Product Manager Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Product Manager
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The median Product Manager daily rate in South Yorkshire is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 April 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 52 51
Rank change year-on-year -45 -1 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Product Manager 3 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 0.30% 0.28% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.31% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £544 - -
90th Percentile £548 - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £525 £500 £600
% change year-on-year +5.00% -16.67% +14.29%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 905 327 385
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.41% 90.58% 91.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 606 221 235
10th Percentile £340 £185 £221
25th Percentile £408 £385 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year +0.42% +1.06% -14.55%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £576
90th Percentile £669 £638 £638
Yorkshire median daily rate £480 £463 £463
% change year-on-year +3.78% - -11.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 18
10th Percentile - - £10.90
25th Percentile - £18.10 £12.63
Median hourly rate - £18.35 £13.60
Median % change year-on-year - +34.99% -23.28%
75th Percentile - £18.50 £23.31
90th Percentile - £18.51 £23.75
Yorkshire median hourly rate £42.50 £21.24 £14.50
% change year-on-year +100.09% +46.48% -33.33%

Product Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Product Manager job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Product Manager
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

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

Product Manager
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 Manager within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 16 April 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
Sheffield -52 1 £550 -8.33% 7
Product Manager
Yorkshire

Product Manager Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 16 April 2026, 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 Yorkshire region featuring Product Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Ansible
1 3 (100.00%) Confluence
1 3 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 3 (100.00%) GitHub
1 3 (100.00%) JIRA
1 3 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 3 (100.00%) Mobile First
1 3 (100.00%) Product Management
1 3 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Debt
1 3 (100.00%) User Stories
2 2 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (66.67%) Product Vision
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Product Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Product Requirements
3 1 (33.33%) Product Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap

Product Manager 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Mobile App
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 3 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 3 (100.00%) Mobile First
1 3 (100.00%) Product Management
1 3 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Debt
1 3 (100.00%) User Stories
2 2 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (66.67%) Product Vision
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Product Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Product Requirements
3 1 (33.33%) Product Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Ansible
1 3 (100.00%) Single Sign-On