Product Manager Contract Job Trends in the South West

Product Manager
England > South West

The median Product Manager daily rate in the South West is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 125 135
Rank change year-on-year 0 +10 +31
Contract jobs requiring a Product Manager 7 5 12
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.29% 0.25% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.26% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 12
10th Percentile £455 £402 £401
25th Percentile £500 £405 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £409 £409
Median % change year-on-year +34.47% -0.02% -35.70%
75th Percentile £575 £410 £484
90th Percentile £684 £410 £749
England median daily rate £525 £579 £600
% change year-on-year -9.33% -3.50% +3.45%

All Contract IT Job Roles
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 2,167 1,916 2,755
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.40% 94.01% 94.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,263 1,182 1,788
10th Percentile £230 £213 £225
25th Percentile £403 £402 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £528
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -5.21% +0.48%
75th Percentile £644 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £712 £713
England median daily rate £505 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -3.81% -0.47% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 304 130 299
10th Percentile £15.60 £15.61 £18.46
25th Percentile £21.87 £46.56 £45.00
Median hourly rate £40.27 £65.00 £59.68
Median % change year-on-year -38.05% +8.91% -8.18%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £73.78 £83.40
England median hourly rate £27.00 £35.00 £45.21
% change year-on-year -22.86% -22.58% +37.00%

Product Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Product Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Product Manager job vacancy trend in the South West

Product Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Manager job vacancies in the South West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Manager job vacancies in the South West

Product Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Manager in the South West over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Product Manager in the South West

Product Manager
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 Manager within the South West region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
Bristol - 3 £525 - 13
Devon +9 2 £550 +34.47% 21
Wiltshire -15 2 £594 - 13
Product Manager
England

Product Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 30 December 2025, Product Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South West region featuring Product Manager in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) Agile
2 4 (57.14%) Roadmaps
2 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
3 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (28.57%) Analytics
4 2 (28.57%) Confluence
4 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
4 2 (28.57%) JIRA
4 2 (28.57%) Kanban
4 2 (28.57%) Product Roadmap
4 2 (28.57%) Product Vision
4 2 (28.57%) Project Management
4 2 (28.57%) Scrum
5 1 (14.29%) A/B Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Acceptance Criteria
5 1 (14.29%) Affiliate Marketing
5 1 (14.29%) AI
5 1 (14.29%) Android
5 1 (14.29%) APMP
5 1 (14.29%) Apple iOS
5 1 (14.29%) Atlassian
5 1 (14.29%) AWS
5 1 (14.29%) Business Strategy
5 1 (14.29%) Change Management
5 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (14.29%) Critical Thinking
5 1 (14.29%) Degree
5 1 (14.29%) Disruptive Innovation
5 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared

Product Manager Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Figma
1 1 (14.29%) Miro
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) JIRA
General
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Advertising
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Marketing
2 1 (14.29%) Military
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Mobile App
1 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Android
1 1 (14.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Agile
2 4 (57.14%) Roadmaps
3 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (28.57%) Analytics
4 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
4 2 (28.57%) Kanban
4 2 (28.57%) Product Roadmap
4 2 (28.57%) Product Vision
4 2 (28.57%) Project Management
4 2 (28.57%) Scrum
5 1 (14.29%) Business Strategy
5 1 (14.29%) Critical Thinking
5 1 (14.29%) Epics
5 1 (14.29%) Line Management
5 1 (14.29%) Product Backlog
5 1 (14.29%) Product Requirements
5 1 (14.29%) Product Strategy
5 1 (14.29%) Product Thinking
5 1 (14.29%) Strategic Roadmap
5 1 (14.29%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) APMP
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Atlassian