Product Strategy Contracts in the South East

Product Strategy
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 193 196 242
Rank change year-on-year +3 +46 -38
Contract jobs citing Product Strategy 8 25 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.14% 0.43% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.48% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 24 12
10th Percentile - £343 -
25th Percentile £550 £406 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £495 £650
Median % change year-on-year +26.26% -23.85% -
75th Percentile £731 £628 £741
90th Percentile £788 £650 £840
England median daily rate £615 £550 £538
% change year-on-year +11.82% +2.33% +7.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,683 5,187 6,936
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.85% 89.29% 89.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,728 3,599 4,696
10th Percentile £243 £250 £225
25th Percentile £400 £404 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.89% +1.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £623 £619 £588
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 431 219 286
10th Percentile £13.00 £18.25 £12.23
25th Percentile £18.20 £23.83 £15.72
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -15.89%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £48.71
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.83 £62.70
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Product Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Product Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Product Strategy in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Product Strategy in the South East

Product Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Strategy in the South East over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Product Strategy in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Product Strategy in the South East

Product Strategy
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 Strategy within the South East region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Hampshire +6 3 - - 9
Thames Valley -8 3 £550 +27.54% 18
Buckinghamshire +25 2 £550 - 8
Surrey +13 2 £763 +15.09%
Berkshire -15 1 £550 +33.33% 2
Product Strategy
England

Product Strategy
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:

Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (25.00%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Figma
2 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SAP HANA
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (37.50%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Marketing
4 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Product Owner
2 2 (25.00%) Head of User Experience
2 2 (25.00%) Product Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Development Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Manager
3 1 (12.50%) SAP Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Software Development Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Software Development Programme Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Development Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) .NET
1 1 (12.50%) .NET Framework
1 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET
1 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (12.50%) Entity Framework
1 1 (12.50%) HTML
1 1 (12.50%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (25.00%) Graphic Design
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (12.50%) Blockchain
3 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Agile
2 5 (62.50%) Product Vision
2 5 (62.50%) Roadmaps
3 4 (50.00%) Backlog Management
3 4 (50.00%) Product Management
3 4 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
4 3 (37.50%) Market Research
4 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (37.50%) Process Improvement
4 3 (37.50%) Product Backlog
4 3 (37.50%) Product Requirements
4 3 (37.50%) Project Management
4 3 (37.50%) Scrum
4 3 (37.50%) User Experience
5 2 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
5 2 (25.00%) Creative Thinking
5 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
5 2 (25.00%) Epics
5 2 (25.00%) User Journey Map
5 2 (25.00%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
1 1 (12.50%) Python
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) QA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Adobe
2 1 (12.50%) Citrix
2 1 (12.50%) Salesforce
2 1 (12.50%) SAP