Product Discovery Contract Job Trends in the South East

Product Discovery
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Product Discovery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Product Discovery 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.064% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.076% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £620 - -
25th Percentile £631 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
75th Percentile £694 - -
90th Percentile £720 - -
England median daily rate £575 £460 £501
% change year-on-year +25.00% -8.23% -28.39%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Product Discovery 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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,951 2,837 4,767
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 83.73% 90.09% 87.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,599 1,739 2,914
10th Percentile £256 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £400 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £509
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -1.67% +1.80%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £613
90th Percentile £688 £675 £692
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 341 103 354
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.50 £13.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £24.18 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.08 £45.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.28% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.59 £63.00
90th Percentile £80.09 £75.40 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -26.37% - -

Product Discovery
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Product Discovery relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Product Discovery job vacancy trend in the South East

Product Discovery
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Product Discovery.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Product Discovery

Product Discovery
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Product Discovery within the South East region over the 6 months to 12 February 2026. 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
Surrey - 2 £688 -
Thames Valley - 1 £625 - 4
Buckinghamshire - 1 £625 -
Product Discovery
England

Product Discovery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Product Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Product Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Product Owner
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Lead Product Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Product Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) B2C
2 2 (66.67%) Customer-Centricity
2 2 (66.67%) Epics
2 2 (66.67%) Product Backlog
2 2 (66.67%) Product Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) User Stories
3 1 (33.33%) A/B Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (33.33%) Business Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Product Vision
3 1 (33.33%) Prototyping
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience
3 1 (33.33%) User Research
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared