Product Management Contract Job Trends in the South West

Product Management
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Product Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 120 134
Rank change year-on-year -4 +14 +33
Contract jobs citing Product Management 7 4 13
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.29% 0.20% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.23% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 10
10th Percentile £526 £447 £412
25th Percentile £547 £501 £497
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £605 £588
Median % change year-on-year -2.89% +2.98% -6.00%
75th Percentile £622 £721 £675
90th Percentile £639 £784 £775
England median daily rate £520 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +4.00% -9.09% -8.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

Product Management 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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,988 1,749 2,497
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 82.46% 87.85% 85.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,158 1,063 1,639
10th Percentile £263 £263 £279
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £725 £725
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 309 111 265
10th Percentile £15.62 £18.51 £19.17
25th Percentile £20.79 £43.13 £46.00
Median hourly rate £33.50 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.46% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £74.44 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.27% +23.66%

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Product Management job vacancy trend in the South West

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Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Product Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Product Management

Product Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Management in the South West over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Product Management in the South West

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Product Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Product Management

Product Management
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Product Management within the South West region over the 6 months to 4 January 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
Devon +10 5 - - 4
Bristol - 1 £525 - 11
Somerset - 1 £650 - 4
Product Management
England

Product Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

General
1 5 (71.43%) Public Sector
2 2 (28.57%) Military
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Advertising
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Test Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Digital Product Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Implementation Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Implementation Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) IT Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Product Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Project Implementation Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Senior IT Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Software Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Software Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
1 1 (14.29%) Mobile App
1 1 (14.29%) PMI
1 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Android
1 1 (14.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Community of Practice
1 4 (57.14%) Data Science
2 3 (42.86%) Change Management
2 3 (42.86%) Roadmaps
3 2 (28.57%) Agile
3 2 (28.57%) Asset Management
3 2 (28.57%) IT Asset Management
3 2 (28.57%) ITIL
3 2 (28.57%) Kanban
3 2 (28.57%) Knowledge Transfer
3 2 (28.57%) Product Vision
3 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
3 2 (28.57%) Scenario Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Scrum
3 2 (28.57%) Security Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Service Design
3 2 (28.57%) Service Management
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (28.57%) Test Management
3 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) QA
2 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
2 1 (14.29%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Snow
1 1 (14.29%) YouTube