Product Discovery Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Product Discovery
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Product Discovery skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 374 379 428
Rank change year-on-year +5 +49 +84
Contract jobs citing Product Discovery 3 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.019% 0.006% 0.005%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.022% 0.007% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £506 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 - £510
75th Percentile £519 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £513 £460 £525
% change year-on-year +11.41% -12.38% +16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Product Discovery 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,918 14,783 18,988
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 89.22% 83.32% 88.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,384 8,386 12,507
10th Percentile £230 £239 £260
25th Percentile £363 £383 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £664 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,489 1,143 1,263
10th Percentile £14.19 £14.84 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £18.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.50 £43.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.67% +1.18% +81.28%
75th Percentile £42.16 £65.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £74.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% - +47.06%

Product Discovery
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Product Discovery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Product Discovery in the UK excluding London

Product Discovery
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Product Discovery.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Product Discovery

Product Discovery
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 Discovery within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 September 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
North of England -15 3 £513 - 5
North West - 3 £513 - 4
Product Discovery
UK

Product Discovery
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) SaaS
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Product Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Product Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) B2B
2 2 (66.67%) B2C
2 2 (66.67%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Journey Map
2 2 (66.67%) Customer-Centricity
2 2 (66.67%) Digital Innovation
2 2 (66.67%) Digital Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Journey Map
2 2 (66.67%) Product Management
2 2 (66.67%) Product Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (66.67%) Service Design
2 2 (66.67%) Sprint Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) Strategic Roadmap
2 2 (66.67%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) User Experience