Product Strategy Contracts in Scotland

Product Strategy
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Product Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Product Strategy over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 122 162 162
Rank change year-on-year +40 0 -5
Contract jobs citing Product Strategy 4 5 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.18% 0.18% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.19% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 10
10th Percentile £414 - £498
25th Percentile £422 £513 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £593 £550
Median % change year-on-year -26.58% +7.73% -13.73%
75th Percentile £514 £608 £582
90th Percentile £562 £626 £593
UK median daily rate £600 £595 £550
% change year-on-year +0.84% +8.18% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Product Strategy is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,924 2,599 3,271
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.58% 92.52% 93.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,158 1,869 2,319
10th Percentile £225 £260 £250
25th Percentile £389 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year - +1.06% +10.59%
75th Percentile £587 £558 £550
90th Percentile £663 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 56 48
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.63 £15.04
25th Percentile £15.75 £12.04 £19.45
Median hourly rate £18.79 £16.86 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.48% -57.86% -0.01%
75th Percentile £40.94 £49.24 £48.95
90th Percentile £60.75 £65.78 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £35.80 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.42% +43.20% +2.04%

Product Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Strategy in Scotland

Product Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Product Strategy in Scotland

Product Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Strategy in Scotland over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Product Strategy in Scotland

Product Strategy
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 Strategy within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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 +40 3 £511 -8.50% 7
Glasgow +1 1 £418 -33.20% 2
Product Strategy
UK

Product Strategy
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:

General
1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Product Owner
1 2 (50.00%) Senior
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 3 (75.00%) Service Design
3 2 (50.00%) Backlog Management
3 2 (50.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 2 (50.00%) Business Agility
3 2 (50.00%) Business Analysis
3 2 (50.00%) Coaching
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Epics
3 2 (50.00%) Product Management
3 2 (50.00%) Product Requirements
3 2 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
3 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (50.00%) Scrum
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) User Stories
3 2 (50.00%) Validation
4 1 (25.00%) Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) Six Sigma
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) IIBA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Google