Product Manager Contracts in the South East

Product Manager
England > South East

The median Product Manager daily rate in the South East is £441, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 May 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 138 188 159
Rank change year-on-year +50 -29 +59
Contract jobs requiring a Product Manager 15 14 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.50% 0.26% 1.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 0.28% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 8 46
10th Percentile £407 £428 £416
25th Percentile £416 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £441 £505 £513
Median % change year-on-year -12.62% -1.46% -9.69%
75th Percentile £613 £531 £650
90th Percentile £665 £595 -
England median daily rate £531 £600 £561
% change year-on-year -11.46% +6.97% -0.72%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 2,720 5,057 5,389
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.46% 92.25% 94.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,807 3,044 3,757
10th Percentile £230 £213 £220
25th Percentile £379 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.57%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £605
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 481 243
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.78 £16.57
25th Percentile £19.97 £18.32 £21.44
Median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% - +137.50%
75th Percentile £63.75 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £75.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £37.50 £44.06
% change year-on-year -20.00% -14.88% +91.54%

Product Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Manager in the South East

Product Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Product Manager in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Product Manager in the South East

Product Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Product Manager in the South East

Product Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Product Manager in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Product Manager in the South East

Product Manager
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 Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 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
Hampshire +31 5 £625 - 3
Surrey +13 4 - - 2
Thames Valley +25 1 - - 13
Berkshire +20 1 - - 6
Kent - 1 £450 - 8
Product Manager
England

Product Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 14 May 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 South East region featuring Product Manager in the job title.

1 9 (60.00%) Agile
2 7 (46.67%) Product Management
2 7 (46.67%) Product Ownership
3 6 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 5 (33.33%) Roadmaps
5 4 (26.67%) CI/CD
5 4 (26.67%) Appium
5 4 (26.67%) Product Requirements
5 4 (26.67%) Product Vision
5 4 (26.67%) Test Strategy
5 4 (26.67%) User Stories
5 4 (26.67%) DevOps
5 4 (26.67%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (26.67%) Test Automation
5 4 (26.67%) Azure
5 4 (26.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (26.67%) QA
5 4 (26.67%) Selenium
5 4 (26.67%) Test Scripting
5 4 (26.67%) Manual Testing
5 4 (26.67%) SC Cleared
5 4 (26.67%) Security Cleared
5 4 (26.67%) JUnit
6 3 (20.00%) Finance
6 3 (20.00%) Adobe
6 3 (20.00%) JIRA
6 3 (20.00%) Analytics
7 2 (13.33%) Degree
7 2 (13.33%) Social Skills

Product Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (6.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (6.67%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 4 (26.67%) Azure
1 4 (26.67%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Appium
1 4 (26.67%) JUnit
1 4 (26.67%) Selenium
2 3 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 6 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Finance
3 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Legal
4 1 (6.67%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 7 (46.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (6.67%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (6.67%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Agile
2 7 (46.67%) Product Management
3 5 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 5 (33.33%) Roadmaps
4 4 (26.67%) CI/CD
4 4 (26.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (26.67%) DevOps
4 4 (26.67%) Manual Testing
4 4 (26.67%) Product Requirements
4 4 (26.67%) Product Vision
4 4 (26.67%) Test Automation
4 4 (26.67%) Test Scripting
4 4 (26.67%) Test Strategy
4 4 (26.67%) User Stories
5 3 (20.00%) Analytics
6 2 (13.33%) Decision-Making
6 2 (13.33%) Product Roadmap
6 2 (13.33%) Scrum
6 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (13.33%) User Research
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (26.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) Degree
3 1 (6.67%) Master's Degree
3 1 (6.67%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (26.67%) QA
2 1 (6.67%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Adobe
2 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow