Product Manager Contracts in Scotland

Product Manager
UK > Scotland

The median Product Manager daily rate in Scotland is £503, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 June 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
15 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 92 102
Rank change year-on-year -15 +10 +58
Contract jobs requiring a Product Manager 5 27 52
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.31% 1.27% 1.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 1.34% 2.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 17 36
10th Percentile £483 - £439
25th Percentile £488 £525 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £575 £484
Median % change year-on-year -12.61% +18.86% -3.92%
75th Percentile £523 £588 £541
90th Percentile £532 £600 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -4.35%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 1,536 2,011 2,545
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.35% 94.68% 95.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 858 1,232 1,759
10th Percentile £245 £200 £242
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +1.06%
75th Percentile £538 £561 £550
90th Percentile £600 £638 £627
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 132 51
10th Percentile £16.02 £12.31 £13.13
25th Percentile £16.84 £15.73 £15.00
Median hourly rate £19.48 £19.34 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year +0.74% +2.14% -49.43%
75th Percentile £25.15 £57.50 £56.25
90th Percentile £57.50 £66.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.67% -16.67% +80.00%

Product Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Manager in Scotland

Product Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Product Manager in Scotland

Product Manager
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 Manager within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 15 June 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 - 5 £503 - 2
Product Manager
UK

Product Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 15 June 2025, 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 Scotland region featuring Product Manager in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Product Management
1 4 (80.00%) Product Roadmap
1 4 (80.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (40.00%) Product Strategy
3 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (40.00%) Coaching
3 2 (40.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
4 1 (20.00%) Budgeting
4 1 (20.00%) Degree
4 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Data Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) Azure
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Line Management
4 1 (20.00%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (20.00%) Postgraduate
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (20.00%) Geospatial Data

Product Manager Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Geospatial Data
General
1 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Product Management
1 4 (80.00%) Product Roadmap
1 4 (80.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Coaching
2 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Product Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 2 (40.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (20.00%) Budgeting
3 1 (20.00%) Business Case
3 1 (20.00%) Commercial Awareness
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Data Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) Line Management
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Value Proposition
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Postgraduate
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft