Product Requirements Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Product Requirements
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring Product Requirements skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 39 32
Rank change year-on-year -16 -7 -
Contract jobs citing Product Requirements 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.45% 0.39% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% 0.44% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £418 - -
25th Percentile £425 £415 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £430 £454
Median % change year-on-year +4.65% -5.29% -
75th Percentile £475 £445 -
90th Percentile £483 - -
North East median daily rate £513 £430 £454
% change year-on-year +19.19% -5.29% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Tyne and Wear

Product Requirements 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 382 228 201
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 85.27% 89.41% 85.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 266 137 105
10th Percentile £173 £305 £182
25th Percentile £363 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -13.64%
75th Percentile £524 £588 £588
90th Percentile £588 £643 £680
North East median daily rate £450 £460 £475
% change year-on-year -2.17% -3.16% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 13 32
10th Percentile £17.20 £13.94 £11.50
25th Percentile £44.50 £14.75 £12.13
Median hourly rate £53.75 £16.00 £13.99
Median % change year-on-year +235.94% +14.37% -37.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £18.25 £48.75
90th Percentile £69.61 £19.75 £50.00
North East median hourly rate £55.00 £16.50 £15.73
% change year-on-year +233.33% +4.90% -56.00%

Product Requirements
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

Product Requirements job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Product Requirements
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

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

Product Requirements
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 Requirements within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 12 February 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -17 2 £450 +4.65% 2
Product Requirements
North East

Product Requirements
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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 2 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 2 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 2 (100.00%) Product Vision
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Use Case
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Product Management
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Quality