Product Lead Contracts in the UK excluding London

Product Leader
UK > UK excluding London

The median Product Leader daily rate in the UK excluding London is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 336 387 423
Rank change year-on-year +51 +36 +67
Contract jobs requiring a Product Lead 5 6 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.039% 0.029% 0.074%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.032% 0.078%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 14
10th Percentile - £480 £390
25th Percentile - £525 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £418
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +49.61% +0.66%
75th Percentile - £750 £512
90th Percentile - £810 £569
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £573
% change year-on-year -4.00% +9.17% +33.14%

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 11,743 18,990 21,702
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.70% 92.39% 94.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,480 11,558 15,099
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £508 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.33% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 830 2,352 1,089
10th Percentile £13.78 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.75 £17.79
Median hourly rate £25.23 £40.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.94% -5.88% +112.50%
75th Percentile £62.50 £61.64 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.94 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.45% -18.89% +87.50%

Product Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Lead in the UK excluding London

Product Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Product Lead in the UK excluding London

Product Lead
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Product Lead in the UK excluding London

Product Lead
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 Lead within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 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
South West - 3 £600 - 6
South East +48 2 - - 14
Product Lead
UK

Product Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Product Lead 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 Lead in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 5 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Product Ownership
2 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (60.00%) Product Vision
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Epics
2 3 (60.00%) Backlog Management
2 3 (60.00%) Product Backlog
2 3 (60.00%) Product Strategy
2 3 (60.00%) Scrum
2 3 (60.00%) JIRA
2 3 (60.00%) Atlassian
2 3 (60.00%) Confluence
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (60.00%) User Stories
2 3 (60.00%) Coaching
2 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (40.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (40.00%) PMO
3 2 (40.00%) Demand Management
3 2 (40.00%) Business Transformation
3 2 (40.00%) Capacity Planning
3 2 (40.00%) QA
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) SAP
3 2 (40.00%) Quality Management
3 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (40.00%) Bill of Materials

Product Lead 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (60.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) SAP IBP
1 2 (40.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Backlog Management
1 3 (60.00%) Coaching
1 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (60.00%) Epics
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (60.00%) Product Backlog
1 3 (60.00%) Product Strategy
1 3 (60.00%) Product Vision
1 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (60.00%) Scrum
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 3 (60.00%) User Stories
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Bill of Materials
2 2 (40.00%) Business Case
2 2 (40.00%) Business Transformation
2 2 (40.00%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (40.00%) Demand Management
2 2 (40.00%) Preventative Maintenance
2 2 (40.00%) Quality Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) PMO
1 2 (40.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Atlassian
2 2 (40.00%) SAP