Product Thinking Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Product Thinking
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring Product Thinking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Product Thinking 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.31% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 - -
North East median daily rate £480 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Tyne and Wear

Product Thinking 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 295 201 161
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 90.77% 92.20% 85.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 100 106
10th Percentile £170 £305 £204
25th Percentile £362 £353 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -13.64%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £580
90th Percentile £588 £650 £720
North East median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 15 9
10th Percentile £14.13 £13.75 £16.10
25th Percentile £16.88 £14.97 £16.25
Median hourly rate £27.63 £16.00 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +72.66% -13.51% -17.78%
75th Percentile £53.75 £19.75 £20.25
90th Percentile £54.38 £50.00 £32.35
North East median hourly rate £28.91 £19.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year +52.16% -2.56% -13.33%

Product Thinking
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 Thinking within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 9 December 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 - 1 £480 -
Product Thinking
North East

Product Thinking
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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Lead Product Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Product Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Product Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Information Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Product Backlog
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft