Product Manager Contracts in the South East

Product Manager
England > South East

The median Product Manager daily rate in the South East is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 190 165 223
Rank change year-on-year -25 +58 -25
Contract jobs requiring a Product Manager 13 50 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.23% 0.88% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.93% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 40 37
10th Percentile £420 £423 £364
25th Percentile £450 £448 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £485 £600
Median % change year-on-year +8.25% -19.17% +50.00%
75th Percentile £538 £650 £625
90th Percentile £610 - £663
England median daily rate £600 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +15.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 5,254 5,356 7,420
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.09% 94.60% 95.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,091 3,710 5,080
10th Percentile £234 £213 £210
25th Percentile £400 £385 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £591
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +6.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 543 235 310
10th Percentile £12.88 £16.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £18.43 £22.16 £16.15
Median hourly rate £50.00 £50.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - +150.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £58.88
England median hourly rate £38.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -14.44% +88.21% +12.12%

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 7 June 2024.

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 7 June 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
Berkshire +2 9 £525 +2.44% 3
Thames Valley -17 9 £525 +16.67% 14
Surrey +8 3 £450 - 7
Hampshire - 1 - - 4
Product Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 June 2024, 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 10 (76.92%) Roadmaps
2 6 (46.15%) User Experience
3 5 (38.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (38.46%) Data Analytics
3 5 (38.46%) Analytics
3 5 (38.46%) IFS
3 5 (38.46%) Matrix Organization
3 5 (38.46%) Contract Management
3 5 (38.46%) Development Roadmap
3 5 (38.46%) SQL
3 5 (38.46%) Crystal Reports
3 5 (38.46%) SAS
3 5 (38.46%) Data Security
3 5 (38.46%) Telecoms
3 5 (38.46%) Degree
3 5 (38.46%) Agile
4 4 (30.77%) Product Management
4 4 (30.77%) Project Management
4 4 (30.77%) Product Requirements
5 3 (23.08%) Product Vision
5 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
5 3 (23.08%) Market Research
5 3 (23.08%) JIRA
5 3 (23.08%) Product Roadmap
5 3 (23.08%) Decision-Making
5 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (15.38%) API Development
6 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (15.38%) SaaS
6 2 (15.38%) Confluence

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 5 (38.46%) SAS
2 2 (15.38%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) SaaS
2 1 (7.69%) Miro
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (38.46%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (7.69%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) JIRA
General
1 5 (38.46%) Telecoms
2 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (15.38%) Manufacturing
3 2 (15.38%) Marketing
4 1 (7.69%) Banking
4 1 (7.69%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) .NET
1 1 (7.69%) .NET Framework
1 1 (7.69%) ASP.NET
1 1 (7.69%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (7.69%) Entity Framework
1 1 (7.69%) HTML
1 1 (7.69%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (7.69%) Blockchain
2 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Linux
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Roadmaps
2 6 (46.15%) User Experience
3 5 (38.46%) Agile
3 5 (38.46%) Analytics
3 5 (38.46%) Contract Management
3 5 (38.46%) Data Analytics
3 5 (38.46%) Data Security
3 5 (38.46%) Development Roadmap
3 5 (38.46%) Matrix Organization
3 5 (38.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (30.77%) Product Management
4 4 (30.77%) Product Requirements
4 4 (30.77%) Project Management
5 3 (23.08%) Decision-Making
5 3 (23.08%) Market Research
5 3 (23.08%) Product Roadmap
5 3 (23.08%) Product Vision
6 2 (15.38%) Customer Experience
6 2 (15.38%) Product Strategy
6 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) SQL
2 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) Master's Degree
2 2 (15.38%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) IFS
2 1 (7.69%) SAP