Product Management Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Product Management
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring Product Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 29 -
Rank change year-on-year 0 - -
Contract jobs citing Product Management 10 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 3.76% 1.48% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.20% 1.60% -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 0
10th Percentile £388 - -
25th Percentile £428 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £420 -
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% - -
75th Percentile £500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median daily rate £450 £498 -
% change year-on-year -9.55% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Tyne and Wear

Product Management 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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 238 187 145
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 89.47% 92.12% 85.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 78 108
10th Percentile £174 £325 £251
25th Percentile £363 £400 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £480
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% -11.11%
75th Percentile £555 £585 £600
90th Percentile £621 £671 £720
North East median daily rate £450 £450 £450
% change year-on-year - - -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 20 7
10th Percentile £13.83 £13.75 £16.40
25th Percentile £16.38 £15.44 £17.50
Median hourly rate £19.25 £17.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -10.26% +39.29%
75th Percentile £20.63 £50.00 £26.13
90th Percentile £34.46 £70.00 £32.70
North East median hourly rate £19.25 £29.77 £20.00
% change year-on-year -35.34% +48.85% +14.29%

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Product Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Product Management job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Product Management
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Product Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Product Management

Product Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Management in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 24 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Product Management in Tyne and Wear

Product Management
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Product Management within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 24 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -7 10 £450 +7.14% 7
Product Management
North East

Product Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) SaaS
2 1 (10.00%) AWS
2 1 (10.00%) Smartsheet
General
1 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (60.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (30.00%) Finance
3 3 (30.00%) Marketing
3 3 (30.00%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (20.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) Product Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Business Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Business Operations Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Operations Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Business Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Lead
3 1 (10.00%) Lead Product Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Operations Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Senior
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Product Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (10.00%) AI Agents
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Product Strategy
1 6 (60.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 4 (40.00%) Agile
2 4 (40.00%) Service Delivery
3 3 (30.00%) Business Strategy
3 3 (30.00%) Data Protection
3 3 (30.00%) Performance Management
3 3 (30.00%) Product Roadmap
3 3 (30.00%) Quality Management
3 3 (30.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (30.00%) Service Design
3 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (30.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 3 (30.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 2 (20.00%) Commercialisation
4 2 (20.00%) Deadline-Driven
4 2 (20.00%) Product Requirements
4 2 (20.00%) Product Vision
4 2 (20.00%) Time Management
4 2 (20.00%) Value Proposition
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Google
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft