Product Planning Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Product Planning
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Product Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 - 124
Rank change year-on-year - - +9
Contract jobs citing Product Planning 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.032% - 0.044%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.040% - 0.052%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - +17.65%
South East median daily rate £620 - £400
% change year-on-year - - +17.65%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Product Planning 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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,480 1,504 1,919
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 80.18% 91.21% 84.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,575 905 1,091
10th Percentile £325 £293 £280
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £511
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.19% -1.70%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £625
90th Percentile £713 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £515
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.91% -0.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 243 101 98
10th Percentile £13.45 £14.20 £14.50
25th Percentile £17.56 £15.12 £26.25
Median hourly rate £60.00 £24.00 £58.34
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% -58.86% +16.68%
75th Percentile £85.00 £38.42 £70.06
90th Percentile £103.70 £77.50 £86.49
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £22.07 £57.35
% change year-on-year +137.88% -61.52% +10.08%

Product Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Product Planning relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Product Planning job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Product Planning
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Product Planning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Product Planning

Product Planning
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Product Planning within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 2 September 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
Berkshire - 1 £620 - 2
Product Planning
South East

Product Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Product Delivery Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Product Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Products Support Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Dependency Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Enablement
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) PLM
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality