Product Manager Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Product Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Product Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 320 298 330
Rank change year-on-year -22 +32 +46
Contract jobs requiring a Product Manager 74 49 74
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.41% 0.34% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.36% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 29 57
10th Percentile £369 £358 £400
25th Percentile £413 £413 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £588
90th Percentile £684 £651 £669
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32.25 - -
Median hourly rate £34.50 - -
75th Percentile £36.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £34.50 - £55.00
% change year-on-year - - +47.55%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 16,495 13,472 18,234
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.33% 92.34% 93.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,135 8,008 11,848
10th Percentile £213 £213 £213
25th Percentile £373 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £487 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.41% -2.65% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £676 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,657 759 1,280
10th Percentile £13.95 £15.33 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.26 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.94
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -29.26% +77.99%
75th Percentile £58.75 £64.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £71.38 £76.58
UK median hourly rate £25.47 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -21.63% -27.78% +41.93%

Product Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Product Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Product Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Product Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Manager job vacancies 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 29 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Product Manager in the UK excluding London

Product Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Product Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Product Manager job vacancies 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 29 December 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 -24 36 £456 -3.95% 185
North East +11 20 £450 +0.56% 12
South East -6 15 £425 -3.68% 232
Midlands -37 14 £514 +0.24% 139
Yorkshire -38 9 £500 -2.44% 83
North West -20 8 £450 +4.05% 90
West Midlands -27 8 £655 +16.44% 62
South West -3 7 £550 +34.47% 76
East Midlands -17 6 £378 -8.48% 68
East of England -17 3 £650 +8.33% 114
Product Manager
UK

Product Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 29 December 2025, Product Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of 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 52 (70.27%) Roadmaps
2 39 (52.70%) Agile
3 36 (48.65%) Product Management
4 29 (39.19%) Product Vision
5 28 (37.84%) Product Roadmap
6 27 (36.49%) Product Strategy
7 20 (27.03%) Stakeholder Management
8 16 (21.62%) Decision-Making
9 14 (18.92%) Security Cleared
10 13 (17.57%) Strategic Roadmap
11 11 (14.86%) SC Cleared
12 10 (13.51%) Product Backlog
12 10 (13.51%) Scrum
12 10 (13.51%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 8 (10.81%) AI
13 8 (10.81%) Continuous Improvement
13 8 (10.81%) Cost Control
13 8 (10.81%) Scaled Agile Framework
13 8 (10.81%) User Stories
14 7 (9.46%) Backlog Management
14 7 (9.46%) Market Research
14 7 (9.46%) Microsoft
15 6 (8.11%) Acceptance Criteria
15 6 (8.11%) Fintech
15 6 (8.11%) Product Requirements
15 6 (8.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 6 (8.11%) Strategic Thinking
16 5 (6.76%) Backlog Prioritisation
16 5 (6.76%) Digital Innovation
16 5 (6.76%) Problem-Solving

Product Manager Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (4.05%) Confluence
1 3 (4.05%) PowerFactory
Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Chatbot
1 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (5.41%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.70%) AWS
1 2 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Purview
1 2 (2.70%) SaaS
2 1 (1.35%) Figma
2 1 (1.35%) Miro
2 1 (1.35%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.05%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.35%) Data Lake
1 1 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (5.41%) JIRA
General
1 24 (32.43%) Social Skills
2 22 (29.73%) Public Sector
3 14 (18.92%) Finance
4 6 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (6.76%) Legal
6 3 (4.05%) Automotive
6 3 (4.05%) Digital Health
6 3 (4.05%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.70%) Banking
7 2 (2.70%) Billing
7 2 (2.70%) Marketing
8 1 (1.35%) Advertising
8 1 (1.35%) Aviation
8 1 (1.35%) Health Technology
8 1 (1.35%) Law
8 1 (1.35%) Military
8 1 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.35%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.70%) Flash
2 1 (1.35%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 17 (22.97%) Product Ownership
2 5 (6.76%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (4.05%) IoT
3 3 (4.05%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.35%) Data Fabric
5 1 (1.35%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.35%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.35%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.35%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.35%) Android
1 1 (1.35%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (70.27%) Roadmaps
2 39 (52.70%) Agile
3 36 (48.65%) Product Management
4 29 (39.19%) Product Vision
5 28 (37.84%) Product Roadmap
6 27 (36.49%) Product Strategy
7 20 (27.03%) Stakeholder Management
8 16 (21.62%) Decision-Making
9 13 (17.57%) Strategic Roadmap
10 10 (13.51%) Product Backlog
10 10 (13.51%) Scrum
10 10 (13.51%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 8 (10.81%) AI
11 8 (10.81%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (10.81%) Cost Control
11 8 (10.81%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 8 (10.81%) User Stories
12 7 (9.46%) Backlog Management
12 7 (9.46%) Market Research
13 6 (8.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.35%) MATLAB
1 1 (1.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (18.92%) Security Cleared
2 11 (14.86%) SC Cleared
3 4 (5.41%) Degree
4 3 (4.05%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.70%) CSPO
6 1 (1.35%) APMP
6 1 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.41%) QA
2 1 (1.35%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.35%) EU AI Act
2 1 (1.35%) GDPR
2 1 (1.35%) HIPAA
2 1 (1.35%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 7 (9.46%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.05%) Fortinet
2 3 (4.05%) Palo Alto
3 2 (2.70%) Atlassian
3 2 (2.70%) DIgSILENT
4 1 (1.35%) Avature
4 1 (1.35%) Databricks
4 1 (1.35%) Salesforce