Product Lead Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Product Leader
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The median Product Leader daily rate in South Yorkshire is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2025.

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

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Product Lead 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 0.15% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £550 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Yorkshire. 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 South Yorkshire with a recognized job title 612 380 374
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.13% 85.39% 91.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 418 203 248
10th Percentile £310 £220 £300
25th Percentile £389 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% -8.70% +15.00%
75th Percentile £538 £583 £650
90th Percentile £625 £648 £731
Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £495 £510
% change year-on-year -1.52% -2.94% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 6
10th Percentile £14.98 £13.14 £15.27
25th Percentile £16.68 £15.22 £18.31
Median hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.25
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -1.23% +6.58%
75th Percentile £22.33 £21.50 £29.13
90th Percentile £24.02 - £40.63
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.04 £22.50 £21.31
% change year-on-year +11.28% +5.58% +11.63%

Product Lead
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Product Lead within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 26 October 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
Sheffield - 1 £550 -
Product Lead
Yorkshire

Product Lead Skill Set
Top 3 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 26 October 2025, Product Lead 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 Yorkshire region featuring Product Lead in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Product Strategy

Product Lead Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Product Strategy