Product Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Product Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Product Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 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
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 276 300 303
Rank change year-on-year +24 +3 +44
Contract jobs requiring a Product Manager 64 85 144
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.49% 0.42% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 0.45% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 53 116
10th Percentile £416 £409 £425
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -2.55%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £628
90th Percentile £669 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £585 £550
% change year-on-year -10.26% +6.36% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67.50 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £39.55
75th Percentile £72.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £67.50 £39.55
% change year-on-year -22.22% +70.67% -6.94%

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 11,943 18,795 21,663
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.93% 92.49% 94.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,599 11,462 15,116
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £595 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.82% +2.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 852 2,267 1,107
10th Percentile £13.85 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.73 £18.02
Median hourly rate £27.13 £40.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.19% -5.88% +112.50%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.60 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.85 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.08 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.08% -18.89% +88.21%

Product Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Manager in the UK excluding London

Product Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Product Manager in the UK excluding London

Product Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Product Manager in the UK excluding London

Product Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Product Manager in the UK excluding London

Product Manager
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 Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 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
North of England +32 29 £500 -11.89% 102
South East +42 15 £441 -12.62% 156
North East - 14 £510 - 11
North West +8 11 £481 +1.32% 63
Midlands +17 9 £525 -12.50% 67
West Midlands +5 7 £525 -12.50% 40
South West +28 4 £425 -5.56% 30
East of England +28 4 £581 -16.96% 49
Yorkshire +17 4 £500 -16.67% 28
Scotland -17 4 £503 -12.61% 22
East Midlands +12 2 £509 -15.38% 20
Product Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 2025, Product Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 36 (56.25%) Agile
2 29 (45.31%) Roadmaps
3 26 (40.63%) Product Management
4 22 (34.38%) Product Ownership
5 21 (32.81%) Stakeholder Management
6 20 (31.25%) Social Skills
7 19 (29.69%) Product Roadmap
7 19 (29.69%) Public Sector
8 17 (26.56%) Analytical Skills
9 13 (20.31%) Problem-Solving
9 13 (20.31%) Product Vision
10 11 (17.19%) Product Requirements
10 11 (17.19%) User Stories
11 10 (15.63%) Finance
11 10 (15.63%) Product Strategy
11 10 (15.63%) Strategic Roadmap
12 9 (14.06%) Scrum
12 9 (14.06%) Security Cleared
13 8 (12.50%) SC Cleared
14 7 (10.94%) Market Research
14 7 (10.94%) Analytics
14 7 (10.94%) Digital Transformation Programme
15 6 (9.38%) DevOps
15 6 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
15 6 (9.38%) Data-Driven Decision Making
15 6 (9.38%) Business Case
16 5 (7.81%) Decision-Making
16 5 (7.81%) Azure
16 5 (7.81%) Azure DevOps
16 5 (7.81%) Artificial Intelligence

Product Manager 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 (4.69%) Confluence
2 1 (1.56%) Apache
2 1 (1.56%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.56%) CMS
2 1 (1.56%) Sitecore CMS
2 1 (1.56%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (1.56%) S-PLUS
1 1 (1.56%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.81%) Azure
1 5 (7.81%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.56%) AWS
2 1 (1.56%) Figma
2 1 (1.56%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.56%) SaaS
2 1 (1.56%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.56%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (1.56%) GIS
1 1 (1.56%) Power BI
1 1 (1.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (6.25%) Appium
1 4 (6.25%) JIRA
1 4 (6.25%) JUnit
1 4 (6.25%) Selenium
General
1 20 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 19 (29.69%) Public Sector
3 17 (26.56%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (15.63%) Finance
5 4 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (6.25%) Marketing
5 4 (6.25%) Retail
6 3 (4.69%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.56%) Automotive
7 1 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.56%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (1.56%) Health Technology
7 1 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.56%) Legal
7 1 (1.56%) Military
7 1 (1.56%) Police
Miscellaneous
1 22 (34.38%) Product Ownership
2 4 (6.25%) Onboarding
3 3 (4.69%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (3.13%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.56%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.56%) Blog
5 1 (1.56%) IoT
5 1 (1.56%) Learning Management System
5 1 (1.56%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (1.56%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.56%) NHS
5 1 (1.56%) Robotics
5 1 (1.56%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.13%) Android
1 2 (3.13%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.56%) Mac OS
2 1 (1.56%) Windows
2 1 (1.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (56.25%) Agile
2 29 (45.31%) Roadmaps
3 26 (40.63%) Product Management
4 21 (32.81%) Stakeholder Management
5 19 (29.69%) Product Roadmap
6 13 (20.31%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (20.31%) Product Vision
7 11 (17.19%) Product Requirements
7 11 (17.19%) User Stories
8 10 (15.63%) Product Strategy
8 10 (15.63%) Strategic Roadmap
9 9 (14.06%) Scrum
10 7 (10.94%) Analytics
10 7 (10.94%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 7 (10.94%) Market Research
11 6 (9.38%) Business Case
11 6 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (9.38%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 6 (9.38%) DevOps
12 5 (7.81%) Artificial Intelligence
Qualifications
1 9 (14.06%) Security Cleared
2 8 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 5 (7.81%) Degree
4 3 (4.69%) CSPO
5 2 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (3.13%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.56%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.56%) MBA
6 1 (1.56%) MCP
6 1 (1.56%) Postgraduate
6 1 (1.56%) SAFe Agilist
6 1 (1.56%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.25%) QA
2 1 (1.56%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.56%) GDPR
2 1 (1.56%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (4.69%) Adobe
1 3 (4.69%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.13%) ServiceNow
2 2 (3.13%) Virgin Media
3 1 (1.56%) Atlassian
3 1 (1.56%) Brio
3 1 (1.56%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (1.56%) Databricks
3 1 (1.56%) Google
3 1 (1.56%) Optimizely
3 1 (1.56%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.56%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
3 1 (1.56%) SAP
3 1 (1.56%) Sitecore
3 1 (1.56%) Symantec
3 1 (1.56%) Verint