Product Developer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Product Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Product Developer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £413, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 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
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 332 401 454
Rank change year-on-year +69 +53 -
Contract jobs requiring a Product Developer 2 2 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.016% 0.010% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.010% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £208
25th Percentile £406 - £249
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - £328
75th Percentile £419 - £404
90th Percentile - - £445
UK median daily rate £413 £582 £328
% change year-on-year -29.12% +77.71% -37.62%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 11,776 19,130 22,540
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.12% 92.57% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,547 11,679 15,813
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 842 2,253 1,158
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.66 £15.75 £18.01
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.37
Median % change year-on-year -29.22% -6.64% +117.03%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.88 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.89% -18.89% +91.49%

Product Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Product Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Product Developer in the UK excluding London

Product Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Product Developer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Product Developer in the UK excluding London

Product Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Product Developer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Product Developer in the UK excluding London

Product Developer
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 Developer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 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
Midlands - 2 £413 -
West Midlands - 2 £413 -
Product Developer
UK

Product Developer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, Product Developer 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 UK excluding London region featuring Product Developer in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Market Research
1 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
1 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (50.00%) Splunk
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (50.00%) Client Onboarding
1 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (50.00%) Data Science
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Observability
1 1 (50.00%) Product Requirements
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (50.00%) ETL
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management

Product Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (50.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Client Onboarding
1 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (50.00%) Data Science
1 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (50.00%) ETL
1 1 (50.00%) Market Research
1 1 (50.00%) Observability
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Product Requirements
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Splunk