Product Manager Contracts in Tyne and Wear

Product Manager
North East > Tyne and Wear

The median Product Manager daily rate in Tyne and Wear is £505, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 - 50
Rank change year-on-year - - -18
Contract jobs requiring a Product Manager 12 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 4.88% - 0.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.04% - 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 0 3
10th Percentile £429 - £439
25th Percentile £472 - £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 - £495
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.91%
75th Percentile £553 - £535
90th Percentile £668 - £559
North East median daily rate £505 - £495
% change year-on-year - - -13.91%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Tyne and Wear

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Tyne and Wear. 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 Tyne and Wear with a recognized job title 238 223 342
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.75% 91.02% 98.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 102 265
10th Percentile £224 £271 £311
25th Percentile £350 £377 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £500 £560
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -10.71% +12.00%
75th Percentile £561 £588 £650
90th Percentile £625 £650 £736
North East median daily rate £463 £475 £540
% change year-on-year -2.63% -12.04% +13.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 41 0
10th Percentile £11.60 £11.50 -
25th Percentile £12.50 £12.13 -
Median hourly rate £13.00 £17.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% - -
75th Percentile £23.69 £48.75 -
90th Percentile £49.08 £60.00 -
North East median hourly rate £13.00 £13.99 £40.75
% change year-on-year -7.08% -65.67% +139.71%

Product Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Job postings that featured Product Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Job vacancy trend for Product Manager in Tyne and Wear

Product Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Product Manager in Tyne and Wear.

Daily rate trend for Product Manager in Tyne and Wear

Product Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Manager in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Product Manager in Tyne and Wear

Product Manager
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 Manager within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 2 May 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 - 12 £505 - 9
Product Manager
North East

Product Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Product Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Tyne and Wear region featuring Product Manager in the job title.

1 9 (75.00%) Public Sector
2 4 (33.33%) Agile
2 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (25.00%) Onboarding
4 2 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
4 2 (16.67%) CSPO
4 2 (16.67%) Roadmaps
4 2 (16.67%) Product Ownership
4 2 (16.67%) Product Requirements
4 2 (16.67%) Product Vision
4 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 2 (16.67%) Scrum
4 2 (16.67%) User Stories
4 2 (16.67%) Market Research
4 2 (16.67%) Product Management
4 2 (16.67%) Virgin Media
4 2 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 2 (16.67%) Acceptance Criteria
4 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (8.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 1 (8.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 1 (8.33%) Databricks
5 1 (8.33%) Apache Spark
5 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Transformation
5 1 (8.33%) Tableau
5 1 (8.33%) Apache
5 1 (8.33%) Snowflake

Product Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 1 (8.33%) Apache
1 1 (8.33%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Tableau
General
1 9 (75.00%) Public Sector
2 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Agile
2 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (16.67%) Acceptance Criteria
3 2 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 2 (16.67%) Market Research
3 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (16.67%) Product Management
3 2 (16.67%) Product Requirements
3 2 (16.67%) Product Vision
3 2 (16.67%) Roadmaps
3 2 (16.67%) Scrum
3 2 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
3 2 (16.67%) User Stories
4 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Transformation
4 1 (8.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 1 (8.33%) Technology Transformation
4 1 (8.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) CSPO
3 1 (8.33%) Tableau Certification
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Virgin Media
2 1 (8.33%) Databricks