Product Requirements Contracts in the Thames Valley

Product Requirements
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Product Requirements skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Product Requirements over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 133 141 161
Rank change year-on-year +8 +20 -32
Contract jobs citing Product Requirements 4 3 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.15% 0.10% 0.057%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.11% 0.064%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 2
10th Percentile £508 - £716
25th Percentile £519 £513 £726
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £780
Median % change year-on-year - -32.65% +58.29%
75th Percentile £531 £556 £871
90th Percentile £543 £568 £903
South East median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +23.60%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Product Requirements is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,329 2,650 3,133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.00% 91.60% 89.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,310 1,849 2,109
10th Percentile £213 £322 £225
25th Percentile £370 £413 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £483
Median % change year-on-year - +3.63% +7.22%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £501 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.86% +2.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 62 88
10th Percentile £14.34 £18.60 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £24.86 £11.91
Median hourly rate £45.00 £51.25 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +192.86% -16.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.21 £25.18
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £66.63
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -5.00% +127.27% -20.00%

Product Requirements
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Product Requirements as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Product Requirements in the Thames Valley

Product Requirements
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Product Requirements in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Product Requirements in the Thames Valley

Product Requirements
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Product Requirements in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Product Requirements in the Thames Valley

Product Requirements
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 Requirements within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. 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 4 £525 - 4
Product Requirements
South East

Product Requirements
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) 3G
1 1 (25.00%) 4G
1 1 (25.00%) 5G
1 1 (25.00%) Broadband
1 1 (25.00%) DSL
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Marketing
3 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Product Manager
2 2 (50.00%) Telecoms Manager
2 2 (50.00%) Telecoms Product Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (25.00%) Blockchain
1 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Market Research
1 4 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 4 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 3 (75.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) Product Management
3 2 (50.00%) Backlog Management
3 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 2 (50.00%) Customer Experience
3 2 (50.00%) Project Management
4 1 (25.00%) Business Development
4 1 (25.00%) Competitor Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) PLM
4 1 (25.00%) Product Strategy
4 1 (25.00%) Product Vision
4 1 (25.00%) Scrum
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) Master's Degree
1 2 (50.00%) MBA
2 1 (25.00%) CSPO