963 2,651
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.42% 88.54% 92.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 920 1,196 1,908
10th Percentile £263 £229 £263
25th Percentile £375 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £556
90th Percentile £606 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 94 54
10th Percentile £16.19 £12.36 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.00 £11.51
Median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%
75th Percentile £24.66 £40.94 £53.75
90th Percentile £51.48 £60.75 £66.09
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Product Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Product Management in Scotland

Product Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Product Management in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Product Management in Scotland

Product Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

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

Daily rate histogram for Product Management in Scotland

Product Management
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Product Management within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh -6 3 £646 +38.82% 7
Product Management
UK

Product Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (25.00%) Confluence
1 1 (25.00%) TPMS
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Agile Delivery Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Data Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Lead Product Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Product Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Product Owner
2 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Support
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Coaching
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Minimum Viable Product
3 1 (25.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) Service Design
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Time Management
3 1 (25.00%) User Stories
3 1 (25.00%) Value Proposition
3 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (25.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow