Product Governance Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Product Governance
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Product Governance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 383 374 413
Rank change year-on-year -9 +39 +94
Contract jobs citing Product Governance 1 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.006% 0.023% 0.014%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.007% 0.027% 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £463 £683
25th Percentile £525 £481 £688
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £513 £696
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% -26.36% +23.73%
75th Percentile £575 £544 £704
90th Percentile - £563 £709
UK median daily rate £594 £513 £624
% change year-on-year +15.85% -17.84% -0.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Product Governance 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 14,116 14,616 18,739
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 89.12% 83.63% 88.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,479 8,261 12,343
10th Percentile £225 £243 £256
25th Percentile £368 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £671 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,547 1,050 1,286
10th Percentile £14.05 £14.98 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.11 £18.15 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.27 £41.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.35% -2.35% +70.00%
75th Percentile £40.00 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £66.20 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.16 £43.84
% change year-on-year -37.38% -8.38% +39.16%

Product Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Product Governance relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Product Governance job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Product Governance
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Product Governance
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 Governance within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 October 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
Northern Ireland - 1 £550 -
Product Governance
UK

Product Governance
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Investment Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Business Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) MiFID Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) MiFID Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Change
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) MiFID