Product Consultant Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Product Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Product Consultant daily rate in the UK excluding London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 432 334 398
Rank change year-on-year -98 +64 +47
Contract jobs requiring a Product Consultant 3 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.013% 0.008% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.009% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £526 - -
25th Percentile £526 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £644 - -
90th Percentile £685 - -
UK median daily rate £620 £588 £385
% change year-on-year +5.53% +52.60% -35.83%

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 20,576 11,660 19,540
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.79% 92.47% 92.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,177 7,598 12,133
10th Percentile £261 £213 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% -2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £582 £588 £595
90th Percentile £675 £660 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,250 748 2,112
10th Percentile £14.38 £14.84 £12.50
25th Percentile £19.00 £19.19 £15.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £31.88 £32.90
Median % change year-on-year +25.47% -3.09% -21.32%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.25 £71.90
UK median hourly rate £38.63 £32.50 £32.90
% change year-on-year +18.86% -1.20% -25.00%

Product Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Product Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Product Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Product Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Product Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Consultant in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Product Consultant in the UK excluding London

Product Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Product Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Product Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Product Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Product Consultant within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 March 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
South East - 2 £605 -
East of England - 1 £550 - 1
Product Consultant
UK

Product Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 31 March 2026, Product Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Product Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Product Strategy
1 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (33.33%) Commercial Awareness
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Innovation
2 1 (33.33%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (33.33%) FHIR
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
2 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) HL7
2 1 (33.33%) Information Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (33.33%) Palo Alto
2 1 (33.33%) Power BI
2 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Product Vision
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Release Management
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared

Product Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Health
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) NHS
1 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Product Strategy
1 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Commercial Awareness
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Innovation
2 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Information Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Release Management
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (33.33%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) HL7
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
1 1 (33.33%) Palo Alto